Origin Displayed: English-Alt
Origins Available: English-Alt, English
Spelling variations of this family name include: Roebuck, Robuck and others.First found in Kent 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 family name or some of its variants were: Benjamin Disney Roebuck arrived in Philadelphia in 1808; John, John Wood, Nathan, William, William Roebuck all arrived in Philadelphia between 1805 and 1876.
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