%eadnotat; ]> 5160wafa Walton Family Papers, 1725-1930 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Walton Family Papers, 1725-1930 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1725-1930 RG 5/ 160 Walton Family 1 box; 0.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 The Waltons were a Quaker family from Byberry, Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia area, including Swarthmore. The lines represented in this collection were descended from Benjamin Walton (1701-1753) and Rebecca Homer Walton (d. 1783), of Abington Monthly Meeting and Byberry. The collection includes business and estate papers, mostly of Israel Walton (1789-1863), a diary of Mary D. Walton (1832-1915) which includes a roll book of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting First Day School, albums and verse by Emmaline Walton (1834-1913) and others, and family memorabilia. BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

The Waltons were a Quaker family from Byberry, Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia area. The lines represented in this collection were descended from Benjamin Walton (1701-1753) and Rebecca Homer Walton (d. 1783), of Abington Monthly Meeting and Byberry.

The business papers chiefly are from Israel Walton, whose grandparents were Benjamin and Rebecca Walton. Israel Walton (1789-1831) was the son of William and Lydia (Thornton) Walton of Byberry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married first Susan Townsend (1793-1848) and second Maria Houston (d. 1878). Their daughter, Susan Biddle Walton (1851-1927) was married in 1875 to William Warrington Their daughter, Margaret Houston Warrington, who provided genealogical information on the family, was married in 1904 to Nathan Leeds Jones. Their daughter, Ann, was a graduate of Swarthmore College (1942), as was her husband Charles Copeland Martin.

Other papers represent the Walton line descended from another son of Benjamin and Rebecca Homer Walton, Benjamin (1735/6-1820). This line descended through Nathan Walton (1763-1823), whose son, Lewis (1789-1861) married Elizabeth Hall Neal. Their son, Edwin Walton (1830-1911) was an active member of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting and an educator. He married Mary Dent Clayton (1832-1915) whose diary (1877-1878) is included in the collection. His sister, Emmaline Walton (1834-1913) was a Quaker poet and elder of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting. Edwin and Mary D. Walton's son, Edwin Clayton (E. C.) Walton 1866-1952), settled in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where is he was a civic leader and sold real estate. Both of his daughters were Swarthmore College graduates.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection includes business and estate papers, mostly of Israel Walton (1789-1863), a diary of Mary D. Walton (1832-1915) which includes a roll book of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting First Day School, albums and verse by Emmaline Walton (1834-1913) and others, and family memorabilia.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series:

Biographical and genealogical, including the diary of Mary Walton Correspondence Business papers Manuscript writings Piece books and albums ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information:

Donor: Unknown, date unknown

The collection represents two lines descended from Benjamin and Rebecca (Homer) Walton. One line came down through their son, Benjamin, whose descendant was Lewis Walton. His son married Mary D. Walton, and his daughter was Emmaline Walton. The other line descended from the son of Benjamin and Rebecca, William, to their son, Israel Walton, through his daughter Susan who married William Warrington, then their daughter Margaret who married Nathan Leeds Jones. Their daughter, Ann Comfort Jones, and her husband, Charles Copeland Martin, were both graduates of Swarthmore College, Class of 1942. Descendents of the other Walton line also attended Swarthmore College in the twentieth century, and Edwin Clayton Walton was a Swarthmore resident and developer.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG 5/160, Walton Family Papers, 1725-1930, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 Processing information

Formerly cited as Walton and Thomas Families Papers, RG 5/160. The information concerning the source of these papers was lost, and sometime before 1967, the Walton papers were catalogued and stored with a smaller collection of papers concerning the Thomas family, apparently unrelated. In October 2000, the two collections were catalogued as separate Record Groups.

 Bibliography Byberry Waltons, by Norman Walton Swayne, 1958 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Diaries -- 19th century Quakers -- Social life and customs Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Swarthmore College Walton family Walton, Mary D., 1832-1915 Walton, Emmaline, 1834-1913 Walton, Israel, 1789-1831 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical papers, 1828-1878 Genealogical data 3 pieces 1 Disowning of Israel Walton by Frankford Monthly Mtg. 7/29/1828 1 Certificate of removal for Anna Ivins from Buckingham Monthly Meeting, and notation of reinstatement. 6/5/1843 1 Disowning of Israel Walton by Byberry Monthly Mtg., and notation of reinstatement. 2/23/1852 1 Minute of Byberry Preparative Meeting appointing Israel Walton a trustee of Walnut Hill School. 8/24/1854 1 Diary of Mary D. Walton 1877-1878 1

Includes Fallowfield First Day School roll book, and list of words for spelling bee.

 Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1782, 1843 Correspondence 1782, 1843 2 letters Ser. 3: Business papers, 1725-1864 Israel Walton papers re: David Comfort estate. 1813-1854, n.d. 1

Includes inventory, indentures, bonds, deeds, accounts, mortgages, judgements, lists of goods and chattels for sale, auditors' report, and agreement.

 Israel Walton papers re: Ezra Crosdale estate. 1850-1856 1

Includes accounts and receipts.

 Walton family papers. 1725-1864 1

Includes deed, wills, promissory notes, accounts, receipts, inventory and appraisement, bond, rule of reference, bill, authorizations, power of attorney, and release.

 Miscellaneous petitions, articles of agreement, surveyors' drafts. 1836-1841, n.d. 1 Ser. 4: Manuscripts, 1855-1930

Most in same handwriting, probably Emmaline Walton.

 Prose: Lydia Martin's reminiscences on Valley Friends' School 8/8/1930 1 "The Knell has died away..." Author unknown 2/1863 1 Verse: "A day at Swarthmore" Author unknown ca. 1880 1 "Address to the New Year" Author unknown 1/1/1855 1 "Address to the Old and New Year" Author unknown n.d. 1 "Autumn Leaves" Author unknown 10/1888 1 "A Birthday Offering" by Emmaline Walton n.d. 1 "Discipline of Daily Life" Author unknown n.d. 1 "The Iron Steed..." Author unknown n.d. 1 "Lines written on the night..." Author unknown n.d. 1 "Thoughts on a 90th Birthday" Author unknown 1858 1 "Thought while spending a night on Lake Ontario" n.d. 1 "To My Early Friend" by Emmaline Walton n.d. 1 "Toward chill Nov. latest days..." by E. Walton n.d. 1 "The Two Pictures" Author unknown n.d. 1 "Turn backward, oh backward.." Author unknown n.d. 1 "Wedding Anniversary of S. and J.H. Boggs" (Frag.) n.d. 1 Ser. 5. Memorabilia, 1826-1880 Piece Book 1826 1 Album, Anne E. Walton 1845 1 Album, Emmaline Walton 1851 1 Album, E.M. Walton 1852 1 Piece Book, Emmaline Walton 1880 1 Piece book, no name n.d. 1 Handbill, "The Clay Trumpet" n.d. 1