Dear Leslie & list, If you are interested in the people and history of the colonial Skippack, Montgomery Co., PA, area and their Dutch (mostly) relatives, my 6th (7th?) G-Grandmother, Magdalena Van Sintern, did a kind of census 2oo years ago. It was expanded into the DeVoss genealogy and translated into english by Samuel Pennypacker 100 years ago. I entered it into PAF, then into GedHtree and posted it on : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scrapbook/pennypacker/devoss_gen.htm There are some 1430 names, all indexed. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scrapbook/pennypacker/intro.html is the Samuel W. Pennypacker introductory letter with a link to the De Voss genealogy. I could recommend the book where I found the reference, but I am not quite sure of the exact title - forgive my old timer's. Try: "Maintaining the Proper...[or correct...or Right...] Fellowship" by Dr. John [or James] Ruth, published by the Mennonite Press. It gives the whole history of the area and the Mennonites. Lane Maxwell -------------- Original message from "Leslie" <ladez41@comcast.net>: -------------- > 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" > To: > 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 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 > > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List owner PAMONTGO-Admin@rootsweb.com >