Jane verch Owen

children

six children, all by Jane Owen, who was of Royal Descent, assumed the surname "Roberts-" Of them :

1. Robert Roberts, b. 7. llmo. 1673. By his father's will, he and his brother Owen received jointly his Merion land. On 26. Imo. 1706, this land was patented to them, in two tracts, of 222 acres, and 31 acres each, and by deed of 16 October, 1707, "Robert Roberts, of Maryland," conveyed his 222 (220) acres, which lay along the Lancaster road (Montgomery avenue) from the Meeting House to the Gulf road, and 10 acres, called "Clean John Meadow," on the "Upper Mill Creek," to Edward Rees, Robert Roberts was twice married, and is supposed to. have removed to Maryland, and died there. He m. first, Catharine Jones, and m. secondly, Priscilla Jones.
2. Ellin Roberts, b. 4. 10th mo. 1675.
3. Owen Roberts, second son, b. 1. 10th mo. 1677. He inherited some land from his father, as above, but entering on mercantile life in Philadelphia, was never a Merion planter^ There was in 1716, an "ould Grave Yard" on his Merion property, from which bodies were removed to the ground, of the Merion Meeting. He was the worthy son of his father, and was honored by being made the high sheriff of Philadelphia county, 1716-23; the treasurer, 1712-16 j. collector, 1716-23, a member of the city council, 1712, and of the Assembly, 1711, &c. He owned 231 acres, of the east end of his father's original land, and by deed of 14 October, 1726, his relict, Ann,, then residing in Nantmell township (Chester county), con- veyed the same to Jonathan Jones, of Merion. His will, signed 31. Imo. 1706, witnessed by Griffith John,. Evan Owen, John Roberts, and Robert Jones, was proved at Philadelphia in 1723. He named brother Edward, and ap- pointed trustees, brothers-in-law Evan Bevan and RobertJones, with uncle John Roberts and Griffith John. He m. 23. Imo. 1696, Ann, daughter of John Bevan, one of the early settlers of Merion, who died after 1723. Issue, six children. His infant son, Owen Roberts, was buried at Merion Meeting, 7mo. 25. 1707, but he had another Owen, 6. 23. 8. 1711. Other children were Hugh Roberts, b. 30. 5. 1699. John Roberts, b. 12. 8. 1701, m. Mary Jones, and Awbrey Roberts, b. 24. 4. 1705.
4. Edward Roberts, third son, b. 4. 2mo. 1680. He received the "Chestnut Hill" place from his father, in 1702, but re- sided in Philadelphia, where he was a member of the City Council, in 1717, and Mayor, in 1739-40, having served aa alderman, and a justice. He used for his seal "a rose, under a crown, between two human hearts." His will was proved 6 May, 1741. He m. first, Susanna Painter, buried at the Merion Meeting House, lOmo. 3. 1707, daughter of George Painter, and m, secondly, Martha Hoskins, and m. thirdly, Martha Cox. He had four children: Hugh, Jane, wife of William Fishbourne, Mayor of Philadelphia 1719-21; Mary, and Elizabeth Bond.
5. William Roberts, b. 26. 3mo. 1682 ; d. in 1697.
6. Elizabeth Roberts, b. in Merion, 24. 12mo. 1683, named in her father's will