Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Walton, Jacob A.
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Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009

Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   JACOB A. WALTON carpenter, P. O. Carversville, was born 
in Solebury township, February 22, 1837, and is a son of 
James and Jane (Thomas) Walton.  His great-grandfather, John 
Walton, was a son of Jacob and Ann Walton, pioneers of 
Solebury township.  John Walton married Hannah Carey, and 
had seven children:  Jonathan, David, Jacob, John, Jesse, 
Samuel and Mary.   Of these children, Jacob married Hannah 
Armitage, by whom he had five children:  Evelina, Eliza, 
John, James and Martha.  Of these James, who was a farmer in 
Solebury, married Jane, daughter of Jesse Thomas, of 
Plumstead township, and had eight children:  Jacob A., Jesse 
T., Caroline, Elvira B., Charles, Albert, George R. and 
Mattie.   Jacob A. was reared in Solebury, where, with the 
exception of four years, he has always resided.  He married 
Marietta, daughter of Jesse and Mary (Holcomb) Walton, of 
Solebury, and has one daughter, Hannah M.