HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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family homestead July 12, 1893, passing 

 away at the age of seventy-seven years, 

 while his wife's death occurred Febru- 

 ary 23, 1895. 



ABRAHAM M. MYERS. Six genera- 

 tions of the Myers family, to which Abra- 

 ham M. Myers belongs, have resided in 

 Bucks county. His great-great-grandfather 

 was the first of the name to locate here, 

 settling in Bedminster township, near 

 Pipersville, whence he removed to Plum- 

 rtead township. He was a farmer and 

 blacksmith, following those pursuits 

 throughout his entire life. He married a 

 Miss Nash and they had children : Henry, 

 Abraham, Christian, Esther, Mary and Bar- 

 bara. 



Henry Myers (2) son of John Myers, 

 also learned the blacksmith's trade, which 

 he followed in connection with agricultural 

 pursuits. He lived near Smith's corner, in 

 Plumstead township, on land which had 

 hitherto been in possession of his father. 

 He married Margaret Geisinger, and they 

 had children : Abraham G.. Joseph G., Mary, 

 Nancy, Esther and Henry G. 



Abraham G. Myers (3) son of Henry 

 and Margaret (Geisinger) Myers, was born 

 on the old home farm in Plumstead town- 

 ship, October 27, 1800, and died January 27, 

 1881. He, too, followed the occupation of 

 farming, and lived near Pipersville. He 

 was married in 1834 to Sarah Fritz, and 

 their children were three in number : 

 Francis F., Mary, who was born April 23, 

 1840, and died June 7, 1893; and Aaron F., 

 born May 4. 1846. 



Francis F. Myers (4), elder son of Abra- 

 ham G. and Sarah (Fritz) Myers, was born 

 in Bedminster township. April 22, 1838. He 

 was a farmer, and lived all his life in the 

 township of his nativity. His wife bore 

 the maiden name of Rachel Ivlyers, and they 

 had the following children : Abraham M., 

 Sarah Ann, the wife of Allen Zetty; IMary 

 Ellen, wife of Levi Myers ; Minerva, wife 

 of Henry Myers ; Huldah ; Rachel , 

 Amanda ; Ida : and Livvie. deceased. 



Abraham M. Myers (5), the eldest child 

 of Francis Myers, was born in Bedminster 

 township, July 19, 1861, and was reared 

 upon his father's farm, while his education 

 was acquired in the district schools of the 

 neighborhood. At the time of his marriage 

 he settled in Skippack township, ]\Iontgom- 

 ery county, where he conducted a farm for 

 two years and then returned to Bedminster 

 township, where he worked in a mill for 

 three years. On the expiration of that period 

 he purchased the Jacoby farm, on which he 

 still resides, and to the further development 

 and improvement of which he still directs 

 his energies, making it an excellent property. 

 He has also been active in community af- 

 fairs, and in 1892 was elected a school 

 director, which position he has since con- 

 tinued to fill. His political allegiance is 

 given to the Republican party, and he is a 



member of the Lutheran church. On January 

 13, 1883, Mr. Myers was united in marriage 

 to Miss Sarah Ann Gruver, a daughter of 

 John and Hannah (Hillpot) Gruver, and 

 they now have seven children, who are rep- 

 resentatives of the Myers family in the sixth 

 generation in Bucks county. These are : 

 Ervin G.. born April 7, 1884; Eva G.. born 

 May 9, 1885 ; Francis G., bom August 17^ 

 1887; Jerome G., born September 19, 1894; 

 Hannah C., born IMarch 6, 1896. died April 

 15. 1897 ; Aaron G., born September 14,. 

 1898; and Norman, born June 21, 1902. 



WILLIAM PENN ROBERTS, a mem- 

 ber of the firm of Roberts, Winner & Co., 

 manufacturers, of Quakertown, Pennsyl- 

 vania, was born August 16, 1843, near Per- 

 kiomen Junction, Schuylkill township, 

 Chester county, Pennsylvania, a son of 

 Lewis and Harriet (Brooke) Roberts and 

 grandson of Israel and Anna (Foulke) 

 Roberts, who resided near Trumbauers- 

 ville, Pennsylvania, where Israel Roberts 

 was engaged in agricultural pursuits. 



Lewis Roberts (father) was born 

 December 21, 1791, in Milford township, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He attended 

 the subscription schools of his district, and 

 received some instruction from the Friends' 

 school at Richland Monthly Meeting^ 

 Quakertown. He then learned wheelwright- 

 ing and ploughmaking, which trades he fol- 

 lowed throughout the active years of his 

 career. On May 24. 1821, Mr. Roberts 

 married Harriet Brooke, daughter of Isaac 

 and Susan (Jones) Brooke; her father was 

 a miller of Conshohocken, Montgomery 

 county, and settled at Perkiomen Junction, 

 Chester county. Their children were as fol- 

 low? : Clementina Brooke, became the wife 

 of Samuel Lee, of Leesport, Berks county. 

 Anna Foulke became the wife of Evan 

 Vanderslice, of Schuylkill township, Chester 

 county; they now reside at Valley Forge. 

 Sarah Emily became the wife of Joseph 

 Fussell. of Chester Springs. Chester county. 

 Mary became the wife of Charles Fish, and 

 thev now reside at Reading. Charles 

 Brooke, born September 13, 1829, died 

 February 5. 1885. married Rebecca Rossitej ; 

 they lived in Perry county, Pennsylvania. 

 Lewis Ellwood, born February 26, 1835, 

 married Jane Foulke, of Quakertown, and 

 thev reside in the city of Philadelphia. Jo- 

 seph Jones, died at Relay Station, iMary- 

 land ; he was a member of the One Hundred 

 and Twentj'-eighth Pennsylvania Volun- 

 teers during the Civil war. William Penn, 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. David 

 Brooke was killed in the battle of Peters- 

 burg, April, 1865 ; he was first lieutenant of 

 Company H, Two Hundred and Fifth 

 Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ninth Army 

 Corps, during the civil war. 



William Penn Roberts attended the dis- 

 trict school, and at the same time assisted 

 with the work at home until the death of 



