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III. Children of John and Elizabeth :
19. Elizabeth, b. 6th mo. 15, 1707, m. Ist, John Jones,2 by whom she had issue : Jane, m. John McKinley ; John, Mordecai, Evan,
1 His son John (No. 22) d. at 86 years ; and his grandsons, John (33) and Job (40) d at 84 and 94 respectively.
2 From this marriage descended a considerable family, of whom Mordecai Jones, now [1884] and for many years living on the turnpike near the Treweryn bridge, is presumed to be one.
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Margaret, Ellen, Ann ; and 2d (earlier than 1763), John Blair, by whom she had issue : Jonathan.
20. Mordecai, b. 1709, d. 1745.
21. James. [Jane ?]
22. John, b. 1714, d. 1801, m. Jane Hank, Eleanor Williams. ₱
II. (6) ROWLAND ROBERTS, of Montgomery, fifth son of Robert Cadwalader, b. 1685, at Bala, Wales, d. 7th m. 22, 1749 ; im- migrated with his father, m. Ist, 3d mo. 1, 1713, MARY PUGH, eldest dau. of Robert and Sarah, of Gwynedd (see Evans Genealogy); and 2d, ANN BENNETT, widow, of Abington. ROWLAND was a preacher amongst the Friends. A short memorial of him, by Gwynedd monthly meeting, in the John Smith MS. collection, says : " He received a gift in the minis- try, and visited his native country in the service of truth, and returned with certificates giving a good account of his services there. Altho' he was not of ready utterance, yet his matter was often weighty and instructive, savoring of love and good-will to mankind." ANN, his wife, was also a preacher, and is referred to in this volume (p. 91). Row- LAND seems to have been an energetic and substantial busi- ness man. His will shows that, prior to 1749, he had es- tablished a tavern in Montgomery. It is dated 7th mo. 12, of that year, and was probated Oct. 10. He leaves to his " daughter-in-law " Hannah Jones, two small lots of land, " part of the tract I now live on ; one on the west side of the great road, over against the tavern erected on my said prem- ises, taking all the land appertaining to me on the said side of the great road;" and the other situated between another road and Joseph Ambler's house ; " provided always, and I do hereby direct that neither the said Hannah nor any other person claiming under her shall at any time hereafter erect and set up a tavern in opposition to the one that is already
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on my premises, while it continues in my family unsold." He mentions also Mary Davis, another " daughter-in-law," his son-in-law James Williams, to whom he leaves " one dun filly, according to my promise by word of mouth ; " and makes provision for his dear wife, ANNE ROBERTS, who is to have the right to occupy during her life-time " the old house where we now live." His son Eldad is appointed executor, and is left, besides other property, " all the plantation and tract of land where I now live."
III. Children of Rowland and Mary :
23. Eldad, b. 1713, d. 1789, m. Elizabeth Mitchell, Jane Jones. # 24. Sarah, b. 11th mo. 13, 1715.
III. (9.) ROBERT ROBERTS, carpenter, of Gwynedd, son of Cad- walader, b. 10th mo. 18, 1719, d. 1760, bu. at Gwynedd, m. IIth mo. II, 1742, SARAH AMBLER (b. 5th mo. 25, 1721), dau. of Joseph and Ann. (Joseph was a wheelwright ; his wife, Ann, was a Williams, before marriage; they were married in 1720.) ROBERT's will is dated 8th mo. 14, and was proved 10th mo. 29, 1760. He leaves to his dau. Ellen, a lot of 15 acres, in Gwynedd, part of a lot of 25 acres, "to be divided off the west end thereof, next to Wissahickon creek," and orders his executor, his brother-in-law, Edward Ambler, to sell the remainder of his property, about 50 acres. He names his children, Cadwalader, Joseph, Ann, Mary and Hannah. His widow, SARAH, survived until 4th mo. 22, 1796, and d. of palsy.
IV. Children of Robert and Sarah :
25. Cadwalader, b. 1743, d. 1816, m. Mary Shoemaker. ₺
26. Ann, b. 1745, d. 1823, m. Hugh Foulke, and had issue. (See Foulke Genealogy.)
27. Joseph, b. 1747, d, 1799, m. Sarah Shoemaker, Mercy Pickering. ₺
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28. Ellen, b. Ist mo. 15, 1749, d. 2d mo. 25, 1827, unm.
29. Rebecca, b. 1752, d. same year.
30. Mary, b. 1753, d. 1825, m. Jacob Albertson, of Cheltenham, and had issue : Hannah, m. Jesse Williams; Rebecca ; Josiah, m. Alice T. Maulsby ; Jacob, m. Martha Livezey 1 ; Benjamin, m. Amy Haines2 ; Rebecca, m. George Shoemaker.
31. Hannah, b. 4th mo. 5, 1756, d. 9th mo. 27, 1825, m. Samuel Thomas, son of John ; d. without issue.
III. (22.) JOHN ROBERTS, of Whitpain, son of John and Eliza- beth, b. 5th mo. 28, 1714, d. 10th mo. 4, 1801,3 m. Ist, 3d mo. 13, 1736, JANE HANK, dau. of John and Sarah ; 2d, 10th mo. II, 1764, ELEANOR WILLIAMS, dau. of Thomas. (JANE b. 1714, d. 1762; ELEANOR d. 1796.)
IV. Children of John and Jane :
32. Cadwalader, b. Ist mo. 6, 1737, d. Ist mo. 16, 1748.
33. John, b. 1738, d. 1824, m. Elizabeth Cleaver.
34. Elizabeth, b. 1740, d. 1794, m. Thomas Evans. (See Evans Genealogy).
35. Ruth, b. 3d mo. 28, 1743, d. 12th mo. 26, 1820, m. 5th mo. 24, 1768, Nathan Cleaver, son of Peter and Elizabeth, of Upper Dublin ; and had issue 5 children : Phebe, m. Amos Griffith ; David ; Jonathan, m. Nancy Jones ; Nathan, m. Martha Shoe- maker ; Salathiel, m. Mary Shoemaker.
36. Sarah, b. 7th mo. 17, 1745, d. 9th mo. 1837, unm.
37. Ann, b. 2d mo. 14, 1748, d. Ioth mo. 15, 1808, m. 4th mo. 21, 1774, Morgan Morgan ; and had issue 7 children : Benjamin, m. Tacy Stroud; Elizabeth ; Sarah, m. Issachar Kenderdine ; Mor- gan, m. Ann Custer ; Ann, m. John Ambler ; David, m. Sarah Kenderdine ; Mary.
1 J. Morton Albertson, Norristown, b. 1826, m. Sarah P. Lee, was son of Jacob and Martha.
2 Charles Albertson, Philadelphia, b. 1833, m. Mercie Eastburn, was son of Benjamin and Amy.
3 Cadwalader Foulke, recording his death (see p. 141), calls him " John Roberts Cadwalader," showing the persistency with which the Welsh names were maintained, in some cases.
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38. Jane, b. 3d mo. 1, 1751, d. 10th mo. 31, 1821, m. 10th mo. 22, 1778, David Shoemaker, and had issue 5 children : Ellen, m. Jonathan Taylor ; Margaret, m. Ezra Comfort, of Plymouth, preacher (b. 1777, d. 1847) ; John, d. in childhood ; Ann, m. Cadwalader Foulke (see Foulke Genealogy); Mary, m. John Jones.
39. Mary, b. 11th mo. 5, 1753, d. 9th mo. 23, 1786, m. 6th mo. 17, 1777, William Hallowell, son of Joseph, of Whitemarsh; and had issue 5 children : John, m. Alice Potts ; Job, m. Hannah Thomas; Sarah, m. Samuel Conrad ; William, m. Catharine Shoemaker and Jane Richards (born Walker) ; and one child, d. in infancy.
40. Job, b. 1757, d. 1851, m. Mary Naylor, Sarah Thomas. ₺ 41. Jonah, b. 1760, d. 1761.
IV. Child of John by ad wife, Eleanor :
42. Eleanor, b. 2d mo. 25, 1768, d. 10th mo. 1, 1812, m. Ioth mo. 15, 1793, Richard Shoemaker, son of Ezekiel and Hannah, and had issue 5 children : John R. ; Hannah, m. Isaac W. Moore ; Job R .; Ann, m. John Shay ; Charles.
III. (23.) ELDAD ROBERTS, of Montgomery, son of Rowland and Mary, b. 12th mo. 19, 1713, d. 1789, m. Ist, 1747, ELIZABETH MITCHELL, dau. of Richard, of Wrightstown, Bucks Co. (the marriage " very disagreeable to our disci- pline," says a minute of Gwynedd monthly meeting,- though all parties appear to have been Friends). ELIZABETH d. 5th mo. 1760, and ELDAD m. 2d. 10th mo. 18, 1763, JANE JONES, dau. of Isaac, of Montgomery. By each wife ELDAD had two children. His will, dated Ist mo. 29, 1789, was probated March 26 of the same year, at Norristown. He gives his wife JANE all household goods, furniture, etc., " that she brought to me," and £20 a year "in gold or silver." To his son Mordecai he leaves £250 "in current gold," also his desk and silver watch ; to his dau. Elizabeth
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Mullen £120, and his dau. Mary Roberts £150. To his son John (afterwards "Squire" John), "the plantation where I live," in Montgomery, 200 acres, also the residuary personal estate, and he to be executor of the will.
IV. Children of Eldad and Elizabeth :
43. John, b. 1750, d. 1823, unm .- See biographical sketch, and other details, elsewhere in this volume.
44. Mordecai, b. 1753, m. Ellen Decker. ₺
Children of Eldad and Jane :
45. Elizabeth, b. 7th mo. 30, 1764, d. about 1818, m. about 1787, Isaiah Mullen, and moved to New Garden, Chester Co. ; had issue : Jane, m. Jacob Whiteman, of White Clay Creek, Del. ; Charles, m. Isabella Woodhouse ; Mary, m. Alexander Torbert ; Amy ; John ; Isaiah, m. Mary Ann C. Boyd, and went to Michigan.
46. Mary, b. 3d mo. 23, 1766, d. Ist mo. 1859 (bu. at Gwynedd, Ist mo. 18). She lived with her uncle, Isaac Jones (usually called Isaac, Senior, though he was himself the son of Isaac), of Mont- gomery, and is elsewhere mentioned.
IV. (25.) CADWALADER ROBERTS, of Montgomery, farmer, son of Robert and Sarah, b. 10th mo. 18, 1743, d. 2d mo. 7, 1816, m. 5th mo. 24, 1768, MARY SHOEMAKER, dau. of Richard and Ann. (MARY b. 3d mo. 14, 1744, d. 12th mo. 23, 1795.)
V. Children of Cadwalader and Mary :
47. Edward, b. 1771, d. 1850, m. Rebecca Phillips.
48. Ezekiel, b. 1775, d. 1856, m. Ann Doyle. ₺
49. Cadwalader, b. 1777, d. 1871, m. Elizabeth Evans.
50. Joseph, b. 1779, d. 1859, m. Elizabeth Rubencamp.
51. Richard, b. 1782, d. 1860, m. Mary Scott. +
52. Agnes, b. 9th mo. 28, 1783, d. 3d mo. 29, 1872, m. Caleb Evans. (See Evans Genealogy.)
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53. Mary, b. 12th mo. 23, 1786, d. 8th mo. 2, 1830, m. 4th mo. 12, 1808, Edward Spencer, son of Job and Hannah, of Horsham ; and had issue 2 children : Cadwalader R .; and Agnes S., m. Josiah E. Willis.
IV. (27.) JOSEPH ROBERTS, of Montgomery, son of Robert and Sarah, b. 6th mo. 27, 1747, d. Ist mo. 12, 1799. He is called " cordwainer " in a deed, 1769, when he bought of Henry McQuoin a farm on the Horsham road (known in later years as "White Cottage Farm"), in Montgomery. He was known as a man of unusual physical strength, but d. comparatively young, the tradition being that he injured himself by excessive effort, such as lifting a wagon, and removing a fallen tree from the road. He was twice married : Ist, 5th mo. 22, 1770, to SARAH SHOEMAKER (b. 6th mo. 30, 1748, d. 9th mo. 4th, 1771), dau. of Richard and Agnes ; and 2d, 5th mo. II, 1774, to MERCY PICKER- ING, dau. of Isaac and Sarah,1 of Solebury, Bucks Co. MERCY, b. 8th mo. 27, 1745, survived her husband thirty years, continuing the charge of her farm in her advanced age. (A note in the memorandum book of her son Joseph (No. 63) says : "8th mo. 27, 1825 .- This day my mother is 80 years old. She attends entirely to the affairs of the family, such as getting meals, making bread, etc. She got dinner for Israel Lancaster and Isaiah Jones [visitors], and for Hugh and myself." Again "8th mo. 27, 1826 .- At
1 Sarah Pickering was the dau. of Joseph Lupton, the elder, a weaver by occupa- tion, and a man of good education, who came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Bucks county. He m., Ist, Mercy Twining, from near Newtown, and 2d, Mary Picker- ing (b. Scarborough, widow Samuel, who came from England), and after this second marriage removed to Virginia. William, Samuel, and Grace Pickering, Mary's child- ren, also removed there. Grace Pickering m. in Virginia William Lupton, and lived in Frederick Co., in 1787, and their son Asa [or Asahel?], b. 1757, m. 1787, Hannah Hank, dau. of John, of Rockingham Co., Va., of the same family, probably, as Presi- dent Lincoln's mother and the Hanks mentioned in the Evans Genealogy, in this volume.
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mother's. This day she was 81 years old. She attended to the affairs of the family, as usual ; health good, recollection sound.") MERCY d. of palsy, 2d mo. 14, 1829.1
1 In the volumes of Penna. Archives and Colonial Records, will be found details of a trying experience in Joseph's life. Petitions were presented to the Supreme Execu- tive Council of the State in January and March, 1783, asking the remission of a fine of £150 imposed upon Joseph Roberts, of Montgomery township, cordwainer. He had been convicted of a "misdemeanor," at a preceding Court of Oyer and Terminer, his offence being, as charged, "aiding British prisoners to escape." The first petition, dated " Montgomery, Jan. 27, 1783," recites that he has been adjudged to the payment of the fine -
"- for giving some Directions concerning their Road to a few travelers asking for them at his Door. That the said Travelers were absolute Strangers to your Peti- tioner, and neither from their Habit nor their discourse gave him any reason to suspect they were British soldiers. That your petitioner was wholly ignorant at this Time of any act of Assembly against giving Food or information of their Road to strangers requesting them, and so far from knowing that he thereby incurred a fine, that he believed he was only performing a common act of hospitality. That your petitioner is but a young Man and except his Trade and Industry has little in the world to support a wife and five children, who must with himself be reduced to great Distress, if not Ruin " [unless the fine be remitted].
Accompanying this petition was another from " Neighbors and Acquaintances of Joseph Roberts." The signers (whose names follow) " certify that he is a sober indus- trious young Man, of good Character among us ; and that we have no doubt of the truth of the several allegations " in his petition.
Hezekiah Williams. Archibald McClean, Sur-
David Evans.
Ed. Bartholomew. geon, Ist Batt'n P. C. M. Caleb Foulke.
Chas. Moore, M.D.
William Mullen.
Evan Jones. Mordecai Moore. Wm. McClean.
Charles Stedman.
Samuel Wheeler. Zebulon Potts, Esq.
Eliz: Ferguson.
Thos. Franklin.
Robert Loller, Surveyor.
Seth Quee, Esq. William Roberts.
These petitions were read in the Council, Feb. 20, 1873, and their prayer rejected. On March 18, other petitions were presented of like character, one of them from prom- inent citizens of Philadelphia, supported by letters from Colonel William Bradford, jr. and from Chief Justice Thomas Mckean. Colonel Bradford says he is informed from credible authority that Joseph had " sustained the character of a sober, industrious, and peaceable citizen, no ways inimical to the Liberties of America." The Chief Justice says that " he has heretofore supported the character of a quiet and inoffensive man, and that he has but little knowledge of public affairs, and is but a weak Politician."
Upon this re-hearing of the case by the Council, the petition was granted, and the fine remitted. The costs of the trial, it appeared, were £32 13s. 6d. There were three indictments, and the witnesses were: Noah Lee, 7 days [attendance] ; James Burt, 7 days ; Ebenezer Archibald, 7 days.
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V. Children of Joseph and Sarah :
54. Sarah, b. 8th mo. 27, 1771, d. Ioth mo. 31, 1854, m. Ist, at Gwynedd meeting, 5th mo. 28, 1793, Paul Conard, of Tredyffrin, by whom she had 4 children : Jesse, Mary, Sarah, and Rebecca ; and 2d, at Valley meeting, 10th mo. 25, 1815, Isaac Walker, son of Joseph and Sarah, by whom she had one son, Isaac R. Walker.
Children of Joseph and Mercy :
55. Isaac, b. 1775, d. 1851, m. Alice Comfort. ₺
56. Jonathan, b. 4th mo. 19, 1777, d. 8th mo. 25, 1832, unm., of con- sumption, in Bucks co., " eight miles beyond Buckingham," and was bu. at Buckingham. A shoemaker by trade.
57. Hugh, also a shoemaker, b. 3d mo. 28, 1779, d. 3d mo. 18, 1848, unm., and bu. at Gwynedd.
58. George, b. 1781, d. 1851, m. Phebe Scott. ₺
59. John, b. 3d mo. 1783, d. same month.
60. Charles, b. 1784, d. 1845, m. Hannah White, Anna Maria Hoskins. ₺
61. Septimus, b. 9th mo. 30, 1786, d. Ist mo. 6, 1826, unm. He was one of the earliest students at Westtown, his name being on the roll in 6th mo., 1803. Subsequently, from 5th mo, 1809, to 9th mo., 1812, he was a teacher there. He also taught in Philadel- phia (previous to 1809), having charge of the Friends' school for colored children, and a portrait of him, by one of his pupils, is extant.1 He had gone to Mauch Chunk, as a clerk in the offices of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., and was living there when he d. of a hemorrhage.
62. Mercy, b. 9th mo. 14, 1789, d. Ist mo. 26, 1870, unm.
63. Joseph, b. 3d mo. 22, 1793, d. 8th mo. 25, 1835, unm.
IV. (33.) JOHN ROBERTS, son of John and Jane, b. IIth mo. 28, 1738, d. IIth mo. 8, 1824, m. 6th mo. 9, 1772, ELIZA- BETH CLEAVER, dau. of Peter and Elizabeth, of Upper Dublin. (ELIZABETH d. 5th mo. 24, 1808.)
1 The original is in possession of Charles Roberts, of Philadelphia. It is a spirited picture, showing the costume of a plain young Friend of 1805, and interesting also as exhibiting the artistic talent of the colored lad who produced it.
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V. Children of John and Elizabeth :
64. Peter, b. 4th mo. 7, 1773, d. 2d mo. 2, 1801, m. 11th mo. 20, 1800, Elizabeth Comfort, dau. of Ezra and Alice; no issue. (She subsequently m. Benjamin White.)
65. Ruth, b. 8th mo. 28, 1775, d. 9th mo. 10, 1857, m. 5th mo. 17, 1803, Jesse Ambler, son of John and Ann ; no issue. (Jesse, b. 1777, d. 1851.)
IV. (40.) JOB ROBERTS, of Whitpain, son of John and Jane, b. 3d mo. 23, 1757, d. 8th mo. 20, 1851, m. Ist, 5th mo. 22, 1781, MARY NAYLOR (b. 1758, d. 1816); 2d, 10th mo. 12, 1820, SARAH THOMAS, widow (born Williams, dau. of Joseph). A biographical sketch of "Squire" JOB will be found elsewhere in this volume. He had no children by his second wife.
V. Children of Job and Mary :
66. Hannah, b. 6th mo. 6, 1783, d. Sth mo. 23, 1785.
67. Jane, b. 3d mo. 1, 1785, d. 2d mo. 1, 1847, m. 5th mo. 12, 1807, Charles Mather, son of Isaac and Mary ; and had issue : Job R., Mary Morris, Hannah B., m. John C. Lester, of Richland ; Jane, m. Benjamin G. Foulke, of Richland (see Foulke Genealogy) ; Susanna M., m. Samuel J. Levick ; Letitia, m. Wm. Walmsley ; Charles, Lydia T.
IV. (44.) MORDECAI ROBERTS, son of Eldad and Elizabeth, b. 7th mo. II, 1753, m. ELLEN DECKER. The tradition is that MORDECAI served in the Revolutionary army, probably as a private soldier, and that during the Battle of Germantown, in which he was engaged, his father, then an old man, lay on his bed at Montgomery, listening to the cannonade (which could be heard at that distance), in great distress of mind about "Mord." The monthly-meeting records have an entry in the IIth mo., 1776, that MORDECAI ROBERTS
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" has joined the military men in their exercise, and wholly neglects the attendance of meetings." After carrying the case for some months, in the 6th mo., 1777 (four months before Germantown), the meeting disowned him.
V. Children of Mordecai and Ellen :
68. Eleanor.
69. John, d. abt. 1833, unm.
70. Eldad, d. 1843, m. Elizabeth Waters. +
71. Medad, d. young.
72. Mordecai, b. 1795, d. 1848, m. Rebecca Srope.
73. Charles, b. 1798, d. 1868, m. Mary E. Harrison. ₺
74. Martha, b. Ist mo. 14, 1798, d. Ist mo. 15, 1852, (buried at Hephzibah Church, Chester Co., Pa.); m., by Squire John Roberts, 2d mo. 8, 1816, Benjamin Barnes, son of Jesse and Esther ; 12 children.
75. James.
76. Mary, m. Frederick Wonerly.
77. Ann, m. James Bumbaugh.
77 12. Jane, b. 5th mo. 9, 1809, m. Davis Penegar, son of Amos and Hannah ; 10 children.
V. (47.) EDWARD ROBERTS, son of Cadwalader and Mary, b. 3d mo. 9, 1771, d. 10th mo. 25, 1850, m. 1796, REBECCA PHILLIPS, (b. 4th mo. 28, 1776, d. 12th mo. 10, 1859), dau. of David. He was a farmer, and settled, about 1795, at Catawissa, on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, in which locality many of his descendants now live.
VI. Children of Edward and Rebecca :
78. Cadwalader, b. 1800, d. 1876, m. Ann Phillips. ₺
79. Hannah, b. 1802, d. 1803.
80. William, b. 7th mo. 15, 1804.
81. Hannah, b. Ioth mo. 11, 1806, m. 2d mo. 16, 1832, Edward Shay, of Horsham ; and had issue : John, b. 1835, d. 1894, m. Hannah Haupt.
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82. Edward J., b. 1808, m. Annie Bartholomew. ₱
83. David, b. 1811, d. 1877, m. Frances Sanders.
84. Stephen F., b. 1814, m. Margaret M. George. ₺ 85. Josiah A., b. 1820, m. Anna M. Clewell. ₺ 8512. Mary, b. and d. 1798.
V. (48.) EZEKIEL ROBERTS, son of Cadwalader and Mary, b. 12th mo. 19, 1775, d. 2d mo. 13, 1856. He was a farmer, and removed first to near Toronto, Canada, where part of his family were born, then later to Ohio. He is buried at Belmont, O. He m. ANN DOYLE (b. 8th mo. 28, 1777, d. 2d mo. 2, 1827.)
VI. Children of Ezekiel and Ann :
86. Joseph, b. 1799, d. 1830, m. Esther Scott. ₺
87. Mary, b. 2d mo. 27, 1801, d. 6th mo. 22, 1856, m. Abraham Griffith ; and had issue : Elma, m. John Cooper (Illinois) ; Anna R., m. Wm. Giffen, (Jackson Co., W. Va.); Rees L., m. Catha- rine Seal (Morning View, O.); Charles, m. Sarah J. Peck (New Jersey) ; Ruth, m. Reuben Creighton (Mt. Horeb, Ohio).
88. Agnes, b. 3d mo. 4, 1803, d. Ist mo. 23, 1888, (buried at Janes- ville, Iowa), m. Rees Larkin, and had issue 9 children, mostly settled in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois, with numerous descendants.
89. George, b. 1805, d. 1827. (Bu. at Harrisville, O.)
90. Charles, b. 1808, d. 1875, m. Sarah Harris. ₱
91. John, b. 1810, d. 1887, m. Susanna Metz, Elizabeth B. Wilson. 92. Nancy, b. 6th mo. 14, 1812, d. 6th mo. 16, 1893, m. John Taggart (St. Clairsville, O.) ; and had issue 8 children, residents of Illinois, Ohio, and Minnesota. (Agnes D., m. Wm. P. Roberts, 193 this Genealogy.)
93. Esther, b. 1815, d. 1878, m. David Smith, farmer, Belmont, Ohio, and had issue 7 children, residents of Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.
V. (49.) CADWALADER ROBERTS, of Gwynedd, son of Cadwala- der and Mary, b. IIth mo. 3, 1777, d. 2d mo. 19, 1871, m.
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12th mo. 14, 1802, ELIZABETH EVANS (b. 1781, d. 1842), dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth. CADWALADER was a tailor and farmer ; he is elsewhere mentioned in this volume. For many years he had charge of the meeting property at Gwyn- edd, and was sexton of the burial-ground. He lived on the turnpike below Acuff's, on a small farm which after his death was added by sale to the John Gilbert estate.
VI. Children of Cadwalader and Elizabeth :
94. Job, b. 1814, d. 1858, m. Hannah Pickering. + (Two children older than Job d. in infancy.)
V. (50.) JOSEPH ROBERTS, son of Cadwalader and Mary, b. IIth mo. 2, 1779, d. 4th mo. 11, 1859, m. 12th mo. 24, 1801, ELIZABETH RUBENCAMP (d. 1841). He was a farmer ; was buried at Horsham, Pa.
VI. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth :
95. Agnes, b. 1804, d. 1882, m. 1831, Jonathan Jarrett ; and had issue : J. Roberts, Elizabeth, Mary, Tacy A., m. Jesse Ambler.
96. Charles, b. 1807, d. 1866, m. Sarah Ann Kenderdine.
97. Mary Ann, b. 1810, d. 1886, m. 1835, Henry Magee ; and had issue : Martha W., m. William Johnson ; Charles R., Jane Elizabeth, Agnes J., m. Charles H. Kehr ; Jos. Roberts, m. Sarah McCarter ; Henry, m. Anna Sutton.
98. Jesse, b. 1812, d. 1819.
V. (51.) RICHARD ROBERTS, son of Cadwalader and Mary, b. Ist mo. 1, 1782, d. 9th mo. 17, 1860, m. 5th mo. 14, 1805, MARY SCOTT, dau. of Alexander and Jane. (MARY b. 1781, d. 1828, and bu. at Gwynedd.) RICHARD was a farmer ; lived in Ohio ; was buried at Emerson, in that State.
VI. Children of Richard and Mary :
99. Israel, b. 1806, d. 1849, m. Sarah T. Ward. ₱ 100. Alexander Scott, b. 1809, d. about 1840, m. Mary Fort. ₺
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IO1. Mary, b. 1811.
102. Ezekiel, b. 1813, m. Eliza Ann Griffith, Eliz. P. Harrison. +
103. John C., b. 1815.
104. Rowland, b. 1817, d. 1890, m. Mary Ann Humphreys.
105. Phebe, b. 1820, d. 1879, m. William Waterman, Emerson, O .; and had issue : George W. (Ohio) ; Israel R. (Penna.); Charles R. (Ohio).
V. (55.) ISAAC ROBERTS, of Whitemarsh, son of Joseph and Mercy, b. at Montgomery, 4th mo. 27, 1775, d. 8th mo. 13, 1851, m. 3d mo. 13, 1800, ALICE COMFORT, dau. of Ezra. (ALICE b. 4th mo. 23, 1779, d. 2d mo. 22, 1841.) ISAAC was a farmer ; both he and his wife were buried at Plymouth.
VI. Children of Isaac and Alice :
106. Mercy, b. 6th mo. 3, 1801, d. 4th mo. 26, 1873.
107. Elizabeth, b. 7th mo. 10, 1803, d. 12th mo. 23, 1825.
108. Ezra, b. 1805, d. 1854, m. Lydia Passmore.
109. Charles W., b. 1807, d. 1893, m. Martha W. Walker. +
IIO. [ Joseph V., b. 6th mo. 16, 1810, d. 3d mo. 12, 1834.
III. Jacob, b. 1810, d. 1893, m. Phebe Williams. +
112. Isaac, b. 2d mo. 1, 1814, m. 1850, Mary H. Bacon (b. 1818), dau. of John, of Greenwich, N. J. No issue.
113. Hiram, b. 8th mo. 28, 1816; unm.
114. Hannah, b. 4th mo. 30, 1819 ; d. 6th mo. 16, 1882.
V. (58.) GEORGE ROBERTS, of Gwynedd, farmer, son of Joseph and Mercy, b. at Montgomery, 3d mo. 10, 1781, d. 6th mo. 16, 1851, m. 12th mo. 16, 1806, PHEBE SCOTT, dau. of Alexander and Jane. (PHEBE b. Ist mo. 12, 1783, d. 8th mo. 16, 1860.) Both were buried in the ground near Penllyn, belonging to (O.) Friends.
VI. Children of George and Phebe :
115. Jane, b. 6th mo. 22, 1809, d. 12th mo. 10, 1886, m. 12th mo. 18, 1832, Jacob T. Lukens, son of William and Martha ; and had issue ; Phebe, Willett, Martha T., m. Richard C. Shoemaker, and
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