Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Roberts, Jonathan
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Southampton Township


   JONATHAN ROBERTS retired, P.O. Davisville, is a son of 
Robert and Hannah T. Roberts, natives of Montgomery county.  
Robert Roberts was a farmer in Moreland township, where he 
died in 1876.  He was a member of the Horsham meeting and 
was a good upright man.  His wife was also a member of the 
Society of Friends and died in 1875.  Their children were:  
Mary W., Stacy Ann, and Jonathan, who was the oldest son, 
and was born July 14, 1824.  He was reared to farming and on 
his marriage took the home farm, on which he remained for 
four years, when he rented a farm in Moreland and stayed 
there nine years.  At the end of that time he bought and 
removed to the farm in this township, which has since been 
his home.  Six years ago he retired, building a new 
residence on a part of the place.  He has been twice 
married, his first wife being Martha Walton, of Montgomery 
county, to whom he was married in 1846.  She died in 1865, 
leaving one son, Edwin W.   In 1869 Mr. Roberts was married 
to Mary A., daughter of George W. and Mary Lawrence.   Mr. 
Lawrence was a native of Philadelphia, and a descendant of 
William Lawrence, one of the Friends who came here with 
William Penn.  The family record shows the descendants to 
have all been consistent adherents of the faith of their 
ancestor.  His wife came from an old Maryland family, and 
was a native of Baltimore.  Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had one 
child, Jonathan L., who died in his eighth year.  They are 
members of the Horsham meeting, and have the respect of all 
who know them.