Roger Longworth was a well known "traveling Friend" (or Quaker) who was born in England and died in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The following facts have been found:
- He was from 'Bolton in More, Lancashire'.
- He was an educated man with good connections. In July 1683 he wrote a letter from Philadelphia to a friend in Europe saying that he had arrived there from Plymouth (England) and that he had been "at William Penn's for dinner with 6 Indian kings, and after dinner we went to a meeting, they along with us."
- He arrived in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania from Barbados in May, 1687. He died in Bucks County and was buried there Aug 8, 1687.
- He doesn't appear to have married or left descendants.
Sources:
- Pennsylania Vital Records, Vol 1, pages 41 and 59, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983
- Sheppard, W.L., Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, p.81
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