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Edward Roberts (c.1680 – c.1741) was a colonial mayor of Philadelphia. Upon emigrating to the United States he became a prosperous merchant and landowner. He served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1739 to 1740.

Background

Roberts was born in Llanvawr, Merionethshire, Wales, the third son of Hugh Roberts [Wikidata], a prominent Quaker preacher. Roberts emigrated to the United States as a child when his father moved to the colonies in 1684 to bring his ministry to the people there. Roberts' father was a successful minister and property speculator upon arrival in Pennsylvania. Edward Roberts would inherit a 200 acre property, "Chestnut Hill" from his father, land that would later become part of Fairmount Park.

Roberts became a freeman of Philadelphia in 1717. That year, he served as a town councilman.

In 1736, he was one of the signers of the Articles creating the Union Fire Company to develop what would become the first volunteer fire department in the United States in Philadelphia. He was elected Mayor on October 2, 1739. Roberts was said to use a seal that included "a rose, under a crown, between two human hearts" for his correspondence.

Personal life

He had four children, Hugh, Jane, Mary and Susannah Elizabeth. His son, Hugh Roberts (1706–1786) was a Philadelphia merchant known as one of Benjamin Franklin's closest friends. His daughter Jane, would marry William Fishbourne, mayor of Philadelphia. His daughter, Susannah Elizabeth, married doctor Thomas Bond in 1735. Mary married Mordecai Yarnall.

In 1741 Roberts died in Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

References

1. ^ Welsh settlement of Pennsylvania by Browning, Charles Henry Publication date 1912 Publisher Philadelphia, W. J. Campbell Pages cited 95- 105
2. Owen, R. (., (1959). ROBERTS, HUGH (1644? - 1702), Quaker. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 12 Nov 2024, from https://biography.wales/article/s-ROBE-HUG-1644
3. ^ Young, John Russell (1895). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to Year 1895: Narrative and critical history, 1681-1895. New York History Company. p. 239.
4. Bowden, James (1850). The history of the Society of Friends in America. Robarts - University of Toronto. London C. Giplin. pp. 52, 252, 253.
5. ^ Hazard, Samuel; Linn, John Blair; Egle, William Henry; Reed, George Edward; Montgomery, Thomas Lynch; MacKinney, Gertrude; Hoban, Charles Francis (1880). Pennsylvania Archives. J. Severns & Company. pp. 731, 729.
6. “Articles of the Union Fire Company, 7 December 1736,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-02-02-0024.
7. Lemay, J. A. Leo (2013-06-03). The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2: Printer and Publisher, 173-1747. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-8122-0929-7.
8. “From Benjamin Franklin to Hugh Roberts, 16 July 1753,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-05-02-0004.
9. "Hugh Roberts (68), APS Members Bibliography". membib.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
10. "Thomas Bond". University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
11. "Series 1: Mordecai Yarnall (1705-1772) family correspondence, 1757 - 1758 | Archives & Manuscripts". archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

External links

• 1787 document of ten lots of land previously owned by Edward Roberts, Library of Congress

v t e Mayors of Philadelphia (chronologically)
Colonial era (1691–1776)	Morrey Shippen (I) Morris (I) G. Jones Willcox Stanbury Masters Hill Carter Preston Dickinson Roch Hill Dickinson Fishbourn Logan C. Plumsted Norris Hudson Charles Read T. Lawrence (I) Griffitts Hasell Griffitts T. Lawrence (I) Allen C. Plumsted Griffitts Morris (II) Roberts Hasell C. Plumsted Till B. Shoemaker Shippen (II) Hamilton Attwood C. Willing T. Lawrence (I) W. Plumsted Strettell B. Shoemaker T. Lawrence (I) C. Willing W. Plumsted Shute T. Lawrence (II) Stamper B. Shoemaker Duché Harrison T. Willing T. Lawrence (II) J. Lawrence I. Jones S. Shoemaker Gibson Fisher Rhoads Powel
Pre-Act of Consolidation (1789–1854)	Powel Miles Barclay Clarkson Baker Wharton Inskeep Lawler Inskeep Wharton J. Barker Wharton Keppele J. Barker Geyer Wharton J. N. Barker Wharton Watson Dallas Richards Milnor Richards Swift Roach Swift Scott McCall Swift J. Jones Gilpin
Post-Consolidation (since 1854)	Conrad Vaux Henry McMichael Fox Stokley King W. Smith Fitler Stuart Warwick Ashbridge Weaver Reyburn Blankenburg T. Smith Moore Kendrick Mackey Moore Wilson Connell Lamberton Samuel Clark Dilworth Tate Rizzo Green Goode Rendell Street Nutter Kenney Parker

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