----- Original Message ----- From: <EHanebury@aol.com> To: <LHODGE@NYCAP.RR.COM> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Blackledge" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PaOldC] 1825 Merion Meeting Burial Records > > > dprough@mail.win.org > > Merion Meeting Burial Records > 1825 > > John Jones of Lower Merion, Jan. 1, 1825, at an advanced age. Buried > Jan. 1, 1825. > John Jones, one of the Associate Judges of the County Courts, died > Dec. 26, 1824, aged 80 years. Died at "Brookfield", Lower Merion. > Will recorded at Norristown. Mentions wife Rebecca. Son Richard B. > Jones. Bequeaths land in North Carolina to son Hugh Jones; and plantation > "Brookfield", to son Richard Blackledge Jones. Signed June 15, 1824. > Witnesses, John Elliott, Joseph C. Morgan, David Young. Proved Feb. 7, > 1825. > His wife was Rebecca, daughter of Owen and Susanna Jones of > Wynnewood. > The name of John Jones appears on the List of Taxables for Lower > Merion, 1782; also, that of another John Jones, "Guff", meaning, "of the > Gulph". > John Jones (of the Brookfield family), afterwards Judge Jones, was a > Revolutionary Soldier, and served in Capt. Israel Jones's Co., Philadelphia > Co. Militia, 1780. See Penna. Archives Sixth Series, Vol. I, p. 724. > U. S. Census, 1790, John Jones, Esq. 2 males over 16; 2 males under > 16; 4 females; 1 other free white person; 5 slaves. > > R.P. died 1825. Buried in old ground. No. 11, Row V. A rough > tombstone, with inscription nearly obliterated. Perhaps the tompstone of > Rees Price, who died 1826. > > Jonathan Robeson died Feb. 22, 1825. born 4 Mo. 9, 1745. He was the > son of John and Ann Robeson, of Mill Creek, Lower Merion. > Will of Jonathan Robeson, Lower Merion, recorded at Norristown. > Mentions sons Edward and Samuel. Daughter Ann Griffith, wife of Richard > Griffith. Daughter Elizabeth Warnick (widow). Son Joseph. Daughter Mary > Fisher, wife of George Fisher. Daughter Hannah Hagy (wife of Jacob Hagy). > Son, Samuel L. Robeson, Executor. Witnesses, Benj. Humphrey, John Elliott. > Signed Dec. 31, 1823. Proved March 5, 1825. > John Robeson bought 152 acres from Edward and John Roberts, > executors of the estate of Robert Roberts. John Robeson, by deed of 1791, > conveyed the property to his son, Jonathan Robeson. Jonathan married Hannah > and had a son Samuel Levis Robeson, born 1789. Also other children. He was a > Revolutionary soldier. > The name of John Robeson, with 150 a., and Jonathan Robeson, appear > on the List of Taxables for Lower Merion, 1769. > On the List of Taxables for 1780, are Thomas Robeson, John Robeson, > Sen'r., John Robeson, Jun'r., and Jonathan Robeson. > List of 1782-3, John Robeson, John Robeson (2), Thomas Robeson, > Jonathan Robeson. > In 1780, John Robeson, clergyman. > 8, 27, 1721. Jonathan Robeson, of Amity twp., Phila. Co. son of > Andrew, dec'd, and Elizabeth Morris, dau. of David Morris of Marple, at > Haverford Meeting. Wit: Andrew and David Robeson; David, Isaac, Jonathan > and Mordecai Morris. > Jonathan Robeson married a daughter of Edward Williams of Blockley, > and had children, Edward, Ann, Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary, all living in > 1804. > 5, 13, 1744. John Robeson of Merion, widower, and Anne Roberts, dau. > of Robert of the same twp. at Merion Meeting House. Wit: Robert, Alice, > Edward, Ellin, Jane, Ann, Hannah and Jane Roberts. > 11, 18, 1812. Samuel Levis Roberts of Lower Merion, son of Jonathan > and Hannah, latter dec'd., and Elizabeth Cleaver, dau. of Jonathan and > Rebecca, of Upper Merion, at Tredyffrin Meeting House. Wit: Jonathan > Robeson; Jonathan, Rebecca, William, Jr., Charlotte, Rebecca, Jr., Sarah, > Theodosia, Lydia and Anne Cleaver. > Census, 1790. John Robeson, Sr. (2,_,1); John Robinson (2,2,3); > Joseph Robinson (4, _,2,1); Jonathan Robinson (3,3,5). > > Emily T. Roberts, born 12 th Mo. 29 th, 1795; died 3 rd Mo. 4th, > 1825, No. 5, in Row C. See Ante. > > The following paragraph has been crossed out apparently by the > author. (Daughter of Paul and Tacy (Davis) Jones, and wife of William Warner > Roberts. She left a son, John, still living (1909).) > > Susannah Thomas, relict of Lewis Thomas, died March 20, 1825, aged > about 75. Interred at Merion Meeting on the 22 d, from the residence of her > son-in-law, Thomas Pratt. Poulson's Advertiser. > Her maiden name was Roberts. > Lewis Thomas and Susannah Roberts were married March 16, 1775. See > Penna. Archives, Second Series, Vol. II, p. 244. > Thos. Pratt and Hannah Thomas, m. Dec. 26, 1793. > The Pratt family residence was situate on the Old Lancaster Road, > above "Harvey's Lane" (now Highland Avenue.) The property was afterwards > purchased by William Simpson from Susanna Pratt, dau. of Thomas. > > Owen Jones, d. 11, 1825, aged 81. Died May 11, 1825. Will proved in > Philadelphia, May 16, 1825. Mentions wife Hannah. Speaks of property in > Lower Merion, Philadelphia and Lower Dublin. Mentions nieces Hannah and Jane > Foulke, daughters of sister Jane Foulke dec'd. Daughters of nephew Caleb > Foulke. Charles Wister and Susanna Price, "children of my sister Lowry > Wister". Sisters Hannah Foulke, Sarah Rutter, Susannah Nancarrow, Ann > Jones, Rebecca Jones. Nephew John Wister and his son, Jones Wister. > Nephew Edward Foulke, "son of my sister Hannah Foulke". Niece Susannah > Foulke. Nephew, George Foulke. Executors, Friends Joseph Warner, James > Sellers and Samuel Sellers. Signed June 15, 1822. Witnesses, Andrew D. Cash, > T. J. Smith, John R. Pearson, Stevenson Smith. > Owen Jones died May 11, 1825, aged 81. Poulson's Advertiser. > Died, On Tuesday morning, aged 81. Owen Jones, for many years a > respectable merchant of this city. Saturday Evening Post. May 14, 1825. > Owen Jones married, 1 st. Mary Wharton; 2 d. Hannah Smith, No issue > survive. > Departed this life on the 13 th of July 1825, at Winwood, Lower > Merion, Ann Jones, sister of the late Owen and Jonathan Jones. Poulson's > Advertiser. > They were the children of Owen Jones of Wynne wood, Provincial > Treasurer, and Susanna Evans his wife (dau. of Hugh and Lowry). > Owen and Susanna had a daughter Sarah Jones, (who married Samuel > Rutter and had Thomas Rutter; Martha (who m. Howell Hopkins); Rebecca.) > Sarah Jones Rutter died 1832. > Other children of Owen and Susanna Jones, besides Ann, Owen, Jonathan > and Sarah, were Jane, who m. Caleb Foulke; Lowry, who m. Daniel Wister; > Susannah, who m. John Nancarrow; Hannah, who m. Amos Foulke; Martha (d. > unm.); Rebecca (m. J. Jones.) > Died, On the 13 th inst. in Lower Merion. Ann Jones, sister of the > late Owen and Jonathan Jones. Saturday Evening Post, July 16, 1825. > Phila. Directory, 1825. Owen Jones, gent. N. W. corner S. 2 d. and > Spruce. > Witnesses to Codicil, Richard B. Jones, Rebecca Jones, Enoch Walker, > Jr. > The will of Ann Jones, Lower Merion, is recorded at Norristown. > Proved July 19, 1825. She mentions her bro. Jonathan Jones. Niece, Susanna > Foulke, dau. of sister Hannah Foulke. Nieces, Martha Rutter and Rebecca > Jones Rutter, daughters of sister Sarah Rutter. Executor, brother Owen > Jones. Signed Aug. 12, 1821. Witnesses, Cornelius S. Smith, and Thomas W. > Smith. Later Mentions (appoints) her sister-in-law, Mary Jones, widow of > brother Owen, (executrix.). Mentions friend Hannah Stewart. Niece, Susanna > Foulke. Ex. Friend Joseph Warner. > > Died on 4 th day 13 th inst., 1825 Edward Roberts, in the 71st year > of his age. Funeral from the house of Wm. Rose, on the West Chester road, > beyond Hamiltonville, this morning, (15 th) at 9 o'clock. Poulson's > Advertiser. Died April 13, 1825. > > Died at the residence of Richard B. Jones, Esq. Montgomery County on > the 5 th (August) 1825, Thomas Rutter of Phila. in the 35 th year of his > age. Poulson's > At "Brookfield", Aurora. > "Brookfield", Lower Merion, is on the road to Conshohocken. It is > now the property of Wayne Mac Veagh. > Thomas Rutter is buried in No. 20,m Row E, the Jonathan Jones Row, of > Wynnewood. With him are interred his mother Sarah Rutter and his sister > Rebecca Rutter. > On the 5 th inst., at the residence of Richard B. Jones, Esq., > Montgomery Co., Mr. Thomas Rutter, of this city, aged 35 years. Saturday > Evening Post, Aug. 13, 1825. > > Mary P. Walters, 1825. The will of Mary P. Walters, Lower Merion, is > recorded at Norristown. Proved Nov. 22, 1825. Mentions her mother, Jane > Walters. Executors, Mother and Uncle Samuel Gibson. Signed 10 Mo. 29, > 1825. Witnesses, Catharine Daugherty, Authur Mc Ginnes. > 5, 23, 1788. Samuel Gibson, son of David and Mary of Kingsessing; - > and Mary Price, Jr., daughter of John and Mary of Lower Merion, at Merion > Meeting, Witnesses; David, Nathan and Mary Gibson; John, Mary, Joseph, > Hannah, Rebecca, Edward and John Price, Jr. > Sophia Price and Charles Daugherty were married Oct. 30, 1760. See > Penna. Archives, Second Series, Vol. II, p. 201.