Name |
Mark Roberts |
Christened |
2 Jul 1815 |
Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
19 Jul 1898 |
Woody Point, Newfoundland |
- I, Mark Roberts, of Bonne Bay, North West Coast of Newfoundland, Planter, being of sound mind hereby publish and declare my last will and Testament. Revoking and annulling all former dispositions of my property. I give and bequeath my estate and all effects situate and know at Crawley’s Point Bonne Bay to my grandson Alexander Rowland Roberts and his heirs. I give and bequeath my estate and effects situate and known as the Jersey Room, Bonne Bay to my youngest grandson. This property known as the Jersey Room under no consideration is to be sold out of the family. I hereby authorise and command my son John Rowland Roberts to take sole control over the whole of my property until his death. And I hereby appoint my son John Rowland Roberts as the Executor of this my last will and Testament Mark Roberts (LS) Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Mark Roberts in Bonne Bay this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety one in the presence of Charles W. Holland Missionary of the Church of England. Solomon Wilton.
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Buried |
Woody Point Old Anglican Graveyard, Woody Point, West Coast, Newfoundland |
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Mark and John Roberts' headstone Gravestone found at Anglican Graveyards down by the water at the edge of town and beside the Discovery Centre in Woody Point |
Notes |
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Person ID |
I4964 |
West & Park Genealogy |
Last Modified |
18 Feb 2023 |
Father |
John Roberts, b. 30 Aug 1789, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England |
Mother |
Elizabeth Rowland, b. 7 Jul 1787, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England , d. 15 May 1824, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England (Age 36 years) |
Married |
6 Dec 1808 |
Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England |
Family ID |
F837 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |