The origin of the name Roberts is Welsh and the Coat of Arms contains Black and silver a lion counterchanged. The Crest is A half lion holding a sword. The family motto is Ewch ymlaen.
Spelling variations include: Roberts, Robert, Robartes, Robarts and others.
First found in Denbighshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Eleanor and Griffith Robarts, who settled in the Barbados in 1676; James Robarts settled in New Haven Conn. in 1822; James Robert settled in Maryland in 1666.
