The Roberts Family Monument - All Saints Churchyard, Ecclesall

When I visited Sheffield in 2009 (see posting of 22nd June of that year) I went to All Saints Church, Ecclesall. I knew that there were some of my Roberts ancestors buried there, but little did I know that there is a tomb quite close to the north porch. The church records list those who are buried there.

The church records are vast as there are several thousand graves with over 14,000 people buried in the huge eight acre churchyard. On page 4 of the records, item 23) above records the following buried in this tomb:

Louisa Roberts     dau of Jacob and Mary           Age 5m        died 18/11/1811

 Morton Roberts     son of Jacob and Mary          Age 17yrs     died 24/12/1814

 Percy Roberts       son of Jacob and Mary          Age 6m         died 23/06/1820

 Jacob Roberts                                                    Age 56 yrs     died 23/06/1820

 Mary Ann Roberts   his wife                               Age 79yrs      died 27/04/1849

 Sidney Roberts       son of Jacob and Mary       Age 54yrs      died 21/02/1859

 Mary Ann Roberts   dau of Jacob and Mary       Age 71yrs      died 14/05/1866

 Matilda/Martha                                                    Age 73yrs      died 01/12/1878

 Caroline                                                               Age 71yrs      died 09/01/1880

 Helen Maria Clare                                               Age 85yrs      died 12/06/1891

Missing from the record is John Shearwood Roberts, but the picture below has his inscription.

Although the above records do not give the following information, it is certain that Matilda (not Martha), Caroline and Helen Maria Clare are all daughters of Jacob and Mary Ann Roberts. There are baptism records for all three, courtesy of distant cousin Christopher Rathbone.

Some of the inscriptions are hard to read, having deteriorated over the years, but the first of the following photographs is fairly legible.