| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation61. Henry Harris ROBERTS was born about 1816 in Nelson Co, VA.170,386,387 He owned Hickory Creek in 1845 in Nelson Co, VA.388 He appeared in the census in 1850 at 2,650 ac in Nelson Co, VA.389 Henry died on 7 May 1894 at the age of 78 in Greenfield, Nelson, VA.387 He had his estate probated after 7 May 1894 in Nelson Co, VA.390 Ledger page 94 left by Henry Harris Roberts: Matthew Harris came from Wales, married a Miss Lee, unknown whether married in America or Wales. They had two sons, William and Lee. William married a Miss Tate and his son Matthew married a Miss Blades and his daughter married a Mr. H. H. Roberts. His mother was a Miss Harris, sister of Matthew the 3rd and his father's mother was a Miss Phillips. Lee married a Miss Phillips. Had five sons, John, William, Ned, Mathew and Nathan. Mathew the first had two daughters. One married a Papista and the other married a Wagstaff. Old Hawes Coleman married a Miss Harris, daughter of Wm Harris who was brother to Matthew the 2nd. Old H. Coleman's mother was a Miss Harris. He, the said H. Coleman had two sons, Hawes and John. Nancy Blades wife of Matthew Harris the 3rd was niece of Old Hawes Coleman. Henry Harris ROBERTS and Lucy Jane WATSON were married on 12 December 1855 in Lynchburg, Amherst, VA.391,392 They391,392 appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.393 They393 appeared in the census in 1870 in Rockfish, Nelson, VA.394 Henry and Lucy394 appeared in the census.395 Lucy Jane WATSON, daughter of Wilkins WATSON, was born in 1834 in Lynchburg, Amherst, VA.392 Henry Harris ROBERTS-44 and Lucy Jane WATSON-344 had the following children:
Henry Harris ROBERTS and Nancy Blades "Mandy" HARRIS were married on 9 November 1842 in Albemarle Co, VA.396,397,398,399,400 They396,397,398,399,400 appeared in the census in 1850 in Nelson Co, VA.401 Nancy Blades "Mandy" HARRIS, daughter of Matthew M HARRIS and Nancy BLADES, died before 1855 in Nelson Co, VA.391 Henry remarried in 1855 - assume that Nancy died prior to that. Henry Harris ROBERTS-44 and Nancy Blades "Mandy" HARRIS-345 had the following children:
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