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VI. Children of Jacob H. and Margaret :
220a. Peter, b. 4th mo. 26, 1793.
22Ia. Jacob, b. Ioth mo. 11, 1795, m. Ann Hall.
V. (169.) PETER C. EVANS, of Whitpain, son of Caleb and Cath- erine, b. Ist mo. 24, 1799, d. 2d mo. 24, 1880, m. October 20, 1831, at Doylestown, Pa., by Josiah Y. Shaw, Esq., MARGARET JENKINS (b. 3d mo. 6, 1800, d. 10th mo. 8, 1872), dau. of Edward and Sarah, of Gwynedd. (See Jenkins Genealogy.)
VI. Children of Peter and Margaret :
220. Catharine, b. Ioth mo. 21, 1834, m. 1863, Chalkley Ambler, now (1884) of Philadelphia, and has issue.
221. Sarah, b. 9th mo. 7, 1836, d.
222. Charles Edward, b. 8th mo. 9, 1838, m. Arabella G. Green, dau. of Carlo and Hannah R., and has issue : Edward J., b. 1877 ; William S., b. 1879 ; Harry S., b. 1882.
V. (170.) CADWALADER R. EVANS, of Gwynedd, son of Caleb and Agnes, b. 5th mo. 17, 1821, d. 5th mo. 23, 1861, m. 2d mo. 13, 1851, ELLEN H. SHOEMAKER (b. IOth mo. 24, 1823), dau. of Joseph and Phebe, of Gwynedd. CADWALADER lived at the original home of his ancestor, Owen Evans.1
VI. Children of Cadwalader and Ellen :
223. Joseph S., b. IIth mo. 17, 1851, m. Emma K. Mauger, dau. of Henry B. and Harriet I., and has issue : Horace Cadwalader, b. 1886, Gwendolen, b. 1888.
224. Elizabeth, b. Ioth mo. 31, 1853.
225. Anna, b. Ist m. 29, 1856.
226. Mary E., b. 11th mo. 5, 1858.
227. Caleb, d. in infancy.
1 See statement concerning this property at p. 60 of this volume.
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V. (172.) CHARLES EVANS, of Philadelphia, son of Nathan and Ann, b. 9th mo. 30, 1811, d. 12th mo. 17, 1887 ; m. Ist, 1833, MARY M. MORGAN, (b. 1807, d. 1862), dau. of Benja- min and Tacy ; 2d, 1876, SARAH M. HARRIS, dau. of Jonas.
VI. Children of Charles and Mary :
228. Tacy A., b. 1833, d. Ist mo. 25, 1884, m. 1865, Benjamin O. Loxley, son of Benjamin R., of Philadelphia ; and had issue, surname Loxley, Charles Evans, Morris James.
229. Morris J., b. 1837, d. 1870, m. 1861, Elizabeth T. Hayhurst, dau. of Thomas, and had issue : (1) Mary G., b. 1863, d. 1895, m. Charles C. Price, and had issue, surname Price, Thornton W., b. 1887, Elizabeth E., b. 1889, John M., b. 1891, Charles C., Jr., b. 1894 ; (2) Charles W., b. 1865, m. Sarah, dau. of William and Rebecca K. West, and has issue, surname Evans, William W., b. 1891, Athalia W., b. 1893, Charles M., b. 1895.
230. Charles W., b. 5th mo. 24, 1842, d. 8th m. 31, 1864, unm.
V. (174.) THOMAS I. EVANS, carriage and wagon maker, of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth, b. 7th mo. 22, 1810, d. 2d mo. 23, 1883, m. ANN WORTHINGTON, (b. 9th mo. 3, 1811).
VI. Children of Thomas I. and Ann :
231. Mary E., b. 9th mo. 8, 1838, d. 9th mo. 21, 1864, m. 6th mo. 3, 1856, Dr. Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (b. 5th mo. 13, 1822, d. 11th mo. 30, 1882, elected Representative from the 18th district of Ohio, in the U. S. Congress, 1878, and re-elected 1880 and 1882); and had issue.
232. Rebecca J., b. 9th mo. 28, 1840.
233. George W., b. 2d mo. 3, 1843, m. 1874, Pocahontas R. Lunsford, and has issue : Blanche L., b. 1875 ; Murkland G., b. 1876; Claude I., b. 1879 ; Minnie M., b. 1881. (Stafford Co., Va.)
V. (175.) GEORGE I. EVANS, of Emerson, Ohio, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth, b. at Gwynedd, 8th mo. 31, 1812, m. Ist,
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1834, SARAH GRIFFITH (b. 1814, d. 1846), dau. of Evan and Elizabeth, of Mt. Pleasant, O .; 2d, 1848, MARY P. RICH- ARDS (b. 1810, d. 1876), dau. of Samuel and Ann, of Mt. Pleasant. GEORGE removed from Gwynedd to Ohio in 1830. He d. at Emerson, O., 4th mo. 2, 1886, " after a short ill- ness."
VI. Children of George I. and Sarah :
234. Elizabeth E., b. 1835, m. 1853, John Scott ; and has issue.
235. Julia A., b. 1837, m. 1859, Thos. McMillan.
236. Evan G., b. 1840, m. 1862, Rebecca Craft, dau. William and Rachel, and has issue : Arthur W., George M., Sarah E., Ellery Channing.
237. Sarah E., b. 1842, d. 1863.
238. Mary A., b. 1844, m. 1870, Geo. W. Michener.
Children of George I. and Mary :
239. Hannah J., b. 1849.
V. (176.) CALEB EVANS, of Bucks Co., Pa., son of Jonathan and Elizabeth, b. 4th mo. 8, 1815, m. 4th mo. 26, 1837, SARAH C. BLACK (b. 3d. mo. 15, 1818).
VI. Children of Caleb and Sarah :
240. Wilson C., b. Ist mo. 23, 1838, m. 9th mo. 1, 1870, Mary Jane Lande (b. 4th mo. 6, 1848), and has issue : Adah S., b. 1871, Stanley C., b. 1873, Emma D. b. 1877.
241. Mary Emma, b. 11th mo. 19, 1848, m. 9th mo. 19, 1872, Edward R. Doan, of Carversville, Bucks Co., and has issue.
V. (177.) WILLIAM R. EVANS, of Carversville, Bucks Co., son of Jonathan and Elizabeth, b. 9th mo. 19, 1817, m., Ist, Ioth mo. 16, 1839, MARY W. ALLEN (d. 7th mo. 17, 1842) ; 2d, 10th mo. 15, 1846, MARTHA S. CARR (b. 4th mo. 25, 1822). By his first wife he had no children.
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VI. Children of William R. and Martha :
242. Mary W., b. 8th mo. 1, 1847, m. Joseph Roberts', son of Charles and Sarah, of Upper Dublin. (See Roberts Genealogy).
243. Macre J., b. 11th mo. 5, 1850, m. 9th mo. 19, 1872, William H. Robinson ; and has issue.
244. Anna H., b. 1853, d. 1857.
245. Willett D., b. 11th mo. 28, 1855.
246. Howard P., b. 4th mo. 28, 1860.
V. (190.) EDMUND CADWALADER EVANS, M. D., son of Cadwal- ader and Harriet V., b. at Gwynedd, August 12, 1812. He graduated at the Univ. of Penna., studied medicine, took his degree of M. D., and practiced his profession near Paoli, in Tredyffrin, Chester Co., for several years. Later, he re- sided near West Chester, but in 1865 removed to Lower Merion, in his native county, near the original home of his ancestor Rowland Ellis. He d. May 10, 1881. He m. April 17, 1844, MARY LOUISA ALLEN, dau. of Rev. Benja- min Allen, of Hyde Park, N. Y. She d. 1861. Four children d. in infancy ; their survivors are here given.
VI. Children of Edmund C. and Mary Louisa :
247. Rowland, b. July 12, 1847, in Tredyffrin ; now a member of the Philadelphia bar, residing in Lower Merion ; he m., 1878, Mary Binney Montgomery, dau. of Richard R. Montgomery, Esq., of Philadelphia, and has issue : Edmund C., Elizabeth Binney, Alice, Mary, Essyllt.
248. Allen, b. Dec. 8, 1849, in Tredyffrin ; an architect in Philadel- phia ; resides in Lower Merion. He m. 1876, Rebecca Lewis, dau. of John T. Lewis, Esq., of Philadelphia, and has issue : Mary Allen, John Lewis, Margaret Eleanor.
V. (191.) WILLIAM ELBERT EVANS, son of Cadwalader and Harriet V., b. in Philadelphia, 1816, where he resided all his life. He m. Ist, ANNA SMITH, dau, of Jacob Smith, Esq., of
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Philadelphia, and 2d, EMMA FOTTERALL, dau. of William Fotterall, Esq., who survives, without issue. WILLIAM E. d. 1869. His children, besides others who d. in infancy, were two in number.
VI. Children of William E. and Anna :
249. Emily, m. John Henry Livingston, of Dutchess co., N. Y.
250. Glendower, graduated with distinction at Harvard University, d. at Boston, 1886, member of the bar in Boston, Mass. ; m. Bessy, dau. of Edward Gardiner, Esq., of Boston.
V. (193.) MANLIUS GLENDOWER EVANS, son of Cadwalader and Harriet V., b. in Philadelphia, 1821, and resided there most of his life ; m. ELLEN KUHN, dau. of Hartman Kuhn, Esq., of Philadelphia. In 1870 he removed to New York, and in 1875 went to Europe for his health, where he continued to reside until his death, in 1879. He left four children, besides others who d. young. His wife survives.
VI. Children of Manlius G. and Ellen :
251. Cadwalader, b. 1847, in Philadelphia, d. in New York, 1880, m. Angelina B., dau. of Israel Corse, Esq., of New York, and has issue : Lena and Edith Wharton.
252. Ellen Lyle, m. Alfred T. Mahan, Commander U. S. N., and had issue : Helen Evans, Ellen Kuhn, Lyle Evans.
253. Rosalie, unm., resides with her mother in N. Y.
254. Hartman Kuhn, b. in Philada. in 1860, unm. Returning to the United States, after the death of his father, he engaged in sheep ranching in Wyoming Territory [now State].
VI. (221a.) JACOB EVANS, son of Jacob H. and Margaret, b. Oct. 1I, 1795, m. 1816, ANN HALL, and had three children.
VII. Children of Jacob and Ann :
255. Elizabeth, b. 1818. d. 1820.
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256. George Oliver, born April 3, 1821, d. June 3, 1875, m. Jan. 17, 1849, Martha J. McMullen, and had issue :
I. Agnes, b. Oct. 26, 1849, m. Oct. 12, 1875, Clarkson Clothier and has issue, surname Clothier : one, d. in infancy, 1878; Marion, b May 12, 1879 ; Edith, b. June 7, 1881 ; Florence, b. March 22, 1883, d. Oct. 2, 1888 ; Robert Clarkson, b. Jan. 8, 1885.
2. Edith, b. May 3, 1851.
3. Howard Malcolm, b. Feb. 16, 1854, d. Sept. 11, 1884.
4. Elliot, b. Nov. 19, 1857, m. Feb. 20, 1884, Sarah Muntzer.
5. Marion, b. Aug. 9, 1863, d. Nov. 31, 1894.
257. Mary, b. April 5, 1824, d. Dec., 1891.
The records of Gwynedd, Haverford, and Philadelphia meet- ings, the will lists in the Registers' offices at Philadelphia and Norristown, and other documents, supply many names of per- sons surnamed Evans, who, it is probable, should have been in- cluded in this chapter, at one place or another. I have preferred, however, not to build up with materials which I could not regard as fairly certain. I therefore present, below, a list of some who should probably have been included, leaving it to some one interested in completer work to search out the proper con- nection :
I. Joseph M. Evans, d. about 1830, in Gwynedd. Andrew Ambler was executor of his estate. In a bond given him in 1829, by Cadwallader Foulke, he is described as " of Gwynedd, gentle- man." (Was he the son of Hugh? and heir, with his brother Thomas, of what is now the Rhoads farm, on Swedes Ford road ?) 2. Edward Evans, of Philadelphia, a prominent man there, who d. Ioth mo. 13, 1771, (Friends' m. records), may have been Edward, "of South street" (No. 67 in Genealogy), son of Evan. The meeting records also show the marriage of Edward Evans, of Philadelphia, and Rebecca Clark, dau. of William, dec'd, at Philad'a mtg., 3d mo. 5, 1757 ; and that Rebecca, "widow of Edward," d. Ist mo. 1, 1785, aged "about 80 years."
3. The MS. family record preserved by Hannah Evans, Moorestown, N. J., says that Edward Evans, who lived about 1800 or 1808 at
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s. e. corner of 4th and Vine Sts., Philad'a, was grandson or great- grandson of Robert, of Gwynedd, the first settler.
4. The Gwynedd Records show the following births : Children of Hugh and Mary Evans :
Evan, b. Ist mo. 16, 1717.
Robert, b. 7th mo. I, 1719.
John, b. 2d mo. 2, 172I.
Children of George and Susanna Evans :
Daniel, b. 2d mo. 3, 1752.
Amos, b. Ioth mo. 17, 1754, d. Ioth mo. 12, 1759.
Anne, b. 2d mo. 12, 1757, d. 9th mo. 30, 1759.
William, b. 9th mo. 4, 1759.
Children of Samuel and Lydia Evans :
Mary, b. 2d mo. 8, 1754, d. 10th mo. 1, 1827.
Owen, b. 7th mo. 15, 1756, d. 8th mo. 24, 1820. (Whitpain.)
Rees, b. 12th mo. 4, 1758.
Ruth, b. 5th mo. 7, 1762.
Children of Jehu and Mary Evans :
Elizabeth, b. 8th mo. 28, 1762.
Sarah, b. 8th mo. 6th, 1777, d. 3d mo. 8, 1786.
Phebe, b. 3d mo. 3, 1782.
Jehu, b. 3d mo. 2, 1787.
5. Gwynedd records also give these deaths :
Mary, d. 5th mo. 16, 1745, wife of Robert.
Mary (Worcester), d. 3d mo. 28, 1802, dau. Thos, and Elizabeth. (This was probably No. 75 in the Genealogy.)
Elizabeth (Worcester), d. 9th mo. 13, 1841, aged 82 yrs., 6 mos.
6. Haverford records show the births and deaths of numerous Evanses, among them six children (1747-1759) of John and Sarah ; one (1761) of Griffith and Hannah ; one (1785) of David and Elinor. Other Evans parents mentioned are John and Mary, and David and Adah. The records of Haverford show that in 1749, Nathan Evans removed there from Gwynedd ; in 1756, Nathan Evans and wife removed to Gwynedd ; in 1752, Hugh Evans came from Gwynedd.
7. The Philadelphia records show births (1772-1780) of three children of Evan and Mary Evans ; also, among others, the following deaths :
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Joseph, d. 10th mo. 5, 1779, aged 34.
David, d. 11th mo. 20th, 1783, aged 40.
Elizabeth, d. 4th mo. 28, 1788, wife of Benjamin.
Evan, d. 6th mo. 23, 1793, aged 45.
Benjamin, d. Ist mo. 5, 1793, aged 41. Ann, d. 9th mo. 17, 1793, aged 25.
Mary, d. Ioth mo. 13, 1793, aged 40.
Susanna, d. 9th mo. 22, 1799, aged 15, dau. of Edward.
Lydia, d. 4th mo. 11, 1800, aged 85, of Radnor.
Ann, d. 12th mo. 20, 1802, aged 17, dau. of Benj'n dec'd.
Francis, d. 9th mo. 20, 1807, aged 27 [son Evan and Mary].
Jacob, d. 2d mo. 5, 1807, aged 35 [son Evan and Mary]. Joshua, d. 2d mo. II, 1771, aged 25.
Thomas, d. 5th mo. 26, 1771, aged 56.
Thomas, d. 4th mo. 16, 1778, aged 30.
8. John Evans, yeoman, who was in Davidson Co., North Carolina, in 1790, gave a power of attorney to John Roberts and Christian Dull, of Gwynedd, to collect rents from sixty acres of land in Upper Dublin, which had descended to him "as eldest brother and heir at-law" of David Evans.
9. David Evans, of Philadelphia, gentleman, " being aged and infirm of Body," made his will Sept. 27, 1745. He mentions his wife Elizabeth, his brother-in-law, John Owen, of Chester county, the six children of his daughters Susanna and Margaret, "whom I had by a former wife," and his four children by his present wife, Evan, Rebecca, Sidney, and Sarah. He appoints Evan Jones, of Merion, son of Thomas, dec'd ; Owen Jones, of Philadelphia, and John Owen, guardians and overseers. Elizabeth was the dau. of Robert and Jane Owen, of Merion. Her (and David's) son Evan " was the father of David Evans, joiner, who lived in Arch street, between 6th and 7th." Their daughter Sarah, " spinister," made her will July 14, 1762, and it was proved December 21 of that year. She makes bequests to her sister Sydney Howell, wife of Joseph Howell, and to the children of her brother Evan, dec'd, Sidney, David, and Rebecca, the last two minors. (Philad'a meeting records show the marriage of Joseph Howell, of Phila- delphia, tanner, son of Jacob (and Sarah, dec'd), of New Garden, Chester Co., and Sydna [Sydney] Evans, dau. of David, of said city of Philadelphia, m. 4th mo. 26, 1759.)
XIV.
Roberts Family Genealogy.
TT is designed in this chapter to give systematically what is known concerning the descendants of Robert Cadwalader, of Wales, whose children, in the Welsh manner, took the sur- name Robert, subsequently changed to Roberts. His sons were Cadwalader, Morris, Nicholas, John, and Rowland, and he had one daughter, Elizabeth. All these, as well as their father, were in Gwynedd or Montgomery, within a few years after the earliest company of settlers. They came, there is good evidence to prove, from Bala, in Merionethshire ; the journal of an English Friend, mentioning Rowland Roberts's religious visit, speaks of Bala as his birthplace.
Cadwalader is said to have come with the first settlers in 1698, and there is reason to believe that he was accompanied by Morris. That they were among the company on the Robert and Elizabeth is not certain, but the family tradition is that upon the ship which brought them there was much sickness, and that Cadwalader, who was noted for his kind and benevolent character, was active in assisting those who were ill.1 Sub- sequently, the father, Robert Cadwalader, came over with his wife, and their other children : Nicholas, John, Rowland, and Elizabeth. Some of them, certainly John, settled first near Philadelphia, in Oxford township, but all of them had located
1 The definite statement is ascribed to George Roberts, of Gwynedd (No. 58 in this Genealogy), that Cadwalader " came over in company with Edward Foulke and Cadwalader Evans"-i.e. on the Robert and Elizabeth, with the original company.
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in Gwynedd or Montgomery, within a few years after the first settlement. An old account book of Ellis Roberts, of Gwynedd, tailor (not of this family), shows that Morris Roberts bought buttons (Ellis spells it " butnes ") of him, in the 9th mo., 1704, and that he had other dealings with Nicholas Roberts, as early as the 5th mo., 1705. Cadwalader's name appears as witness, on a marriage certificate, 3d month 22, 1699. He bought land of Robert John in 1710, and his name is on the subscription paper for building the new meeting-house of 1712, - the subscriptions for the purpose being raised in 1710-11.
The parents, Robert Cadwalader and his wife, were old peo- ple when they came, and did not long survive. In the marriage certificate of their daughter Elizabeth, and Daniel Morgan, in 9th mo., 1718, Robert is spoken of as " late of Gwynedd," show- ing his death to have occurred previous to that time.
It is the tradition that none of the family were Friends at the time of their immigration, but if not, they soon joined the Society. John was married according to the order of Friends in 1706; Rowland in like manner, in 1713; Cadwalader, in 1714; Nicholas, in 1717 ; and Morris and Elizabeth, in 1718. Rowland was a minister among the Friends, and so also was Elizabeth, as well as her husband, Daniel Morgan.
Genealogical Sketch.
[The general plan of this Genealogy is precisely the same as that preceding, in Chap. XIII. See details in NOTE, on p. 150.]
I. (I.) ROBERT CADWALADER, a man advanced in years, from one of the northern counties in Wales, immigrated with his wife (whose name is not definitely ascertained) and three sons and a daughter (two sons having previously come), and settled about 1700, at Gwynedd. Both he and his wife sur- vived their removal but a few years.
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II. Children of Robert Cadwalader-(surname Roberts) :
2. Cadwalader, b. 1673, d. 1731, m. Eleanor Ellis. #
3. Morris, m. Elizabeth Robeson. ₱
4. Nicholas, d. 1733, m. Margaret Foulke. ₺
5. John, d. 1772, m. Elizabeth Edward. +
6. Rowland, b. 1685, d. 1749, m. Mary Pugh, Ann Bennett. +
7. Elizabeth, m. 9th mo. 21, 1718, Daniel Morgan, son of Edward.
Both she and her husband were ministers in the Society of Friends. There is a manuscript memorial of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting concerning Elizabeth, which says she visited most of the meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, and some of the adjacent colonies. In 1744-46, in company with Susanna Morris, she visited most of the meetings in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. In 1754 she was granted a certificate to visit Barbadoes and Tortola. " Her gift was savoury and edifying, until prevented from attending meetings by a fall from a horse and the infirmity of age. The day before her death she prayed that the Lord would put an end to sin and finish transgression in our land, and in the room thereof would bring in everlasting righteousness and peace." She died 1Ith mo. 14, 1777, in her 88th year. Daniel d. at an advanced age, 1773. Their children were Benjamin, b. 1719, m. 1744, Sarah Davis ; Ruth, b. 3d mo. 15, 1721, m., 1746, Nathan Evans, Moses Peters. (See Evans Genealogy.)
II. (2.) CADWALADER ROBERTS, eldest son of Robert Cadwala- der, b. in Wales, in 1673, immigrated, probably, in 1698, and settled in Gwynedd. In 1710, he bought land, 140 acres, of Robert John, on or closely adjoining the site of the borough of North Wales.1 All the accounts and traditions describe him as a man highly esteemed for his benevolence. He m., 4th mo. 9, 1714, ELEANOR ELLIS (b. 8th mo. 17, 1693), dau. of Humphrey and Jane Ellis, of Merion (she is called in the
1 A memorandum upon a copy of the poem given below says: " His residence was on the North Wales road, about two miles above Gwynedd meeting-house, east side, since occupied by Everard Bolton, H. Beaver, Dr. Meredith, and others."
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marriage certificate Ellin Humphrey),1 and he (CADWALADER) d. 3d mo. 7, 1731, of small-pox at Gwynedd.2 His estate was settled by his widow, as administratrix, letters being issued to her, dated May 31, 1731. ELEANOR m. a second time, Rowland Hugh, of Gwynedd, and d. 1755.
1 The wedding took place at Rowland Ellis's house, in Merion, afterward the resi- dence of Charles Thomson, Sec. of the Continental Congress.
" The following poem on the death of C. R. is doubtless the earliest specimen of verse relating to Gwynedd. Its internal evidence shows that it must have been written soon after the death of C. R., in 1731. The poet is otherwise unknown.
VERSES WRITTEN ON CADWALADER ROBERTS, WHO DIED IN GWYNEDD, IN I73I. BY ROBERT SIMMONS, POET.
(Drawn out of the Old, by Cadwalader Roberts, Jr., 3d mo. 30, 1767.)
You Christians all of North Wales hark with speed, I have a line or two for you to read, Ponder them o'er, consider well your state Before you come unto your God so great. *
These lines I send yon as a pattern given, That you may know the way that leads to Heaven. Follow the steps of him that's gone before : Do you but this, you need not do no more.
Cadwalader Roberts, who was a man of fame, Well known in town and country by his name, Who lived to the age of sixty, lacking two,- But now his death severely we shall [rue ?]
On May the seventh he resign'd his breath, And on the ninth he was laid under the earth. It was in the year of our Lord alone, One thousand seven hundred and thirty one.
A loving husband and a father dear, Thou wast unto thy wife and children fair, O, thou art gone who would have been their stay, Which did prove to them a mournful day.
Thy brothers all which are in number four, Each day thy death they sorely do deplore. Also, thy only sister, whom thou so dearly loved,
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III. Children of Cadwalader and Eleanor :
8. Rebecca, b. 3d mo. 14, 1715, m. IIth mo. 13, 1735-36, d. 12th mo., 1795 ; m. William Erwin, and had issue, surname Erwin : Cadwal- ader ; William, Ellen, m. Conrad Hoover, and had issue ; Sarah, Francis, William, Elizabeth, Robert, Jane, and John, m. Hannah Magargey.
9. Robert, b. 1719, d. 1760, m. Sarah Ambler. ₺ .
II. (3.) MORRIS ROBERTS, son of Robert Cadwalader, b. in Wales, immigrated, probably with his brother Cadwalader, about 1698, settled in Gwynedd (where he was, from the entries in Ellis Roberts's mem. book, as early as 1704), m. 2d mo. 18, 1718, ELIZABETH ROBESON, of Abington. In 1734, he applied to Gwynedd monthly meeting for a certificate to remove to North Carolina, and probably went there.
III. Children of Morris and Elizabeth :
10. Susanna, m. Jacob Zimmerman, 3d mo. 22, 1754, and had issue.
With grief of heart each day for thee she's moved. Thy friends and neighbors all are grieved in heart, Since cruel death did thee and them impart.
Thou charitable was unto the poor,
Nor didst thou let any pass by thy door,
But some relief unto them did give, In money or in meat, while thou did live.
It is enough to pierce the ardent skies, To hear the lamentable moans and cries, Of the poor for their great loss so sore, Say : " Blest Cadwalader we shall see no more."
All people of North Wales weep and lament,
Since the days of our great friend are spent,
For few like him is there now left behind, So low, so meek, so courteous, and so kind, In entertaining friends, and strangers too, But now they are crying : " Lord, what shall we do ?"
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II. Hannah, m., about 1746, William Howe, "and moved to back country."
12. Sophia, m., 11th mo., 1753, John Cadwalader, and had issue : John, b. 1755 ; Elizabeth, b. 1760. The parents removed to Oley, and from there John, jr., rem. to Virginia, about 1786.
13. Lydia, m. Joseph Jones, " and moved back," probably to Pike- land, Chester Co., Pa.
14. Morris, d. young.
15. Nehemiah, d. at "Squire" Job Roberts's, 7th mo., 1802. (He is said to have been mentally impaired.)
II. (4.) NICHOLAS ROBERTS, son of Robert Cadwalader, d. 1733, immigrated from Wales with his parents, m. MARGARET FOULKE, dau. of Edward, of Gwynedd. (See Foulke Gene- alogy.) His estate was settled by Evan Foulke and John Roberts, administrators, to whom letters of administration were issued, April 14, 1733.
III. Children of Nicholas and Margaret :
16. Jane, b. 1718, d. 1790, m. 8th mo. 20, 1741, David Morris, son of Cadwalader, of Philadelphia ; and had issue 5 children : Eliza- beth, Nicholas, Eleanor, Edward, Jane. (Elizabeth m. David Jackson. Jane m. Abiah Cope, of Chester county, from whom are numerous members of the Cope family.)
17. Ellen, b. 1720, m. 6th mo. 27, 1757, John Siddons, and had issue. 18. Elizabeth, b. 6th mo. 11, 1723, d. 5th mo. 29, 1790, m. 4th mo. 12, 1743, David Humphrey, of Gwynedd, son of Robert and Margaret, and had issue eight children. They removed south, to Maryland, and had many descendants in Baltimore, and else- where, surname Dukehart, Riley, Pope, Fowler, Jones, Daven- port, Roberts, Ball, Balderson, Matthews, etc.
II. (5.) JOHN ROBERTS, of Montgomery, son of Robert Cadwal- ader, b. abt. 1677, d. 1773, immigrated, from Wales, with his parents. He settled, first, in Oxford twp., near Philadelphia, and while there m. 6th mo. 7, 1706, ELIZABETH EDWARD, of
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Merion. He subsequently removed to Montgomery, and his name is attached in 171 I to a petition of Gwynedd and Mont- gomery residents for the legal settling of the route of a road to the mills on Pennypack. (See chapter, post, on Early Roads.) His will, dated 5th mo. 15, 1763, was proved Sept. 30, 1773. He leaves his grandson, John Jones, a tract, 100 acres, " where he now liveth," in Montgomery, subject to a payment to his (John's) brother, Evan ; his son John Rob- erts, a tract, 162 acres, adjoining the above and lands of Isaac Jones ; he mentions his grandson John Roberts ; he leaves his dau. Elizabeth Blair, bed, furniture, etc., and re- mission of "all bonds, bills, notes, and book debts contracted or entered into by her former husband, John Jones, or by herself within the time of her widowhood." To his grand- daughter, Jane Mckinley, he leaves an obligation given him by John McKinley. He leaves £5 " to the Hospital in Phil- adelphia," and to his dau. Elizabeth Blair an annuity of £2 Ios., but this to cease, " if the place she formerly lived on comes to her possession again." He mentions his grand- children (some of them minors), Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah Ann, Jane, Margaret, and Job Roberts ; Margaret, Ellinor, and Ann Jones ; and Jonathan Blair. As will be noticed from the dates of his birth and death, JOHN lived to be over ninety years of age.1
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