| Description | William Roberts was a shipwright in Hakin in the early part of the nineteenth century. He and his wife Margaret had a son, Thomas, who was baptised on 17th September 1823. Thomas eventually became a shipowner and gentleman. He and his wife Jane had two sons baptised in Milford Haven:-William Robert Roberts, 2lst August 1856 and Thomas Davies Roberts, 18th November 1858. Thomas moved to Surrey although he did retain property interests in the Milford area. He died in 1917. William died of pneumonia on 23rd July 1922 after a distinguished career during which he became a Colonel in the 1st Welsh Regiment, member of the U.D.C. and chairman of the bench of magistrates.
The papers are arranged in the following manner:-
William Roberts
Hakin and Hubberston property 1808 - 1832 1 - 7
Thomas Roberts
Thornton 1822 - 1862 8 - 16
Other deeds 1863 - 1876 17 - 19
Miscellaneous papers 1843 - 1915 20 - 25
Estate of Thomas Roberts deceased 1847 - 1900 26 - 28
Jane Roberts 1876 - 1912 29 - 34
Thomas Davies Roberts
Property including Thornbury, 1879 - 1918 35 - 47
Correspondence and papers 1917 - 1936 48 - 49
William Robert, Roberts
New Park or Ropewalk Field, Hubberston 1712 - 1801 75 - 89
Bobby Nose Back and Hazle Hill, Llanstadwell 1836 - 1898 90 - 97
Milford Haven conveyances 1899 - 1921 98 - 104
Milford Haven leases and tenancy agreements 1884 - 1914 105 - 121
Hakin 1881 - 1925 122 - 131
Haverfordwest 1884 - 1906 132 - 133
Steynton 1910 - 1922 134 - 136
Other deeds 1879 - 1937 137 - 145
Correspondence 1864 - 1918 146 - 150
Accounts and financial papers 1880 - 1922 151 - 159
Estate of W. R. Roberts deceased 1869 - 1924 160 - 168 |