Frank, my wife was a Pyle, so I know a fair amount about this family. It's pretty well documented. What is it you're looking for? As a side note, back in (I think) 2001, I was able to take part in an archaeological dig at the site of Robert Pyle's house on Foulk Road in Bethel Township. It stood across the road from the present-day Francis Harvey Green Elementary School. The site was then a farmer's field, but has since been developed with townhouses. (The dig was in anticipation of the development). What was found was, I was told, typical of colonial-era sites -- bits of glass, clay pipe stems and bits of brick, indicating that Pyle's house was probably brick. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Pyle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: [Q-R] Robert Pyle > Mark and Jane: > I haven't spent enough time researching the line. I have been going > hit and miss for years but not really digging deep. Since I am retired > I suppose I should get back to serious looking. I know some of his > children were quaker. My Line comes up through his son John. > > Robert Pyle b. 29 Dec 1660 Horton, Parish of Bishops Cannings, > Wiltshire, England; d. 17 Jan 1730 Bethel Twp, Chester Co. PA.; m. Ann > Stovey 16 Nov 1681 Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. > > Robert and Ann were in Bethel, PA as early as 1684. They were both > Friends and members of the Chichester Meeting, which sometimes met at > their home, and in 1706 he was one of a committee to establish a > meeting at Nottingham. He was a representative in the Provincial > Assembly and a long time Justice of the county Court. > > May 1, 1683 Robert purchased 150 acres from William Smith of > Wiltshire. The property was laid out to Robert in Bethel and he > occupied the land soon after the survey was completed. By Aug 1684 he > had constructed a home for his family. In 1711 he obtained 170 acres > in Concord from Nathan Baker, and in 1715 he deeded the property to > his son Jacob, who died unexpectedly in 1717. His widow Alice retained > the land for a year and then deeded the tract to her son Samuel, who > farmed it till 1755. will of Pyle, Robert > > PYLE, ROBERT. Bethel, yeoman. > January 2, 1729/30. August 29, 1730. A. 322. > To wife Susanna &100 and 1/2 household goods. To son William &50 and > to his children &50 to be divided at 21. To son John all my right > title to that 200 acres of land in Marlborough which I lately leased > to one Holt on condition that he pay to his son Moses &30 when 21 also > to his daughter Sarah Pyle &20 at 21 or married. To son Joseph &30. To > grandson Robert son of Joseph my tract of land in Marlborough > containing 224 acres. To son Daniel &70 paying to his daughters > Susanna and Mary&15 each at 21 or married. To daughter Mary Moore &50, > she paying to each of her children &5 at 21 or married. To grandson > Aaron Vernon &15. To granddaughter Rachel Green &15. To George, James > and Dorothy Turner my now wife's children &4 each. To grandchildren > Saml. Pyle and the 3 daughters of son Robert 10 shillings each. > Executors: wife Susanna and sons Wm. and Joseph. Witnesses: John > Hopton, Rachel Hopton, Jos. Bradford. > Frank W. Pyle > [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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