Individual Details

William Roby

(26 Apr 1648 - 23 Jan 1718)

Information from Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). There are still more children to be entered.

Events

Birth26 Apr 1648East Riding, Yorkshire, England
ImmigrationAbt 1668Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
MarriageAbt 1684Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - Elizabeth Greenough
Probate1718
Death23 Jan 1718Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts
Occupationwharfinger merchant
Biography

Families

SpouseElizabeth Greenough (1664 - 1712)
ChildElizabeth Roby (1686 - )
ChildMary Roby (1687 - )
ChildThomas Roby (1689 - )
ChildWilliam Roby (1690 - )
ChildJohn Roby (1691 - 1729)
ChildJoseph Roby (1693 - )
ChildSarah Roby (1698 - )
ChildEbenezer Roby (1701 - )
ChildHenry Roby (1702 - )
ChildMercy Roby (1704 - )
FatherThomas Robie ( - )
MotherHelen Cherebough ( - )

Notes

Marriage

baptisms of a bunch of children

Probate

Distribution -- eldest son Thomas and he to pay brothers and sisters: Elizabeth Barnard, Mary Robie, William Robie, Joseph, Ebenezer, Henry, and Marcy

1718

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/suffolk-county-ma-probate-file-papers/image?volumeId=48703&pageName=3940:11&rId=69468735

Biography

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/boston-ma-inhabitants-and-estates-of-the-town-of-boston-1630-1822-thwing-collection/image/?volumeId=14226&pageName=15529&rId=260132367

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume: 291.

2. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

3. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume: 291.

5. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.