Byberry is a township in the northeast corner of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The Walton brothers were early settlers. Moreland Township was just west of Byberry. When Montgomery County broke off in 1784, Moreland was divided into two townships, both called Moreland. In 1917 the Montgomery County Moreland split into Upper Moreland Township and Lower Moreland Township.
William Walton was born in Byberry Parish, Gloucestershire, England about 1662. His parents were William Walton and Alice Martin.
He came to America with his three brothers. They settled in Byberry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and were early members of the Byberry Friends Meeting.
William married Sarah Howell on April 20, 1689.
In 1691, at the time of the Keithian Separation, the Byberry meeting went Keithian. Nathaniel was the only one of the Walton brothers who remained. The other brothers met with those at the home
of Henry English.
William and Sarah's children included:
Rachel Walton Perry (1690, married Edward Perry),
Isaac Walton (1692, married Mary Perry, Sarah Holt, and Sarah Kennet),
Jeremiah Walton (1694, married Elizabeth Walmsley),
Jacob Walton (1697),
Sarah Walton Albertson (1699, married Benjamin Albertson),
William Walton (1701),
Abel Walton (1703, married Rebecca Walmsley),
Job Walton (1706, married Agnes Walmsley and Catherine McVaugh),
Hannah Walton Walmsley Mardon (1708, married Thomas Walmsley, Jr. and Thomas Marden) and
Mary Walton Homer (1710).
In 1712 William Allen, of Philadelphia sold William Walton 552 acres southeast of Hatboro.
In 1717, William visited all the families who belonged to the Byberry Meeting.
In 1721, he went with Richard Busby to visit to Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina.
In 1723 he again visited the families of Byberry with Henry Comly.
At the time of his death on December 9, 1736/37, he was on the island of Tortola on a religious journey.
The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.
