John Roberts

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1721

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1778

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee , Society of Friends

Notes: Quaker miller, Merion, Pa. Executed for treason for guiding British foraging parties and for negotiating with Gen. Howe to intercept and rescue Quaker exiles en route to Virginia. Married Jane Downing (1743).

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