Burials at Robeson Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Robeson, PA
Submitted by: Diana
One of my LANDIS ancestor's brothers (from N Coventry in Chester Co.) was a member of Zion MM in the Robeson area in the 1860s. After querying a few resources, it existed in early 1740s to mid 1860s. Thanks to cousin Doug Good and the Berks HS and others for background, I have found there is a list of people buried at what was then named Robeson Friends MM.
Background:
This MM was on the north side of the intersection of Zion and Plow roads in Robeson Twp., and the third MM after the Exeter and Maidencreek MMs. The history shows that in 1740 approval was given for a site of the MM "for the convenience of Friends living in the Hay and Allegheny creek valleys." On 8/30/1740, John SCARLET, Moses EMBREE, Eleanor SCARLET, and Mary CADWALLADER were appointed first overseers of the Robeson Meeting, aka Forest Meeting.
In an article about the Society of Friends and their meeting houses in Berks Co, John E. Eshelman wrote of the first known Friends in the area: Moses Embree, John Scarlet, Owen Humphrey, Evan Thomas, Richard Moore, David Cadwallader, David Jenkins, Robert Long, John Wells, and Peter March. They worshipped with the Oley group, but on 5/31/1740, they petitioned the MM at Oley for a separate meeting "due to difficulty in crossing the Schuylkill in time of freshet." On 6/28, permission was granted and a Preparative Meeting was created a year later.
In 6/27/1741 the "Friends of Robeson Meeting" were granted their first Preparative Meeting, and in the Fall of 1741, on rented land, a log meeting house was erected.
The first wedding at this Robeson MM united Samuel EMBREE of Robeson and Rachel LEWIS of Cumru in 2/6/1743.
In 7/24/1785, Thomas Lightfoot and his wife Rachel deeded 18 acres to David Jackson and Edward Bonsall, Friends in the township Robeson. John Scarlet, Sr. and William Scarlet were appointed additional trustees. The cemetery was laid out then with an encircling stone wall. Robeson MM originally belonged to the Philadelphia Quarterly and Yearly Meetings, but was made a branch of Caln Quarterly Meeting in Chester Co in 1800. When the MM was discontinued in 1872, remaining members transferred to Caln Preparative and Bradford MM Chester Co.
In 1826 membership was near one hundred. Ministers included Peter Thomas, Judah Thomas. Rebecca N. Scarlet, Hannah Morris and Mary Jackson.
There are 216 burials at Robeson Meeting. And while there are Scarlets buried there, some of the earliest Friends of Robeson are buried on the Scarlet property at Scarlet's Mill, in the orchard of what was later known as the McLenegan farm.
Here is a list of people buried there: (Not 216, but what can be accounted for):
Jonathan Jackson, death, 1785
Owen Humphrey, age 78, death 1790
Jane Norris, death 1790
Sarah Humphrey, age 82, death 1795 (wife of Owen Humphrey)
Thomas Thomas, death 1795 (will probated 1/10/1795)
William Morris, death 1792
Edward B. Jackson, death 1796
Nancy R. Jackson, death 1796
Mary Williams, death 1799
Jane Jackson, death 1799, child of Thomas Jackson
William Scarlet, death 1799
Susannah Scarlet, age 55, death 1801
Nicholas Morris, age 58, death 1807, son of David and Jane Morris
Rachel Dickinson, death 1811
Rachel Jackson, death 1812, child of Thomas Jackson
David Jackson, age 74, death 1813, son of Ephraim and Mary Jackson
Benjamin Scarlet, death 1815, son of John and Elizabeth Scarlet
Hannah Morris, age 66, death 1815, dau of Ephraim and Mary Jackson
Jane Williams, death 1813
William Scarlet, age 75, death 1818, son of John and Elizabeth Scarlet
Sarah Scarlet, age 47, death 1848, wife of James Scarlet
Maria Lincoln, age 46, death 1848, wife of Samuel Lincoln
Benjamin Scarlet, age 68, death 1848, son of Wm and Susanna Scarlet
John J. Scarlet, age 75, death 1850, son of Wm and Susanna Scarlet
Ephraim Scarlet, Sr, age 80, death 1850
William Scarlet, age 46, death 1850, son of Ephraim Sr and Lydia
William Dickinson, death 1858, son of Nathaniel and Rachel
Wm. Penn Scarlet, age 6, death 1859
Mary D. Scarlet, age 6, death 1859
William J. Scarlet, age 78, death 1867, son of William and Susanna
Mary D. Scarlet, age 26, death 1869
Mary Evans, age 86, death 1872, dau of Enos and Lydia Morris
Susanna Scarlet, death 1872, dau of Wm and Susanna Scarlet
These are from gravestones:
Tillie Morris, 1845
John W. Pierce, 1844, s of Wm. Pierce
Jas. G. Dickinson, age 5, death 1849, son of Nelson and Mary Ann
Justina Scarlet, age 39, death 1850, maiden name Warren
Justina Scarlet, 1850, inf dau of Wm and Justina
Allen Lewis, age 64
Mary Lewis, 73, wife of Allen Lewis died ?
Rachel Lewis, age 66, dau of Allen and Mary
Catharine Lewis, age 65, dau of Allen and Mary
James Lewis, age 40, son of Allen and Mary
Henry W. Scarlet, age 19, 1854, son of Wm and Justina
Lydia Scarlet, age 21, 1858, dau of Wm and Justina
Catharine Scarlet, age 16, 1858, dau of Wm and Justina
Lewis Fawkes, death 1856
Wm C. Lewis, age 7, died 1852, son of Josiah and Elizabeth
Drusilla Scarlet, age 4, 1860, dau of Samuel J and Mary A
Hannah A. Scarlet, 6, 1860, dau of Samuel J and Mary A
Samuel D. Scarlet, age 1, 1863, son of Samuel J and Mary A
Susanna Scarlet, 1861, dau of Samuel J and Mary A
David Morris, age 67, death 1850, son of Enos and Lydia Morris
Harriet Morris, age 33, death 1863, wife of Enos Morris
Enos F. Morris, death 1863, son of Enos and Harriet Morris
Elizabeth Scarlet Lewis, age 48, deatrh 1863, wife of Josiah Lewis
Rachel Ann Fawkes, age 27, death 1864, dau of Lewis and Phoebe Ann Fawkes
David T. Morris, age 14, death 1867, s of Enos and Harriet Morris
Hannah Morris, death 1867, wife of David Morris, maiden name Cooper
Rachel Dickinson, age 78, death 1868, wife of Wm Dickinson, maiden name James
Lucy Morris, death 1868, dau of John and Lydia Morris
William H. Morris, age 76, death 1874, son of Wm and Mary Morris
John Morris, age 76, death 1874, son of Enos and Lydia
Carrie E. Morris, death 1877, dau of Wm and Mary Morris
Moses Hartz, age 20, son of Elias and Lydia D Hartz
Mary D. Fawkes, no data, dau of Lesis and Phoebe Ann Fawkes
Samuel J. Scarlet, age 53, died 1878
Mary A. Morris, age 46, death 1881, wife of William Morris
Henry Lewis, age 65, death 1883
Sarah Jane Morris, age 74, death 1883, dau of David and Hannah Morris
Lydia Morris, age 74, death 1884, wife of John Morris
James Scarlet, age 81, 1884, son of Ephraim and Lydia Morris
Matilda Scarlet, age 65, death 1886, wife of James Scarlet, nee Kurtz
Josiah Lewis, age 83, 1887
Kersey Riter, age 84, 1887
Elizabeth Riter, age 79, 1889, wife of Kersey Riter, nee Liggett
Lydia D Hertz, age 69, 1888 wife of Elias Hertz, dau of William and Rachel Dickinson
Phoebe Ann Fawkes, death 1878, dau of Wm and Rachel Dickinson
infant son of Joseph and Mary Lewis, 1888
Ada M. Kane, age 21, d 1898
Ada E. Kane, infant, 1898, dau of Ada and John Kane
Sarah Dickinson age 74, death 1898 dau of Wm and Rachel Dickinson
Elias Hartz, age 92, 1907, (last burial in the cemetery)
Sarah D. Scarlet, 82, 1932 dau of Lewis and Phoebe Fawkes (burial after Eshelman made his list)
Eshelman had knowledge of the following burials - no grave markers:
Eli Dickinson, son of Nathanial and Rachel Dickinson
Lydia Stevens Dickinson, wife of Eli Dickinson
Levi Miller
Susanna Miller, d 1854, age 40; dau of Ephraim and Lydia Scarlet
Elizabeth Miller, dau of Levi and Susanna Miller
Ephraim Scarlet, Jr., son of Ephraim and Lydia (Dickinson) Scarlet. One of the last surviving members of Robeson MM was buried at Exeter Meeting burial ground, also with his wife Sarah Lee Scarlet.