Request This Item

Robertson Family papers

3 folders (0.03 linear feet)

(1900 – 1970s)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2009.106
Creator(s) Roberts, Emerson Bryan; Seaver, J. Montgomery
Acquisition

The Robertson Family collection was donated to the Nabb Research Center by Fred Strudwick, 2009. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Matthew Hollis, 2009.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

The Robertson Family Records contain three publications regarding genealogy of the Robertson Family. The first publication is titled "The Roberts Family of Wales, Middlesex, Virginia and Maryland being a study of the Ascendants and Descendants of Francis Roberts, Immigrant to Virginia, 1650" by Emerson Bryan Roberts. This publication is an early genealogical history for the Roberts Family of the Eastern Shore. The second publication is titled "Wainwright and Related Families" by Emerson B. Roberts. This is a genealogical history on the Wainwright family of Somerset County. The final publication is titled "Robertson Family Records" by J. Montgomery Seaver. This is a genealogical history of the Robertson family.

Biographical History

Wainwright and Related Families was primarily written to ascertain the ancestry of Mary Wainwright (1818-1904) of Somerset County, Maryland. By the time of her death, she was said to have had eighty descendants.

Francis Roberts(d.1703) settled in colonial Somerset County, Maryland, and was the first member of the Roberts family in America.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Roberts Family
    • Robertson Family
    • Wainwright Family
    • Genealogy
  • Personal Names
    • Roberts, Emerson Bryan ( )
    • Robertson, Beatrice ( )
    • Seaver, J. Montgomery ( )
  • Location Terms
    • Somerset County (Md.)

Inventory List

The inventory list for this item is hidden due to its length. Click the button below to view it.

See Nabb Center Staff

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

None