Edmond Roberts of Northampton

Mentioned in will of his father-in-law

2.181. Pieter Van Hooren, of Middletown, Yeoman.
February 12, 1749/50. Proved ---.

• Wife Elizabeth.
• 2d. son Gabriel, exr.
• Eldest son, Bernard, 3d. Peter, 4th Benjamin, 5th Richard, 6th John, 7th Garrett.
• Eldest dau. Catharine, wife of Thomas Craven. 2d. Charity, wife of Isaiah Vansant. 3d. Jane, wife of Edmond Roberts. 4th Elizabeth, wife of Peter Praul. 5th Mary, wife of William Gosline.
• Wit: John Vansandt, Francis Titus, Garret Vansant.

discussion

With the Edmond Roberts family tied by marriage to the Dutch Reformed Church's Vanhorns in 1738, it would not be any stretch of the imagination to believe that the two John Roberts married to Jannetje Bennet and Brakey Cornell in the next generation are somehow related to him. Both the Bennet and Cornell families plus the Kroessens are original and prominent Bucks County LDRC surnames... just like the Van Hoorns.

Unfortunately, the well-developed Van Hoorn genealogy doesn't follow include anything more than the marriage of Edmond Roberts and Jannetje. A protracted search of early Bucks county records has not revealed anything further about this couple. They do not, for example, show up in the LDRC records with baptism(s). It is through their marriages in the North and Southampton DRC that we see repetitive marriages of a later Roberts to a Cornell of this same small DRC community.

sources

1. https://sites.google.com/site/webstergriggsfamilies/shoemaker/van-horn
2. ~• in 1761 Northampton contained of 113 taxables according to the History of Bucks County by William Watts Hart Davis (page 364). The inference being that there was not a large population.
3. look for Pat Wardell's work, links for which have changed
4. The Van Horn family history; Chapter 8. Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn and his descendants page 326

ideas / open research

• wondering if John Roberts" in the following is related to Edmond by marriage to his prospective son?
  • will abstract for Brakey Roberts
    • 5.124. Brakey Roberts of Northampton Twp.
    • January 21, 1789. Proved February 19, 1789.
    • Husband John Roberts exr.
    • Mother Else Cornell.
    • Bros. and sisters John and Gilliam Cornell, Cornelia Craven, Margaret Corson and Elizabeth Vansant.
    • Wits: John Linton, John Hall
• There is an EdmUnd Roberts in the 1790 census of Bucks "1-2-2" (5 in house)
  • a Van Horn is on the same page #241 James Van Horn
    • this would be: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-HFLS-Z?i=681&... who was in the Northampton military in the Revolution
• Look also at Joseph Robers {Roberts} of Bucks County and Joseph Roberts, yeoman . The second Joseph also married a Vanhorn (!)