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The battle of Brandywine was fought in this township, Chad's Ford being in Dela- ware, and Birmingham Meeting house in Chester county.
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Township .- This township is bounded on the north by East and West Brandywine townships ; on the east by East Caln township ; on the south by West Brad-
ford and East Fallowfield townships; and on the west by Valley township. It was named after the town of Calne in Wiltshire, England, and originally included the terri- tory of the Calm and Brandywine townships, and a part of Valley township. It was divided into East and West Caln, and in 1868 the present township was taken from their territory. It liesin the Downingtown Valley, and contains limestone and mica schist rocks, clay deposits, and sand of superior quality which is found in pits.
Surveys were made in 1702, and in 1715 we have account of the following settlers : Joseph and William Cloud, John and Aaron Mendenhall, Peter and William Taylor, Thomas Moore, William Flemin, James Swaffer, Daniel Smith, Anthony Morris, Philip Roman, John Richards, Thomas Efford, and Richard Webb.
Charlestown Township .- It is bounded on the northwest by East and West Pikeland townships; on the east by Schuylkill town- ship; on the south by Tredyffrin, and East and West Whiteland townships; and on the west by Lower Uwchlan township. The . three principal geological formations in the township are the mesozoic sandstone, the azoic measures and the Potsdam sandstone. The township and Pickering creek, which flows through it, were named for Charles Pickering, of Asmore, Chester county, Eng- land, who discovered what he supposed to be silver ore on the creek that bears his name, and in consequence thereof obtained from Penn a grant of a large tract of land along the stream. He was afterwards drowned while crossing the ocean, and his land was divided among sixteen of his friends, in accordance to a will which he had made previous to setting sail.
The landowners in 1774 were: Patrick
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Anderson, Joseph Alexander, John and Daniel Buckwalter, Frederick Bussard, Wil- liam Bodley, Benjamin Boyers, Elias Brown, Anne Boyers, James Cloyd, Moses, Jona- than and Benjamin Coates, Joseph Conrad, Alex. Campbell, John and Christopher Coon, Israel, Llewellyn, Jenkin and David Davis, William Deweese, Abner Evans, John Francis, Nich. Foose, Val. Foose, William Fussel, Fred. Geerhart, William Graham, John Griffith, John Griffith (schoolmaster), Nich. and Christian Halderman, Samuel Harvey, John Humphrey, Jacob Hoomel, Nich. Halderman, jr., David John, Griffith Jones, David James, John Keiter, Benj. Lougstreth, George Late, Edwin Lane, William Moore, esq., Alex. Mc Auley, George MeKenny, James and Joel Martin, Henry and Jacob Miller, Isaac Morgan, Christian Mary, Ant. Pritchard, Jacob l'ennypacker, Thos. Robinson, Daniel Rossiter, Thomas Roberts, John Richardson, Philip Rapp, Joseph Starr, Joseph Starr, jr., Joseph Smith, Joseph Showalter, Martin Shenbolk, Jacob Sturk, Andrew Turk, Amos, James and Benjamin Thomas, Richard Tompkins, John Varley, John Vergloth, Sebastian Wagoner, David and Thomas Williams, James White, Christian Whittaker, Jon. Wells, John Youngblood, Robert Kennedy, James McConnell, Michael King, Jane Martin, Matthias Pennypacker, and Michael Ilolman.
The early settlers were mostly Welsh, fol- lowed by some Germans, and in 1826 the eastern part of Charlestown was erected into Schuylkill township.
East Bradford Township .- It is bounded on the north by East Caln township; on the east by West Whiteland and West Goshen ; on the south by Westtown and Birming- ham; and on the west by Pocopson and 8
West Bradford townships. It was formed. on November 31, 1731, from the eastern part of Bradford township; and Richard Buffington is supposed to have been the first permanent English settler within its limits. A portion of its southern territory in 1856 was attached to Birmingham town- ship.
The northern part of the township is entirely ocenpied by mica schists, while the southern part lies in the azoic slates. Lime- stone is found in the northeastern part, and a small and narrow area of serpentine ex- ists in the southern part. It is well watered and lies between two railways.
East Bradford's landowners in 1774 were as follows: Abiah, Deborah, John and Abram Taylor: Abel Boake, Amos Davis, Abigail Fling, Benj. Hawley, Chas. Ryan, Daniel Davis, Emmor Jefferis, Enoch Gray, Geo. Carter, Geo. Dunavan, Geo. Entriken, Henry Woodward, Hannah Carter, Joseph Rhoades, Jas. Jefferis, Joseph, Samuel and Nathan Cope, Jos. Buffington, Jos. Parke, John Hannum, Jos. Temple, John Jones, James Wolerton, Joseph Wolerton, Joshua Hloops, Jas. Starr, John Townsend, Isaac Chapman, John Darlington, Joseph Under- wood, James Painter, Joseph Downing, Jacob Talbot. Mary Grubb, Jas. Robinson, John Underwood, Nathan Hoops, Nathan- iel Jefferis, Richard Jones, Richard Strode, Richard Jefferis, Samuel Painter, Susannah Davis, Samnel Entriken, Thos. Speakman. Thos. Worth, Thos. Hall, Thos. Carter. Wm. Messer, Samuel Osborn, Joseph Haw- ley, and Joseph Strode.
East Brandywine Township .- This town- ship is bounded on the north by Wallace; on the east by Upper and Lower Uwehlan and East Caln townships; on the south by Cain ; and on the west by West Brandywine
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township. It lies in the northern gneiss region and is entirely composed of the hornblendic gneisses, feldspathic rocks and pseudo-conglomerates; except three small areas of Potsdam quartzite, which are found respectively around Guthriesville, in the northeastern part, and at the sontheastern extremity of the township.
East Brandywine is the eastern part of Brandywine township which was formed from East Caln in 1790, and divided into East and West Brandywine townships in 1844. Its landholders in 1774 are included in the list given for East Caln. The West Brandywine river runs from north to south through the western part, and along its banks the Wilmington & Reading railroad passes.
East Caln Township .- It is bounded on the north by Lower Uwchlan; on the east by West Whiteland; on the south by East and West Bradford; and on the west by Cali and East Brandywine townships. It lies principally in the Downingtown valley. The limestone formations toward the north are bounded by the hydro-mica-schists of the northern gneiss region. Paint clays occur near Baldwin, and several marble quarries have been opened. East Caln is drained by the waters of the East Brandy- wine river, and three railways pass through its territory.
The landholders in 1774 were: Joshua, John and William Baldwin, John, Joseph and Richard Downing, Jason Cloud, William Barry, George Buchanan, Abiah Parke, Rich. Cheyne, Henry Barker, Robert Val- entine, Jon. Parke, David Jenkins, Jona. Hoops, William Roberts, Isaac Webb, James. Sheward, Samuel Hunt, James Hood, John Valentine, Anne Park, Obed Lewis, John Hoops, Griffith Mendenhall, Robert Valen-
tine, jr., Curtis Lewis, Rachel Roman, Han- nah Pyn, Thomas Stalker, Warwick Mil- ler, esq., Thomas, Isaac and Moses Coats, Mary Hart, James Thompson, Alex., Joseph and Peter Fleming, Robert Elton, Andrew Cox, Thomas and Samuel White, Joseph Arbuckle, James McKelby, Andrew, Samuel and John Culbertson, James Clark, John Carmichael, William and Robert Wilson, George Kennedy, John Walker, John Proudfoot, Mary Cox, Francis Zook, Samuel Thompson, Joshua Mendenhall, Adam Guthry, William Iddings, Ludwick Liggett, Thomas Windle, Richard Buffington, James Guthry, Andrew Elliott, Joseph Mckinley, Thomas Fisher, Robert Darlington, Samuel Rolliday, William and Joseph Long, John Gileylen, James Stanley, John Smith, Henry Lewis, Isaac Green, Isabel, Arch. and Theop. Irwin, Robert and James Lockhart, James Hanson, William Todd, James McGlauglin, Willianı Johnston, James and Charles Jack, and James and Michael Miller.
East Coventry Township .- It is bounded on the northwest by North Coventry town- ship; on the northeast by Montgomery county ; on the southeast by East Vincent township; and on the southwest by East Vincent and South Coventry townships. It lies within the Schuylkill or mesozoic region of the county, and no other rocks occur in its territory than those that are characteris- tic of the mesozoic formation.
East Coventry township was formed in 1844 by a division of North Coventry town- ship, which had been created in 1841 by the division of Coventry township into North and South Coventry townships. The original township of Coventry was named by Samuel Nutt, an early settler, in honor of Coventry, in Warwickshire, England. East Coventry is drained by tributary
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streams of the Schuylkill river. The original Coventry township in 1774 comprised the territory of North, South and East Coventry townships, and its landholders in that year were: James Arbuckle, Jacob and John Acker, Peter Amole, Abraham, Jacob, Henry, and Henry Brower, jr., Daniel and Eve Brower, Ilenry Banner, John Bowe, Henry Beer, Joseph Brooks, Daniel Beery, Peter Crumbaker, Adam Deam, Godfrey Dowenhauer, George Ditlow, John Davis, James English, Owen Evans, Conrad Grim, George Grouse, Anna, Abraham, Henry and David Grubb, John Highter, Rennard Gun- senhauser, Thomas Hockley, John High, Michael Halderman, Nicholas Herwick, Stopher Halderman, John Imhoff, Allan Jack, Jacob Kittingher, Jacob Keringer, Jacob Light, Jacob Longacre, Justus Lin- derman, Mary Keiser, Nicholas Keller, Nicholas, Villdy and Tobias Miller, Peter Mower, Martin Ornen, James Hockley & Potts, William Plaine, Christian Reiff, Rob- ert Milhouse, Simon Meredy ( Meredith ), Abraham Moore, Jonathan and John Pugh, John Rinnard, Frederick Rinhard, Bastian Ruff, John Smith, Michael Swiek, Abraham Sliver, Conrad Swither, Frederick Scholl, John Sowder, Ulrich Swither, John Switzer, Jacob Steger, John Varley, Martin Wofe, Susannah Wells, Jacob Fetterling, Jonas Rodrough, Richard Custard, Jacob Thomas, Henry Schenkel, Jacob Row, Jacob Live- good, Damel Engle, Michael Smith, Fred- erick Huck, Rees John, Rudolph Sheneman, John Holsenberger, Ludwick Stophel, and Nicholas Munshower.
East Fallou field Township .- Thistownship is bounded on the north by Sadsbury, Val- ley and Caln ; on the east by West Bradford and Newlin townships; on the south by West Marlborough ; and on the west by Highland
township. The rocks of this township are all miea-schists, and lie in the mica-slate or South Valley hill region. East Fallowfield was formed in 1743 by the division of Fal- lowfield township into East and West Fal- lowfield townships. The original Fallowfield township is said to have been named in honor of Lancelot Fallowfield of Great Strickland, England, who was one of the first purchasers of land from William Penn. It has two railways, one passing along its western border and the other through its eastern part.
In 1774 the landowners of East Fallow- field township were: Joseph and William Adams, Robert Burns, John Bell, William Banting, Robert Bell, Widow Boid, William Boggs, Patterson Bell, David Brooks, George Cowpland, Nathan, James, Robert, Stephen and George Cochran, John Caruthers, Rob- ert Cowden, John Danold, James Dunn, Samuel Futhey, Hugh Fearon, Archibald Guy, James and Adam Glendening, George. Alexander and Andrew Gibson, James Hannum, William Haslett, Nathan Hayes. Ebenezer Harper, Robert Hamill, Richard, John and Thomas Irwin, John, Andrew and Joseph Kirkpatrick, William Kees, Thomas Love, James Laughead, James Logan, David and James Ligget, George MeGuire, James MeCausland, Thomas MeClure, Patrick Me- Laughlin, James McCormick, William Me- Illhaney, Andrew Moore, Robert Noble, Thomas Officer, Ellis l'usey, Israel Pember- ton, Arthur and John Park, Andrew Reed, Francis Ruth, James Rankin, William Reed, James and John and James, jr., Smith, James Scott, John Taylor, George Sloan. William, Joseph and William, jr., Stringer, William Townsend, John Truman, William Vogan, Samuel and Joseph Wilson, Thomas Wallace, and Sarah Weldon.
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East Goshen Township .- It is bounded on the north by East and West Whiteland townships; on the east by Willistown; on the south by Willistown and Westtown townships; and on the west by West Goshen township.
The northern part of the township lies in the mica-slate or South Valley hill region, and is separated by a narrow belt of ser- pentine from the azoic slate formation that spreads out over the central and southern parts of its territory. Its drainage is by several creeks which flow south to the Del- aware river. We find that the original Goshen township in 1774 included the ter- ritory of both East and West Goshen, and its landholders in that year were : George, Aaron and Joshua Ashbridge; William Bane, Joseph Beaumont, Alexander Boggs, John Bowen, John Chapman, Jesse Canby, Stephen Cimes, Amos Davis, Thomas and John Darlington, Lawrence Cox, Lydia Davis, Jonathan Eldridge, Enoch Eachs (Eachus), William Eacus, jr., James, Jona- than, Joseph and William Garrett, Thomas Goodwin, Christopher Good, William Gal- breath, Thomas, John, Samuel, Benjamin, George, Thomas, jr., and Aaron Hoops, Isaac Haines, John Harley, James Hemp- hill, Edward Hicks, Jarvis Hall, Joseph Hunt, James Hickey, Jacob James, William Jones, Joseph and William Johnson, Thomas Lewis, Thomas Malin, jr., Nathaniel Moore, Isaiah, Jonathan and Amos Matlack, Jona- than Milleson, Isaac Macy, John Mechem, Samuel Oliver, Thomas Oakes, William Peters, George Pierce, William Patterson, Samuel Phipps, Abraham Pratt, Charles Ryan, William Rettew, Joseph Randles, Joseph Ray, Thomas Rees, William Shar- ples, Thomas Scofield, Thomas Speakman, George and John Smith, Benjamin Frego,
Joshua Thompson, Thomas Williamson, Samuel Waln, and Isaac Williams.
East Marlborough Township .- This town- ship is bounded on the northeast by Newlin and Pocopson; on the south- east by Pennsbury and Kennett; on the south by Kennett and New Garden; and on the west by West Marlborough and London Grove townships. East Marlbor- ough lies in the southern gneiss region. Two narrow strips of limestone are in the northwestern part of the township, while another narrow strip extends, together with a small belt of Potsdam sandstone, across the township south of Taggart's Cross Roads. Fine specimens of garnets are found in a white conglomorate near Wash- ington Alexander's. East Marlborough is drained principally by streams flowing into the West Brandywine river. Its landown- ers in 1774 were : William Allen, Edward Bennett, Joel, Caleb, William and Isaac Bailey, Thomas Butler, Abner, Joshua, Mordecai and William Cloud, Stephen An- derson, John, jr., Caleb, Jesse, George, Thomas and Jonathan Jackson; Thomas and Samuel Hayes, Isaac and Caleb John- ston, William and Silas Harvey, Samuel Beverly, Thomas Campton, Peter Egnew (Agnew), Alexander Foreman, Enoch, James and Abel Wickersham, Jacob Wright, Richard, Henry and Thomas Woodward, John Taylor, James Mash, Jacob and Jos- eph Pyle, Joshina Pierce, Isaac Woodrow, Caleb, Edward, Samuel and William Swayne, Mordecai Vernon, William Windle, Daniel and Solomon Mercer, Moses, William and Joseph Pennock, John Russell, John Parker, Jacob Tagart, Henry Neale, Benjamin Way, John Webster, David and Thomas Pusey, Thomas Shugers, Jonathan Morris, Ezekiel Webb, Caleb and Isaac Pierce, John Wil-
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son, James Jefferis, Thomas Preston, Abram Heald, Isaac Mendenhall, James Nethery, and Charles Rudibaek.
East Nantmeal Township .- It is bounded on the north by Warwick; on the north- east by South Coventry ; on the southeast by West Vincent: on the south by Upper Uwehlan ; on the southwest by Wallace; and on the west by West Nantmeal town- ships. It is nearly covered by azoie roeks. Feldspathie granite extends from both South Coventry and West Vincent a short distance into the township, but is soon re- placed by sand rocks, while a few loose fragments are found near Marsh creek. East Nantmeal is drained by the waters of East Brandywine river and French creek. It was formed into a township in 1740, be- ing the eastern part of Nantmeal township, whose name was originally written Nant- mel, from Nantmel in Radnorshire, Wales, after which it was named. Surveys were made as early as 1715. The first settlers were Welsh, and in 1730 the Scoteh-Irish commenced to settle in the western part.
The landholders in 1774 were: James Old, Rutter & Potts, William Sterret, James Henderson, Hugh William, James Guest, Thomas Meredith, John Horn, Abner and Elihu Evans, William James, William Kirk, John Ligat (Liggett), Jonathan Wynn, Wm. Brown, John and Thos. Lloyd, Evan, Daniel, John, William and Abel Griffith, Branson Vanleer, Robert Stuard. James Pugh, William Thomas, Abram Bealy, Jacob, Daniel and David High, Benjamin Abram, John Niel, Finchance Beerbower, Borriek Peholt, Michael, Philip and John Boyer, Andrew Kern, Philip Cos- mer, Windle Donfelter, Stephen Doughton, William Denison, Theodore Ellis, Christo- pher Fulker, John Getz, Isaac Jones, Thomas
John, John Knauer, Philip Lewis, JJacob Murrey, Henry Moses, Adam Miller, John MeKnight, George Price, John Robison, Martin Rhoades, Thomas Rutter, Jacob Shuster, Henry Sheffer, David Steel. David, John and Joseph Stephen, John Festiek, James Tod, William Temple, Frederick Walleigh, Jacob Wiseberger, Alexander McKee, John Woodrow, Mark Bird, esq., Peter Kimes, Thomas Bull, Jacob Vance, Peter Moses, Jacob Vinanee, and Thomas Leighton.
East Nottingham Township .- This town- ship is bounded on the north by Lower Oxford township; on the east by New London and Elk townships; on the south by the State of Maryland; and on the west by West Nottingham township. The north- ern and central portions of East Nottingham lie in the hydro-mica-schist formation of the South Valley hill region, while in the south- ern part two small areas of serpentine are separated by a tongue of gneiss extending up from the Maryland State line. It is drained by several small streams and has two railways in the western part. It is the eastern and larger part of the original Nottingham township, is mentioned as early as 1718, and has lost territory successively by the formation of Oxford and Hopewell boroughs and Elk township. Its landown- ers in 1774 were : Robert Alexander, Henry Erskine, James Anderson, Jeremiah, David, William and Mereer Brown, Abraham Bunt- ing. William Bean, Thos. Barrett, Andrew Boyd, Andrew Brians, Thos. Baldwin, Rob- ert and James Calvin. George, Thomas, William and John Churchman, JJohn Clen- dening, John Crawford, Elijah Cole. Benj. Chandlee, Samuel and Samuel, jr., Dickey. John Day, Robert Dorrough, Joseph Drenin, Samuel England, John and Robert Erwin.
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Henry, Robert and Thomas Ewing, John Fulton, Joseph Gardner, Thomas Gilliland, Robert Graham, Elisha Gatchell, William Gibson, Joseph and David Gatchel, Archi- bald Glover, John and James Hudders, James Harkness, Samuel Hutchinson, Sam- uel Hill, John Hathorn, Robert Harvey, Patrick Hamilton, William Hilles, Mary Hughs, Matthew Henderson, John Johnson, Mordecai James, David Junkins, Archibald Job, Timothy, Abner and Mary Kirk, Hugh Logan, John Lawson, George Ligate, James McCorkle, John McClavery, James and Henry McCormick, Henry MeCauley, James Morrow, Sampson Moore, Jean McKee, Robert Maxwell, James Mealey, George Mitchell, John McConkey, James and Wil- liam Mackey, James Montgomery, John Mills, Finley McGrew, John McBeath, Geo. Monroe, James McLaughlin, John Ogleby, Robert Oldham, Margaret Patterson, George Passmore, John Pew, Joshua Pugh, William Pennell, Edward Parker, Josialı Porterfield, William and Rowland Rogers, William Rutherford, William Ramsey, Hezekiah Rolls, Isaac Rodgers, James Steel, Thomas Scott, Richard and Hugh Sidwell, James and Joseph Smith, Robert and William Shepherd, Thomas Sharp, Hugh Thompson, Joseph and Philip Tanner, Joseph Trimble, Francis, Jonathan, John and John, jr., White, Samuel, Robert, Benjamin, Thomas and James Wilson, David -Watt, Thomas Youl, and Charles Williams.
East Pikeland Township .- It extends northeast and southwest, and is bounded on the northeast by Montgomery county ; on the southeast by Schuylkill and Charles- town townships ; on the southwest by West Pikeland township; and on the north- west by East and West Vincent townships. The upper (northeastern) and longer por-
tion of East Pikeland is composed of the mesozoic sandstones and shales; while the lower (southwestern) part lies entirely in the azoic series. Brown hematite iron ore is found in the southern part and has been opened southwest of Kimberton station, where the Raby mine has an output of six tons per day.
East Pikeland is well drained by French and Pickering creeks, and the Pickering Val- ley railroad runs through the western and central parts of the township.
In 1747 the following persons were land- holders: Thomas Milhouse, John Wells, Robert, Daniel and Richard, jr., Prichard ; Edward Williams, John Bowen, John MaKee, Daniel Griffith, Thomas Taylor, William and Jeremiah Tomson, William Hail, Evan David, Adam Ramsower, Adam Halman, George Dery, John William, Hans Adam, Dugell McAntire, Robert Hambil- town, William Hambiltown, Humphrey Bell, George Walker, John David, David Cadwaleder, John Thomas, John Gumry, Timothy Kirk, Philip Packer, Francis O'Neal, Joshua John, John Tribbey, Samuel Holday, Samuel Lightfoot, Robert Riche- son, John Clower, Adam Stone, Thomas and Samuel Daves, David David, Jeremiah Lewis, Michael Niel, Andrew Cummens, Richard Prichard, sr., John Jones, and Philip Edwards.
Easttown Township .- This township is bounded on the north by Tredyffrin town- ship; on the east by Tredyffrin township and Delaware county; on the south by Delaware county; and on the west by Delaware county and Willistown township. "Taking a general view of the geology of this township, it is noticeable that it consists mainly of two formations: mica-schists partially chloritic on the north, and dark
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green or black syenites and hornblendic roeks interspersed with feldspar porphyry on the south. Between these two, as if to form a natural barrier between them, is a wall of dolerite, and on the north side of which a belt of serpentine is visible, and but a short distance from it." Easttown is drained by the headwaters of Darby creek, and a railroad passes through the northern part of the township. It was erected about the year 1704, and is most noted for being the home of Anthony Wayne, the county's most illustrious soldier.
In 1774 the following landholders were returned on the assessment list of that year: Andrew Steel, Anthony Wayne, Lewis, John, Morris and James Morris, Whitehead Weatherby, Samuel Vanleer, Thomas MeKean, Robert Stephen, Rob- ert MeGoogin, David Rees, John Steel, Frederick Landes, Benjamin Junkin, Thos. Tucker, Evan Evans, William Griffith, Philip Sheaff, Martha Davis, Thomas and Jona- than Moore, William Melchior, Henry Fox, Jonathan Llewellyn, Michael Binger, Cas- per White, Abel Hammer, Thomas and Griffith Williams, Peter Uble, John Butler, David Morgan, Margaret Bell, Nathan Lewis, Thomas Welch, Joseph and Thomas Massey, Ann Ellis, and Abraham Davis.
East Vincent Township .- It is bounded on the north by East Coventry township ; on the east by Montgomery county ; on the southeast by East Pikeland ; on the south- west by West Vincent : and on the north- west by South Coventry township. East Vin- cent lies wholly within the mesozoic series, and in its western part much loose sand is to be found. It is drained by the waters of the Schuylkill river and French creek. It is the northern part of what was origin- ally Vineeut township, which derived its
name from Sir Matthias Vincent. It was erected as a township in 1832, and its early permanent settlers were Germans. Its territory was diminished in 1872 by the erection of Springville, now Spring City borough.
The landowners in the township in 1774 were: Philip Arndorf, Anthony and Henry Aere, Paul and Henry Benard, John Bound, James and William Barber, Henry and Benjamin Brumback, Joseph Bosler, Henry Carl, Jacob Cover, Henry and Felix Chrisman, Michael Cypher, William Cowan, Conrad Carl, Peter De- frain, John Dodson, David Davis, John David, George Deery, Henry Dasher, Willian, David and James Evans, Rudolph Essex ( Essig ?), Christian Everhart, William Eddy, George Fitzsimmons, Jacob Ginther, William Gordon, Nicholas Ground, Michael Holman, Casper Himes, Henry Hethery, John Hause, Lawrence Hipple, Joseph Hoskins, Jonas Hicks, Joseph Hancock, Jacob Hoffman. James John, David and John Jenkin, Sebastian Keeley, Henry Knerr, John Lloyd, Philip, Henry and Peter Miller, John McFarlan, Samuel Morris, Alexander McAlister, John Adam. John and Enoch Meredith, Jacob Mawre (Mowry ?), John McCracken, John Mel- choir, John Olinger, John Philips, John Paul, Edward Parker, Henry Rhoades, Robert Ralston, James Rogers, John Rhodes, Joseph Rodgers, George Row, John Shinholds, Conrad Shimer. Simeon and Conrad Shunk, Peter Steger. Hugh Strickland, Conrad Sharer, Casper Snider. Frederick Slider, Henry Sharadan, Owen David. JJohn and Hazael Thomas, Abraham Turner, Jacob Voges, Enoch and Ann Watkin, Thomas Wilson, John Young, and George Yeager.
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