BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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immigrated to Pennsylvania sometime 

 after the arrival of his two elder sons, 

 accompanied by his youngest son 

 Joseph, and probably by another son 

 Jacob. lie at first settled in Philadelphia, 

 but removed to Darby |)revious to his 

 death in IT'tl. It is supjjosed his wife 

 Elizabeth died before he left England. 

 He devised to his son Joseph land in 

 JIarple and to his son John land in 

 White Marsh. 



Roads, Joseph, the next year after 

 the death of his father the above named 

 John Roads, was married to Abigail 

 the daughter of Richard Bonsall of 

 Darby (now Upper Darby) in accord- 

 ance with the usages of the Society of 

 Friends. Their children were, John, 

 Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail. Joseph 

 settled in Marple on the land devised 

 to him by his father which is still 

 owned and occupied by his descendants. 



Robert, Roger, migrated from 

 Hendremaur, Penllyn, Merionethshire, 

 Wales, about the year 1G99, and set- 

 tled in Merion, where his wife Elizabeth 

 died the ne.xt year. In 1715, he inter- 

 married with Mary Roberts a widow, of 

 Radnor, and went to reside in that 

 township. He had become a Quaker 

 from convincement sometime before 

 removing to America, and took an 

 active part in meetings of business. He 

 •was an overseer of Radnor Meeting at 

 the time of his death in 1720. One of 

 his sons took the name of Robert Rogers. 



RocHFORD, Dennis, was from Ems- 

 torfey. County of Wexford, Ireland, 

 and arrived on board the ship Welcome 

 in company with the proprietary, with 

 his wife Mary, who was a daughter of 

 John Herriot who died on the passage. 

 Dennis lost two daughters at sea — 

 Grace and Mary. He settled in Con- 

 cord township, where he had located 

 a large tract of land. In 1683, he 

 represented Chester County in the Pro- 

 vincial Assembly, but his name soon 

 disappears from our records. 



Roman, Philip, came to reside in 

 Chichester as early as 1684. He doubt- 

 less emigrated from England, and ap- 

 pears to have been a widower at the 

 time of his arrival. In 168."). he married 

 Sarah, the widow of William Bezer, 

 and after her death, he was married a 



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third time in 1690, to Amy the widow 

 of John Hardin. He appears to have 

 been a man of ability, and exercised a 

 good degree of influence, both in the 

 Society of Friends of which he was a 

 member, and also in the community. 

 He was one of the Justices of the Court, 

 and one year represented the County 

 of Chester in the Provincial Assembly. 

 He had two sons by his first wife, 

 Robert and Philip, and one daughter, 

 who was married to Isaac Taylor the 

 Surveyor, in 1694. 



Ross, Alexander, a member of the 

 Society of Friends, migrated from 

 Ireland, and settled within the bounds 

 of Chester Monthly Meeting, early in 

 the 18th century. In 1706, he married 

 Catharine Chambers of Chichester, and 

 in 1713 removed to Haverford, and in 

 1715, back again within the bounds of 

 Chester Meeting, and from thence with- 

 in the bounds of New Garden Meeting, 

 where it appears he remained till 

 about the year 1733, when he in com- 

 pany with several other Pennsylvania 

 Quakers, obtained a grant for 100,000 

 acres of land from the governor and 

 council of Virginia, on a stream in that 

 State called Opecan. To this place 

 Alexander removed with his associates 

 in the purchase, formed a settlement, 

 and established a meeting, which is 

 possibly still kept up His children 

 were Mary, Lydia. Rebecca, John, 

 George and Albeinah. 



RouTH, Lawrence, with his wife 

 Ann, emigra^ted from "y" Haws" in 

 Yorkshire, England ; at first landed in 

 Maryland, and for a short time so- 

 journed in Talbot County. He arrived 

 within our limits about the year 1688, 

 and settled in Chester township, and 

 called his place Weston. He was a 

 Friend, but little else is known of him 

 as he died in 1691. His children were 

 Thomas and Lawrence, born in Eng- 

 land ; Rachel born in Maryland, and 

 Francis born in Pennsylvania. In 1693, 

 his widow intermarried with Humphrey 

 Johnson ofChichester. 



Salkeld, John, an eminent Quaker 

 preacher, the son of Thomas Salkeld of 

 Cumberland, England, visited this 

 country as a travelling Friend in 1700, 

 and immigrated with his wife Agnes 

 in 1711, and settled near Chester. 



