The Roberts Siblings

One of my great grandmothers was Jane Roberts who married Luke Hughes in Shiloh, Camden County, North Carolina in 1881.  Her parents were Thomas Linton Roberts and Elizabeth Morrisette Roberts of Camden County, North Carolina [see the blog post, Struck By Lightning, November 30, 2021].  I was named after Jane who was my mother’s grandmother.

Jane had eight siblings, and six of the Roberts siblings lived into the 1900’s – three girls, Jane, Elizabeth/Betty, and Jestine and three boys, Thomas, George and James.

The six Roberts siblings lived long lives with four of them remaining in North Carolina, and two of them moving to Norfolk County in Virginia at some point. However they were near enough to remain in close contact all of their life.

The siblings’ details are noted below:

Jane Roberts (1861 – 1933) married Luke Hughes.

Elizabeth Morrisette Roberts (1863 – 1941) married Henry Clay Miller.

Jestine Morrisette Roberts (1869 – 1940) married James Depolian Sawyer.

Thomas Marcellus Roberts (1872 – 1945) married Leonoa Sanderlin.

George Lewis Roberts (1875 – 1950) married Annie Sawyer Leary.

James Monroe Roberts 91878 – 1962) married Charlotte Perkins.

Jane was the oldest, and the first of the six Roberts siblings to die.  She died in 1933.  However, before that time and around 1930, the Roberts siblings all gathered in Shawboro, North Carolina at the residence of James Monroe Roberts and his family for a Roberts Family Reunion and photo.

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Key Individuals:

     Thomas Linton Roberts  (1830 – 1881)

     Elizabeth Morrisette Roberts  (1834 – 1896)

             Nancy Roberts  (1855 – 1876)

             Polly Roberts  (1858 – 1875)

             Jane Roberts   (1861 – 1933)

             Elizabeth Morrisette Roberts  (1863-1941)

             Martha P Roberts  (1866 – 1875)

             Jestine Morrisette Roberts  (1869 – 1940)

             Thomas Marcellus Roberts  (1872 – 1945)

             George Lewis Roberts  (1875 – 1950)

             James Monroe Roberts  (1878 – 1962)

Notes:

1)  I have a listing of the attendees as they appear in the Roberts Family Reunion photo, and will be happy to share if anyone is interested.  My grandparents, mother and aunt are in the top row, and Jane & Luke Hughes are on the far left end.

2)  I have received comments from a few of my family blog readers that there are far more blog posts about Dad’s side of the family than Mom’s side.  And, yes, that is true.  It isn’t by design though; it is simply a matter of me having more original family information available for Dad’s side.  Also when researching the lines on both sides, I have found that there are just more public records and documentation available for the Scribner lines than for the Hughes side.  I think the reason for that difference is primarily because of both wealth and location.  Mom’s ancestors don’t appear to have been large landowners which allowed many families to create wealth.  And paper trails are also easiest to follow in the more populated New England area.  Many of Mom’s ancestors were located in southern rural areas where documents were often not kept or did not survive over time.

But for now, these last two blogs were about Mom’s side of the family.  And I do have another couple planned before I am finished that will be about the Harts, Mom’s great grandparents.

- Jane Scribner McCrary