Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 63

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710

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Hugh Morris;

Richard Morris; David Morris;

Robert Morris;

Meredith Morris.

Thomas Morris, of Caernarvonshire, born about 1560, fourth son of Morris Griffith, had a younger son,

Robert Thomas Morris, of Cowyn, parish of Llanengan, Caernarvonshire, born, circa, 1588, who was the father of,

Richard Roberts, of Llyn, Caernarvonshire, born probably 1615-20, married Margaret, daughter of Richard Evans, of the parish of Llangian, Caernarvon- shire, and had issue :

JOHN ROBERTS, of Pencoed, b. 1648-9; came to Pa., 1683; of whom presently;

Richard Roberts, probably came to Pa; he and his children being mentioned in the will of his brother, John, in 1722;

Anne Roberts, m. and had children mentioned in will of her brother, John, in 1722.

It was customary for the Welsh Friends to produce to the meeting at which they deposited their certificate from Wales, a circumstantial account of their family in Wales and of their life there and their coming to America. Such an account was furnished by John Roberts, of Pencoed, and it is entered on the records of Merion Preparative Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania. Either this same account or a somewhat similar one in his own handwriting has been pre- served by his descendants and bears this endorsement :

"The following account was found in manuscript in the handwriting of John Roberts, my progenitor, who on the 16th of November, 1683, arrived in Pennsylvania, from the munic- ipality of Wales, and settled on the farm I now dwell upon, and built upon the identical spot I now inhabit, and which has passed in regular succession without intervention of a deed, from my grcat-grandfather to his great-grandchild.

(Signed) Algernon Roberts, Sept. 16, 1813."

"A short account of John Roberts, formerly of Llyn, being a son of Richard Roberts, and grandson of Robert Thomas Morris, who lived at Cowyn, in the Parish of Llanengan,

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and County of Carnarvon; my mother being Margaret Evans, daughter of Richard Evans, of the Parish of Llangian, and County aforesaid. Being convinced of God's Everlasting Truth about the year 1677, not by man, nor through man, but by the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in my own heart-being about 30 Miles from any Friends or Meeting in that time when I was convinced, but coming into acquaintance with Friends near Dolgelly, and near Bala, in Merionethshire, I frequented their Meetings while I abode in those parts, but by the Providence of God in the year 1683, I transported myself with many of my friends for Pennsylvania, where I and they arrived the Sixteenth day of the 9th Month, one thousand six hundred and 83, being then thirty-five years old, and settled myself on the place which I afterwards called Pencoid, in the Township of Merion, which was afterwards called so by them, being the first settlers of it. Having brought with me one servant man from my native land and fixed my settling here, I took to wife Gaynor Roberts, daughter of Robert Pugh, from Llwyndedwydd, near Bala, in Merionethshire; her mother being Elizabeth Williams Owen, one of the first that was convinced of the Truth in that neighborhood. So leaving this account for our offspring and others that desire to know, whence we came and who we descended from, and when we came to settle unto this place where we now abide, being then a wilderness, but now by God's blessing upon our endeavors, is become a fruitful field; So to God's name be the Praise, Honor & Glory, who is worthy it for ever & ever more."

The parish of Llangian, where Richard Evans, the maternal grandfather of John Roberts, of Pencoed, resided, and that of Llanengan, or Llanergan as it is sometimes spelled, where was situated Cowyn, the home of Robert Thomas Morris, his paternal grandfather, are adjoining, and their principal towns are only one mile apart. Both parishes are on the promontory of Llyn, and like the whole of the county of Caernarvon, at the northwestern corner of Wales, are the most mountainous part of that most mountainous country. Caernarvon was the refuge and stronghold of the Britons, when they retired from their Saxon invaders, and here they long preserved their independence, and transmitted from generation to generation a sturdy and resolute love of liberty. The Parish Church of Llanengan is dedicated to St. Einion, who was King of Llyn in the sixth cen- tury, and is said to have founded the church, some parts of which are very ancient.

John Roberts, of Pencoed, has been sometimes confounded with John Roberts. of "Pen y Chwd," Denbigshire, who settled in Merion prior to 1690; a man of sixty years when he married Elizabeth Owen, aged seventeen, daughter of Owen Humphries, and sister to Rebecca, wife of Robert Owen, of Merion, whom, and her brothers, Joshua and John Owen, she accompanied to Pennsylvania from Llwyn Ddu, in Merionethshire. This John Roberts was the grandfather of the John Roberts hanged as a Tory in the early part of the Revolution. Two or three other John Roberts emigrated from Wales at approximately the same date and located in or near the Welsh Tract.

John Roberts was one of the purchasers of the 40,000 acres which comprised the Welsh tract in Merion and Haver ford township, purchased by the prospective settlers before leaving Wales, as was also his father-in-law, Robert Pugh, his wife Gaynor becoming entitled to a portion of the latter. As stated in his account of himself and his family, Roberts called his farm in Merion, Pencoid, and on it he built a fine old mansion which still comprises a part of the late residence of his descendant, George Brooke Roberts, deceased, at Bala, late president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He married Gainor Roberts Pugh, at Merion Friends Meeting, where their certificate from Wales had been deposited, March 20, 1684. He became the owner of nearly 1,000 acres of land and was a prominent man in the community, serving continuously in the Provincial Assembly from 1704 to 1718. His wife Gainor died February 20, 1722, and he on June 6, 1724.

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she at the age of sixty-nine years and he at seventy-six. Both were buried at Merion Meeting burying-ground.

Issue of John and Gainor (Pugh) Roberts:

ROBERT ROBERTS, b. at Merion, Pa., Feb. 16, 1685; d. May 17, 1768; m. Sidney Rees; of whom presently ;

Richard, b. Dec. 18, 1687; d. inf .;

Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1690; d. inf .;

Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1692-3; d. Sept. 9, 1746; unm.

ROBERT ROBERTS, only surviving son of John Roberts, of Pencoid, born in Merion, Philadelphia county, February 16, 1685, inherited his father's plantation of "Pencoid" and other lands, and lived there all his life, dying May 17, 1768. He like his parents was an earnest member of Merion Meeting of Friends, and was married there to Sidney Rees, June 17, 1709. She was born at Pemaen, parish of Llanwawr, Merionethshire, 1680, daughter of Rees Evan, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John ap Thomas, of Daehgwynn, Merionethshire, "Gentleman," who was a son of Thomas ap Hugh, ap Evan, ap Rhys Goch, ap Tyder, ap Rhys, ap Ievan Goch, of Bryammer, parish of Cerrig-y-Druidion, Denbighshire, ap Ievan Ddu, ap David, ap Einion, ap Kynrig, ap Llowarch, ap Heilin, ap Tyffid, ap Tangno, ap Ys-Druyth, ap Marchwyst, ap Marchweithiam, Lord of Issalet, in Merionethshire.

Evan Rees, father of Rees Evan and grandfather of Sidney, wife of Robert Roberts, was prominent in Friends Meetings in Wales, and suffered considerable persecution, "for Truth's sake." As early as 1668 he had oxen distrained from him in payment of a fine imposed for attending non-conformist meetings, and in 1676, he with Cadwalader ap Thomas, Rowland Ellis, (later of the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania), Lewis Robert, Hugh Robert, Edward Rees, Griffith John, Gainor David and Elizabeth Williams, were imprisoned for refusing to take an oath.

Rees Evan purchased, March 18, 1682, 3121/2 acres of land in Pennsylvania, and prepared to emigrate there, but never accomplished it. His son, Rees Evan, came over soon after 1682, as did also his mother-in-law, Katharine Robert, a kinswoman of many of the more prominent Welsh settlers. She settled on a plantation between the present Narbeth and Bala.

Sidney, wife of Robert Roberts, was thrown from her horse, April 30, 1764, and died from the effects of the injuries then received, June 29, 1764, aged seventy- four years and two months. She and her husband were both buried at Merion Meeting burying-ground.

Issue of Robert and Sidney (Rees) Roberts, of Pencoed:

JOHN, b. June 26, 1710; d. January 13, 1776; m. Rebecca Jones; of whom presently ; Alban, b. Sept. 17, 1712; d. Oct. 6, 1727;

Reese, b. Aug. 17, 1715; d. Oct. 24, 1755; unm .;

PHINEAS, b. May 13, 1722; d. March, 1801 ; m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Wynne and great- granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne; of whom later;

Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1727; d. Oct. 19, 1727;

Sidney, b. May 9, 1729; d. Oct. 28, 1793; m. John Paul.

JOHN ROBERTS, eldest son of Robert and Sidney (Rees) Roberts, born at the old plantation of Pencoed, June 26, 1710, and succeeded to it at the death of his

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father, whom, however, he survived but eight years, dying January 13, 1776, just on the eve of the great national struggle in which his sons were destined to take an important part. He was, however, an active man in Colonial times and held a commission as Justice from 1757.

He married, May 4, 1733, Rebecca, daughter of Jonathan Jones, by his wife, Gainor, daughter of Robert Owen, of Merion, and granddaughter of Dr. Edward Jones, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, Speaker of the first Pennsylvania Assembly, 1682-3. Rebecca (Jones) Roberts died December 8, 1779.

Issue of John and Rebecca (Jones) Roberts, of Pencoed:

Dr. Jonathan Roberts, b. March 30, 1734; living 1778; removed to Prince George co., Md .; m. there 1757, Elizabeth Carter, a widow ;

Gainor, b. Jan. 30, 1736; d. June 12, 1761;

Alban, b. Sept. 7, 1738; d. Feb. 24, 1772; supposed unm .; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1740; d. Oct. 24, 1782; m. Thomas Palmer;

Mary, b. July 3, 1742; d. Aug. 23, 1771 ; supposed unm .;

Tacy, b. Sept. 2, 1744; d. Aug. 3, 1791; m. John Palmer;

Benjamin, b. Aug. 27, 1746; removed to Va .; m. and had a family;

John, b. Nov. 16, 1747; d. Nov. 8, 1803; unm .;

Robert, b. Oct. 10, 1749; d. Sept. 17, 1793; unm .; he was a member of the First City Troop of Phila., and served with it during the Revolutionary war; his sword and pistols, carried in that service, were presented to his nephew, John Roberts, son of Algernon, and remained in the family many years; they were subsequently presented to the Troop and are prized by the members as sacred relics;

ALGERNON, b. Jan. 24, 1751 ; d. Dec. 21, 1815; m. Tacy Warner; of whom presently; Franklin, b. Nov. 27, 1752; d. Dec. 15, 1774;

Edward, b. Jan. I, 1755; m. April 8, 1784, Elizabeth Bell; their three children all d. inf., and are buried beside their mother at Arch Street Meeting.

ALGERNON ROBERTS, sixth son and tenth child of John and Rebecca (Jones) Roberts, of Pencoed, was born there January 24, 1751, and inherited the home- stead at his father's death, as shown by his endorsement on the old paper written by his great-grandfather, and quoted in the early part of this narrative. This endorsement bears date September 16, 1813, at which time he is living "on the identical spot," built on by his progenitor.

Algernon Roberts joined the Associated Company of Philadelphia County of which John Young was Captain, being the Fifth Company, Third Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, Col. James Barry. This company with the Sixth Company in the same battalion, Capt. Peter Holstein, were ordered to Paulus Hook in 1776. Algernon Roberts kept a journal of this campaign, covering the period from August 16, 1776, to September 17, 1776, giving in detail the move- ments of the command to which he was attached, during the important "Cam- paign in the Jerseys." In 1777 he was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, of which his father-in-law, Isaac Warner, was Colonel. In June, 1780, he was appointed Commissioner to procure supplies for the army in the field. He was a member of General Assembly in 1778, and was commissioned a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery county, after its organiza- tion in 1784, when Pencoed became part of that county. He was treasurer of the Blockley and Merion Society for Promotion of Agriculture for over twenty-eight years, just preceding his death, December 21, 1815, when the Society adopted resolutions commemorative of his worth as a member and a citizen.

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Col. Algernon Roberts married at Old Swedes Church, Southwark, January 18, 1781, Tacy, daughter of his old comrade-in-arms, and superior officer, Col. Isaac Warner, of Blockley, by his wife, Lydia Coulton, and a descendant of William Warner, the first settler of Blockley, an account of whom, his ancestry and descendants is given in this work under the title of the "Warner Family of Blockley."

Issue of Col. Algernon and Tacy (Warner) Roberts, of Pencoed:

Rebecca, b. Jan. 26, 1782; d. Sept. 14, 1799;

Lydia, b. Dec. 3, 1783; d. March 17, 1862; unm .;

John, b. March 5, 1787; d. Jan. 30, 1837; m. (first) March 12, 1812, Sarah Jones, (sec- ond) May 12, 1831, Lydia Pratt;

Isaac Warner Roberts, b. March 15, 1789; d. Sept. 9, 1859; m. (first) March 20, 1817, Emily Thomas, and had issue :

Rebecca;

Mary, wife of Col. Owen Jones;

Gainor ;

Emily.

Married (second) Feb. 2, 1837, Rosalinda Evans Brooke, and had issue : Algernon Roberts;

George Brooke Roberts, late President of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Gainor, b. Jan. 23, 1791; d. May 5, 1868; unm .;

Ann, b. May 19, 1793; d. July 31, 1826; unm .;

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1795; d. Jan. 30, 1837; m. Miles N. Carpenter, who d. Feb. 4, 1871; ALGERNON SYDNEY, b. March 29, 1798; d. Sept. 14, 1865; m. Elizabeth Cuthbert; of whom presently ;

EDWARD, b. June 29, 1800; d. Nov. 3, 1872; m. Mary Elizabeth Reford; of whom later; George Washington Roberts, b. June 10, 1801; d. Oct. 28, 1857, at Jefferson City, La .; having gone to that state in 1843; he was unm .;

Tacy, b. Feb. 9, 1805; d. June 23, 1847.

ALGERNON SYDNEY ROBERTS, third son and seventh child of Algernon and Tacy (Warner ) Roberts, born at Pencoed, Merion township, Montgomery county, March 29, 1798, entered the drug store of William Lehman, Philadelphia, as a boy, to learn the business, and in 1832 formed a partnership with his younger brother Edward, and engaged in the wholesale drug business and as manufacturing chemists at No. 76 South Second street, where they conducted a prosperous busi- ness until 1846, when they retired and both became interested in the development of the anthracite coal fields of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.

Algernon had become a director of the Shamokin Coal & Iron Company, in 1841, and in 1844 a director of the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy & Lan- caster Railroad Company. In 1846 he took an active part in the formation and establishment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and was one of the Com- missioners appointed to incorporate that company. In 1854 he was made a director of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and continued a member of the board until his death, and also a director and president of the Hazelton Railroad Company. In March, 1850, he was one of the committee of six who arranged for a convention, to favor the building of a national railroad to the Pacific. In 1863 he became a member of the Executive Council of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia. He was elected a member of Select Council of Philadel- phia in 1844, and continued to serve until 1850.

From his youth up Mr. Roberts had been deeply interested in economic ques-

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tions, internal improvements and the development of the natural resources of the country, as well as the promotion and encouragement of the manufacturing interest by the establishment of a protective tariff. He was a correspondent of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and other prominent statesmen of his day on the question of the tariff. He was elected one of the Board of Directors of the Franklin Institute in 1829; was one of the original Board of Directors of Girard College in 1833, and in 1835 was elected a Director of the Chesapeake and Dela- ware Canal Company and served until 1851. He died September 14, 1865.

Algernon Sydney Roberts married, April 10, 1823, Elizabeth, born February 22, 1802, died December 9, 1891, eldest daughter of Capt. Anthony Cuthbert, of the Artillery Battalion of Philadelphia, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Joseph Ogden, the patriotic keeper of the Market Street Ferry, during the Revolution, by his wife, Jemima Hewes.

Thomas Cuthbert, born in England, about 1680, came to America, about 1715 to 1720, and settled in Bladen county, North Carolina, from whence he removed to Philadelphia, prior to 1744. He died January 24, 1756, and was buried at Christ Church. His wife Anne was buried in the same churchyard, May 21, 1753.

Thomas Cuthbert Jr., eldest son of Thomas and Anne Cuthbert, born in England in 1713, came to Philadelphia with his parents, and died there January II, 1781. He was a shipwright, and a prominent Patriot during the trying days of the Revolution, serving as a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1774, and was a Delegate to the first Provincial Conference of the Colonies held in Philadelphia in 1775. He married at Christ Church, May 19, 1744, Ann, born 1717, died January 15, 1759, daughter of Anthony Wilkinson, a native of England, by his wife Elizabeth.

Captain Anthony Cuthbert, fourth son of Thomas and Ann (Wilkinson) Cuthbert, born in Philadelphia, March 4, 1751, died November 14, 1832 ; was com- missioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, April 15, 1780, Captain of the Sixth Company, Artillery Battalion of Philadelphia. He was a prominent business man of Philadelphia and served for over thirty years as a member of City Council. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Hewes) Dixon, born September 13, 1758, died December 16, 1792; (second) December 19, 1799, Mary Ogden, above mentioned, who was the mother of Elizabeth Cuthbert, who married Algernon Sydney Roberts. Mary (Ogden) Cuthbert was born May 1, 1770, and survived her husband thirty years, dying in Philadelphia, February 7, 1862.

Issue of Algernon Sydney and Elizabeth (Cuthbert) Roberts:

Mary Cuthbert Roberts, b. March 23, 1824; d. June 1, 1834;

Anthony Cuthbert Roberts, b. Feb. 21, 1826; d. Feb. 10, 1891; m. Ellen Chase, June 28, 1853;

Algernon Sydney Roberts, Jr., b. Oct. 24, 1827; d. March 18, 1905; m. Nov. 7, 1850, Sarah Carstairs ;

Percival Roberts, b. May 2, 1830; d. March 30, 1898; m. Jan. 23, 1856, Eleanor William- son, who d. Oct. 23, 1899;

Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts, b. June 20, 1832; still living in Phila .; unm .;

Josephine Roberts, b. Dec. 3, 1834; d. Oct. 3, 1835;

Frances Ann Roberts, b. June 21, 1836; living in Phila .;

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George Theodore Roberts, b. Nov. 30, 1838; m. Oct. 3, 1861, Sarah Cazenove, dau. of Heman Harris and Ellen Chase (Little) Greene, of Hopkinton, N. H., who d. April 30, 1900; they have one daughter :

Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, b. June, 1871.

EDWARD ROBERTS, ninth child of Algernon and Tacy (Warner) Roberts, born at the Pencoed mansion, Merion township, June 29, 1800, was the last survivor of the family of eleven children, dying in Philadelphia, November 3, 1877. From 1832 to 1846 he was engaged with his brother, Algernon Sydney Roberts, in the manufacture of chemicals and drugs on Second street, Philadelphia, but long prior to his retirement from that business, had turned his attention to the development of mining and railroad properties, particularly in the Lehigh and Wyoming region. He was for many years one of the active directors of a number of the principal railroads having their terminal in Philadelphia, as well as in the leading coal and iron companies. He was one of the first to realize the enormous value of the anthracite coal deposits of Pennsylvania, and was thoroughly familiar with and an eminent authority on the mining resources of the state, particularly in the Lehigh Valley. Mr. Roberts was of a generous, genial nature and had an extended circle of friends. He married, May 2, 1825, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of George and Elizabeth Reford, born August 3, 1801, died August 15, 1862.

Issue of Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Reford) Roberts,

Elizabeth Reford, b. Jan. 23, 1826; d. at Nice, France, April 18, 1897; m. Jan. 22, 1846, Lewis Sharpe Ware, b. Sept. 12, 1817, d. April 19, 1853, leaving issue :

Lewis Sharpe Ware;

Mary Roberts Ware;

Anna Frances, b. Nov. 7, 1827; d. Oct. 13, 1890; m. Jan. 22, 1851, Edward Browning, b. Feb. 1, 1816, d. July 9, 1878, leaving issue :

Mary Roberts Browning, wife of Arthur Vincent Meigs, M. D .; Edward Browning, b. 1864; m. Ella Louise McFadden.

William Lehman, b. Dec. 27, 1829; d. Sept. 21, 1899; unm .;

EDWARD ROBERTS, b. Sept. 22, 1832; d. Aug. 12, 1892; m. Martha Price Evans; of whom presently ;

Mary Warner Roberts, b. Jan. 3, 1835; m. (first) June 8, 1878, Stephen W. Dana, b. April 19, 1823, d. Jan. 3, 1883, (second) March 2, 1890, Robert C. Eskens, Marquis de Eskens, de Frenoys, of Belgium;

Adelaide, b. March 7, 1837; m. Oct. 27, 1877, Samuel Francis Shaw, M. D., Surgeon of the U. S. A., b. Sept. 7, 1833, d. Dec. 7, 1884, without issue;

Clara, b. July 14, 1839; m. June 9, 1877, Count Godfrey William Peter Anthony Galli, eldest son of Count Eugene Coppolan Galli and the Countess Catharine Mareong, b. at Pollenza, Italy, April 2, 1834. Count Godfrey Galli was admitted to the Italian Foreign Office of the Diplomatic and Consular Service, Aug. 12, 1861, and was placed on the retired list at his own request, Nov. 4, 1889, with the title of "Consul General of His Majesty, the King of Italy;" he is Commander of the Order of Holy Sepulchre, by hereditary right in the family; Knight of the first-class of Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem; Knight of Royal Order of St. Maurice, and St. Lazarus; Knight of Royal Order of Crown of Italy; Knight of Royal Order of Isabella, the Catholic; d. Sept. 30, 1899, at Dinard, France;

Elbert, b. April 1, 1841; d. April 2, 1842;

Howard, b. April 9, 1843; d. April 18, 1901; achieved considerable distinction as a sculp- tor; m. June 1, 1876, Helen Pauline Davis, dau. of Elisha J. and Mary Faris ( Fassett) Lewis, b. May 24, 1853; they had issue :

Howard Radcliffe Roberts, b. March 31, 1877;

Helen Pauline Roberts, b. May 6, 1880; d. at Paris, France, Dec. 30, 1889.

EDWARD ROBERTS JR. married Martha Price, daughter of Edward and Sarah Ann (Price) Evans, had issue :

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Edward Roberts, 3d., b. Aug. 29, 1857; educated at Univ. of Pa .; who is identified with and an officer of a number of railroad and mining companies, with offices in Phila .; Joseph Russell Roberts, b. Jan. 16, 1860;

Martha Price Roberts, b. Dec. 5, 1861; d. July 31, 1862;

Agnes Price Roberts, b. Oct. 31, 1863; m. April 15, 1884, Capt. John Charles Groome, commander of the State Constabulary of Pa., and Captain of the Phila. City Troop; Clarence Howard Roberts, b. June 20, 1871; d. June 8, 1876;

Edith Roberts, b. Feb. 10, 1876.

PHINEAS ROBERTS, fourth son of Robert and Sidney ( Rees) Roberts, born on the family plantation of "Pencoed" in Merion township, Philadelphia county, May 13, 1722. On May 16, 1746, his father conveyed to him thirty-eight acres of land on the west side of Schuylkill, part of the tract taken up by John Roberts, and just prior to his death conveyed to him other lands, but inherited under his father's will a tract purchased by his father of Andrew Wheeler. Phineas Roberts in these earlier deeds is mentioned as a "cooper" and probably followed that voca- tion in Merion, where he seems to have lived all his life, dying there March II, 1801.

Phineas Roberts married at the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, June 27, 1743, Ann, eldest daughter of Thomas Wynne, of Blockley, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Isaac and Anne (Craven) Warner, of Blockley, and granddaughter of William Warner, the first English settler in Blockley. Her grandfather, Jonathan Wynne, was only son of Dr. Thomas Wynne, Speaker of the first Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682, who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn in the "Welcome," and was one of his closest friends during life. An account of Thomas Wynne, his Welsh ancestry, his distinguished career, and some account of his descendants is given in our article on "The Wynne Family."

Ann Wynne, wife of Phineas Roberts, was born February 2, 1724-5, died July 5, 1807, and was buried at Friends' Ground, Lower Merion.

The will of Phineas Roberts, of Blockley, "being antient and infirm of Body" is dated December 24, 1798, proven March 28, 1801. It devises all his estate to his wife Ann for life; then to his daughters, Esther Palmer and Sidney Jones £50 each; to his four grandchildren, children of his son Isaac, deceased, £25 each; to five grandchildren, children of deceased daughter Hannah Streaper, viz, Mary, William, Isaac, Richard and George, £50; residue to son Titus. His nephew, John Roberts, is named as executor and his nephew, Algernon Roberts, as trustee.

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Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 63

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 710

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710