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TACONY-an Indian name, Tawocawomink; Tacony (in the for- est-S); Tawocawomink (at the broad land-S).
THREE TUNS-from an old tavern sign, three casks or tuns.
TOWAMENCIN-an Indian name. In the petition for the es- tablishment of the Township occurred the words: "The de- sire of the subscribers is that the township may be called Towamencin, being the Indian name of the creek that springs and runs through the same." (Poplar trees-S.)
TROOPER-from a hotel sign, a mounted trooper.
TREWIGTOWN-named for Andrew Trewig, an innkeeper, an- other name, Hatfield Square.
VERNFIELD-named for Verner G. Nyce, by his father, A. H. Nyce, the postmaster.
VILLA NOVA-Italian, meaning new villa or home; named for a town in Spain.
WHITEMARSH-either the name of a parish in England or wide marsh or marsh of white earth, early name Farmarstown.
WHITPAIN- family name.
WILLOW GROVE-willow trees; early names of, Roundmeadow, Pigtown.
WISSAHICKON-an Indian name meaning Catfish stream ( black oak or yellow stream-S).
WORCESTER-city and county in England.
WOXALL-corruption of Noxall.
WYNNEWOOD-named for Dr. Thomas Wynne, an early settler. YERKES-named for Isaac Yerkes, a landowner.
ZACHARIAS CREEK, named for Zacharias Whitpain, an early settler.
ZIEGLERVILLE-family name.
CHAPTER XII
THE MAP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The basis of this map is the topographical map of the United States in preparation since 1882 by the United States Geological Survey, supplemented by data collated by the author-in part from maps issued by the State Highway Department of Pennsyl- vania.
The scale of the map is 1: 62,500, or nearly one inch of map to one mile of ground.
Township and borough lines are indicated by broken lines made conspicious by colored border. Roads are indicated by double lines; railroads by double lines with cross lines; buildings (as of 1895) by small black squares.
All water features are shown in blue.
The irregular contour lines printed in brown indicate points of the same altitude above mean sea level instrumentally deter- mined, the elevation in feet being shown by the figures accompany- ing the lines. The elevation of some definite points are also given. The intervals between adjacent contour lines signify twenty feet in elevation.
The figures accompanying the roads refer to the numbers in the following tabulated data respecting said roads. This table merely gives a few facts of some of the roads confirmed prior to the formation of the county, 1784; no attempt being made to enumerate all roads so confirmed or to give data as to roads hav- ing been changed, vacated, relocated or finally abandoned. A study of the table will enable one to get a more vivid conception of the gradual settlement of the county. The date of confirmation, and the location are followed by self-explanatory matter. The placing of an "S" after a number indicates that it is the route number of the roads as given on the State Road Map issued June, 1922.
1-1687-PLYMOUTH. James Fox in behalf of himself and the rest of the inhabitants of Plymouth requested a cut road which was ordered under proviso that there must be no disturbance of Indians.
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2-1693-CHELTENHAM. Inhabitants of Cheltenham petitioned for a road to Philadelphia and Germantown. The road was confirmed if in use four years.
4-1702-ABINGTON. A road was laid out, prior to 1702, through Abington to extend to the end of the county. Persons refused to help cut. Road seems to have been confirmed only to Dreshertown. See No. 135.
6-1704-GWYNEDD. Reviewers were ordered to lay out a road from Philadelphia to Germantown, and the utter- most part of the township of North Wales, the early name of Gwynedd.
8-1706-WHITEMARSH to LOWER PROVIDENCE. This road extended from the mill on the Wissahickon, through Roxborough to the Perkiomen and was known later as the Germantown Pike.
12-1712-GWYNEDD. This is the old Welsh road. John Humphreys and Edward Foulke built a bridge which became a noted landmark. McKean road, part way the old Pennypack road. See No. 145 .
15-1712-ABINGTON. This is the road from Abington Meet- inghouse to the Byberry Meetinghouse.
19-1713-SKIPPACK. This is the Skippack road from Bebber's township to Philadelphia. The road ended at that time about half a mile above Lucon.
20-1715-PLYMOUTH. Petition for a road from Gwynedd to David Williams', used ten years-opened and confirmed.
21-1716-WHITEMARSH and UPPER DUBLIN.
22-1718-MONTGOMERY. Whitehall turnpike.
23-1718-UPPER PROVIDENCE. Ridge Pike. 25-1721-ABINGTON.
26-1720-MORELAND. Road from Horsham Meetinghouse to "Bibury" and the Delaware river-Byberry road.
27-1721-MORELAND. County line near J. Jones' to Chamber- lain's road.
29-1722-HORSHAM. Governor's road-later Doylestown turn- pike and Easton road-requested by Governor Keith.
30-1722-WHITEMARSH, PERKIOMEN. Ridge road and Egypt road-resurveyed 1731. At the second survey there was considerable departure from the first draft.
30a-1722-HORSHAM, MORELAND. Along county line from York road to the path from the ferry on the Neshaminy to Farmar's mill.
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MAP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
31-1723-LIMERICK, through Falckner Swamp to Oley.
32-1724-HORSHAM. McKeen road.
33-1723-LOWER MERION. The road from the Market Place, Germantown, to the Lancaster road.
35-1724-UPPER MERION. Road from Whiteland to Swedes Ford-Swedes Ford road, later King-of-Prussia road, now King road.
37-1724-MORELAND. Along the county line to meet a road proposed in Bucks county.
37a-1724-ABINGTON.
42-1725-LOWER MERION.
43-1725-UPPER DUBLIN. Obstructed by the Germantown Cor- poration, 1703-Jenkintown road. See No. 4, petition for a road to enter the Plymouth road-Jenkintown road.
44-1726-WEST POTTSGROVE. Rutter's forge to the Great road at Pottstown.
45-1726-PLYMOUTH. From Maxatawny road to Joseph Gray's mill to Lower Swede road.
46-1726-SKIPPACK to FREDERICK. The Big or Great road called the Swamp road between Lucon and Schwenks- ville.
47-1727-BRANCHVILLE to GWYNEDD. Sumneytown pike, 46-1726-SKIPPACK to FREDERICK. The Big or Great road, 49-1727-MORELAND.
50-1728-MONTGOMERY.
50b-1728-Road from Skippack, through Lederachville and Sal- fordville, to Sumneytown.
51-1730-GWYNEDD.
54-1731-MORELAND. Horsham road.
56-1733-CHELTENHAM. R. Murray to P. Rittenhouse's mill.
60-1736-HATFIELD. Bethlehem turnpike, part of.
61-1734-LOWER PROVIDENCE. Description does not agree with roads as shown on recent maps. From Pawlings to St James' Church, Evansburg.
62-1734-CHELTENHAM. Church road. Whitemarsh Church to Oxford Church.
63-1734-UPPER DUBLIN. Limekiln pike.
64-1734-ABINGTON, CHELTENHAM.
64a-1735-GERMANTOWN to ABINGTON, Washington lane. 66-1735-UPPER HANOVER, MARLBOROUGH.
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MAP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
67-1735-UPPER HANOVER. This road, as laid out, ran from the upper end of Pennsburg to the Macoby at Green- lane, and made only three angles in the whole course.
68-1734-Allentown road. Upper Salford, Franconia to Upper Gwynedd.
68a-1735-TOWAMENCIN.
69-1735-WORCESTER.
70-1736-WORCESTER.
71-1734-LOWER MERION to WHITEMARSH, Godley road,
72-1734-NORRITON, Norris' mills to Manatawny road.
73-1735-MONTGOMERY, HORSHAM. Montgomery road was joined to Cow Path road. See No. 94.
74-1735-CHELTENHAM. This was the historic Limekiln road from Fitzwatertown to Branchtown, laid out before 1700, but of which the records have been lost.
75-1735-MARLBOROUGH. Macungie road, Hoppenville road, Geryville and Sumneytown turnpike.
76-1736-UPPER MERION to LOWER PROVIDENCE.
78-1737-HORSHAM. Whitehall turnpike, Butler turnpike.
80-1738-UPPER DUBLIN. See No. 136.
81-1738-NORRITON, WHITPAIN. Swede Street road.
83-1738-UPPER SALFORD. In part, Skippack road.
84-1739-NEW HANOVER and DOUGLASS. The Big or Great road.
85-1739-WHITEMARSH. Upper Dublin to Plymouth Meet- inghouse.
86-1739-ABINGTON, Upper Dublin, extension of Susquehanna road. See No. 135.
87-1739-LOWER MERION. Haverford Meetinghouse to the Schuylkill river, in use over thirty years, Old Haver- ford road, Ralph Ashton Ferry to Chester county.
88-1739-WHITEMARSH.
90-1741-LOWER MERION. Conestoga road.
91-1736-LOWER SALFORD. Morris road. This road was surveyed several times. In 1763, a petition stated that the road was of uncertain breadth, had never been opened and was of little use. Reviewers and re-re- viewers were appointed.
92-1740-CHELTENHAM. "Which said road (since the many settlements) has been so turned that it has now be- come difficult to pass into the great road." (Petition.)
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MAP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
93-1740-WHITPAIN. Road connecting Swede Ford road and Farmar's mill-was often changed-Williams' road. 94-1740-UPPER SALFORD, FRANCONIA, HATFIELD. Cow Path road, was joined to the Montgomery road. 95-1742-PROVIDENCE. Black Rock road. Thomas Lewis road. 96-1743-Road from Schuylkill river, through Upper Providence, to Perkiomen Bridge, along Germantown pike, through Worcester, Upper Gwynedd to North Wales Meeting- house.
97-1742-ABINGTON, CHELTENHAM. From Fletcher's Mill road to York road.
98-1742-UPPER HANOVER. Pottstown road.
100-1748-Gulph road, laid out prior to 1748.
102-1745-HATFIELD, along county line.
103-1745-UPPER MERION. Holstein road.
105-1745-MORELAND, SPRINGFIELD.
106-1745-UPPER and LOWER PROVIDENCE. Road to and from Daniel Reece's mill.
107-1745-HORSHAM.
108-1745-MORELAND.
112-1747-WHITPAIN.
114-1748-MORELAND.
115-1748-SPRINGFIELD.
118-1748-UPPER PROVIDENCE, SKIPPACK.
119-1748-UPPER SALFORD.
122-1750-TOWAMENCIN. Forty-foot road.
125-1751-LOWER MERION. County line.
128-1751-PLYMOUTH. Spring Mill to Gwynedd Meetinghouse. 130-1751-MERION, PLYMOUTH. Conshohocken road. But- ler pike.
133-1753-HATFIELD.
135-1753-UPPER DUBLIN. Extension of Susquehanna street. 136-1753-BUCKS COUNTY LINE. From Chamberlain road northwest nineteen and one-half miles to Bethlehem road. See No. 180.
137-1753-CHELTENHAM. County Line.
138-1753-PLYMOUTH. Road used for thirty years.
139-1754-LIMERICK. Linfield road, stopped up after forty years' use.
141-1754-WHITEMARSH.
142-1755-UPPER DUBLIN. This was part of road confirma- tion No. 32.
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143-1755-UPPER HANOVER.
145-1756-MORELAND.
146-1756-LOWER PROVIDENCE.
147-1756-SKIPPACK. Coincides in part with road No. 205.
148-1756-WHITPAIN.
149-1758-UPPER GWYNEDD.
150-1758-FRANCONIA, UPPER SALFORD. County line to Cryder's mill.
151-1758-UPPER PROVIDENCE.
152-1758-LOWER MERION.
153-1758-HORSHAM.
155-1759-LOWER PROVIDENCE.
156-1760-UPPER and LOWER PROVIDENCE.
158-1760-GWYNEDD.
159-1760-GWYNEDD.
163-1761-MORELAND.
164-1761-UPPER MERION. Kennedy road.
165-1761-UPPER PROVIDENCE. Egypt road.
172-1762-UPPER PROVIDENCE.
173-1763-LOWER MERION.
175-1764-FREDERICK.
177-1763-UPPER MERION.
179-1765-LOWER MERION.
180-1765-MONTGOMERY. County line to Bethlehem road. 185-1766-MARLBOROUGH to LIMERICK. Ridge road; part of, Fagleysville road.
187-1767-MARLBOROUGH. Ridge road.
190-1767-LOWER PROVIDENCE. Road, St. James' Church to Reece's mill.
192-1767-LOWER MERION. Between the same points as No. 71.
195-1768-MORELAND and ABINGTON.
196-1769 -- DOUGLASS.
197-1769-LOWER PROVIDENCE to WHITEMARSH. Ridge road. Petitioners complained that the road was nar- row, seldom repaired, and that there was no record of courses or width.
200-1770-MORELAND.
201-1770-WHITPAIN.
203-1770-CHELTENHAM. Jenkintown road.
204-1770-MORELAND. Southampton road, Chamberlain road.
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205 -- 1771-SKIPPACK. Road had been in use twenty years, but had not been opened. Skippack road to Germantown pike.
206-1771-LOWER MERION. Spring Mill road, had been used many years, but was now stopped up.
208-1772-WHITEMARSH to LOWER PROVIDENCE. Ger- mantown pike. The road was laid out at this time because the overseers were neglecting to repair it for want of records.
214-1772-UPPER PROVIDENCE, LIMERICK. Road from Trappe Church to Chester county, cutting through Royersford, touching the lower end of Peter's Island.
217-1773-PLYMOUTH.
219-1773-MARLBOROUGH. This road was confirmed on pe- tition of Thomas Maybury to accommodate his mill. 220-1774-HORSHAM, MONTGOMERY. See No. 136 and No. 30a.
222-1774-NORRITON. Township line road between Norriton and Lower Providence.
224-1774-NEW HANOVER. Petitioners claimed that the road was not laid out, and therefore closed up. Road No. 46 laid out to the mill, 1726.
225-1774-BARBADOES ISLAND. Road laid out from Egypt road, across the Schuylkill river and Barbadoes Island to Swedes Ford road.
227-1775-PLYMOUTH.
142S-Lancaster road.
145S-Philadelphia to Norristown.
146S-Philadelphia by way of Ridge pike to Pottstown, through Berks county to Reading.
151S-Philadelphia by way of Cheltenham, Abington, etc., to Doylestown.
153S-Philadelphia by way of Springfield, Upper Dublin, Mont- gomery, etc., to Allentown.
155S-Willow Grove to New Hope.
158S-Collegeville by way of Perkiomen, Frederick, Marlborough, and Upper Hanover to Allentown.
178S-Norristown by way of Norriton, Whitpain, the Gwynedds, and Montgomery to Doylestown.
197S-Philadelphia by way of Skippack road, etc., to Reading.
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198S-Lower Moreland by way of Horsham, Lower Salford, etc., to Greenlane.
201S-Valley Forge through the Merions to Bala.
202S-West Chester by way of Upper Providence to Collegeville. 225S-Chester county by way of Gulph Mills to Norristown.
270S-Downington by way of Upper Providence, Perkiomen, Skip- pack, Lower Salford and Franconia to Bucks county.
284S-Pottstown by way of Boyertown to Hereford.
362S-Philadelphia by way of Abington and Lower Moreland to Wrightstown.
373S-Philadelphia by way of Cheltenham, Upper Dublin, and Horsham to Bucks county.
INDEX
NOTE: This index does not cover Chapters IX, XI, XII and the map.
A
Aaron, 167
Abington, 32, 34, 35, 39, 42, 77, 103, 130, 131, 132, 133, 142, 144, 146-148, 185, 191, 193, 194
Academyville, 173
Acker, 88, 89
Acuff, 185
Africa, 25, 120
Alaska, 121
Allegiance, Oath of, 40
Allentown, 46, 176, 185
Ambler, 130, 133, 142, 144, 148, 183, 189, 191
Amity, 38
Andre, 177
Antes, 44, 181
Arabia, 120
Arcola, 175
Ardmore, 173
Arizona, 118
Atheist, 25
Audubon, 76, 174, 175, 177 Austria, 121
B
Backwoodsmen, 52
Bakewell, 177
Bally, 43, 185
Bank, 168
Baptist, 173, 175, 191
Barbadoes, 48 Barren Hill, 111, 186, 187, 188, 189
Bedford, 44, 109
Belgium, 120
Beltz, 99
Bender, Annie, 99
Benner, 183 Berks County, 37, 43
Bertolet, 180
Bethel Hill, 47
Bethlehem, 46, 74, 108
Bilger, 186 Blue Bell, 183
Bodey, Clara, 99 Boehm, 183
Boyertown, 177, 182
Branchville, 180
Breck, 103
Brethren, 185 Bridgeport, 39, 86, 130, 133, 142 144, 148, 169
Bridges, 35, 40, 46, 48, 74, 78, 86, 96, 169, 177
Broad Axe, 183
Bryn Athyn, 130, 133, 142, 144, 195 Bryn Mawr, 90
Buck, 21
Bucks County, 37, 42, 117, 181
Bull, 168
Business, 101, 120
C
California, 118, 120
Callowhill, 19
Canada, 20, 86, 117, 118
Canals, 75, 78, 79, 169
Carlisle, 61
Carolinas, 25, 62, 117, 118
Carpenter, 36
Cashmere, 120
Cassel, 98, 180
Catholic, 25, 43, 185
Cemeteries, 39, 169, 180
Ceylon, 120
Cheltenham, 32, 34, 35, 37, 103, 130, 133, 142, 144, 146-148, 194, 195 Chester, 21, 35, 37, 42, 73, 178, 181, 191
China, 118, 120 Churches and Meetinghouses, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 69, 70, 71, 168 Clark, 92
Cleveland, 182 Clothing, 52 Coal, 79
Collegeville, 74, 130, 134, 142,
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144, 148, 176
Collyer, 195 Colmar, 191
Columbia, 80, 118
Confucius, 11
Connecticut, 81, 120
Conrad, 178 Conshohocken, 21, 79, 124, 132, 134, 141-145, 148, 149, 186, 187
Cooke, 194
Courts, 31, 74, 77
Cresson, 36
Crooked Billet, 195
Cruikshank (Robert, not J. W.), 88,89 Custer, 118, 182 Cynwyd, 170, 173
D
Dawesfield, 183 Dawson, 195
Delaware, 19, 24, 25, 46, 81, 191, 195 Dickinson, 38 Dock, 179
Doddridge, 63
Douglass, 36, 43, 103, 130, 131, 134, 142, 144, 146-148
Doylestown, 167, 192
Dreshertown, 192
Duck Island, 24
Dunkard, 25
Duportail, 169 Durham, 183 Dutch, 25, 27, 32, 39 Dwellinghouses, 49, 50
E
Eagleville, 174 East Greenville, 40, 116, 130, 134, 142, 144, 148, 183-185 Easton, 44, 46, 109, 117, 192 Edge Hill, 21
Education, 44, 53, 77, 81, 85, 88-90, 98-100, 105, 133-141, 167, 169, 172, 173, 176, 181, 185, 187, 188, 192, 195 Egypt, 121 Ellis, 173 England, 20, 25, 120, 121
English, 25, 27, 32, 40 Ephrata, 184
Episcopalian, 25, 175, 190
Erdenheim, 189
Europe, 12, 13, 32, 120
Evansburg, 111, 174
Evansville, 169
F
Fagleysville, 46, 119, 134, 180, 182 Fairview Village, 178
Farmars, 190
Farmlife and Farmers, 14, 81, 101, 102, 109, 117, 178, 182, 183 Ferguson, 193
Finley, 194
Fisher, 36, 93, 98
Fitzwatertown, 191, 192
Flatrock, 75
Florida, 120
Flourtown, 189, 190
Food, 52
Fornance, 167
Fort Washington, 189, 191
Fosdick, 122
Foulke, 191
Fox, Elizabeth, 36
France, 20 ,25, 120
Franconia, 34, 35, 38, 40, 43, 108, 130-132, 134, 142, 144, 146-148, 186 Frankfort Land Company, 36- 38, 177, 182
Franklin, 44 Frederick, 36, 37, 40-46, 78, 111, 130-132, 134, 142, 144-148, 181 148, 181 Friends, 19, 25, 39, 109, 173, 185, 186, 190-192, 194 Fry, 99, 118 Fuel Problem, 46
G
Gable, 180 Gamble, 167 Gambling, 61 Germans, 25, 27, 32, 39, 40, 42, 44, 109
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Germantown, 32, 34, 111, 179
Germany, 19, 20, 25, 118, 120
Gilbert, Manor of, 44
Goshenhoppen, 40, 108, 180, 184
Graeme Park, 191, 193
Grant, U. S., 118
Greece, 121 Greenlane, 42, 57, 130, 134, 142, 144, 148, 183-185 Groff, Joseph, 42
Gulph, 170
Gwynedd, 32, 35, 36, 38, 105, 130-132, 135, 136, 140, 142- 149, 185, 191
H
Hancock, 168, 169, 191
Harleysville, 174, 178, 179
Harrisburg, 22, 23
Harrison, 173
Harry, 187 Hartranft, 118, 119, 168, 181- 183
Hatboro, 76, 77, 83, 130, 135, 142, 144, 148, 193, 194, 195
Hatfield, 32, 36, 43, 45, 130, 135, 142, 144, 146-148, 185, 186, 192 Haverford, 83, 173 Heebner, 44, 181 Henry, 11
Hessians, 26, 27
Heydrick, 118, 189
Hickorytown, 186
Hiester, 111, 183
Hikes, History, 167-195
Hillegass, 183 Hindustan, 120
History, Why Study, 16
Hite, Hans Joost, 117, 181 Hitner, 187 Hoffecker, 85, 88, 89 Holland, 19, 20 Homelife, 14, 15, 49, 63-66, 92- 96
Hoppenville, 42, 183 Horsham, 32, 34, 36, 40, 77, 103, 130, 135, 142, 144, 146-148, 190-192 Hosensack, 77 Hovenden, 187
Howe, 182, 185, 188 Huber, 99
Hughes, 172
Huntingdon Valley, 195
Hutchinson, 102
I
Idaho, 118 Illinois, 118
Illuminative Writing, 100
Immigrants, 25, 106, 118, 123
Improvements, 92, 95
India, 118, 120
Indians, 12-14, 21-24, 31, 35, 41, 44, 45, 57, 107-109, 118, 123, 185, 190 Industries, 37, 38, 42, 45, 48,
53, 76, 78-81, 86, 87, 91, 122- 126, 167, 169, 172, 173, 177, 178, 181-183, 187, 195 Inns, 57-59, 77, 167, 168, 172, 174, 182, 185, 189, 195
Inventions, 93
Iowa, 118
Iredell, 192
Ireland, 19, 25, 109, 121
J
Jamaica, 120 Janson, 40 Japan, 118, 121 Jarrettown, 192
Jasper, 18
Jeffersonville, 174, 177
Jenkins, 191, 194 Jenkintown, 77, 130, 135, 142, 144, 148, 193, 194 Jones, 37, 194
K
Kansas, 118 Keith, 57, 192, 193 Kentucky,117 Keystone State, 12, 13, 19 King-of-Prussia,
Knox, 182 Kraussdale, 184 Kulpsville, 121, 185
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L
Lacey, 195
Lafayette, 111, 188, 189
Lancaster, 74, 109
La Mott, 193
Landis, 88-90
Landmarks, 35, 42
Lane, 35, 36
Language, 32
Lansdale, 130, 135, 142, 144, 148, 185 Laws, 119 Lay, 33
Layfield, 180
Lederachville, 179
Leech, 193
Legaux, 188
Lehigh County, 42, 108, 191
Leidy, 118
Libertyville, 173
Libraries, 77, 168, 182, 184, 194, 195 Life, The Transformed, 11 Limekilns, 36
Limerick, 34, 36, 40, 41, 45, 131, 135, 142, 144, 146-148, 176, 177 Lincoln's Inn, 18
Line Lexington, 136 Loch, 167
Logan, 49
Loller, 111, 195
Lottery, 61, 81
Lucon, 180, 181
Lutheran, 25, 40, 43, 47, 173 182, 183, 185, 186, 192
M
Macungie, 42, 183 Maine, 120 Manatawny, 37, 38, 107, 177
Manayunk, 21, 173 Maple Glen, 191, 192 Marble Hall, 187
Markham, 21 Markley, 167 Marlborough, 41-48, 108, 130, 131, 136, 142, 144, 146-148. Maryland, 19, 25, 62, 68, 78, 81, 118, 120 Massachusetts, 120, 121
Matson, 187, 189
Maxatawny, 179
Maybury, 42, 183
McCall, 37, 42, 44, 182
Medary, 118, 191
Menan, 98, 187
Mennonite, 25, 47, 178, 181, 185, 186 Mercer, 100
Merions, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 77, 78, 80, 131, 132, 136, 140, 142-149, 168, 169- 173, 185
Methacton, 40, 178
Methodists, 47
Mexico, 118
Michigan, 118
Miles, 111
Milestown, 195
Militia, 102, 111, 187
Miller, 184
Mills, 37, 40, 42, 43, 46, 181, 188, 194
Missouri, 168
Mittelberger, 27
Money, 91
Mont Clare, 177, 178
Montgomery County, 11-14, 16, 21, 24, 29, 31, 32, 39, 45, 48, 73, 107, 117, 123, 168 Montgomery Township, 32, 34, 36, 39, 77, 131, 137, 142, 144, 146-149, 191
Monument, Washington, 187
Moorestown, 194
Morals, 45
Moravians, 181, 185
Moreland, 32, 34, 77, 103, 116, 130-132, 136, 140, 142-148, 195 Morris, 190
Mott, Lucretia, 193
Mount Joy, Manor of, 36
Muhlenberg, 43, 111, 112, 118, 176.
N
Narberth, 131, 137, 142, 144, 148 Nash, 121, 185 Nazareth, 46
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Neshaminy, 24 Netherlands, 25
New Hanover, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 131, 137, 143, 144, 146-148
New Hope, 78
Newspapers, 77, 81, 86, 167, 179
New York, 81, 117, 120, 193
Norris, 36, 41
Norristown, 46, 75, 76-81, 83, 107, 124, 131, 137, 143, 144, 148, 167, 168, 174, 186 Norriton, 34, 36, 40, 46, 47, 77, 103, 108, 111, 130, 131, 132, 134, 137, 141-148, 178, 179 Northampton, 117
North Carolina, 81
North Wales, 131, 137, 143, 144, 148, 179, 180, 185 Nova Scotia, 118
Norway, 121,
O
Oaks, 174, 177, 178
Obelisk, 180
Oberly, 183
Ogontz, 193, 194
Ohio, 117, 118
Old Style and New Style, 29 Oxford, 18
P
Palm, 183, 184 Palmer, 192 Paoli, 173
Pastorius, 37, 38
Patents, Land, 30, 31, 34-36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47
Pawlings, 75, 178 Penllyn, 191
Penn, William, 12, 13, 17-25, 29, 31, 34, 38, 40, 75, 81, 172, 178, 187
Penn, 18, 19, 36, 37, 43, 182 Pennsburg, 131, 138, 143, 144, 148, 183, 184 Penna .- German, 32
Penna. Land Co., 35, 36 Pennsylvanians, 47
Penn Yan, 47, 117, 182
Pennypack, 21, 24, 37 Pennypacker, 111, 118, 181 Perkiomen, 24, 32, 34, 37-39, 86, 131, 138, 143, 144, 146-148, 175, 177, 178
Perkiomen Bridge, 74, 174, 176, Perkiomen-Skippack, 40, 143
Persecution, 25, 26
Persia, 120
Philadelphia, 13, 21, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 42, 46, 61, 62, 73, 74, 78, 81, 106, 109, 111, 120, 123, 173, 191-193
Phoenixville, 45, 111, 174, 178 Pike, 123 Pioneers, 25, 35, 49
Plymouth, 32, 34, 36, 39, 84, 103, 130, 131, 138, 143, 144, 146- 148, 186, 187
Pool Forge, 107
Poor, 188
Population, 123, 142
Porter, 111, 118, 169
Port Kennedy, 45, 79, 174, 177
Port Providence, 178
Portugal, 120
Postoffices, 65, 77, 78, 90, 100, 185
Potts, 38, 177
Pottsgrove, 132, 136, 138, 140, 141-149
Pottstown, 38, 74, 77, 81, 83,
104, 108, 124, 131, 138, 143, 144, 148, 176, 177
Presbyterian, 25, 174, 178, 194 Princeton, 194
Prison, 74, 77, 85, 168
Providences, 32, 34-36, 38-41, 43, 45, 46, 84, 88, 90, 105, 111, 130-132, 136, 140, 142-149, 175 Puff's Corner, 191
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Quit-rent, 30, 188
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Railroads, 79, 80, 86, 103, 104, 167, 168, 173, 178, 183, 185 Railroad, Underground, 86
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Ralston, 167 Rambo, 88, 89 Rawle, 36
Reading, 61, 78, 80, 177
Redemptioners, 26, 184
Red Hill, 131, 138, 143, 144, 148, 183, 184 Reed, 111
Reesville, 169
Reformed, 25, 40, 43, 182-186
Reichelderfer, 108
Reiff, 179
Religious Life, 67-72
Reynolds, 118
Rhode Island, 81
Rittenhouse, 47, 111, 178
Roads, 29, 31, 34-38, 40-46, 57- 59, 78, 146, 147, 167-191
Roberts, 169, 172, 173
Rockledge, 131, 138, 143, 144, 148 Royersford, 86, 131, 138, 143- 145, 148 Russia, 121 Rutter, 38
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St. Clair, 177 Salfords, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 130-132, 136, 139, 140, 142-149, 178-180 Sanatoga, 111, 177
Sandy Hill, 167 Sauer, 44, 178
Schall, 183
Schantz, 63
Scheifele, 183
Schlatter, 43 Schoolhouses, 35, 39, 40, 42-44, 47 Schuylkill, 21, 24, 31, 35, 37, 42, 46, 61, 75, 111, 169, 172, 175,178 Schwenkfelder, 25, 42, 47, 185 Schwenksville, 37, 131, 139, 143, 145, 149, 180, 181 Scotch-Irish, 25, 35 Scotland, 25 Sculls, 190 Settling the County, 29 Shannon, 74
Shannonville, 76, 177
Shenandoah, 117 Shoemakertown, 193
Shuler, 42
Shultz, 62, 184
Silesians, 25
Skippack, 32, 39, 40, 108, 131, 138, 139, 143, 145-147, 149, 174, 175, 179, 180, 182
Slaves, 26, 27, 57, 86, 183
Slemmer, 168
Smyth, 170
Society, Montg. Co. Historical, 168, 177 Souderton, 131, 139, 143, 145, 149, 185, 186
South America, 120, 121
Spain, 25, 120
Spangenberg, 185
Spice Islands, 120
Springett, 19, 34
Springfield, 32, 34, 35, 38, 41, 43, 103, 131, 139, 143, 145, 147, 149, 189
Springhouse, 74, 102, 179, 189, 191
Spring Mill, 188, 189
Spring Mount, 181
Sprogell, 37, 177
Squatters, 31, 49
Stages, 46, 58, 60, 168, 180, 195 Statistics, 123-149
Steel, 40 Stetler, 180, 181
Stewart, 169
Stony Creek, 46
Stowe, 176, 177
Stuart, 111
Sullivan, 177 Sumney, 183 Sumneytown, 41, 42, 48, 77, 81, 83, 139,179, 183 Sunderland, 176
Supplee, 169, 182
Surveys, 30, 62
Susquehanna, 75, 79
Swamp, 48, 77, 139, 177, 180- 182 Swank, 21 Swedeland, 169 Swedes, 24, 25, 32, 38, 120 Swedes Ford, 42, 47, 111
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Tacony, 193 Tennent, 194
Tennessee, 117
Thompson, 111
Thomson, 173, 174
Three Tuns, 191
Title, Conveying the, 29
Towamencin, 32, 34, 36, 40, 41, 43, 111, 131, 139, 143, 145-147, 149, 185 Townships Organized, 34
Traders, Free Society of, 20
Transit of Venus, 47
Trappe, 74, 77, 111, 131, 139, 143, 145, 149, 176 Travel, Modes of, 103 Trent, 36
Trenton, 37
Trojans, 16
Trooper, 174, 177-179
Turkey, 120
Turnpikes, 34, 74, 78, 85, 90
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United States, 12, 13 Upland, 21
Upper Dublin, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 103, 116, 130, 132,140, 143, 145-147, 149, 191 Upper Hanover, 40-43, 45, 47, 48, 77, 103, 108, 130-132, 140, 143, 145-147, 149
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Valley Forge, 42, 48, 110, 111, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 190 Van Bebber, 36, 39, 131, 179 Virginia, 25, 68, 74, 81, 109, 117
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Wack, 182 Wagner, 182 Wales, 20, 25 Wanamaker, 194 Warrants, 30, 34, 35, 40, 41, 45 Warren, 14
Wars, 41, 44, 48, 85, 86, 102, 108- 112, 167-173, 175, 177-183, 185-188, 190, 193, 195
Washington, George, 110, 111, 170-172, 178, 181, 182, 184, 190 Watson, 92, 96
Wayne, 119 Webster, 16
Weiser, 108
Weiss, 57 Welcome, Ship, 21
Welsh, 25, 32, 34, 35-37, 185, 186
Wentz, 178, 179, 182
West Chester, 167
West Indies, 120
West Telford, 132, 141, 143, 145, 149, 185, 186
Wheelpump, 189
Whitefield, 43, 185, 190
Whitemarsh, 32, 34-39, 46, 77, 103, 105, 111, 130, 132, 141, 143, 145-147, 149, 188-191 Whitpain, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, 77, 130, 132, 141, 143, 145-147, 149, 182
Wiegner, 185
Wilkes-Barre, 46
Wilkinson, 47, 182
Williamstadt, 34, 36
Willow Grove, 74, 77, 192, 193, 195 Wilson, 38, 167
Wisconsin, 120
Wissahickon, 37, 185, 190, 191
Wolf, 68
Wood, 187
Worcester, 34, 36 38, 40, 41, 43, 108, 111, 117, 132, 141, 143, 145-147, 149, 178
Woxall, 180
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Yankees, 47 Yerkes, 175 York, 61 Yost, 182
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Zendler, 44
Zieglerville, 180, 181 Zinzendorf, 185
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