Leslie, I believe that Beggar's town is now Skippack, Montgomery County. It was once called Bebber's Township. It was named for the Van Bebbers that came into the area in the late 1600s. Hope this helps. Dawn --- Leslie <ladez41@comcast.net> wrote: > Can anyone provide information on an area called > Beggar's town? Found a > reference to it in a will, referring to a church > that was there and then > again on the 1820 census as a place in Montgomery > County. Would like to find > more about it. All help or suggestions appreciated. > Leslie > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Surnames always in capital letters. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Dawn, Thanks a lot, that's a start. I hope I'll be able to find more about it. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob and Dawn Carson" <rmc82_2000@yahoo.com> To: <PAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [PAMONTGO-L] Re: Beggar's Town > Leslie, I believe that Beggar's town is now Skippack, > Montgomery County. It was once called Bebber's > Township. It was named for the Van Bebbers that came > into the area in the late 1600s. Hope this helps. > Dawn > > --- Leslie <ladez41@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Can anyone provide information on an area called >> Beggar's town? Found a >> reference to it in a will, referring to a church >> that was there and then >> again on the 1820 census as a place in Montgomery >> County. Would like to find >> more about it. All help or suggestions appreciated. >> Leslie >> >> >> ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== >> Surnames always in capital letters. >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Praise publicly, complain privately >