David Robeson

• His father was quite well-connected. See: https://www.geni.com/projects/Council-of-Proprietors-of-West-Jersey/789821

"David was born in 1696 (sic) to Andrew & Magdalena Robeson. "

About 1702, the family moved from New Jersey to Shoomac Park, Philadelphia, PA., which was known as Roxborough Twp.

The Robeson family sold the mill property (pictured) before the Revolution. see: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0800/pa0884/data/pa0... page 4

He married Elinor Lane Oct. 19, 1721 and had 3 children (see below). He died in 1764 and was buried at Saint James Perkiomen Church Cemetery.

Descendants of Andrew Robinson
Source: An historical and genealogical account of Andrew Robeson, of Scotland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and of his descendants from 1653 to 1916, by Osborne, Kate Hamilton, 1847- ed; Robeson, Susan Stroud, 1848-; Stroud, Caroline Franciscus. Publication date 1916.
Robeson Family Genealogy Rootsweb.ancestry.com
Find a Grave Memorial #117244095

Vis. will of William Lane who made a bequest to Ellinor Robeson who lived next door

As for PA, David Robeson's grandfather once held, for a short time ,4400 acres that spanned both sides of the Perkiomen. We see an extensive documentation for this in
Historical Sketches: A Collection of Papers Prepared for the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ; Historical Society of Montgomery County, (1925) starting on page 350, written by a Mr. L.C. Williams.
This land was not occupied by him but sold to Edward Lane. Incidentally, it was one of Andrew's grandsons, David Robeson , who married a Lane, The Lane family provided land for the erection of the Saint James Perkiomen Church (of England).

David and Ellinor were both buried at this Saint James in Evansburg.

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 19 2023, 15:48:47 UTC