William R. ROBARDS & Dorcas MAXWELL

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William R. ROBARDS
Dorcas MAXWELL

Husband: William R. ROBARDS
Birth: 1782/3, Goochland Co., VA
Death: in or aft. 1850, probably MO
Father: William ROBARDS, Jr.
Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" LEWIS

Marriage: 10 Jun 1809, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY

Wife: Dorcas MAXWELL
Birth: 1783/4, of Scotland
Death: in or aft. 1850, probably MO

Children:

1. (Daughter A) ROBARDS, b. certainly 1800-1810, probably 1810
2. Sarah ROBARDS, b. 18 Oct 1811; m1. Mr. BARKLEY (two children: Sarah, Bettie); m2. Hiram YATES (two children: Edward, Lillie)
3. Zarilda ROBARDS, b. 23 Aug 1813; m. William LEMON (five children: Dorcas, Sarah, Elnora, Joe (female), William)
4. Ella ROBARDS, b. 25 Jul 1815; m. Henry MEYERS (two children: Elinor, Frank)
5. William Alvan ROBARDS, b. 12 Jul 1817, Jessamine Co., KY
6. John Milton ROBARDS, b. 8 May 1825; d. 24 Mar 1879; m. 13/14 Oct 1847, Boone Co., MO, Ann Eliza PHILLIPS (nine children: Dorcas, Anna, Elinor, Warner, Mary, Minnie, Katherine, William, Frank); merchant in Centralia, Boone Co., MO

Both William and Dorcas were old enough to have had an earlier marriage, which means the eldest daughter may have been from a prior marriage, which may explain why she is not as well known as the other children. It may also be that she died young.

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; SCT; USA, US, United States, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Robards, William Maxwell, Dorcas 14 Feb 1809 Fayette Co.

1b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

William R. ROBARDS
Spouse: Dorcas MAXWELL
Marriage: 10 Jun 1809, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY
Source: none given

Sarah ROBARDS
Birth: 18 Oct 1811, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Father: William R. ROBARDS; Mother: Dorcas MAXWELL
Source: none given

Zarilda ROBARDS
Birth: 23 Aug 1813, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Father: William R. ROBARDS; Mother: Dorcas MAXWELL
Source: none given

Ella ROBARDS
Birth: 25 Jul 1815, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Father: William R. ROBARDS; Mother: Dorcas MAXWELL
Source: none given

2. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23 of 28; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 KY Jessamine Co. p. 57/600 William Robards Jr 00100-10100-03

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = William (b. 1782/3)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = Dorcas (b. 1783/4)

3 slaves all ages in or bef. 1810 = names unknown

3. 1820

4. 1830

5. 1840

6. 1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #20-21 of 137): Cole Co., MO, pp. 10B-11A, 141/143, 13/14 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William A Robards 33 m Lawyer (Atty Genl) 1200 Ky

Edmonia R    " 26 f Va

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[William & Edmonia's three children]

William Robards 67 m Farmer Va

Dorcas    " 53 f Ky

Ann E Robards 20 f Mo

Dorcus   " 3 f Mo

Anna     " ⁶/₁₂ f Mo

Edmonia is our subjects' daughter-in-law, wife of their son, William (see William & Edmonia's page for the full record). Ann E. is also their daughter-in-law, Ann Eliza (PHILLIPS) ROBARDS, wife of their son, John M. ROBARDS — where is he?

7. James Harvey Robards. 1910. History and Genealogy of the RoBards Family. Self-published, Whiteland, Indiana (photocopy courtesy of Gerald Lawrence; transcription by Diana Gale Matthiesen).

8. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

10. Messages in the Robards Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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