The following is a retype from EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS, with Some
Accounts of Their Descendants, by Clarence V(Vernon) Roberts, assisted by
Warren S. Ely, Originally published Philadelphia, 1925, Reprinted Genealogical
Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore MD 1975. Comments in ( ) are note
inclusions from the publisher/writer; Comments in [ ] are from me personally:
Chapter XLVII
WALTON FAMILY
Beginning on Page 573
WILLIAM WALTON, the progenitor of the Walton family of Byberry, several
of whose descendants migrated to the Great Swamp and other parts of Bucks
County, was a resident of Oxhill, Warwickshire, England, when together with
Joseph Hunt of Stratford-upon-Avon, and William Hunt of Radway, all of the
county of Warwick, he purchased of Edward Billynge of London, by deeds of lease
and release, dated 9 mo. 22 and 23, 1682, a one-tenth share of the Proprietary
of West Jersey, and by virtue of this deed a tract of land was laid out to him
in Gloucester County, New Jersey. By his will executed in 1704 he devised his
interest in the New Jersey lands to his four sons, Nathaniel, Thomas, Daniel
and William, all of whom were then residents of Philadelphia County.
The date of the arrival of the four Walton brothers in Pennsylvania and
their subsequent settlement in Byberry Township has been very erroneously given
by their different biographers, that date being fixed by some as early as
1675. If they had located in Byberry at that date, and taken up land there,
their names would have appeared upon Holme’s Map of 1681-1690. It does not so
appear, and the records show that they made their first purchases of land of
Thomas Fairman (100 acres each, see Deed Book E 2–Vol. V, pp. 385-86-87-88–
Philadelphia Recorder’s Office) on 10 mo. 1, 1688. They probably arrived in
Pennsylvania in 1682 or 1683. These dates are indicated by a letter written by
Nathaniel, the eldest of the brothers, to his youngest brother William, dated
October 7, 1713, in which he reminds his brother that he had paid his passage
from England and that he claimed interest on this payment for thirty years and
upwards.
There is a tradition that George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence was a descendant of William Walton. He was born about 1740 in
Frederic Co., Va., and died 2 mo. 2, 1804 in Augusta, Ga. He married in 1777
Dorothea Camber. They had a son George, who survived them.
NATHANIEL WALTON, the eldest of the brothers, married in Philadelphia,
11 mo. 26, 1685, Martha Bownall, and they had several children. He, like his
brothers, was a member of the Society of Friends, [page 574] But he
became a friend and disciple of George Keith, and joined with him in his schism
against Friends in 1692, and adhering to him after he was disowned, lost his
membership in the Society, and became a member of the Baptist Church. He
remained in Byberry, eventually acquiring the whole of 400 acres purchased by
the brothers, the other three having removed to Moreland and other points to
the northward in Bucks and Philadelphia Counties. We are not especially
concerned with his descendants as none of them settled in the Great Swamp so
far as can be ascertained. However, his grandson, Boaz Walton, settled on a
large tract north of the Blue Mountains, in what was then Nothamption County,
and was there somewhat associated with a branch of the Walton family that had
migrated from the Great Swamp.
THOMAS WALTON, the second of the four brothers, married, 12 mo. 24,
1689–90, Priscilla Hunn of Philadelphia, and soon after his marriage located on
the Horsham Road, in the Manor of Moreland, where he seems to have resided all
his life. He died in 1758, at a very advanced age, probably 100 years. He
left several children of whom we have very little record. His son Thomas, born
1693, became a preacher of the Society of Friends, and is said to have walked
from his residence in Moreland to Byberry Meeting, a distance of five miles, in
order to preach when they had no other regular minister. He died unmarried 1
mo. 31, 1777. One branch of the Walton family which was connected with the
Richland family, is descended from Thomas Walton, Sr., and some account of them
will be given later.
WILLIAM WALTON, the youngest of the four brothers, who was probably a
minor on his arrival in Pennsylvania, married, 4 mo. 20, 1689, Sarah Howell.
He remained in Byberry and was a preacher of Byberry Meeting, and travelled in
that service to distant points. He died 12 mo. 9, 1736–37, and left ten
children, most of whom migrated to Warminster, Warwick and Buckingham in Bucks
County, and to the neighborhood of Horsham in Montgomery County. His
descendants are now widely scattered, but a greater proportion of them probably
retained membership in the Society of Friends than the descendants of his
brothers. His grandchildren and those of his brother Daniel intermarried.
1. DANIEL WALTON, the third of the Byberry brothers,
married 6 mo. 21, 1688, Mary Lamb, and remained in Byberry until his death in
1719. He was a consistent member of the Society of Friends and much respected
during his whole life. Practically all of the Waltons now residing in Byberry
or its vicinity are descendants of Daniel and Mary.
Children of Daniel and Mary (Lamb) Walton:*
- Samuel, b. about 1690; d. –1760; m. Mercy Waterman
- Daniel, m. Elizabeth Clifton; children:
David, 3d; m. Ann Knight†
Jane, m. Isaiah Walton, a grandson of William
Mercy, m. William Walton, a grandson of William
- Joshua, m. Catharine Albertson, and was the father of Jonathan Walton,
of Warminster, who by
will in 1789 devised one-third of the residue of his estate to trustees
therein named, members of Richland Monthly Meeting to invest in mortgage, the
interest to be used for a school or schools at Richland. This legacy amounted
to practically $950. He also left the bulk of his land estate to the sons of
his uncle Samuel (No. 2) as noted later.
- Joseph, m. Esther Carver, and settled in Buckingham
- Benjamin, b. 1693; d. 11–1753; m. Rebecca Homer; children,
Elizabeth, b. 3-27–1725; d. in Chester Co. 1810; m.
first, Bryan Peart; second, Benjamin Gilbert, the Indian Captive
Mary, m. Benjamin Thomas
Daniel, b. 12-1--1728–29; m. Sarah Gilbert, dau. of Benjamin by
a former wife
Hannah, unm.
Rebecca, m. Joseph Warrington
Sarah, m. Thomas Knight
Benjamin, b. 12-1--1735–36; m. Abigail Gilbert, sister to
Sarah, wife of Daniel
Esther, b. 5-31–1738; m. Thomas Walton
William, b. 5-29–1740; m. Lydia Thornton
6a Nathan, d. unm.
- Mary, m. William Homer
* These children are not arranged chronologically
† An account of the descendants of their son Daniel 4th, with the Arms of the
Walton and Lamb families, engraved in color, appears in Vol. XIII, of the
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, pp. 141-148.
2. SAMUEL WALTON2 (Daniel1), son of Daniel and Mary (Lamb) Walton,
born in Byberry about 1690, died in Rockhill Township in 1760. He married at
Abington Monthly Meeting, 11 mo. 30, 1709, Mercy Waterman. In or about the
year 1719 he became involved, with his father, in a dispute, of the nature of
which we have no knowledge, and was disinherited by his father, disowned by the
Monthly Meeting, and soon after this date he removed to the Great Swamp
district, and settled near the southern border of Richland, but probably in
Rockhill Township, where he lived until his death. He was survived by a widow
Mary, evidently a second wife. [page 576]
Children of Samuel and Mary (Waterman) Walton:
- Isaac, m. Alice Davis
- Benjamin, m. Elizabeth -------
- Abraham, d. –1765; m. Mary -------
- Jacob, m. Sarah ---------
- Jonathan, was devised a farm in Warminster in 1789 by his cousin
Jonathan, and lived thereon; had probably lived in Warminster prior to the
death of his cousin; no record of him at Richland
- John * ; m. Hannah --------
- Enoch, d. 9-20–1828; m. Abigail (Hicks) Dalby
* John and Enoch seem to have been considerably younger that the five elder
brothers and may hab=ve been children of the second marriage.
8. ISAAC WALTON (Daniel1, Samuel2), son of Samuel and Mercy
(Waterman) Walton, evidently came to the Great Swamp with his parents. He is
supposed to be the Isaac Walton who married Alice Davis at Abington in 1736.
At the death of his father in 1760, he was residing in Forks Township,
Northampton County. He and his wife were doubtless members of Richland Monthly
Meeting, as his daughter Margaret was dealt with for marrying out in 1757, and
the other children seem to have been recognized as members, but there is
practically no record of him in the minutes or other records of the Meeting.
His children, so far as known, were:
- Isaac, m. Martha Lewis
- Margaret, m. Benjamin McCarty (See No. 5, Chapter XXXI)
- David, m. Margaret Green
- Daniel, b. 4-6--1754; d. 3-4--1809; m. Martha (Foulke) Green
- Moses, took cert. to Uwchlan Mo. Mtg., Chester Co., 11-18–1773
- James, m. Margaret Lewis
- Benjamin, m. Hannah -------; cert. to Westland, 7-19–1787
- Abraham, (?)
10. ABRAHAM [WALTON]3 (Daniel1, Samuel2), son of Samuel and Mercy
(Waterman) Walton, was a farmer in Rockhill, purchasing 75 acres of his brother
Jacob in 1746, which he sold in 1754. He died prior to 1766. His widow
survived until 1807, dying at the age of 88 years. [name of spouse not
mentioned above, but is, with issue]
Children of Abraham and Mary (-----------) Walton
- Mercy, d. –1800; m. Joseph Phillips (See No. 19, Chapter XXXVIII)
- Samuel, entered military service in N. J., 4 –1760, and was
disowned by the Mtg.; m. Rebecca Phillips (See No. 21, Chapter XXXVIII)
- Abraham, m. Rachel Heacock
- Nathan, m. Mary Miller
- Ezekiel, d. prior to 1801; farmer in Richland, 1782-1786; warrantee for
land in Northampton Co., 1786; m. Rachel Vanhorn, dau. of Garrett Vanhorn of
Springfield [page 577]
11. JACOB WALTON3 (Daniel1, Samuel2), son of Samuel and Mercy
(Waterman) Walton, obtained patent from the Proprietaries in 1743 for 150 acres
of land in Rockhill Township on Three Mile Run on which he settled. He
conveyed one-half of the tract to his brother Abraham in 1744, and they both
sold their respective tracts to Samuel Smith in 1756. Jacob Walton then
removed to Hatfield Township, now Montgomery County, where he died prior to
1786. Nothing is known of their children except that two of them were legatees
of their cousin Jonathan Walton of Warminster.
JOSHUA WALTON, son of Jacob late of Hatfield deceased, was devised by
the will of Jonathan Walton, dated 2 mo. 7, 1786, 107 3/4 acres of land upon
which the testator then lived in Warminster, which had been devised to the
latter by the will of his father Joshua Walton, “to the said Joshua and male
heirs forever.” Joshua died before the testator and the farm descended to and
vested in his son Jonathan Walton, who lived thereon for a number of years,
making sundry conveyances to defeat the entail.
JESSE WALTON, another son of Jacob “late of Hatfield” was devised by
the above recited will of his cousin Jonathan Walton, 60 acres in Warminster
which the testator had purchased of David Eaton. Jesse Walton died at the home
of his brother Joshua in Warminster about 5 mo. 1, 1812, leaving sons Abraham
and Isaac. No effort has been made to further trace the descendants of these
children of Jacob Walton.
13. JOHN WALTON3 (Daniel1, Samuel2), son of Samuel Walton, was a
carpenter in Milford for several years. He does not seem to have been a member
of Richland Monthly Meeting, as his wife Hannah is dealt with for marriage “to
one not a member” in 1786. He and his brother Enoch were devised a farm of 92
acres in Hamilton Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, by the will of
their cousin Jonathan Walton, of Warminster, above referred to, in 1786. By
deed dated 6 mo. 24, 1792, recorded at Easton, “John Walton of Milford
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Carpenter, and Hannah his wife, and Enoch
Walton of Richland Township, County and State aforesaid, Taylor, and Abigail
his wife” conveyed this tract of 92 acres (patented to Jonathan Walton in 1782)
to John Huston. This deed was executed in Bucks County and is witnessed by
Abraham Ball of Richland, and Amos Richarson of Milford. John and Enoch
executed a bond of ₤400 to Huston with Abraham Ball as surety, conditioned that
the title was good and sufficient. John and Enoch Walton had warrant and
survey for 400 acres of land in Northampton County dated April 4, 1792, and
John probably settled thereon.
Hannah, wife of John, made an acknowledgment of her error in [page
578] Marriage out of unity to Richland Monthly Meeting which was finally
accepted 5 mo., 1787, but we find no further record of the couple on the
minutes.
14. ENOCH WALTON3 (Daniel1, Samuel2), son of Samuel, was a tailor
by trade, and lived for many years prior to his death in Richland Township. An
account of his legacy under the will of his cousin Jonathan Walton, of
Warminster, in connection with his brother John, is given in the above sketch
of the latter. He purchased a lot of ten acres in Richland in 1810, and in
1815 purchased a farm of 50 acres, which was sold by his administrators in
1830. He died 9 mo. 20, 1828, without issue. He married Abigail (Hicks)
Dalby, daughter of William and Margaret Hicks, and widow of Nathan Dalby.
Abigail his wife did not survive him. (See No. 9, Chapter XXI).
15. ISAAC WALTON, Jr.4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Isaac3), son of Isaac and
Alice (Davis) Walton, was a resident of Richland for a number of years prior to
1787, when he removed with his wife and family “within the virge of Buckingham
Monthly Meeting,” and we have no trace of him after that date. On 10 mo. 20,
1766, the 1,000-acre tract of William Logan was surveyed and divided by Samuel
Foulke surveyor for the Logan heirs and 780 acres thereof was laid out to Isaac
Walton, Sr., and his sons Isaac, James and David, Isaac Walton, Jr., acquiring
a tract of 175 acres. He probably lived thereon until his removal to
Buckingham in 1787. Isaac Walton, Jr., married Martha Lewis, daughter of Lewis
and Ann (Lord) Lewis, of Richland. She was born 3 mo. 21, 1754. (See No. 18,
Chapter XXIX). In the division of the real estate of Lewis Lewis, Isaac and
Martha Walton were adjudged a tract of 48 acres which they conveyed to James
Walton in 1783. Isaac and Martha (Lewis) Walton had children who were included
in the certificate to Buckingham, but we have no record of their names.
17. DAVID WALTON4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Isaac3), son of Isaac and
Alice (Davis) Walton, was the owner of 212 acres of the Logan tract in 1766.
He married at Richland Monthly Meeting, 12 mo., 1766, Margaret Green, daughter
of Joseph and Catharine (Thomas) Green of Springfield. (See No. 3, Chapter
XVII). She was born 11 mo. 28, 1744. Ther is no record of children born to
them at Richland nor of the death of either David or Margaret.
18. DANIEL WALTON4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Isaac3), son of Isaac and
Alice (Davis) Walton, born 4 mo. 6, 1754, died 3 mo. 4, 1809. He acquired a
large part of the Thomas tract in Upper Richland and Springfield, purchased
from Thomas Green, and lived thereon until his death. He married, 10 mo. 2,
1788, Martha (Foulke) Green, daughter of John and Mary (Roberts) Foulke (see
No. 42a, Chapter XVI), and widow of [page 579] James Green of Upper
Richland. (See No. 9, Chapter XVII). She was born 7 mo. 16, 1758. Martha
took a certificate to Munch, Lycoming County, Pa., in 1810.
Children of Daniel and Martha (Foulke-Green) Walton:
- Jane, b. 6-24–1789; d. 1-7--1865; m. Samuel Roberts (See No. 42,
Chapter XL)
- Mary, b. 2-6--1791; d. 11-12–1796
- Edith, b. 12-13–1792; d. 11-19–1796
- David, b. 1-24–1795
- Lydia, b. 6-25–1799; d. —1809
20. JAMES WALTON4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Isaac3), son of Isaac and
Alice (Davis) Walton, was a consistent member of Richland Monthly Meeting and
for several years filled the office of overseer, beginning with the year 1775.
He acquired 217 acres of the Logan tract in 1766 and also acquired through his
wife a portion of the Lewis Lewis tract adjoining the Logan tract on the
north. He married, 12 mo. 8, 1763, Margaret Lewis, daughter of Lewis and Ann
(Lord) Lewis. (See No. 13, Chapter XXIX). She was born 12 mo. 11, 1741. They
took a certificate to Exeter Monthly Meeting with their children 10 mo. 20,
1791, and later removed to Muncy, Lycoming County, Pa.
Children of James and Margaret (Lewis) Walton:
- Ann, b. 9-15–1764
- James, b. 7-22–1776
- Joseph, b. 10-27–1780
- Ellis, b. 7-23–1783
25. ABRAHAM WALTON4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3), son of Abraham
and Mary Walton, was born in Rockhill about 1746, was reared in Richland, and
married at Richland Monthly Meeting, 10 mo. 12, 1769, Rachel Heacock, daughter
of Jonathan and Susanna (Morgan) Heacock. (See No. 10a, Chapter XX). They
continued to reside in Richland until 1766, when they removed to Western
Pennsylvania with their children Abigail, Jonathan, Margaret, Ruth and Abraham,
taking certificates to Westland Monthly Meeting in Washington County.
Children of Abraham and Rachel (Heacock) Walton:
- Abigail, m. Alex. Pedan at Westland Monthly Meeting, 12 –1796
- Jonathan
- Margaret
- Ruth
- Abraham, m. first, Mary --------; second, Phebe Shaw
26. NATHAN WALTON4 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3), son of Abraham and
Mary Walton, born in Rockhill about 1748, was reared in Richland and learned
the trade of a tailor which he followed for many years in Milford Township,
living on a lot of three and a half acres pur- [page 580] chased of
Samuel and Susannah Nixon in 1773. He married Mary Miller, daughter of Robert
and Mary (Shaw) Miller. In 1796 he removed with his wife’s relatives to
Brownsville, “Old Fort,” Fayette County, Pa., and in 1814 removed to Columbiana
County, Ohio. He had no children. (See No. 3, Chapter XXXII).
41. ABRAHAM WALTON, 3d5 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3, Abraham4), son
of Abraham and Rachel (Heacock) Walton, born in Richland about 1775, removed
with his parents to Western Pennsylvania in 1796. He married soon after that
date, Mary, whose maiden name is unknown, and settled in Wilmington, Ohio. His
wife dying about 1811, he brought his orphan children Anna, Eber, Abraham,
Rachel, and Anna, back to Richland, where he resided for a few years. He
married a second time about 1815, Phebe Shaw, daughter of John and Phebe (------
----) Shaw, of Richland. (See No. 14, Chapter XLIII). She was born 1 mo. 4,
1778, and died in Ohio 5 mo. 1, 1830. In 1835 Abraham Walton removed with some
of his children to Etna, Indiana, where he died at an advanced age. It is not
known whether he had any children by Phebe.
Childrend of Abraham and Mary (----------) Walton:
- Anna, b. —1799
- Eber, b. 5-24–1800; m. first, Anna Shaw; second, Olivia Shaw
- Abraham
- Rachel
- Amos
43. EBER WALTON6 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3, Abraham4, Abraham5),
son of Abraham and Mary Walton, born in Beaver County, Ohio, 5 mo. 24, 1800,
died in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, Pa. He removed with his father
and brothers and sisters to Richland in 1812, and returned to the west with the
family in 1816. In 1823 he returned to Richland, bringing a certificate from
Middletown Monthly Meeting in Ohio. He married, 3 mo. 10, 1825, Anna Shaw,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Ball) Shaw. (See Nos. 38, 37, Chapter XLIII).
She was born 7 mo. 29, 1800, and died 7 mo., 1838. He married, secondly,
Olivia Shaw, the eldest sister of his first wife. She was born 2 mo. 4, 1797,
and died 4 mo. 13, 1881. Eber Walton removed in 1827 to Southampton Township,
Bucks County, Pa., where he conducted a farm until 1830, when he removed to
Whitpain Township, and purchased a farm near Blue Bell, where he resided until
his death.
Children of Eber and Anna (Shaw) Walton:
- Joseph, b. 12-17–1825; d. 10-12–1867; m. Elizabeth Conard
- Mary, b. 12-6--1827; d. —1828
- Israel, b. 11-20–1829; m. Tacy Conard
- Amos, b. 11-16–1832; m. Henrietta Van Derau
- Mahlon, b. 1-12–1834; d. —1857 [page 581]
47. JOSEPH WALTON7 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3, Abraham4, Abraham5,
Eber6), son of Eber and Anna (Shaw) Walton, born 12 mo. 17, 1825, died 10 mo.
12, 1867, was a farmer in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. He married in
1847, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Child) Conard, of Whitpain. She
was born 9 mo. 7, 1824, and died 12 mo. 26, 1890.
Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Conard) Walton:
- John Conard, b. 11-25–1848; m. Margaretta Ambler, dau. of Jonathan
Ambler of Md.; they lived in Quakertown
- Sarah C., b. 11-25–1848
- Isaac, b. 9-27–1850; d. 3-22–1863
- Annie, b. 3-26–1853
- Ellen, b. 3-26–1853
- J. Conard, b. 8-16–1854
- Tacy C., b. 7-3--1858
49. ISRAEL WALTON7 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3, Abraham4, Abraham5,
Eber6), son of Eber and Anna (Shaw) Walton, born 11 mo. 20, 1829, married in
1858, Tacy Conard, daughter of James and Sarah Conard.
Child of Israel and Tacy (Conard) Walton:
59 Henry Conard, b. —1859; m. Winifred Weidner, and they live in Phila.
50. AMOS WALTON7 (Daniel1, Samuel2, Abraham3, Abraham4, Abraham5,
Eber6), son of Eber and Anna (Shaw) Walton, born in Whitpain 11 mo. 16, 1832,
lived all of his life in the house in which he was born. He married, 1 mo. 28,
1858, Henrietta Van Derau, daughter of Francis and Anna (Lebold) Van Derau.
Children of Amos and Henrietta (Van Derau) Walton:
- William Eber, b. 1-11–1861; m. 2-15–1887, Naomi Moser
- Francis V., m. Emma Wilkey
- Emma V.
- Anna V., m. Warren Brooke
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