1784 - 1805 (21 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | John Robertson was born on 22 May 1753 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA (son of William Robertson and Frances Ann Nelson); died in Nov 1813 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1792, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA
- Residence: 1800, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA
- Residence: 1810, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Notes:
John Robertson (William2, Unknown1) was born 1753 in Virginia, and died Abt. Nov 1813 in Nelson Co., KY. He married (1) Elizabeth Williams 1783 in Virginia. She died Bef. 1787. He married (2) Mary Parker 29 Mar 1787 in Nelson Co., KY, daughter of Richard Parker and Grizzel Nalle. She was born Abt. 1768 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died 1825 in Washington Co., KY.
Notes for John Robertson:According to tradition in the Robertson family, John served in the American Revolutionary War, losing an arm at the shoulder at the Battle of Brandywine. This has never been substantiated, however.
More About John Robertson and Elizabeth Williams:Marriage: 1783, Virginia
Child of John Robertson and Elizabeth Williams is:+ 4 i. Sally Williams4 Robertson, born 1784 in Virginia; died 1805.
More About Mary Parker:Nickname: Polly
More About John Robertson and Mary Parker:
Marriage: 29 Mar 1787, Nelson Co., KY
Children of John Robertson and Mary Parker are:
5 i. Elizabeth4 Robertson, born 04 Nov 1788 in Nelson Co., KY; died 12 Oct 1868 in McLean
Co., KY. She married Samuel Handley 13 Feb 1806 in Nelson Co., KY; born 01 May 1784;died 01 Jan 1862.
John married Elizabeth Williams in 1783 in , , Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1743; died in 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
4. | William Robertson was born on 21 Jul 1728 in Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland; died in Jul 1796 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Arrival: 1747, Martinique, Outre-mer, France
- Residence: 1790, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Notes:
There is a William Robertson, a weaver who was expelled from Scotland and transported from
Liverpool to the Leeward Islands aboard the Veteran on May 5, 1747. This William was a Jacobite in
Lord Lewis Gordon's regiment during the battle of Culloden. He is listed as being from Spinei,
Morayshire, Scotland. William was liberated by a French privateer and landed on Martinique June
1747. This is probably our William Robertson.
[Will of William Robertson, Nelson County, Kentucky, proved July 12 th, 1796.]
In the name of God Amen. I William Robertson of Nelson County in this State of Kentucky being of sound memory have thought proper to make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner following. first I recommend m Soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to be buried in Christian like manner and as for my worldly Estates I leave as follows:
Item. I give to my Wife Mary Robertson Five pounds & full liberty to take that part of her Estate in my care with controul consisting of five negroes (viz) Sarah & four of her children a Feather bed & furniture and a Sorrel mare saddle and bridle.
Item. I Devise to my son John Robertson Eight hundred acres of land to include the plantations whereupon he and I now lives also Two negroes (viz) Ben & George together with a waggon and team to him and his heirs forever Likewise sixty pounds to inable him to pay a debt due to William Reid of Scotland from me. Item. I Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth James Two hundred acres of land whereon she and her husband Joseph James now lives, also three negroes (viz) Sam Leah & George that is now in her possession to her & hers forever.
All the rest and residue of my Estate I leave to be Equally divided between my two children John & Elizabeth.
Lastly my desire is that my son John Robertson & son in law Joseph James act a Executors in this my last will & Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand & Seal this fourteenth day of March 1796.
Signed Sealed & acknowledged Wm. Robertson [Seal]
In presence of
Thomas Wilkerson, Jn. Conway
Betsey Conway At a County Court held for Nelson Court on Tuesday the 12 th day of July 1796. This Last will and Testament of William Robertson deceased was proved by the Oaths of John Conway and Betsey Conway subscribing witnesses thereto, and sworn to by John Robertson and Joseph James the Executors therein named and ordered to be recorded.
Teste Ben Grayson, C.C.
[This transcription of the original will on file in Nelson County, Will Book A, Page 294, was typed by H. Edgar Hill, 11/30/1996. It was typed as closely to the original as possible, including spelling mistakes.]
William married Frances Ann Nelson in 1750 in , Fauquier, Virginia, USA. Frances was born in 1729 in , Fauquier, Virginia, USA; died in 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Frances Ann Nelson was born in 1729 in , Fauquier, Virginia, USA; died in 1759. Children:
- 2. John Robertson was born on 22 May 1753 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died in Nov 1813 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA.
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