HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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the last twenty-five years. In 1886 he 

 organized and developed the Langhorne 

 Improvement Company, purchasing for 

 it the 620 acres of land upon which the 

 present borough of Langhorne Manor 

 is built. In 1887 he built the Langhorne 

 water works, which now supply water 

 to the three boroughs of Langhorne, 

 Langhorne Manor and Attleboro, and 

 in the same year he built the Langhorne 

 brick works. In 1888 he organized the 

 Langhorne Electric Light Company. He 

 was treasurer and superintendent of the 

 Langhorne Manor Inn, now the Foulke 

 and Long Institute. Me has been largely 

 instrumental in the sale and development 

 of suburban real estate, and has been for 

 many years a foremost advocate of the 

 improvement of the public roads. He 

 has always been an ardent advocate of 

 progress and improvement, and has been 

 a potent force along these lines in the 

 communit)^ in which he lives. In religion 

 he is a member of the orthodox branch 

 of the Society of Friends. In politics he 

 is a Republican, though never a seeker 

 or holder of other than local office, be- 

 ing for some years a justice of the peace, 

 and filling other local offices. 



He married May 3, 1876, Elizabeth L.. 

 daughter of Joseph E. and Sarah (Com- 

 fort) Maule, of Philadelphia, who was 

 torn 2 mo. 10, 1851. She is a grand- 

 daughter of John and Ann (Eastburn) 

 Maule, the latter being a daughter of 

 Robert and Elizabeth (Duer) Eastburn, 

 and a sister to Aaron Eastburn, the 

 grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 

 The children of Samuel C. and Eliza- 

 beth (Maule) Eastburn are: Herbert 

 Maule, born 3 mo. 25. 1877; Samuel 

 Arthur, born 10 mo. 3. 1878; Joseph 

 Maule, born 4 mo. 25, 1880: and Howard 

 Percy,' born 2 mo. 15, 1887. Herbert is 

 the general agent of the Penn Mutual 

 Life Insurance Company at Trenton, 

 New Jersey; Samuel A. is district agent 

 for the Provident Life and Trust Com- 

 pany at Williamsport. Pennsylvania; Jo- 

 seph M. is superintendent of the Red- 

 wood Lumber Manufactory, at Samoa, 

 California, for Hammond & Co.; How- 

 ard P. is a civil engineer in the em- 

 ploy of the Good Roads Commission of 

 Pennsylvania. All of the brothers are 

 successful in their chosen careers, and 

 all are single. 



ROBERT KIRKBRIDE EAST- 

 BURN, Decea.sed, of Langhorne. Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, was born in Mor- 

 Tisville, Bucks county, January 20, 1825, 

 and was a son of Samuel and Huldah 

 (Wooley) Eastburn and grand-on of 

 Samuel and Hannah (Kirkbride) East- 

 burn, the last named Samuel being 

 a son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) 

 Eastburn, of Solebury, Bucks county, 

 g-randson of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gil- 



lingham) Eastburn. and great-grandson 

 of Robert and Sarah (Preston) East- 

 burn, who were married in Yorkshire, 

 England, 3 mo. 10, 1693. An account of 

 the first three generations of the de- 

 scendants of Robert and Sarah (Pres- 

 ton) Eastburn, and some account of 

 their earlier antecedents in England, is 

 given in the preceding sketches. 



Samuel Eastburn, son of Joseph 

 and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, of Sole- 

 bury, was born in that township, 6 mo. 

 20, 1759. He was reared on the old 

 Solebury homestead, still in the tenure 

 of the descendants of Joseph and Mary, 

 and early in life learned the trade of a 

 blacksmith, which he followed during 

 the active j^ears of his life, in connec- 

 tion with farming in -various parts of 

 the county. His father died when Sam- 

 uel had just arrived at the age ot twen- 

 ty-one years, and prior to the death of 

 the grandfather, who died in 1785. Under 

 the will of the latter, Samuel acquired 

 title to a part of the old homestead on 

 the borders of the present borough of 

 New Hope, and he followed his trade 

 there until 1787, when he purchased a 

 farm of loi acres adjoining the home- 

 stead, which he conducted in connec- 

 tion with his trade until 179^- At about 

 this time, having sold his farm, he re- 

 moved to White Marsh, Montgomery 

 county, where he operated a smith shop 

 until 1803, when he removed to Morris- 

 ville, Bucks county, and purchased a 

 portion of the Robert Morris tract and 

 located thereon. He followed his trade 

 in connection with farming at Morris- 

 ville for some years, and died at that 

 place, 4 mo. S, 1822, at the age of six- 

 ty-four years. He was twice married, 

 having married 4 mo. 12, T781, Macre 

 Croasdale, who died 4 mo. 31, 1782; his 

 son Joseph, by this marriage, horn i nio. 

 13, T782, died in infancy. He married 

 again, 5 mo. 15. 1788, Hannah Kirk- 

 bride, daughter of Robert and Hannah 

 (Bidgood) Kirkbride, of Doylestown, 

 granddaughter of Mahlon and Mary 

 (Sotchcr) Kirkbride, and great-grand- 

 daughter of Joseph Kirkbride and John 

 Sotcher. both of whom, as well as Mah- 

 lon Kirkbride, were provincial pustices 

 and assemblymen for many years, and 

 the most prominent men of their time 

 in Bucks countv. Samuel and Hannah 

 (Kirkbride) Eastburn, were the parents 

 of nine children, viz.: Robert, born i mo, 

 31, 1789. died 7 mo. 28, 1796; Samuel, see 

 forward: Jonathan, born 9 mo. 2, 1792. 

 married first Beulah Gaskel. and second 

 Sarah Crozier; David, born 2 mo. 23, 

 1795, married Louisa Willing; Mahlon. 

 born 9 mo. 9, T797. died unmarried, 12 

 mo. 7, 1870; Hannah, born 12 mo. 7, 

 1799, married Aaron Ivins, in 1839; 

 Kirkbride, born i mo. 23, 1803, married 

 Ann Reeves; Macre, born 2 mo. 14, 1806, 

 died unmarried; and Ruth, born i mo. 

 20, 1810, also died unmarried. 



