Thanks. I'll check the book I have and see what is in there. I believe there was some Paxson info, not sure if there was Roberts. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [PABUCKS] Family of Henry & Mary (Paxson) Roberts of Solebury, Warner P. Roberts 1801-1866 HELLO COUSIN! Henry Paxson's father, James Sr, is my 9th ggfather. Regretably, I have no information down Henry's line, but I'll be glad to share down his brother, William's On 1/5/07, Jim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Listers, > > > > Who else is researching this family? Although I haven't found any relatives > in Pennsylvania for Henry Roberts, his wife Mary Paxson was the daughter of > Henry Paxson and wife Ann Plumly of Solebury twp., a family well documented > in various places. I have been trying to trace the descendants of Henry & > Mary, but it seems to me that most of them must have left Bucks Co. For the > most part, their association with the Quaker community was somewhat loose, > and records exist, but are spotty. Henry and Mary Roberts had 7 children, > all mentioned in the wills of both Henry (dat. 1761) and Mary (dat. 1785): > > Richard 1730-1801 m. Mercy Betts, moved to Frederick Co. MD > > William 1732-1812 m. Grace Hambleton, stayed in Solebury twp. > > Henry 1733?-? > > Mary m. --- Williams (maybe Nathan Williams??) > > Jane m. Matthew Beans > > Margery m. --- Ryley > > Thomas > > I have only found a clear trace of son William, who stayed in Solebury twp. > Some descendants of Richard have been traced: from Frederick Co. MD some > moved on to Knox Co. OH and then further west. I suspect that daughter Jane > may have moved to the area of Fairfax Co. VA. Does anyone know what became > of any of these children? > > > > My line is from William Roberts who married Grace Hambleton, who was > demonstrably the youngest daughter of James and Mary (Beaks) Hambleton, also > of Solebury twp. William & Grace had 9 children, as shown by William's will > (dat. 1812), but again, I've lost track of most of them, except for the > youngest sons William and John, who both continued in Solebury. > > > > My family is that descended from Warner Peters Roberts, the son of the > aforementioned John Roberts. Warner was born in Solebury twp., and died in > Bedminster twp.; He and his wife Christiana (nee Schissler) are buried in > the Plumsteadville Cemetery. Warner and Christiana had 6 sons and 3 > daughters, who soon produced a large and growing family. For more than 100 > years, the descendants of Warner P. Roberts have been holding regular family > reunions in the Bucks Co. area. We hope soon to be able to post a complete > genealogy of this family on the Internet. So if you have any information or > any leads on any of these folks, we would be very grateful to hear from you. > I'll close by listing Warner & Christiana's children with their spouses: > > John Roberts 1828-1910 m. Susanna D. Kratz > > Anthony Roberts 1829-1874 m. Anna DeCoursey > > Jonas S. Roberts 1833-1926 m. Elizabeth Dilts > > Jonathan Roberts 1835-1906 m. Sarah E. Shepherd > > Catharine Roberts 1837-1837 (died young) > > George W. Roberts 1838-1928 m. Rachel A. Raylman > > William S. Roberts 1840-1881 m. Mary Alice Eastburn > > Mary Roberts 1842-1872 m. Isaiah H. Penrose > > Rebecca H. Roberts 1846-1891 m. Sylvester Bright > > Hoping to hear from you! > > > > Jim Roberts > > (Henry-William-John-Warner P.-William S.-William S.-Norman) > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." - Naguib Mahfous ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.