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- [[Category:Middletown Monthly Meeting, Langhorne, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Fleet of William Penn]]
[[Category: Lamb, sailed July 1682]]
[[Category: Settle Monthly Meeting, Yorkshire]]
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[[Category: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
== Biography ==
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Robert was born in 1671. He is the son of [[Heaton-542|Robert Heaton]] and [[Rycroft-13|Alice Rycroft]]. <ref>SHEPPARD, WALTER LEE, JR., compiler and editor. Passengers and Ships prior to 1684. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1.) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. 245p. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1985. pg 53</ref> His birth was recorded by the Settle Monthly Meeting<ref>Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 {{Ancestry Record|7097|144022}}</ref>Robert arrived with his parents and siblings to Pennsylvania in 1682.<ref>Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 53; Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s {{Ancestry Record|7486|3065403}}</ref>
On 8 May 1700 Robert married Grace Pearson, [[Pearson-2932]] the daughter of Thomas Pearson at the Middletown Monthly Meeting<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1700-1779; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 301; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|5676384}}</ref>The children of Robert Heaton and Grace were: <ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1664-1807; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|99997218}}</ref>
* Sarah b. 1701
* Elizabeth b. 1705
* Alice b. 1708The birth of his daughter Grace was not recorded by the Middletown Meeting at the time it recorded the births of her sisters. The birth of 1703 was recorded by the Middletown MM when it recorded her death in a memorial.
Robert's wife Grace died in 1719 and on 3 Nov 1720 Robert married Susanna Carter [[Griffith-587]] the marriage being recorded as orderly by the Middletown Monthly Meeting.<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1683-1892; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 309; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|6197261}}</ref>On Apr 1721 Robert was accused of having a child "with his then wife" 6 months after their marriage, the child being full term. Robert would admit no wrongdoing and was disowned by the Middletown MM.<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1698-1824; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/M5 7.1; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|162958}}</ref><ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1664-1807; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|99997431}}</ref> No further records were found for Robert after this time.
Robert died in 1743, his will being proved 23 Jul 1743. His will named his wife Susannah, and children Sarah Walker, Grace Croasdale, Elizabeth Noble, Alice Plumly, Anna Heaton and Robert Heaton<ref>Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825; Probate Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania; Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 {{Ancestry Record|8802|16439}}</ref>
Robert Heaton and Grace Pearson were married "2,26,1700"<ref>Pennsylvania Archives. J. Severns & Company (1800).[https://books.google.com/books?id=dz0OAAAAIAAJ Google Books]<br>I don't know if this is old style (April) or new style (Feb) -AP)</ref>. Their marriage was authorized by the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Quakers).
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My Family History
1671 - Bef 1743 (< 71 years)