Show A comer corner in ancestors by ELEANOR LEXINGTON I 1 roberts family t by br mcclure syn d bratel robert la Is a teutonic namo name ot of great antiquity ty I 1 it t came into england via 1 Pr arne ne vs the time of at the conquest at in book under ita its forms Robart cs Rot bertus robertus Rober tue or Roo bertes it li is ot of frequent occur rence the family being tenants tenant oln in chief other orthographies found in varl ous records re corda are nober Ro bertee tse robberta Rob burta burts robarta robarts and A favorite form la in colonial times was ro bartes also spelled roberts the family baa has always been a powerful one in wales other strong bf lila are ate ireland london kent sua sus sox cornwall and the roberta roberts have a pedigree behind them and kings of france and scot land and dukes of at normandy have made the name famous that la Is the name robert if not roberts la in wales particularly do the roberta rule tho the lords of being of tho the house of at roberta roberts in 1057 Gin Oln acard ecard robert duke of and one of the 12 sons of tan ilan cred de do commanded the norman troops hubert and louis robert were french painters of the eighteenth century and david rob erts was a scottish artist of gloucester waa was an anglish antiquary who also wrote his name stephen Ro bertee was a man of affairs in the timo time of richard II 11 ind stud bis his descendant sir thomas roberta roberts was knighted in 1620 william roberts of charlestown Charles town mass ie to one forefather he lie was a pilgrim of the seventeenth century at BIms burg now bloomfield Bloom Beld bonu before 1690 christopher end and john robet ts were living they were probably brothers br othere their name la Is spelled roberts tt and roberts the colonial governor of new now hamp in cook book under dato date of 1198 karle of 0 torr abbey je Is a tenant tn in chief the name aleo also appears in indent records aa as kari karl and karry harry an adain adam de karry harry OP or kari karl 1170 wa was lord of at castle harry in somerset Some reet the cary of devonshire are re larded ai as of the same branch in 1270 tho the name namo appears as do kary karr by the next century the do has die din appeared and carey or cary beedee the correct orthography for the last hundred years cary hae has been the most common form carew ie in considered conil dered by ome some author ties as one and the ame same name as carey and the story ie Is told of two waller carels members at the same time of at tho the house of commons that it was proposed one should bo be called carey to prevent embarrassing embar assing situation situations and to end the t confusion between vy hat care I 1 and what care you the history of one branch at 01 the th e cary family in america begins with col cal wilson myles cary eon son of and grandson of william cary lord mayor of bristol 1611 myles received a brant grant of 2000 acrea acres la in W westmoreland est va 1654 colonel was the title be he brought with him and major the one that he earned here his tombstone at caye coys ca co ye ys quarters quarter s in warwick bears the h herewith e ro illustrated ilia 1 wife was alice daughter of at henry dobson alderman bt rf bristol Url tol and they had four cons sons and three daughter daught erv one son col cal bayles or miles married mary alary daughter of col A III am willson of hampton It ampton miles hilles the immigrant who came over perhaps as arly early as 1640 certainly by 1650 was member of the kings council under berkeley this line claim as ancestor sir william cary who fell at tewksbury 1471 his file son sir thomas married a granddaughter of the duke of at somerset their son sir william cary married mary sister c cs anne boleyn queen henry cary their ion son was lord hunsdon the honest court courtier ler of elizabeths reign the acrya cr formerly held two earl doras monmouth Moa mouth and dover the barony barany of huntdon Hu nadon madon and henry carey born 1622 was the first viscount falkland in new now england john carys name ie Is found in plymouth records cards 1634 the year of bu bl arrival he ile helped found duxbury and bridgewater Dridge water and la in 15 1656 be was constable of at the last named place the first and only of at tho the town that year prom from 1657 till ha death la in 1861 be he was town clerk his ills sons and grande ous like him elf sell were founders ct of towns in new now hire shire about 1635 waa was thomas robert roberts of at dover who married hie his wife I 1 rebecca la in england although alt baigh it 1 19 supposed that he was born barn in wales the family baa has always boon been a prominent one in new now hampshire Hamp shiro the roberta roberts ot at maine were founded by the new hampshire branch ja aps aj seph roberts ot of maine malve I 1 married hannah young seven children waa was joseph a revola 5 soldier sold ter whose wife waa was blather rather hamlin although we cannot yu say that four and twenty children w was as the average number in roberta roberts fact lies it was the sum total 0 of one family and wo we find and some fancy namee names abound for example Flor bl orilla llla true page cilly amasa danle faustina Ph ustina and zilpa ai AA the roberts of the south doutha a branch at 0 the new now england line married into two well known and patri patriotic otla families the lewites and the grahams the line at 0 go guiral aeral joseph graham of revolution sty fame that 14 amous family of t darn darr the Lang langdon dons lyd lod with the roberta roberts the first american lul ful in asia was edmund roberts born 1734 he lie marced catherine langdon in new now york elate state the roberta roberts have also been a power and one of the varly 1 sheriffs of at new york city waa was joaa john roberta roberts ji Helt mana mane Off ot of tho amort can revolution elve give among other others the following names from virginia ensign william cyrus capt benjamin enjamin Il and john the last named was one of the convention guards and another john of virginia was oa on lafayette a staff Il iut john was from north carolina and capt richard and col cal owen from south carolina daniel from georgia and jesse from among sw england soldiers Bold ler boys born of 76 were john moses and james Jam esthe abo latter a boy of 75 7 from prom new york capt john roberts also spelled robert one ot of tho the heroes of the mexican war was ben nen jamin stone roberts born at dan manchester vermont it wo we were speaking ot at family char of the roberta roberts we should eay say that languor waa was not in 1 their hearts i nor weakness wea knees in their words the coat illustrated ie in that given in burkess kess peerage one of several for the family of walea wales it Is to blazo blazoned avd or gold lion rampant aulm no we crest and no motto given ff gary cary family r england they were aleo also pioneers plon cera 4 q I 1 A 11 pennsylvania kinship la Is claimed with the grant through the marriage 1762 oc of samuel cary descendant ot of john tho the firt first to deliverance grant of at the family to 40 I 1 EA car which gen grantt traced back VII ginia marriage connections include the page carter lee and rind FaIr fairfax far faval lies iles the wife of the eighth lord pair vr fax wax was elizabeth cary of 0 the mylee myles cary line v since the first carys of 1 and virginia shouldered arms at thear call the family has beefs bee represented la in every war the coat illustrated ie a bl a a n boned argent on a bend sable three rose roses of the field leaved vert crest a swan wings elevate ol proper motto virture Excerpt ap conopio con apio haq ous for bravery or by valor pa vin 4 this Is the coat armor of the liy ginia and A though myles of virginia had a diker ent motto two mottoes lade indeed blazoned with ha his coat ct comma comme jo aad and sim D de cancu hope and joy jay are o 0 by the roses and kr br ta oo 00 swan ui u i 0 the story of the three wee V of the carys and tae the botto V ae ab it Is that they w cef liitt i upon sir robert cary by mry 1413 for valor displayed up tir tu b te |