John Roberts ~1789-1873 & his wife, Fanny Unknown, ~1795-1866
1786. A John Roberts was baptised to William, pauper, & Mary, St Thomas, Salisbury But, more likely,
1790. A John Roberts was baptised to William & Elizabeth in Brown Street Particular Baptist, Salisbury. Censuses say he was born West Grimstead: this ~ 8 k SE of Salisbury, only 2 k from Alderbury
1814 John Roberts married Fanny Lockyer 22/10/1814 in Salisbury - Ancestry, Pallott's marriage index. "John Roberts of the liberty of Clarendon Park, labourer, married Fanny Lockyer" Salisbury St Edmund
John & Fanny had the following 8 children baptised to them in Alderbury: Fanny 185, Anne 1817, John 1820, Charles 1822, Elizabeth 1824, Jane 1826, William 1827 & Sarah 1829. - FS . No baptism for a 9th child- Letitia ~1833 . Charles 1822 married in 1846 Salisbury, father as John Roberts, ag.lab.
1817. Anne Roberts was baptised on 14/4/1817 to John & Fanny in Alderbury .
1841C. John Roberts, 45, is living Pitton, Alderbury, Wiltshire with his wife & 3 children
| John | Roberts | Male | 45 | 1796 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Fanny | Roberts | Female | 41 | 1800 | Wiltshire, England | |
| William | Roberts | Male | 13 | 1828 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Sarah | Roberts | Female | 11 | 1830 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Letitia | Roberts | Female | 8 | 1833 | Wiltshire, England |
1851C. John Roberts, 61, is living Pitton, Alderbury, Wiltshire with his wife and a son
| John | Roberts | Head | Married | Male | 61 | 1790 | Ag Lab | West Grimstead, Wiltshire, England | |
| Fanny | Roberts | Wife | Married | Female | 56 | 1795 | - | Clarendon Park, Wiltshire, England | |
| William | Roberts | Son | Unmarried | Male | 23 | 1828 | Ag Lab | Pitton, Wiltshire, England |
1861C. John Roberts, 72, pensioner, is living alone at Alms House, The Hill, Farley, Alderbury,, Wiltshire
| John | Roberts | Head | Married | Male | 72 | 1789 | Pensioner | West Grimstead, Wiltshire, England |
Meanwhile Fanny Roberts, 66, b. Clarendon, is living with her married daughter, Letitia Whitlock , in Pitton, Alderbury- only found on Ancestry
1866. Fanny Roberts, 71, is buried 13/6/1866 Alderbury
1871C. John Roberts, pensioner, is living at 10 Almshouses at Hospital, Pitton & Farley, Alderbury, Wiltshire with a grandson
| John | Roberts | Head | - | Male | - | - | - | Wiltshire, England | |
| William | Read | Grandson | - | Male | 11 | 1860 | - | Wiltshire, England |
1873. John Roberts, 84, husband of Fanny, was buried 24/2/1873 in Pitton