Welcome to the Roberts genealogy. Family units are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the father (or single-parent mother). Links are provided to enable you to move up and down each lineage. To follow a line back in time (ancestors), click on the underlined portion of "(son of ...)" or "(dau. of ...)" beneath the name of the person you want to trace back. To follow a line forward in time (descendants), click on the name of the person whose offspring you want to see. A plus sign (+) following a name means that that person had one or more children, but that family group has not been added to this web page. A link to documentation and notes, when available, is given below each family.

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The earliest Roberts family to live on Mount Desert Island was that of Willam Roberts, recorded in the 1800, 1810, and 1820 censuses of the town of Mount Desert.

   

Tobias L. Roberts
   (son of [...])
   b. 19 April 1806   Maine
   m. Mary [...]
            b. age 40 y. as of 1850 census   Massachusetts
   d. [27 or 22?] October 1879
         bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

children:
   Tobias Lord Roberts   b. 1835   Massachusetts   -   d. 1908   -   bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   Irene O. Roberts   b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. Frederick J. Alley
   Aquea S. Roberts   b. age 19 y., 5., 15 d. at death   Maine   -   d. 15 November 1861   -   bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   John L. Roberts   b. age 16 y., 4 m., 21 d. at death   Maine   -   d. 10 October 1861   -   bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   William Martin Roberts   b. 1848   Maine   -   m. Mariam H. Ash   -   d. 1929   -   bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

documentation and notes

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William Martin Roberts
   (son of Tobias L. Roberts and Mary [...])
   b. 1848   Maine
   m. Mariam H. Ash
            b. 1849
            d. 1934
                  bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   d. 1929
         bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

child:
   John Whittington Roberts   b. 22 August 1870   Bar Harbor, Maine   -   m. Etta Mulhearn   -   d. 26 November 1904   Bar Harbor, Maine   -   bur. Mount Desert Street Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine   [A bench in his memory is on the Main Street side of the Village Green, near the clock.]

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