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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Greasley. He was one of tlie most promi- 

 nent men in upper Bucks county, serving 

 in the Provincial Assembly 1761 to 1768. 

 He was a surveyor and conveyancer, and 

 transacted a large amount of public busi- 

 ness for his neighbors. He was clerk of 

 Richland Meeting from its organization in 

 1742 for thirty years, and an elder until 

 his death, notwithstanding the fact that he 

 and his brothers, John Thomas, and The- 

 ophilus and nephew, Everard, were dis- 

 owned in I 781 for having taken the oath 

 of allegiance, the action of the Meeting not 

 being sanctioned by the Yearly Meeting. 

 He translated the "narrative" of his grand- 

 father, Edward Eoulke, from Welsh into 

 English. John Foulke, born i2mo. 21, 

 T722, died 5mo. 25, 1787, married Mary 

 Roberts, daughter of Edward Roberts, a 

 noted minister amcrng Friends of Richland. 

 John was also a member of Provincial 

 Assembly from Bucks county from 1769 

 to 1775. Thomas Foulke. born in Rich- 

 land 8mo. 14, 1724, died 3mo. 31, 1786, 

 married Jane Roberts, another daughter of 

 Edward Roberts, of Richland. See for- 

 ward. Theophilus Foulke, born in Rich- 

 land, i2mo. 21, 1726. died iimo. 4, 1785, 

 married Margaret Thomas, daughter of 

 Samuel and Margaret. Of their twelve 

 children Benjamin, born iimo. ig, 1766, 

 died 2mo. 28, 1821, was a member of as- 

 sembly from Bucks county, 1816 to his 

 death in 1821, at Harrisburg in attendance 

 upon the session of the legislature. He 

 was given an official funeral, which was 

 attended by both houses, the governor, and 

 heads of departments, and resolutions were 

 adopted that crape should be worn during 

 the remainder of the session. William 

 Foulke, born i2mo. 10, 1728, died 4mo. 

 II, 1796, married Priscilla Lester, daughter 

 of John of Richland. Edward Foulke, 

 born lomo. ig, I72g, died March i, 1747, 

 unmarried. Ann Foulke, born imo. i, 

 1732, married William Thomas. Jane 

 Foulke, born imo. 3, 1734, died 8mo., 1771, 

 married John Greasley. 



Thomas Foulke, of Richland, son of 

 Hugh and Ann (Williamsj Foulke, born 

 imo. 14, 1724, died 3mo. 31, 1786, was a life 

 long resident of Richland township, and 

 a prominent man in the community. He 

 was a member of Richland Monthly Meet- 

 ing, and like his brothers was dealt with 

 for taking the oath to the United Colonies 

 in 1781. His wife, Jane Roberts, born 

 Iimo. 3, 1732, died 7 mo. 25, 1822, was a 

 daughter of Edward and Mary (Bolton). 

 Roberts, of Richland, the former a native 

 of Merionethshire, born 3mo., 1687, came 

 to Pennsylvania in i69g, and settled in 

 Byberry, Pliiladelphia county. He married, 

 in 1714, Mary Bolton, born in Cheltenham, 

 Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, Novem- 

 ber 4, 1687, daughter of Everard and Eliza- 

 beth Bolton, who came from Ross, Hert- 

 fordshire, England, in 1682, and settled in 

 Cheltenham. F.verard Bolton was a just- 

 ice of Philadelphia county, and a very 

 prominent man in Colonial times. The 



children of Thomas and Jane (Roberts> 

 Foulke were: — Everard, born gmo. 8, 

 1755, died gmo. 5, 1-827; Abigail, born 

 lomo. 4, 1763: Susan, born iimo. 5, 

 1766; Samuel, born iimo. ig, 1767; Ed- 

 ward and Samuel, died in infancy. 



Everard Foulke, son of Thomas and 

 Jane, was one of the justices of the peace 

 of Richland for many years. He was one 

 of the assessors of the United States taxes, 

 w'hen John Fries raised his rebellion in 

 I7g8, in upper Bucks and Northampton 

 counties, against the collection of the tax, 

 and was one of the assessors attacked in 

 Lower Milford and at Quakertown by the 

 insurrectionists and forced to desist from 

 performing their duty. He married, in 

 1778, Ann DeHaven, of Holland ancestry 

 and they were the parents of nine children, 

 as follows: — Abigail, born 5 mo. 18, I77g, 

 married Abel Penrose, see Penrose family 

 in this work; Eleanor, born 7mo. 18, 

 1 781, died 4 mo. 28, 1815, unmarried; 

 Caleb, see forward; Samuel, born 3 

 mo. 28, 1786, married Elizabeth John- 

 son; Thomas, born 4 mo. 13, I78g, died 

 in Kentucky; Susanna, born g mo. 18, 

 I7gi, died 1883, married David Johnson; 

 Anna, born 5 mo. 3, 1794, died 9 mo. 

 16,' 1820; Margaret, born 12 mo. 24, 1796, 

 married Peter Lester in 1820; Everard, 

 born 7 mo. 21, 1800, married Frances 

 Watson, daughter of John Watson, of 

 Buckingham, and removed to Illinois. 



Caleb Foulke, son of Everard and 

 Ann (DeHaven) Foulke, was born in 

 Richland, 8 mo. 28, 1783, died 2 mo. 22, \ 

 1852, was also a lifelong resident of 

 Richland. He married, 11 mo. 26, 1807, 

 Jane Green, born 2 mo. 8. 1785, died 3 

 mo. 3, 1835, daughter of Benjamin and 

 Jane (Roberts) Green. Benjamin 

 Green was a son of Joseph and Cath- 

 arine (Thomas) Green, of Springfield, 

 Bucks county, and was born in Spring- 

 field. 4 mo. 27, 1750. died in Quaker- 

 town. He was a hatter in Springfield 

 and later in Quakertown. The children 

 of Caleb and Jane (Green) Foulke 

 were: — Caroline, died in infancy; Caro- 

 line, born 2 mo. 25, 1810, died 12 mo. 

 17. 1838; Maryetta, born 7 mo. 30, 1811, 

 died 4 mo. 26, 185 1, married Aaron Pen- 

 rose; Benjamin G. (see forward); and 

 Eleanor, born 3 mo. 12. t8i6, died 8 

 mo. 13, 1842, married Samuel J^ Levick. 



Benjamin G. Foulke, son of Caleb and 

 Jane (Green) Foulke, was born at Qua- 

 kertown, and died there 8 mo. 14. 1888. 

 He was clerk of the men's branch of 

 the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from 

 1873 to 1886. He w^as a prominent busi- 

 ness man of Quakertown for a half cen- 

 iniy and was highly respected by all 

 who knew him. He was a surveyor and 

 conveyancer and did a large amount of 

 public' business. He married, in 1838,, 

 Jane Mather, born 3 mo. 24. 1817. daugh- 

 ter of Charles and Jane Mather, of 

 Whitpain. Montgomery county, Penn- 

 sylvania. Their children were, Caleb. 



