Benjamin Roberts

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Roberts was born in 1726, in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Cornelius Roberts, was 35 and his mother, Dorcas Gillett, was 37. He married Sybil Coleman on 14 March 1754, in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 April 1770, in his hometown, at the age of 44, and was buried in Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Roberts
1726–1770
Sybil Coleman
1733–1822
Marriage: 14 March 1754
Benjamin Roberts
1754–1775
Sybil Roberts
1755–1847
Dorcas Roberts
1756–
Noah Roberts
1758–1829
Capt Cornelius Roberts
1760–1829
Sybil Roberts
1762–
George Roberts
1765–1843
Daniel Roberts
1768–
Lydia Roberts
1770–1833

Sources (27)

  • Benjamin Roberts, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Benjamin Roberts, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Benjamin Roberts, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"

Name Meaning

English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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