William ROBERTS

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Peabody Museum, Salem Massachusetts, Acc, 16, 100, f. 51-53.
MHA microfilm. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.

Extract from "Ledger 1693"
Subjects: New England, material culture, imports, cod, planters.

[Buckley's ledger for the voyage of four ships to Newfoundland contains the account for many planters. Unfortunately locations are not given, though some locations can be reconstructed by analysis, since the ledger appears to be a chronological record of the coasting voyage of his vessels. On the basis of surnames recorded in 1681 and 1708, the following entries probably relate to Ferryland. Cross references to other accounts are omitted.]

51 Lavs Deo New Land [Newfoundland] June Anno 1693
William Roberts Debitor

£ s d
June the 27
To Tobacco for 67< lbs at 12d per lb. 3 7 6
per Contra Creditor

£ s d
October the 15
By Barnaby Gantlett your discount 3 7 6

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/avalon/history/documents/names_q_t.html :
Roberts, David
one of several merchants of Bideford and Barnstaple and commanders of ships resorting to Ferryland who petitioned the Board of Trade in 1707 for protection for the fishery at Ferryland;

Roberts, Richard
resident of Ferryland in 1708 with wife, three children, five servants, one boat and one train vat; resident of Ferryland living on Buoys Island who wrote Governor Dudley of Massachusetts in May, 1709, thanking him for relief received from the Hope, commanded by Captain William Pickering; these people had probably taken refuge on Buoys Island as a result of the French threat;

Roberts, William I
"Tenant of Avalon" who on August 30, 1663, enacted regulations for householders and fishermen at Ferryland "in the name of the Right Honourable Cecil, Lord Baltimore, absolute Lord and Proprietor of the Province of Maryland and Avalon";

Roberts, William II
"Tenant of Avalon" who on August 30, 1663, enacted regulations for householders and fishermen at Ferryland "in the name of the Right Honourable Cecil, Lord Baltimore, absolute Lord and Proprietor of the Province of Maryland and Avalon"; a William Roberts bought tobacco at Ferryland from Joseph Buckley (of Salem?) in June 1693;

Roberts, Widow
listed in 1681 census as Ferryland planter with four children 2 1/2 boats and 13 men;

William married NNN. (NNN died after 1681 in Avalon, Ferryland, Newfoundland.)