Query on surname Robart Douens / Robart Wilson, Robert Dovens, Robart Wilson

[BronwenS]

Kia ora

I have a conundrum I have this family with so many surnames I am not sure which is correct, but all the children are listed with the surname Roberts.  I have not sited Robart's birth or marriage yet.

Any help really appreciated.

nga mihi
Bronwen Summers
Otautahi, Aotearoa

1651 ROBERTS
Robart Douens husband of Margit ?    (also listed as Robart Wilson, Robert Dovens, Robart Willsoone, Robert Wilson, Robart Wilsone)
b.1651?
m.1671?
d.

Margit ? wife of Robert Douens mother of Mary Roberts  (also listed as Margeret, Margaret, Marit)
b.1651?
m.1671?
d.
1671 Aug 20 Susanna Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1672 Jan 30 Margit Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1674 Oct 27 Robart Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1677 Aug 2 William Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1677 Dec 9 Mardece Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1678 Feb 17 Mary Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Shropshire, Eng.
1680 Nov 7 Hana Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1682 Dec 13-1681 Aug 2 Mordecha/Mordicha Roberts, St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.
1685 June 14 Margaret Roberts St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.

[osprey]

are you looking at a transcription or the original registers which are available via FindmyPast? If it's a transcription, possibly the names have been transcribed as if they are patronymics. The register for Margaret's baptism has the surname as Douens, a variant spelling of Downs possibly. Likewise Mordechai, the son of Robert Douens & Margit his wife. The baptism 9 Dec 1677 is an earlier Mordechai, he was buried 2 Aug 1681, indexed on FindMyPast as Meredith Dovens

[BronwenS]

Many thanks.  I have seen them on My heritage. Their records come from the 'England births and christenings' I will check all of this out on Find my past when I am in the library in the next week. 

Have you any idea why most of these (I see the exceptions that you have talked of on Find My Past) have the surname Roberts.  Is Roberts what you are suggesting could be the patronymic name?

Many thanks for the other things you found that I wasn''t aware of.

nga mihi nui
on a beautiful clear blue sky spring day in Aotearoa.
Bronwen

Gender:   Male (Mardece)
Christening:   Dec 9 1677
 Saint Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Father:   Robart Dovens
Mother:   Margit
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:   C03722-2
System Origin:   England-ODM
GS Film number:   510675