Robert Pyle was from Horton, in the parish of Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England, and was a maltster.  He married Ann the dau of Wm. Stovey, of Hilperton, Wilt.,  16th 9th M 1681, and they were in Bethel, Pa as early as 1684.  They were both Friends and members of the Chichester Meeting, which sometimes met at their home, and in 1706 he was one of a committee to establish a meeting at Nottingham .  He was a rep. in the PRovincial Assembly and a long time justice of the county court.  HIs children were:

• Sarah b. 11-27-1682 d. 12-1601706 m. John Vernon

• Robert b. 7-17-1684 m  Elizabeath Swaffer 1709

• Wm b. 11-26-1685 m. Olive Bennett 1707

• John b. 6-8-1687 m. Lydia Thomas and Susannah Chamberlin

• Mary b. 11-13-1688 m. Thomas Moore 1713

• Jacob b. 1-5-1691 m. Alice Bowater 1713

• Joseph b. 11-5-1692 d. 1754 m. Sarah Dicks 1715 and Sarah Pennell Gibbons in 1732

• Daniel b. 5-29-1694 m. Mary Chamberlin 1717 and Mary Pennell 1727