John Roberts1

#2560, ( - circa 1461)
Relationship14th great-grandfather of William David Lewis
Father*Stephen Roberts2
Mother*Joan Tilley2

Family

Agnes Baker b. s 1410, d. 1496
Children 1.Walter Roberts+5 (bt 1436 - 1442 - c 1522)
 2.Stephen Roberts5 (a 1437 - 1470)
John Roberts was also known as John Robert. 
John Roberts was also known as John Roberd. 
Marriage*say 1435He married Agnes Baker, daughter of William Baker and Joan _____, say 1435 at EnglandG.3 
Death*circa 1461He died circa 1461 at Cranbrook, Kent, EnglandG.4 
20 January 1461He left a will on 20 January 1461 at Cranbrook, KentG.4 
Probate*7 February 1461His estate was probated on 7 February 1461 at Prerogative Court, Canterbury, Kent Co., EnglandG.4 
ChartsAncestors of William D. Lewis

Citations

  1. [S301] Adrian Benjamin Burke, John Blythe Dobson and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, "The Exhurst Ancestry of the Stoughton Siblings of New England", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 165,166 (Oct. 2011, Jan. 2012): p. 49: Walter Roberts was the son of John Roberts of Cranbrook, whose 1461 will provides for John’s wife Agnes and his two sons by her, Walter and Stephen, as well as unnamed and already married daughters by an earlier wife.[72]
  2. [S301] Adrian Benjamin Burke, John Blythe Dobson and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, "The Exhurst Ancestry of the Stoughton Siblings", p. 65 "The following chart summarizes the late medieval and early modern ancestry of the Rev. Thomas Stoughton, father of the New England Stoughton siblings. It includes the Stoughton paternal line as identified in the Turners’ Stoughton monograph,[136] as well as the results of our research. Dotted lines in the chart indicate relationships claimed in the Roberts pedigrees but not verified in our research by contemporary sources, and question marks indicate alternative or uncertain names."
    see also ancestry chart on page 66.
  3. [S301] Adrian Benjamin Burke, John Blythe Dobson and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, "The Exhurst Ancestry of the Stoughton Siblings", 166:50: " the father of John Roberts’ wife Agnes...is identified as William Baker and his father as Adam Baker..."
  4. [S301] Adrian Benjamin Burke, John Blythe Dobson and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, "The Exhurst Ancestry of the Stoughton Siblings", 166:46, footnote 55, " Will of John Roberd of the parish of 'Cranebrok,' Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 22 Stokton, PROB 11/4, dated 20 January, proved 7 February 1460/1. John makes provision for the governance and rule of his sons Stephen and Walter until they reach the age of 24 years and specifies that they are to inherit their portions of his estate at that age."
  5. [S301] Adrian Benjamin Burke, John Blythe Dobson and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, "The Exhurst Ancestry of the Stoughton Siblings", 166:49: "Walter Roberts was the son of John Roberts of Cranbrook, whose 1461 will provides for John’s wife Agnes and his two sons by her, Walter and Stephen, as well as unnamed and already married daughters by an earlier wife."