Old RICHLAND Families (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)

By: Ellwood Roberts, 1898, 2021, 300 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-023-7.




Richland township is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is located less than 40 miles from Philadelphia. This area was settled by English & Welsh Quakers and also Germans seeking refuge for religious reasons. Information that will be gleamed from this book: Naming and creation of the township, the Friends' Meeting, Records of Richland Meeting, Original Documents, a section entitled Notes which has various data of these settlers and then the remaining half of the book is devoted to biographical sketches of the following surnames: Roberts Family; Lancaster Family; Lester Family; Johnson Family; Foulke Family; Strawn Family; Moore family; Jamison Family; Penrose Family; Ball Family; Morris Family; Greens Family; Shaw Family; Edwardes Family; Heacocks Family; Thomsons Family; Hallowell Family; Spencer Family