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    1. [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] A Little Pembrokeshire/Pennsylvania History
    2. Elida
    3. Hi, Reading a little history of Pembrokeshire, SW Wales today, I came across a few new items: George FOX, who founded the Society of Friends went to Pembroke and Haverfordwest in 1657 and recruited members - following his visits Quaker Meetings started in Redstone which is/was near Narberth, St. David's, Newport, and Haverfordwest. There was a member named Lewis DAVID who, along with others, was imprisoned for his religious beliefs. They eventually emigrated to Pennsylvania, DAVID purchasing 3,000 acres from Wm. PENN. DAVID and his fellow Quakers settled the townships named Haverford and Narberth, Montgomery County, now towns which are located in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co., PA. This is the eastern part of Philadelphia's "Welsh Tract" founded by Penn's 'Original Purchasers' of 1682 and 83. The western side of the "Welsh Tract" is in Chester County, Pennsylvania. "Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 Penn's Colony: Volume 1" by Walter Sheppard, Jr. pub. 1985 by The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania has Lewis DAVID listed as settling in Darby 1686. The 1722 Tax List for Delaware County, PA has these listings: DAVID, Hugh - Radnor DAVID, Jenkin - Radnor DAVID, John - Haverford DAVID, John (single man) - Radnor DAVID, Lewis - Darby DAVID, Thomas - Haverford. The first part of Pennsylvania's Government Archives which is known as the "Colonial Records" and goes from the start of Pennsylvania to just after the Revolution has in Vol. 1 a Lues DAVID and in Vol. 4 a Lewis DAVID. The name DAVID often became DAVIS in Pennsylvania. As many already know, there was a great deal of intermarriage between the early British, German, Dutch, and Swedish settlers of these areas of PA. Good luck, Elida in South Carolina, USA

    10/29/2000 09:14:26