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From: Bill Crews <bcrews@logicsouth.com>
Subject: [ROBERTS] Part 1 EDWARD ROBERTS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:29:03 -0500
I have a little book (45 pages) I picked up several years ago and going
through my small library I found it....again. Here is a scanned copy of
one family in two part. Hope the OCR did it's job.
Others will follow.
Title == Roberts Family History
by == J. Montgomery Seaver
Published == American Historial-Genealogical Society in Philadelphia
No Date but the lastest day that I found was 1927 in references where
the Who's Who in American of 1926-27 is listed.
DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD ROBERTS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
First Generation
H 142 I--EDWARD ROBERTS, the progenitor of this family in America, was
born in Wales about 1690 and died in Providence Township, Phila-
delphia County, Pennsylvania, now Lower Providence Township,
Montgomery County. His will was proved January 16, 1753. The
original Roberts homestead was near the present town of Eagle-
ville, about twenty-one miles northwest of Philadelphia. From
the
top of the hill above Eagleville one can see lands in seven
Counties,
the view being considered one of the most beautiful in the
State. A
few of the families who settled in this region with whom certain
of
the Roberts have blood ties are Lane, Rambo, Bull, Pawling,
Penny-
packer, Horning, Tyson, Davis, Curry, Boyer, Baker, Francis,
Pugh.
Second Generation
II--1. Children of Edward Roberts and .
a. Samuel Roberts, who married Catherine Francis (`i), March
1, 1740, and lived and died in Providence Township. Will
proved September 16th, 1797. A reputable Genealogist re-
ports that the seal on the will of Samuel Roberts has a bird
on a design which is apparently heraldic. He divised one
plantation to a son, Samuel, and one to Amold. Previously
he had conveyed a plantation to a son, Edward.
b. Jane Roberts.
c. Ann Roberts, who married Thomas Turner.
d. Susannah, who married William Edward.
e. Edward Roberts.
f. Febe Roberts.
Third Generation
III--i. Children of Samuel and Catherine (Francis) Roberts.
a. Edward Roberts, eldest son, born about 1741, died in 1810.
Proof of heirship made May 17, 1810. He married Alice
Rambo. License issued April 8th, 1768. She was the daugh-
ter of John Rambo and Hannah Lane and a direct descendant
of Peter Gunnarson Rambo, Peter Larrson Cock, Samuel
Richardson and Edward Lane, who are frequently mentioned
in early Pennsylvania settlements. The War of Independence
was a part of the daily life of the residents of Lower Provi-
dence. Edward Roberts and his brothers, John and Samuel,
were in the Company of Captain Amold Francis, being listed
in the Return of the Sixth Battalion of Philadelphia County
Militia, Eighth Company. Edward Roberts was in the fifth
class according to Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 1, 6th
Series, Page 913.
b. Samuel Roberts, who was born about 1750 and died Feb. 24th,
1803, married Lydia Horning, daughter of Samuel and Mar-
tha Horning.
c. Amold Roberts, who died November 7th, 1820, at the age of
76 years and 10 months. Amold was one of the Trustees of
Lower Providence Baptist Church. His wife's name was
Mary ----.
d. John Roberts, born about 1749. He served in the War of
Independence in Captain Amold Francis' Company hereto-
fore mentioned. Further refence to John Roberts in "Amer-
ican Boyers", page 183, and in Brecht's "General Record of
Schwenkfelders Families," page 1320.
e. Mary Roberts, who married James Sands.
f. Rebecca Roberts, who died March 18th, 1801, at the age of
40. She married James Curry. They left descendants, one
being Anita Major, now living in Norristown, Pa.
g. Elizabeth Roberts, who married John Baker, son of Amold
Baker. License issued October 1, 1767. Baker family re-
corded in "Sketches of the Montgomery County Historical
Society," Norristown, Pa.
h. Catherine Roberts, married William Nelson.
i. Hannah Roberts, who died March 14th, 1801, at the age of
54. She married Michael Horning.
j. Rachel Roberts.
Fourth Generation
IV--1. Children of Edward and Alice (Rambo) Roberts.
a. Samuel Roberts, eldest'son, who married Barbara
b. John Roberts, of Lower Providence Township, Montgomery
County.
c. Jesse Roberts, of Lower Providence Township, Montgomery
County.
d. WILLIAM ROBERTS, born in Lower Providence Township,
Montgomery County, 1783. He died June 27, 1849, at Sha-
vers Creek, near Petersburg, Huntington County, Pennsyl-
vania. Buried in Manor Hill Cemetery near Petersburg.
While living in Eckesburg, Ferry County, he held Federal
and State offices. He first married Mary Peacock, and sec-
ondly Martha Bull. See "Bull Famil;," by Commodore
James H. Bull.
e. Jonathan Roberts, of London Britain, Chester County, Penn-
sylvania.
i. Edward Roberts, of L,ower Providence Township, Montgom-
ery County.
g. Jemima, who married Benjamin Davis November 4th, 1792.
The Davis lands adjoined or cornered with the Roberts plant-
ation in Lower Providence.
h. Elizabeth Roberts, who married Joseph Johnson, of Worces-
ter Township, Montgomery County.
i. Alice Roberts, who married Alexander Phillips, of Lower
Providence.
IV--2. Children of Arnold Roberts and Marv -----.
a. Samuel Roberts, who married Martha Pugh, daughter of
John and Rebecca Pugh, on April 10th, 1810.
b. John Roberts.
c. Elizabeth Roberts, who married Andrew Casselbury.
d. Mary Roberts, who married Daniel Tyson.
e. Sarah Roberts, who married Jacob Highly.
f. Catherine Roberts, who married Richard Pennypacker. Li-
cense issued March 15th, 1810. The Pennypacker family is
one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Pennsyl-
vania. Samuel Pennypacker, of this family, served as Jurist
and Governor of the State.
IV--3. Children of John Roberts and ----------·
a. Catherine Roberts, born January 21st, 1777. Married Henry
Boyer. See "American Boyers."
b. Hannah Roberts.
