Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Torbert, James L.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   JAMES L. TORBERT retired, P.O. Newtown, was born in the 
township of Newtown, December 5, 1827, and is a son of James 
M. and Mary W. (Simpson) Torbert.  His paternal grandfather 
was James Torbert, of Upper Makefield township.  He was a 
son of James Torbert, and an early settler of Upper 
Makefield, and he married Margaret McNair, by whom he had 
eleven children:  Martha, Absalom, Hannah, Ann, Alice, James 
M., Elizabeth, Samuel, John K., Charles and Margaret.  Of 
these James M. was born December 25, 1795.  He married Mary 
W., daughter of William Simpson, of Upper Makefield 
township, by whom he had seven children: William S., 
Isabella M. (Mrs. John Keith), Caroline (Mrs. James 
Robinson), Mary A. (Mrs. Joseph M. Scott), James L., John W. 
and Anthony T.  James L. was reared in Newtown and engaged 
in farming until 1875, when he retired.  He married Maria 
C., daughter of Isaac and Ann (Torbert) Van Artsdalen, of 
Northampton township, by whom he has three children living:  
Anna Mary (Mrs. William H. Janney), Horace G. and Lizzie D. 
(Mrs. Elijah S. Stewart).