Hello, I am trying to find the origins of my 7th great grandfather. Robert LONGSHORE, who came with William Penn as his surveyor in 1680/82. He married Margaret Petersdaughter Cock and they had two children; Euclydus and Alice. Thank You, Peggy Longshore Vonk
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 8 Apr 1876 NORTHAMPTON AND SOUTHAMPTON Charles Hansbury moves from lot of Lewis Shepherd, Rocksville, to R. Terry's farm, in Southampton. John Tomlinson, of Rocksville, to farm near Taylorsville. Ezra Tomlinson to farm of Amos Worthington, deceased. Martin Worthington, residing thereon, relinquishes farming and housekeeping, and will live with his brother at Trappe, in Bensalem. Croasdale Worthington to Benjamin Wiggins' farm, in Upper Makefield. John Dale from his lot to the farm he purchased of Joseph Willard. William Briggs moves from Rocksville mill to Churchville. Charles Dolton vacates the farm lately sold by William Hogeland to Benjamin Worthington, near Feasterville, and goes to Robinson's farm, Warminster. Alfred Worthington from the lot lately sold by Benjamin Worthington to Alfred Harding, on the Newtown road, to the farm vacated by Mr. Dolton. Alfred Harding takes possession of his place. Henry C. Harding to William Ryan's place. Mrs. Mary A. Delaney to the same place, on the Newtown road. Guilford Stout into Mrs. Delaney's house. William White takes the house at Chincapin vacated by Mr. Stout. William Delaney takes possession of his farm, lately purchased at his father's sale. Allen Jones vacates this farm, and moves on Alfred Johnson's Lead Mine farm. Mr. Worthington of Newville, to the mill at Rocksville. Henry Hicks from Rocksville to Langhorne. Joseph Finney into the house vacated by Mr. Hicks. Casper Keck from Rocksville to Newtown. Fred Otterbach from Chincapin to Keck's house. Timothy Merrick to Langhorne from Rocksville. William Ott, shoemaker, into house vacated by Merrick. John Conley and John Wipred to farm vacated by John Tomlinson. James Fitzpatrick to Lewis Shepherd's house. Stephen Gano from Lewis Shepherd's house into Comly Michener's tenant house, Byberry. James Vanartsdalen out of the same house to Chincapin, into house vacated by Mr. Maddock. Pleasant Statum from Chincapin to Langhorne. John Wipred, Sen., into house vacated by Mr. Statum. Levi Ashmore from Henry Vanartsdalen's house, at Feasterville, to Mahlon Vanartsdalen's farm. Michael Stevens into this house from Newville. Hiram Cornell from Street road to John Lefferts' farm, Moreland, Montgomery Co. John Woodington from his farm to Boileau's store, Southamptonville. Richard Harlan from farm near Scottsville to Bristol. George Scott to this farm. Charles Pidcock from Henry Wynkoop's farm to Elias Hogeland's farm, near Feasterville. Abraham Lukens vacated this place, and moved to James Jones' place, at Davisville. Watson Worthington from James Mulligan's house, Churchville, to Hartsville. William Blackburn takes this house. John W. Bartleson from Langhorne to Churchville. Daniel Pidcock from Benj. Stevens' farm, near Street road, to Johnsville. Ex-Deputy-Sheriff Stevens takes possession of his father's farm. John Worthington from Chincapin to Churchville, in Watson Brown's house. Lorenzo Maddock took the house vacated by Mr. Worthington. John Paff from Churchville to John Woodington's farm, on the Newtown road, Northampton. Albert Paxson takes possession of Captain Marple's farm, west of Langhorne, Middletown. David Reed occupied this place last year. Hogeland Barcalow from Scottsville to Somerton. Shelmire Vanartsdalen from the saw mill place, Northampton, to Amos Worthington's tenant house on Bridgetown turnpike. Harvey Smith from Captain Marple's tenant house, Bridgetown turnpike, near the Neshaminy, to Mechanicsville. Frank Marple took possession of his father's house. William Estill, same community, to Ephraim Feaster's tenant house, Holland. Joseph Whitall, Rocksville, from his farm to Ivyland. Wm. Foot purchased Whitall's farm, and occupies it.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 8 Apr 1876 HAYCOCK Mr. Daniel will leave John Heavner's place and go to that of Jacob O. Ahlum. Mr. Heavner will occupy the place vacated by Mr. Daniel. Mr. Heavner sold his farm, near by, to James Sterner, who will move to the place vacated by Heavner. John Wimmer will move to house vacated by James Sterner. Mr. Wimmer will run Jonas Stover's grist and saw mill. Amandus Hafler from house of Philip Hafler to that of Levi Sheart, where he will run the mill. Francis A. Algard from Daniel Horn's place to Charles Scott's, near Dublin. Mahlon V. King into the house he bought of Eliza Rodrock, near Applebachsville. Zeno A. Stover from Henry K. Shellenberger's farm to the house of Christian Strouse, Bedminster. Mr. Strouse will occupy one end of same house.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 8 Apr 1876 DURHAM Reuben Brotzman moves from the farm of Isaac T. Riegel to the farm of John L. Riegel. Dana Souders to the Durham Iron Works. William F. Adams, merchant, from Uhler's furnace, in Northampton county, to the store property of David S. Walters, in Riegelsville. C.F. Crouse from Hellertown to Riegelsville. William Thatcher from Riegelsville to the Durham Iron Works. Samuel Butler from Riegelsville to the village of Monroe. Andrew J. Crouse from the tenant house of John L. Riegel to his new house in Riegelsville. John H. Deemer from New Jersey into the tenant house of John L. Riegel. Edward Kemmerer to the Narrows. Thomas P. Raub from Uhlersville to the hotel of Matt Lehnen, in the village of Monroe. Matt Lehnen goes to the Durham Iron Works. Wilson T. Helms from Springtown to Riegelsville, where he is engaged in carrying on the wheelwright business. William H. Bougher from Riegelsville to Williams twp. Theodore Scott from the farm of William S. Long to the farm of Isaac T. Riegel. Israel Diehl to the property which he lately bought of Lewis Frankenfield, near the village of Monroe. George Riegel from the farm of Charles Groover to the village of Monroe, and takes charge of his father's saw mill.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 8 Apr 1876 BEDMINSTER J.K. Sine, constable of Bedminster, has moved into Chas. Scheetz's house, where he will engage in carpet weaving. Frank L. Wismer from Jacob Wismer's to the farm he bought of Henry L. Leatherman. William High will move from the place of his father, Jacob High, to the farm he bought of Joseph Swope, who will move to the farm of Isaac S. Moyer. Hugh Fox from the farm of Isaac S. Moyer to the farm of T.J. Dohan, near Danborough. Isaac K. Moyer from farm of Jacob K. Overholt to that of Jacob H. Bryan. Levi L. Moyer to Jacob K. Overholt's farm, from the farm of his father, Samuel S. Moyer. Reuben S. Algard from Rosenberger's house, in Dublin, to the house belonging to estate of C. Wasser, near Hagersville. Fenton S. Algard from William Bartholomew's house to that of Aaron Solliday, in Hilltown. Benjamin Yerkes from Mr. Torr's place to Lahaska. Frank Stover to the house of A. Keller, and Mr. Keller to the house of his father, Joseph Keller. John Kramer to the house of Michael Kohl, Nockamixon. Levi Crouthamel from Jonas Stover's farm to house of H.J. Stover. Thomas Fluck from Rockhill to Jonas Stover's farm. Francis Smith from house of Samuel C. Snyder to house of Lewis B. Thompson, on Ridge road. Leidy Mill from Hilltown to house of Reading Snyder. William S. White from Jacob O. Ahlum's place to Chester county. Mr. Daniel will move from Haycock into the house vacated by Mr. Ahlum. Samuel C. Snyder from Alexander C. Kelly's house to the one he bought last fall of John Snyder. Charles Keyser from Bedminster to Doylestown township. Clinton Frankenfield from John Flack's house, in Dublin, to J.D. Moyer's store house. T.H. Moyer into J.D. Moyer's new house when finished. Oliver Riegle from Mrs. Kratz's house to Isaac B. Stout's, at Stout's Corner. Peter Yoder from his farm in Dublin to Isaac Overholt's, in Hilltown. Aaron Crouthamel from Henry L. Leatherman's tenant house, near Plumsteadville, to Peter Yoder's farm. Frank Wismer from his father's farm, in Bedminster, to the Warner Roberts farm, Bedminster. William J. Crouthamel from John K. Miller's house to the lot of the late Joseph N. Rosenberger's estate, near Dublin. Isaac Kratz from the toll-gate at Stout's Corner to John Fluck's house, in Dublin. Joseph E. Detweiler from George A. Detweiler's house to Gideon Stover's house. Amos Kilmer from his farm near the Elephant hotel to the Enos Fretz farm, which he bought last fall. John Diehl to a farm which he bought in Springfield; his son David will occupy the Bedminster farm. Reuben Fretz from Amos Beans' house to Samuel Yoder's house. Leonard Detweiler from Isaac B. Stout's hosue to Jacob L. High's house. Mr. Wood, from Bridge Point, goes to the toll house at Stout's Corner.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 WARMINSTER Abraham Danenhower goes to farming in Warminster. Watson Wood moves from William Ritchie's farm (formerly Temple's) to his father's farm. William Ritchie takes possession of his farm. Charles Coffman from Thomas Engart's farm to Lizzie Morgan's farm. Mr. Engart takes possession of his farm and will farm it himself. Martin Ewer from Hartsville Station to Whitehallville. Ellwood Bowers from Matthew Baird's house, near Hartsville, to the house vacated by Ellwood Stagner, at Hartsville station.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 WARWICK E.H. Dudbridge from R. McGrandy's lot to house of Warren Groom, Bridge Valley, vacted by Charles Sickle, who has moved to near Mechanicsville, Buckingham township. Thomas Torrence from Jesse Rubinkam's house to house vcated by Dudbridge, on McGrandy's lot. Mrs. Doyle and her son Philip remove fro Jehu Hellings' farm to Mrs. Hough's farm, at the Turk, Doylestown tp. Thomas McNair from the VanBuskirk lot to Hatboro. Jonathan Knight from James Bartlett's farm, in Northampton township, to the VanBuskirk lot, which hwas purchased. James W. Bartlett has returned back to Bucks county from Rhode Island, and will resume farming on his place. Isaac Wood goes from I.A. Weaver's farm to near Rocksville, Northampton township. Albert Heston succeeds Wood, going from Courtland Carr's farm, in Warwick. The latter will be farmed by George W. Hare, from Warminster. Joseph Roberts goes from Thaddeus Worthington's farm to John Jamison's, near by. Jacob Cline from tenant house of Abbie Jamison to Patrick Breen's house, vacated by H.E. Flack, who removes to near Davisville. Ellwood Barnes from house of Mr. Patterson, on the "Tennent" school property, near Hartsville, to a house at Hartsville station, on the N.E.P.R.R. James Livezey fro same house vacated by Barnes to John Darragh's house, near the latter's new mill, vacated by John Cline, who goes to near Attleboro or Langhorn. Henry Wilkinson from his farm to Rush Valley, to keep store, his brother Ellwood taking his place as farmer. Lewis Worthington has removed from his farm, in Warrington, sold to his brother, to Forestville. Jacoob DuBree will farm the place vacated by Lewis Worthington.
I have an obituary for Jacob W. KNIGHT, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1930. He died in El Paso, Texas, on Jan 23, 2002. If anyone can claim him I'll send the obituary snail mail. Mike Mattes El Paso, Texas mmattes200@aol.com Searching for: MATTES, DINAN, DONOUGHUE, TUFFY, KEANLE/KIENLE Germany, Ireland, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn and Queens, NY I think my ancestors were born under a bridge and buried in the backyard.
In order to understand this Epic of Pennsylvania one must know, not only the Indian but also the frontiersman, whose rugged character was moulded by the environment in which he was placed. Stretching along the foothills of the Alleghenies, at the commencement of the period which is pictured in these volumes, lived a class of people who were the products of an environment almost as remarkable as that in which they found themselves after they were transplanted to the American continent. With but few exceptions they were Scotch-Irish or German, as their names in the Colonial Records show. As the 18th Century dawned, big with tremendous events, these pioneers had crossed the narrow strip of level land along the seaboard and sere pushing their way to the long ridges of mountains along the western horizon. Their cabins dotted the mountain sides, far beyond the limits of civilization, in the very heart of the great forest enshrouded wilderness. Along this skirmish line of civilization, out beyond the advance guard of the German and English lived the Scotch-Irish, who had little in common with the quiet Quakers who lived along the Delaware. Long before the outbreak of the Indian hostility their cabins were builded (sic) in the little clearings beyond the mountains of the Juniata and the West Branch valleys. One must live in such environment in order to understand its influence. The mountains and brooding forests produce men of a different type than is produced in the artificial life of any community, however large or small it may be. The mystery, the silence, the solemn grandeur, the lurking danger of the environment of mountains and forests get into a man's very soul. The difficulties and dangers of life in such an atmosphere make the small things of mere political expediency seem small indeed. Each man acts for himself. Self, and the little group within the cabin, becomes a center of life and of life's aims. It is small wonder then that the very same motive which led the Delaware to seek the protection of his wigwam, led the frontiersman to the protection of his cabin. Both were alike under the spell of the savage life of the forest and mountain, and both used the same methods of protecting that which he loved. The frontiersman of Pennsylvania, living as an Indian lived, became an Indian in everything but his religion. He hunted, fished, fought, not as his father had done these things beyond the eastern hills, but as the Indians did in the trackless forests. It is not difficult to understand why these frontiersmen were little effected by the "Proclamations" which were issued by the Provincial authorities, warning them to give up the land upon which they had built their cabin. Philadelphia was a long distance away, and the questions of Indian policy were just as far removed from the quiet cabin beyond the outskirts of civilization. So, before he was fully aware of its coming, the storm had broken, and his cabin was a smoking ruin. The tale of these years is a sad one indeed. But out of the hardship and suffering of those years was produced the type of men who made possible the existance of the great Nation which now sweeps westward to the Pacific. The Boarder (sic) Wars of Pennsylvania and Virginia were but the prelude to the Revolution. These frontiersman made possible the Nation, which sprang out of the rugged manhood which was produced during this epoch of struggle against savagery. These were the men who were with Braddock and Washington, who were with Forbes and Bouquet, who were with Crawford and Wayne, and these were the men who were with Washington at Valley Forge and with Stark and Morgan at Saratoga. Without them there would have been no Declaration of Independence and no United States of America. Chancellor MacCracken, of the University of New York, said at the dedication of the Saratoga Battle Monument, in speaking of the Germans with Herkimer, "The German-Americans who followed Herkimer were by no means the only Germans who fought the battles of Saratoga. Over twenty-two per cent of the so-called Virginia riflemen, of whom we shall hear, are declared upon good authority to have been Pennsylvania Germans." And again he says, "If I turn to the men who followed Morgan, being detached by George Washington from his army, the most of these were Scotch-Irish from the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies." Sir George Trevelyan says of these, in his "History of the American Revolution," "History knows them as Morgan's Virginians, but full two-thirds of them were from the western frontiers of Pennsylvania, and two-thirds of these were Scotch-Irish who traced their descent back to Ulster." While the fashionable people of New York were declaring themselves openly against the Revolution, and were paying court to Tryon, the British Governor, on his ship in the harbor, the frontiersmen of Pennsylvania and Virginia were rallying to the support of the army of Washington. Cut out of the Revolutionary army the frontiersmen of Pennsylvania and Virginia and there would be little left. The men who were being trained in the hardships of the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia during the period of these border wars were the men who were to drive France from the Ohio, and then place Washington at the head of a new Nation. History has not yet done justice to the Red Men who fought for the land which they loved, nor has History yet done justice to the Frontiersman of Pennsylvania who drove out the Red Man and then the Frenchman and then the Britishman. And yet-the history of the Indian and the History of the Frontiersmans the only thing in our literature which saves it from being merely commonplace. The student of history will find these volumes of the Frontier Forts a most valuable storehouse. Pennsylvania is a small state in area, but it is large in the great world of History. Fort Duquesne, Braddock's Field, Fort Necessity, Bushy Run, Valley Forge, Gettysburg-these, and many more spots upon her soil, have been the scenes where World History was made." The recommendations of the Commission upon Frontier Forts were submitted in 1895, but no active measures were taken by the Legislature to carry them out until the PennsylvaniaHistorical Commission was appointed by Governor Tener. The Sons of the Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Enoch Brown Memorial Association and the various historical societies have shown a commendable interest in marking these sites. The Historical Commission has assisted in placing appropriate markers at Fort McCord, at Fort Augusta, on Penn's Creek, Fort Loudon, and Harris' Ferry; and has arranged for placing others at Fort Necessity, Ligonier, Fort McDowell, Fort Hunter and Fort Granville. The Berks County Historical Society has marked Fort Northkill, Fort Henry and Fort Dietrich Snyder during the past year. The indications are that within the next year all the more important forts will be adequately marked, and that thus one of the wise recommendations of the Frontier Forts Commission will be satisfactorily carried out. In the opinion of the Editor certain of those sites, such as Fort Augusta, should be purchased by the State and converted into small parks. The Bushy Run battlefield should also be purchased, and an adequate monument placed there in honor of the brave and efficient Colonel Bouquet-the hero of that affray. 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The Delaware and Shawnee moved to Wyoming, and westward to the Ohio. There is no doubt but that the chief factor in the ascendancy of the Iroquois in the affairs of the Province was Conrad Weiser, the famous Indian interpreter and diplomat. All of his sympathy was with the Iroquois. He cared nothing for the Delawares. He came upon the scene just at the time when the pacific policy of Penn was declining. Walton truly says, in his "Conrad Weiser," "Weiser helped Shikellamy sow the seed which drenched Pennsylvania in blood from 1755 to 1764.-Pennsylvania suffered that a nation might live. She brought upon herself after many years a Delaware war, but escaped a Six Nation war, a French alliance with the Iroquois, and the threatened possibility of the destruction of all the English colonies on the coast." This statement is true. In bringing the Iroquois into the foreground in the affairs of the Province the neutrality of that powerful confederation was assured. Weiser was the chief power back of all of these efforts at this time. In the impending struggle between Great Britain and France it was absolutely essential for the preservation of the British Colonies that the Iroquois, as a Confederation, remain neutral. This neutrality was assured by the Province in the recognition of the Iroquois claims for the lands occupied by the Delawares. But, the recognition of the Iroqouis as the owners of the Delaware lands "by right of conquest," lost for Pennsylvania the friendship of the Delaware and Shawnee, who had been driven to the Ohio by the various land sales and by the encroachments of the white settlers upon the lands which had not been bought by the Province. From the time of the Purchase of 1736 the Delawares awakened to a realization of the wrong which had been one to them. They retreated from the Delaware across the Blue Mountains to Wyoming and Shamokin, to the West Branch and to the Ohio, seeking a place of refuge from the rum traffic and the horde of land-hungry settlers. But, no sooner had the lands been bought south of the Blue Mountains than the white settlers began to cross the Susquehanna and then the Kittatinny Mountains, into the lands which had not been purchased from the Indians. Again and again the Delaware and Shawnee complained to Shikellamy, the Iroquois deputy at Shamokin, concerning these "white squatters" who were settling upon Indian lands along the Juniata river and in the Tuscorara Valley, Shikellamy complained to the authorities of the Province, The Governor issued "Proclamations," notices were posted, but still the settlers remained. At the Treaty of Albany in 1754 the Commissioners from Pennsylvania decided that something must be done to silence these complaints, which were assuming a dangerous tone, It was decided that the only thing to do was to buy the lands beyond the Allegheny mountains. This was finally accomplished. At the same time the Agents of the Susquehanna Company, of Connecticut, were working on the quiet through the Mohawks for the purchase of the lands in the Wyoming Valley. The Mohawks had absolutely no more right to sell this land than a Delaware had a right to sell tile lands of the Seneca. This fraudulent deal was carried through. Another sale had been made at the Treaty at Lancaster in 1744, in which the lands westward "to the setting sun" were deeded by the Iroquois to the Colony of Virginia. By this deed Virginia claimed the lands beyond the Mountains including the lands on the Ohio river. Thus in 1754 the Delaware and Shawnee awoke to a realization that all of their lands were gone. The Minisinks, on the Delaware, had been sold in 1736; the lands along the Susquehanna had been disposed of by various sales, and now the lands in the Wyoming Valley and on the Ohio had been sold by the Iroquois. They had not a foot of ground which they could call their own. The chiefs of the Delaware and Shawnee went back to their villages on the Ohio, brooding over their wrongs and waiting for the day of vengeance. This day was not long in coming. Right at the very time when these warriors of the Delawares and Shawnee had been cheated out of all of their possessions, Braddock was slowly cutting his w0 over the mountains of Pennsylvania to Fort Duquesne. Braddock's fearful defeat and slaughter was no sudden "Indian uprising." It was the logical result of long years of injustice to the Delawares, and their kindred, the Shawnee. Braddock had to bear the consequences f the alienation of these Indian tribes. His defeat was not the cause of the bloodshed which followed. It was a result, which neither Washington or Forbes could have avoided had they led this ill-fated expedition. Braddock and his army, and the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia had to pay in blood for the splendid bargains which had been made by the English in the "Walking Purchase," and in the land grab in the Wyoming Valley. Truly, as Tedyuskung said at Easton, after speaking of William Penn's memory, "It is not a small matter that would have then separated us." The Delaware nd Shawnee would have been base cowards had they silently and meekly retreated beyond the Ohio without a struggle. In 1742 the Iroquois had declared that the Delawares were "women," having no right to bear arms or to sell land. In 1755 the Delawares threw away their "'skirts" and took up the arms of a man to avenge their wrongs. They had complained at every Council which was held during this entire period concerning these land sales, the rum traffic und the settlement of lands which had not been purchased from the Indians. When all of these appeals failed they appealed to the only Court in America in which an Indian ever had any standing-the Supreme Court of Arms, the last court of appeal of savage, as well as of civilized man. From 1682 until 1755 the Delawares were at peace with the English in this Province. From 1755 until the last Delaware was driven beyond the Ohio river he was at war, simply because none of his claims had any recognition in any court of Justice. After over 150 years the Red Man, with claims aggregating over a billion dollars, finds himself in exactly the same condition so far as Courts of Justice are concerned, as did the Delaware of 1754 who was expected to meekly move on, when told to do so by some settler who wanted his land. The fearful slaughter of Braddock's troops and the entire route of his army by the comparatively small army of French and Indians opened the eyes of the Delaware and Shawnee. They, for the first time in the history of their relations with the white man, realized their own power. The Indians on the Ohio hesitated no longer but went over as a body to the side of the French. The Iroquois as a Confederation remained neutral, but great numbers of the Seneca, who had been associated with the Delawares, because of the easy access to the villages on the Ohio by way of the Allegheny river, took up the hatchet, and "the dogs of war were turned loose" upon the defenceless frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Some of the eastern Delaware remained neutral, through the efforts of the friendly chiefs, but the great body of Delaware west of the Susquehanna river, led by Shingas, Tamaque (King Beaver), and other chiefs, carried death into the white settlements on the frontiers. The West Branch of the Susquehanna, the Allegheny river, and the winding Indian trails across the mountains became veritable "trails of blood." The "Border Wars" of Pennsylvania were caused because the Delaware and Shawnee refused to leave the land which they loved, without a struggle and because every treaty which they had ever made with the white man had been broken. Again and again these people "reserved" by a treaty a place of refuge "which it shall not be lawful for us or our children to sell, or for you or your children ever to buy"-only to find out that no such spot existed on the face of the earth for an Indian. When the tide of Scotch-Irish settlers swept over the mountain ridges and into the valley beyond the "Endless Mountains," seeking to drive "the heathen from the Land of Promise" it is small wonder that the "heathen" refused to be drivenhence the Frontier Forts, and the border warfare which makes the period covered by this work one of the most thrilling in American history. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
During the Legislative Session of 1913 the State Librarian was asked by Senator and Mrs. Endsley to suggest the titles of State publications, then out of print, which might be reprinted for the benefit of historical workers. Among others the Librarian suggested "Pennsylvania at Gettysburg" and the "Frontier Forts." An act was prepared by Senator Endsley authorizing a new edition of the "Frontier Forts" and appointing the State Librarian as the editor thereof, The Editor requested Dr. George P. Donehoo of Coudersport, a well known authority upon the history of the Indian tribes, as related to Pennsylvania, to prepare a preface for the new edition, and Doctor Donehoo responded as follows: "The author of the introduction of the first edition of Frontier Forts states, 'It is not within the scope of this report to analyse the reasons which induced the Indians to commit their terrible depredations in the Province of Pennsylvania, where the policy of the government had always been of a peaceful character and was based on the princip1e of fair dealing with the aboriginies.' While this statement is, in the main, true, it is nevertheless necessary for a right understanding of the history which is covered by these 'Border Wars,' that something be known of the conditions which made these wars possible. The author of this brief introduction realizes that it is not possible, in a mere introduction of this sort, to give a complete history of all of the causes which 1ed to the alienation of the aboriginies, who welcomed the first white settlers to the shores of the Delaware. A whole vo1ume would be needed to cover the history of this most interesting and vital epoch in Pennsylvania, and American history. But, this brief sketch may help the reader to understand why the friendly Delaware was changed to a relentless foe, and to it certain extent give the reason back of the hostility of the period in which Pennsy1vania was drenched in blood. When William Penn was ready to embark upon the ship which was to carry him to the New World, in which he had received a grant of land from King Charles, he requested that he be given an audience by his sovereign. When this request was granted, the King, in jest, said to him, "It will not be long until I hear that you have gone into the savages' warkettle: what is to prevent it?" "Their own inner light," said Penn. "Moreover, as I intend equitably to buy their lands. I shall not be molested." "Buy their lands," replied the King,in surprise, "Why, is not the land mine?" "No, your Majesty, you have no right to their lands; they are the original occupants of the soil." "What, have I not the right of discovery?" "Well, just suppose that a canoe full of savages should by some accident discover Great Britain. Would you vacate, or sell ? Needless to say, the King was surprised, but he was no doubt more surprised by the results of Penn's policy. New England commenced its conquest by trying to convert the Indian, in the meanwhile taking possession of the soil. Penn commenced the conquest of his possessions on the Delaware by buying the land from the occupants and treating with them in friendly conferences, in order that he might win them to friendly relations with him and his people. The conquest of Pennsylvania was entirely different from that of any other part of the continent. It began with a Treaty of Peace, held under the spreading elm tree at Shackamaxon. Many writers have attempted to make this supposed scene, according to their views, entirely mythical. No matter where it was held, or when it was held-at Shackamaxon before Willialli Penn arrived in the country, or at Chester after his arrival-it was most certainly held at the commencement of the settlement of the Province, for the 'League of Amity' made with William Penn upon his taking, possession of the land on the Delaware, is mentioned at nearly every Council held in the Province in after years. The author can see no reason for changing the traditional site at Shackamaxon, or the year 1682. This place was a prominent gathering place for the Indians. Its very name, Sakimaxing, 'place of chiefs,' made it the most prominent village, or meeting place, in the region. Penn wrote to the Commissioners, whom he had sent out to make the arrangements for the settlement of the Delaware, 'Be tender to the Indians. Soften them to me and to the people. Let them know that you are come to sit down lovingly among them. Read to them, in their own tongue, the conditions made with the purchasers, that they shall deal justly with them. Make a friendship and league with them according to these conditions, which carefully observe.' To the Indians he wrote, "God, to whom you and I and all people owe their being, has written His law in our hearts, by which we are commanded to love, and to help, and to do good to one another, I desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a Kind, just and peaceable life, and the people I send are of the same mind, and shall in all things behave themselves accordingly." To Thomas Holme he wrote, "When the great God brings me among you, I intend to order all things in such a manner that we may live in love and peace, one with another, Which I hope the great God will incline both you and me to do." These were the sentiments upon which William Penn commenced his conquest of Pennsylvania, and these were the principles which entered into the "League of Amity," which was to endure ''as long as the sun gives light." The belt of wampum which is supposed to have been given at the first Treaty with the Indians is preserved in a case in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The inscription upon this case is, "Not Sworn to but Never Broken." this statement is correct. For seventy years this "League of Amity" was kept inviolate by the Indians, as well as by the Penns. Year after year the old chiefs of the Delawares went to Philadelphia to renew this agreement. In 1718 Civility, the old chief of the remnant of the once powerful Susquehanna, or Conestoga, Indians went to Philadelphia. In his "speech" to Sir William Keith, he said, in speaking of the visit of his tribesmen, "that they came, not to make any new Treaty or League of friendship, but only to renew or confirm those I which had been made, and were hitherto inviolably kept on both I sides." At a Council at Conestoga in 1721 Sir William Keith refers to the settlement of the Province, and said, "Some of your ancient men can yet remember the first settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania by William Penn. He was a good man, and had a great affection for the Indians; he entered into Leagues of friendship with them, and treated them as brethren." The Indian speakers said that they remembered those treaties with William Penn. At a Treaty at Albany the following year Sir William Keith said, "You have likewise told us how William Penn, who was a good man, did, at his first settlement of the Povince of Pennsylvania, make leagues of friendship with the Indians, and treated them as brethren; and that, like the same good man, he left it in charge to all his Governors who should succeed him, and to all the people of Pennsylvania, that they should always keep the covenant and treaties he made with the Five Nations, and treat them with love and kindness. We acknowledge that his Governors and people have always kept the same honestly and truly to this day; so we, on our part, have always kept and forever shall keep firm peace and friendship with a good heart, to all the people of Pennsylvania." For seventy years this peaceful policy of William Penn was carried out in all of the dealings of the Province with the Indians. At the Council at Easton in 1750 Tedyuskung, the leading Delaware chief, said, "I remember weIl the leagues and covenants of our forefathers. We are but children in comparison with them. What William Penn said to the Indians is still fresh in our minds; this we all remember and IT IS NOT A SMALL MATTER THAT WOULD HAVE THEN SEPARATED US." It truly was not a small thing which led to the breaking of the friendship between the Delawares and the English settlers in the Province. The alienation of the Delawares was the cause which led directly to the fearful years of bloodshed and strife, With the Delawares went the Shawnee, and also the Seneca on the Ohio-called Mingo in many of the articles dealing with this period. The first real step of the Indians in Pennsylvania from the "League of Amity" with the Province was caused by the nefarious "Walking Purchase" of 1737, by which the Delawares lost, through a clear case of frand, the most prized lands of their ancestors. Various attempts were made by the Provincial authorities, as well as by the Iroquois, to show that no fraud had been committed in this purchase. But, no method of argument can make such a transaction just. It certainly was not wise. But whether just or wise it marked the commencement of the movement of both the Delaware and Shawnee away from English interest. The Delawares felt that they had been cheated in the "home of their friends," and as they were driven by the Iroquois to find refuge along the upper Susquehanna, in the Wyoming Valley, or moved westward to the Ohio, they felt that they had been wronged by the very ones whom they trusted most. But, more galling than even the fraud which had been practiced upon them in this sale, was the realization that henceforth they were to take a seat in the background in all of the affairs of the Province, while the Iroquois assumed the position of the Master, not only of them, but also of all of the lands upon which they lived. When the Province of Pennsylvania paid the Iroquois for the lands upon the Delaware river, south of the Blue Mountains, in 1736, a precedent was made which the Iroquois were not slow to make the most of in the years to come. This was the first claim which the Iroquois had ever set up for ownership of land occupied by the Delawares. From 1682 until 1736 the Delawares had dealt directly with the Provincial authorities in the sale of all of the lands upon which they lived. From 1736 until the last purchase of Indian lands in Pennsylvania the Iroquois dealt directly with the Province, ignoring the right of the Delawares to a foot of the ground upon which they lived. At the Council in Philadelphia in 1742 the Iroquois ordered the Delawares to remove at once to Shamokin or Wyoming, from their lands in the Minisinks, which they supposed had been reserved for them. The Delawares went away from this Council thoroughly humiliated because of the treatment given them. We can possibly realize what such treatment meant to the proud chiefs, who remembered the days when their fathers had been treated by William Penn with honor, as the rightful owners of the lands, which were now sold under their very feet by the Iroquois. They had not even been invited to go to this Council, but were informed that they could go if they so wished-at their own expense. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
PREFATORY NOTE An act authorizing the Governor of this Commonwealth to appoint five persons to make inquiry and examine into and make report to the next session of this Legislature, at its next regular session, the advisability of erecting suitable tablets, marking the various forts erected as a defense against the Indians by the early settlers of this Commonwealth prior to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That on and after thirty days from the passage of this act, the Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to appoint five persons to make inquiry in relation to the various forts erected by the early settlers of this Commonwealth prior to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, as a defense against the Indians. Said five persons are hereby authorized to make inquiry and examination as to the number and location of said forts and the propriety of erecting tablets to mark said forts and do such things as they may deem best to carry out the provisions of this act, and make report to the next regular session of the Legislature of this Commonwealth within thirty days after it shall convene. : Section 2. The persons appointed to serve in making such examination and report shall be allowed no compensation for their services, only such actual expenses as they shall incur in making such examination and report and such railroad fare, not exceeding three cents per mile for each mile actually traveled thereon, and such other expenses of other conveyances as may be necessary in making such investigation and report. An itemized account and statement whereof shall be certified to by the Governor and attested by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth before paid by the Treasurer, which shall accompany the report to the Legislature. Approved-The 23d day of May, A. D. 1893. ROBT. E. PATTISON. In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing act, Governor Pattison appointed as Commissioners the following gentlemen : JOHN M. BUCKALEW, of Columbia county. SHELDON REYNOLDS, of Wilkes-Barre. HENRY M. M. RICHARDS, of Reading. JAY GILFILLAN WEISER, of Snyder county; GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT, of Westmoreland county. This Commission shortly after convened at Harrisburg, and nominated Captain Buckalew as their chairman, and at once proceeded to arrange a programme for carrying out the work as directed by law. It was then decided, on the ground of economy and expediting the work that Five Divisions be formed of those portions of the State where the Frontier Forts were erected, one of which should be confided to each member of the Commission. These were as follows: I. That section of the State lying between the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna river, with the addition of Fort Augusta at Sunbury, to John M. Buckalew. II. That section known in history as the Wyoming Valley Region, to Sheldon Reynolds. III. That section between the Delaware and the Susquehanna rivers, south of the Blue Mountains, except Fort Halifax and Fort Augusta, to Henry M. M. Richards. IV. That section comprising the Juniata and Cumberland Valleys, including Fort Halifax, east of the Susquehanna river, to Jay Gilfillan Weiser. V. That section lying west of the Allegheny mountains designated as Western Pennsylvania, to George Dallas Albert. Each member of the Commission visited nearly all of the localities in person, thus covering every section of the country, celebrated in the annals of Frontier warfare; and the reports made, which are here published, were presented to the Governor of the Commonwealth, at the opening of the Session of the Legislature of 1895, and by him transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives. The Assembly at once the following resolution: In the Senate, January 10th, 1895. Resolved (if the House concur), That the State Printer be directed to print and bind in cloth, under the supervision of the State Librarian, five thousand (5,000) copies of the report of the Indian Forts Commission, filed with the Executive of the Commonwealth as required by act of Assembly, approved the 23d day of May, A. D. 1893; 2,500 copies being for the use of the present members of the House of Representatives, 1,000 copies for the use of the Senate, 500 for the Executive Department, 500 for the use of the State Librarian, and 100 for each of the five Commissioners who have made said report. E. W. SMILEY, Clerk of the Senate. The foregoing resolution concurred in January 23, 1895. A. D. FETTEROLF, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Approved-The 24th day of January, A. D. 1895. In obedience thereto, the report of that Commission is herewith submitted to the people of the Commonwealth. In most respects it is interesting and valuable. As a historical document the report of the Commission ,wiII compare favorably with any heretofore published by the State. There may be errors of opinion, and perchance, errors in facts, but this is to be expected when so little that is reliable has ever been published in regard to the Frontier Forts. Whether it be sentiment or historical pride, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania should take prompt action upon the recommendations of the Members of the Commission. They have done their duty well and faithfully. They have presented a report creditable to the Commonwealth, and invaluable as a contribution to the history of the State. The. issue remains with the authorities. Let them act promptly and efficiently; and generations to come will rise up and bless their memories. WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D., State Librarian. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
It was brought to my attention that I have been typing in the author of Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania as Thomas Lynch. He is actually Thomas Lynch Montgomery. However when I went back to look this up in the library, I found out he only edited the report. There are actually 5 books with 5 separate authors. I am presenting this to correct my past reports. Then I am including the preface to the book, to set the historical record straight. Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the FRONTIER FORTS OF PENNSYLVANIA 2nd edition edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1916 Volume 1 The Indian Forts of the Blue Mountains pp.1-347 by HENRY M. M. RICHARDS, The Frontier Forts Within the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River pp. 348-418 by JOHN M. BUCKALEW, The Frontier Forts Within the Wyoming Valley Region pp. 419-466 by SHELDON REYNOLDS, The Frotier Forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys pp. 467-627 by JAY GILFILLAN WEISER Volume 2 Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania pp. 1-646 by GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT So in the first section of Blue Mountains, I typed in Fort Hunter pp.9-15, first pages of Ft. Northkill pp.99-101, Fort at Dietrich Snyders pp. 119-120, Ft. Lebanon pp. 120-121, Ft. Franklin pp. 134-141, Ft. Everett pp. 141-155, Ft. at Lehigh Gap pp. 156-159, Ft. south of Lehigh Gap at Truckers (Kerns) Mill pp. 160-163, Indian Outbreak of 1763 pp. 164-174, Deshlers Fort pp. 174-178, Ralston (Browns) Fort pp. 179-184, Ft. Allen pp. 184-224, Ft. Norris pp. 224-236, Peter Dolls Blockhouse pp. 245-250, p. 262 out of The Stockaded Mill at Friedensthal, The Rose Inn pp. 269-275, p. 292 about Bittenbender, Out of Cumberland and Juniata Valleys, I typed in Ft. Fetter pp. 492-495, Ft. Holliday pp. 495-497, Ft. Lowrey pp. 497-499, Fort Davis pp. 533-534, McKees Fort pp. 621-627 Out of Vol. 2 I typed in Minters Fort pp. 390-391 If you need any of these reports, email me. Along with the chapters I have illustration gif files for Ft. Allen, Ft. Deshler, Ft. Everett, Ft. at Lehigh Gap, Ft. Franklin, Ft. Hunter, Kerns Blockhouse, Ft. Lebanon, Ft. Norris, Ft. Northkill, Peter Dolls Blockhouse, Ft. Ralston, and The Rose Inn. I just scanned in a map of all the Blue Mountain forts. If you need any of these illustrations, please email me, as they cant be sent via rootsweb newsletter. Out of Vol. 1 I have copied to type in: the rest of Ft. Lebanon pp. 122-134, Ft. Henry pp. 70-99, Nazareth Stockade pp. 250-265, Stewarts Blockhouse in the Wyoming Valley section pp. 450-454. In the future, I may do more of the Blue Mountain area such as Ft. Swatara, Manada Fort, Gnadenthal/Christian Spring, Ft. Hamilton, Ft. Hyndshaw, Ft. Penn, and DuPuis Fort. The last one is in the Minisink Flats area site of the first European settlement in PA. Miners from Holland settled there before Penns purchase. Its in Monroe County near Stroudsburg. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
Wow! Thank you all so much for the quick and helpful replies. I probably should have explained my reason for asking. Actually I had the info on where to send away, but from their web site, one gets the impression that they are pretty restrictive. I have a picture of my g-grandmother and started out with nothing more than that and family lore--no names or dates. I now have a couple of names to work with and would like to verify which is her true name. I know her last name at death was Miller ( a real big help) and I know that she had five children after my grandfather, probably by more than one 'husband'. I have enough info on two of those children, to request birth and death records, but they are 'half' relatives. Will I qualify as next of kin or won't PA vitals really care? I'm trying to keep this brief. Hope I haven't confused you all. I will probably be at Spruance this Saturday for my first visit. I'll be the one that looks confused. This particular line is shrouded in mystery and misinformation, and a great uncle who supposedly knew it all but wouldn't talk. But I expect to break through it all. Thank you all again HelenM57@aol.com
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 WRIGHTSTOWN William Price moves from Penn's Park to the vicinity of Stoopville, in Newtown township. William Dudbridge has moved from Rush Valley to a small farm in Buckingham township. Peter Miller has moved from the store house, in Rush Valley, to a dwelling opposite Hampton's Mills, in the same place. John Long moves from Wrightstown to John Dale's lot, in Northampton. James B. Knowles from Newtown township to George C. Reeder's house, in Wrightstown. George Randall from Wrightstown to George C. Reeder's house, in Newtown township. Edward C. Trego from Wrightstown to John E. Vanhorn's farm, in Upper Makefield. William W. Twining from Satterthwaite's farm to Mrs. Ann Twining's farm. James Slack from Upper Makefield to Satterthwaite's farm, in Wrightstown. Mahlon Reeder from his present residence in Penn's Park to his son's house, in the same village. Charles Hart from Doylestown to the residence he purchased in Penn's Park. Oscar Dudbridge from Wrightstown to Doylestown. William Strickler from McKinstry's farm to Cyrus M. Sackett's farm, near Rush Valley. John Gilmore has moved from Wrightstown to William Howard's house, in Penn's Park. Amos T. Worthington moves from Addisville to Samuel Thompson's house, in Wrightstown. William Fell from the Sorrel Horse, in Montgomery county, to Wrightstown. John Warner from Forestville to Penn's Park. Mordecai Tomlinson from Wrightstown to Attleborough. Peter A. Roberts has moved from Wrightstown to Isaac C. Blaker's house, in Newtown township. Joseph Bowman moves into Cyrus B. Twining's house. John Caffey, Jr. from Penn's Park to Taylorsville. Charles F. Robinson has moved from Penn's Park to Gwynedd, Montgomery county, on a farm belonging to William Davis. Joseph L. Lee moves from Wrightstown to Barclay Eyre's, near Dolington. Eugene Worthington from Northampton to George C. Reeder's house, in Newtown township. Emanuel Kitchen from Springville to Penn's Park. Mrs. Sallie G. Scott has moved from Wrightstown to Hamilton Square, New Jersey. Miss Emily Mason has moved from Wrightstown to Philadelphia. Harry Wilkinson & Brother move from Warwick to Rush Valley, and will re-open the store there in April. Hezekiah Smith from Wrightstown to Northampton. Thomas Nolan from Upper Makefield to Wrightstown. Mrs. Kate Redmond from Wrightstown to Pineville. Thomas Warner, Jr. from Cedar Lane to Penn's Park. Cyrus S. Wetherill to the farm he purchased near Penn's Park. Mrs. Eileen Coyle has moved from Wrightstown to Northampton. John Worthington has moved from Addisville to the small farm he purchased on Cedar Lane, in Wrightstown. Miss Annie H. Smith moves from Philadelphia to Penn's Park. Joseph W. Stout has moved into Mrs. Fesmire's house, in Penn's Park. Charles Bennett has moved into the house, in Penn's Park, vacated by Joseph W. Stout. Mrs. Smith has moved into Mrs. Sarah Winner's house. Samuel Winner has moved from Penn's Park to Samuel Thompson's, in Wrightstown. William Smith moves from Wrightstown to Jesse B. Twining's farm, in Northampton township. Harvey Ely from Addisville to Carlile Smith's farm. Charles Torbert from Northampton to Wrightstown, and will reside with his son-in-law, Harvey Ely. Albert Twining, son of Elias Twining, in Wrightstown, goes to Newportville, to learn the milling business in Mr. Fetter's mill. Nelson Morgan moves from Penn's Park to the vicinity of Doylestown. Israel Worthington from Wrightstown to the residence of his son-in-law, William Harvey, in Upper Makefield. Miss Carrie R. Beans, of Warminster, has moved to Wrightstown, and is now teaching the Penn's Park school. Paul Kurzrock moves from Upper Makefield to Joseph W. Warner's, in Wrightstown. Jesse Taylor, harness maker at Pineville, moves his family to Reading, Berks county. Ralph Slack from Centreville to Pineville, succeeding Mr. Taylor in harness making. William W. Price has moved from Wrightstown to Burroughs Heston's, in Upper Makefield. Amos W. Reeder to a farm in Newtown township, below Newtown borough.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 WRIGHTSTOWN William Price moves from Penn's Park to the vicinity of Stoopville, in Newtown township. William Dudbridge has moved from Rush Valley to a small farm in Buckingham township. Peter Miller has moved from the store house, in Rush Valley, to a dwelling opposite Hampton's Mills, in the same place. John Long moves from Wrightstown to John Dale's lot, in Northampton. James B. Knowles from Newtown township to George C. Reeder's house, in Wrightstown. George Randall from Wrightstown to George C. Reeder's house, in Newtown township. Edward C. Trego from Wrightstown to John E. Vanhorn's farm, in Upper Makefield. William W. Twining from Satterthwaite's farm to Mrs. Ann Twining's farm. James Slack from Upper Makefield to Satterthwaite's farm, in Wrightstown. Mahlon Reeder from his present residence in Penn's Park to his son's house, in the same village. Charles Hart from Doylestown to the residence he purchased in Penn's Park. Oscar Dudbridge from Wrightstown to Doylestown. William Strickler from McKinstry's farm to Cyrus M. Sackett's farm, near Rush Valley. John Gilmore has moved from Wrightstown to William Howard's house, in Penn's Park. Amos T. Worthington moves from Addisville to Samuel Thompson's house, in Wrightstown. William Fell from the Sorrel Horse, in Montgomery county, to Wrightstown. John Warner from Forestville to Penn's Park. Mordecai Tomlinson from Wrightstown to Attleborough. Peter A. Roberts has moved from Wrightstown to Isaac C. Blaker's house, in Newtown township. Joseph Bowman moves into Cyrus B. Twining's house. John Caffey, Jr. from Penn's Park to Taylorsville. Charles F. Robinson has moved from Penn's Park to Gwynedd, Montgomery county, on a farm belonging to William Davis. Joseph L. Lee moves from Wrightstown to Barclay Eyre's, near Dolington. Eugene Worthington from Northampton to George C. Reeder's house, in Newtown township. Emanuel Kitchen from Springville to Penn's Park. Mrs. Sallie G. Scott has moved from Wrightstown to Hamilton Square, New Jersey. Miss Emily Mason has moved from Wrightstown to Philadelphia. Harry Wilkinson & Brother move from Warwick to Rush Valley, and will re-open the store there in April. Hezekiah Smith from Wrightstown to Northampton. Thomas Nolan from Upper Makefield to Wrightstown. Mrs. Kate Redmond from Wrightstown to Pineville. Thomas Warner, Jr. from Cedar Lane to Penn's Park. Cyrus S. Wetherill to the farm he purchased near Penn's Park. Mrs. Eileen Coyle has moved from Wrightstown to Northampton. John Worthington has moved from Addisville to the small farm he purchased on Cedar Lane, in Wrightstown. Miss Annie H. Smith moves from Philadelphia to Penn's Park. Joseph W. Stout has moved into Mrs. Fesmire's house, in Penn's Park. Charles Bennett has moved into the house, in Penn's Park, vacated by Joseph W. Stout. Mrs. Smith has moved into Mrs. Sarah Winner's house. Samuel Winner has moved from Penn's Park to Samuel Thompson's, in Wrightstown. William Smith moves from Wrightstown to Jesse B. Twining's farm, in Northampton township. Harvey Ely from Addisville to Carlile Smith's farm. Charles Torbert from Northampton to Wrightstown, and will reside with his son-in-law, Harvey Ely. Albert Twining, son of Elias Twining, in Wrightstown, goes to Newportville, to learn the milling business in Mr. Fetter's mill. Nelson Morgan moves from Penn's Park to the vicinity of Doylestown. Israel Worthington from Wrightstown to the residence of his son-in-law, William Harvey, in Upper Makefield. Miss Carrie R. Beans, of Warminster, has moved to Wrightstown, and is now teaching the Penn's Park school. Paul Kurzrock moves from Upper Makefield to Joseph W. Warner's, in Wrightstown. Jesse Taylor, harness maker at Pineville, moves his family to Reading, Berks county. Ralph Slack from Centreville to Pineville, succeeding Mr. Taylor in harness making. William W. Price has moved from Wrightstown to Burroughs Heston's, in Upper Makefield. Amos W. Reeder to a farm in Newtown township, below Newtown borough.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 TINICUM Jordan Hager and Sheridan Fabian move from Erwinna to the farm in Ridge Valley recently bought of William Buehrle. Mr. Buehrle to a farm in Bedminster. Eli Zeigler, Esq., to the store at Red Hill, and W.W. Fulmer from Erwinna to the farm bought of Zeigler. T.G. Miller from Uhlertown to Neweville, in Warrington township. John Burns from Lambertville to the store made vacant by Miller. Edom Tettemer from Durham to Stull's mill, near Erwinna. William R. Smith from Mrs. Snyder's house to O.T. Gray's house, and a Mr. Silvey from Frenchtown to the house made vacant by Smith. Charles B. Yost from his farm to the store property which he recently purchased at Worman's Corner. Robert Vanluvanee from Erwinna to M.C. Lear's house. Reed C. Vanluvanee from M.L. Fulmer's to Conrad Wyker's. Henry L. Smith from Jacob Stover's farm to Erwinna. Albert Weaver to Charles B. Yost's farm. Frederick H. Lear to Durham.
>From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 1 Apr 1876 SOLEBURY John Rose moves from Centre Hill to his son-in-law's, Ezra Hurley's, on the farm of John S. Williams. Watson Pettit from New Jersey to the lot purchased of John Rose at Centre Hill. Allen Ely from his lot in with his father-in-law, Elihu W. Allen; and Elwood Rice from the Kirk farm to Ely's lot. John R. Bowlby from New Jersey to the farm vacated by Rice. Joseph Wismer from the Laurelton house to Jonathan Lukens' house, and Abraham Shick goes into the Laurelton hosue. Elizabeth Jones from Lumberville also moves into one end of the same house. Tunis Cole from Watson Kenderdine's house to Lumberville; and Daniel O'Ball from Stockton, N.J., to Kenderdine's house. Alfred Allen from Lumberville to a grist mill recently purchased of his brother-in-law near Medford, N.J. Wilson Lugar from his old residence to his new house in Lumberville; and Johnson Snyder goes to the house vacated by Lugar. James Skelton into a house in the upper end of the village. Mrs. Bird from Stockton to her house in Lumberville; and Fillmore Berger from Mrs. Bird's house to Bull's Island. James Briggs from his farm above Carversville to S.A. Firman's house; and his son David Briggs remains upon the farm. The Bradshaw sisters to their lot at Peters' Corner, recently purchased of James B. Fell; and Fell to near Penn's Park. Richard C. Betts from Oliver Paxson's farm to Yardleyville, to engage in storekeeping in co-partnership with Thomas Purcell. Eleazer Doan from Rachel Ely's farm to the Paxson farm. Amos K. Clayton from Charles White's farm to Rachel Ely's farm. William Bice from Isaac Ely's house to Oliver Paxson's house. Jackson Phillips from Charles Phillips' farm to Frenchtown, N.J. Richard Parsons into Isaac Ely's house. Joel Barton from Merrick Reeder's house to Peters' Corner. Michael McCarty from Mahlon Atkinson's farm to William C. Blackfan's lime kiln property. Robert Parsons from Jeremiah Ely's house to Merrick Reeder's house. Seneca Ott from Charles White's farm to a lot in Danborough. William Naylor from William C. Blackfan's lime-kiln property to Sands' Corner. William Moore from Charles White's house to Jeremiah Ely's house. Enoch Maginnes from Limeport to Stockton, N.J. Jacob Naylor from Maginnes' house to Isaac Ely's. Corson Bethers from Limeport to Wallace Paxson's. Edmund Price, V.S., from Hannah Scarborough's farm to Charles White's house. William Hampton from Samuel Coon's farm to Burroughs Price's house. Watson P. Magill from the Highland Farm to the small farm he purchased of the estate of J.P. Magill; Chalkley Magill begins farming upon the farm vacated by his father. James Briggs from his farm to Newtown. Hugh Worstall to Newtown.
Can anyone tell me where I can find a map of the townships and borroughs in Bucks County about 1790-1830? Thank you. Mary Jane Rouse Kuntschik Dallas, TX
A very grateful thank you to Jenn, Nancy, and Jonathan for their help with Falls Twp. ED #. I found what I was looking for and narrowed down a death date for my g-grandmother. Will PA let me have a death record from 1918-1919? I have never sent away for vital records from PA and I've not been able to locate any forms online like NJ and NY have. Have I not looked hard enough? Thank you all again. HelenM57@aol.com