ROBERTS Ruardean (General)

by Danny , Saturday, October 27, 2007, 01:36 (6240 days ago) @ jimashton

Hello Jim

sorry to only ask a question rather than offering help!
William Roberts b.c. 1797 married Elizabeth Parlour at Abenhall on 14 Aug 1825. I know a number of researchers out there have William's parents as Moses Roberts and Mary Hayward who married at English Bicknor in 1791 and had a son William baptised in 1793.
there was another William Roberts baptised at Bicknor on 16 Oct 1797 to William and Mary Roberts.
I have checked many areas in an attempt to determine the parents of William Roberts the shoemaker. In the end I can make a circumstancial case for either Moses and Mary or William and Mary.
Has anyone found that key bit of information to help firm up whether it was the 1793 or the 1797 William Roberts who became a shoemaker and lived to 86 years of age in Lydbrook.

many thanks......Danny