Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Vansant, Anthony T.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   ANTHONY T. VANSANT farmer, P.O. Yardley, was born in 
Lower Makefield, March 10, 1827, and is a son of Amos and 
Rebecca (Torbert) Vansant.  His paternal grandfather was 
Gabriel Vansant, a native of Lower Makefield, and a son of 
Isaiah Vansant, who settled in Lower Makefield in the last 
century, and was originally from New York.  All of the 
Vansants were farmers.  Gabriel Vansant reared a large 
family, among them two sons, David and Amos.  The latter was 
born, reared and died in Lower Makefield.  His wife was a 
daughter of Anthony Torbert, who was a life-long resident of 
Upper Makefield township, and a son of James Torbert, a 
native of Ireland and an early settler of Upper Makefield.  
Anthony T. Vansant was reared in Lower Makefield, where he 
has always resided, and has occupied his present farm for 
thirty-three years.  His wife was Catherine L., daughter of 
Thomas L. and Elizabeth (Torbert) Wynkoop, of Northampton 
township.  He has one daughter living, Elizabeth W. (Mrs. 
Edward P. Torbert).  She has one child, Payson W.; she 
resides in Springfield, Ohio.