Robert Cabeen
Robert Cabeen
b. January 17, 1775
m. Ann Boyd, 1805
d. April 7, 1855, Bristol, Bucks Co., PA
Robert Cabeen Will Abstract--File # 9710, Bk 13/pg 773, written Nov 26,1845.
Robert Cabeen, Bristol Borough. Children Catharine (wife of Robert C. Beatty), Robert B, Samuel. Exec: sons Robert B. and Samuel and son-in-law Robert C. Beatty.
Wit: H.N. Bostwick, John Boyd. Probated May 16,1855.
Cabeen, Ann
Ann Cabeen, wife of Robert of Bristol, died on Jan. 10, 1832.
(Source: Bucks County Intelligencer, Jan. 16, 1832.)
Cabeen, Robert
Died Apr 7,1855, 81yrs, in Bristol. (Source Bucks Co. Intelligencer Apr 17,1855).
"Robert Cabeen having cast his lot with the rebels after the defeat of Shane Castle, June 17, 1798, was obliged to flee to America. He landed in Philadelphia, November 1798. Just before sailing his uncle (probably the one mentioned in the family letters as "Old Robert Cabeen of Larne"), gave him a silver watch, telling him never to part with it, except for bread. He never parted with it, and it is still in the possession of the family. He then proceeded to Bristol, Pensylvania, to the house of his cousin Eleanor, daughter of William and Mary Cabeen, and wife of William Crawford. Eleanor Cabeen some years before had emigrated form Broughshane, County antrim. He settled in Bristol and married in 1805 Ann Bessonet, widow of John Boyd, a sea captain, and daughter of Daniel Bessonet of Halifax, Nova Scotia, captain of the 4th Battalion, New Jersey Cavalry, British. Her mother was Sarah Johnson Bessonet. He was naturalized at Newtown, then the county town of Bucks County, December 1, 1808, thus becoming a citizen of the United States. He bought the property known as the "King of Prussia" at the corner of Mill and Pond Streets, October, 1809, for $2,200. He converted the tavern into a store, and carried on a business there until 1823, when he retired from business and bought the property on Radcliff Street, where he passed the remainder of his life. He died of pneumonia after a short illness, on April 7, 1855, aged 80 years." "Their children were: Catharine Ann, b. March 12, 1808 Robert, born, October 30, 1809 and died September 25, 1810 Robert Bessonet, born November 7, 1811, died 1876 Samuel, born February 8, 1814, died June 3, 1870 Catharine Ann Cabeen married Robert C. Beatty, May 6, 1830, in the parlor fronting the river of the house on Radcliff Street. Taken from The Cabeen Family The Bessonet Family and Ann Bessonet Cabeen by Mrs. Thomas McKeen Chidsey From Lights along the Delaware by MW Rivinus and Katharine H. Biddle "The oldest house still standing on Radcliffe Street is Number 910. The original part of the building was in existence in 1765 and has been remodeled several times; the last time was in 1811. It is naturally colonial in architecture, and not Victorian, but since it is the oldest inhabitant, so to speak, it is included in these sketches.. . . In 1812 John Reed, a wealthy shipbuilder, was the possessor and is credited with adding many improvements. Robert Cabeen purchased the property in 1828, and when he died, his daughter, Catharine C. Beatty, inherited it. For a period of ninety years it remained in the possession of the Beatty family. John Bostwick married a Beatty. In the Victorian era when daguerreotypes were popular, he became the leading photographer in Bristol. The Bostwick's daughter, Katharine, was a noted French scholar who lived and died in the old homestead."
Robert Cabeen & sons Robert Bessonet and Samuel Cabeen