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Joseph Foulke.
Amongst the community of the Friends, at Gwynedd, the most conspicuous figure, for many years, was Joseph Foulke. He was born there, May 22, 1786. In 1817, he appeared as a
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minister, and was admitted a member of the meeting of minis- ters and elders in 1821, after which he continued in the ministry to the end of his life, more than forty years. He made numer- ous visits to distant meetings, including those in New Jersey, New York, Canada, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana. He had learned the trade of a wheelwright (which was also originally the trade of his father), and had expected to pursue it as an oc- cupation, but his inclinations turned to teaching, and in 1811 he took charge of the Friends' School at Plymouth, where he con- tinued for six years ; and then, after teaching one year at Upper Dublin, he established in the autumn of 1818, a boarding school for young men and boys, at Gwynedd, on part of his father's estate. This school he conducted for many years with marked success, and it was continued later, until about 1860, in the charge of his sons Daniel and Joseph, and his nephew, Hugh Foulke, Jr. Joseph published (Philadelphia : 1844) a memoir of Jacob Ritter (a preacher among Friends, who had been a Revolutionary soldier : see in Watson's Annals details of his confinement in the British prison in Philadelphia). He also con- ducted for many years the publication of the " Friends' Alma- nac," furnishing for it the astronomical calculations. In 1836 he visited Washington as one of a committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to influence Congress against the admission of Arkansas as a slave State. (See Curtis's Life of Jas. Buchanan, Vol. I., p. 337 : Vol. II., p. 181.) His MS. journal, giving many interesting details of his life, has been repeatedly drawn upon for this work.
Evan Jones.
Evan Jones was born in Montgomery on the old homestead of his grandfather, John Jones, carpenter. He was the son of Evan and Hannah Jones. He learned the trade of tanning with
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his cousin Isaiah Jones, of Buckingham, and, returning to Mont- gomery, established a tannery at Montgomery Square, where he was in business for several years. In 1815, he, with Thomas Shoemaker, Cadwallader Foulke, and Cadwallader Roberts, pur- chased the John Evans estate (now, 1896, partly the cstate of S. S. Hollingsworth), of Chas. Willing Hare, and about two years later (the purchase meantime proving to be a bad speculation), Evan took the homestead, himself, with a large part of the land, and removed to it, making it his home for the the remainder of his life. He there dispensed a liberal hospitality ; his house was the place of entertainment for many visiting Friends and others. His means, measured by the local standard, were ample, and his social disposition made his fireside attractive and pleasant. He was an active member of the Friends, was clerk of meetings for business,' and generally a pillar of the Society, locally. He filled many important business positions, being amongst other things the first President of the Bethlehem Turnpike Co. In 1840, he was the Whig candidate for County Commissioner,2 and received the highest vote of any on the ticket. His four marriages have already been mentioned, (p. 414).
Dr. Antrim Foulke.
Dr. Antrim Foulke, the son of Theophilus, the younger, was born at Richland, March 23, 1793. The accidental death of his father, when he was but three years old, left him to the sole care
1 Geo. I. Evans, of Emerson, O., says : I was at meeting at Gwynedd, the day of the " Separation," [1827 or '28] and Isaiah Bell and Ezra Comfort demanded the use of the meeting house " to hold Gwynedd monthly meeting in." Evan Jones said that the business of Gwynedd monthly meeting had been transacted, and for his part he was not willing they should have the house, but if they would go home with him he would give them their dinners, and they might have a private room to transact any busi- ness they wanted. [Isaiah and Ezra were " Orthodox " Friends. Gwynedd meeting adhered, by a large majority, to the other body.]
2 His opponent was Mehelm McGlathery, who, 1896, is still living.
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of his mother. At her desire he learned the trade of a coach- maker, but having completed it, at the age of twenty-one, he turned his attention to the profession of medicine, and studied with Dr. Joseph Meredith, at Gwynedd, whom he joined, after completing his studies, as a partner, and so continued until Dr. Meredith's death. He then remained in practice at Gwynedd, with remarkable success, until 1848, when he removed to Phila- delphia, and there practiced until his death, in 1861. He was by many elements of character admirably fitted for his profes- sion, and his wide range of visits to the country around his resi- dence testified to the confidence reposed in him.
Rev. Samuel Helffenstein.
Among the notable figures in Gwynedd, for many years, was Rev. Samuel Helffenstein. He was born in Philadelphia (at Germantown), April 17, 1775, his father being Rev. John C. A. Helffenstein, the pastor of the German Reformed Church at Germantown. The latter died in 1790, and the widow took her son before the Synod, assembled at Philadelphia, and at her de- sire they assumed his care and education for the ministry. He was licensed and ordained in 1796 or 1797, and received about this time a call to the pastorate of Boehm's and Wentz's churches, which he accepted, but in 1798 returned to Philadelphia to the pulpit of the Race Street Church, made vacant by the death of Rev. Dr. Hendel. Here, for thirty-two years, he labored with zeal and fidelity, but in 1832, having resigned, he retired to his farm in Gwynedd, where he remained until his death, October 17, 1866. In 1846, he published a system of Didactic Theology, embody- ing the substance of the lectures which during his Philadelphia work he had delivered to the numerous theological students who prepared for the ministry under his direction. (The list of these includes many prominent names in the Reformed Church.) In
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1824 the Synod invited him to become Professor of Theology in a theological seminary intended to be established at Carlisle, in connection with Dickinson College, but he saw fit to decline this. His wife was Anna Christina Steitle, daughter of Emanuel, of Gwynedd, to whom he was married in 1797, and of their children, twelve in number, three (Rev. Samuel, Jr .; Rev. Albert, and Rev. Jacob), became eminent ministers ; two (Dr. Abra- ham and Dr. Benjamin) became physicians ; one, Emanuel, a lawyer and conveyancer ; one, Jonathan, a farmer ; one, Isaac, a merchant ; and one daughter, Catharine, married Augustus Miller. Rev. Samuel Helffenstein was buried in the family vault in the cemetery grounds of the old St. Peter's church.
Charles F. Jenkins.
He was the son of Edward, and the great-grandson of Jenkin Jenkin, the immigrant. He was born at Gwynedd, March 18, 1793, and died there February 5, 1867. He received instruction at the academy of Enoch Lewis, the eminent teacher and mathe- matician, at New Garden, Chester county ; but he added to his opportunities of education a studious and intellectual habit, reading throughout his life, with intelligence and zest, upon an extensive range of subjects. Having been brought up in his father's store in Gwynedd, he engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia (some time on Second street, opposite Christ Church), for fourteen years, with good success ; but in 1830, upon the decease of his father, he returned to Gwynedd, and took the store, which he conducted nearly to the close of his life. He took a very active interest in public affairs, was for many years a director of the public schools, and was the candidate of his party (it being, however, in the minority for a long period), for the Legislature, etc. His promotion of the construction of the turnpike has already been mentioned. He was, besides, secre-
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tary for many years of the Bethlehem turnpike, a director of the Bank of Montgomery County, and of the Montgomery County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, etc.
Winfield Scott Hancock.
His distinguished career in the army of the United States, especially during the great war for the suppression of the Re- bellion, and his candidacy for President of the United States, supported by nearly one-half of the American people, must be taken to designate General Hancock as the most eminent native of the two townships to which this volume relates. He was born February 14, 1824, at Montgomery Square. Through his mother, Elizabeth Hoxworth, he had a strain of Welsh blood, from Jenkin Jenkin, who was his mother's great-grandfather.
It would be impracticable, here, to present a complete biog- raphy of General Hancock, or even a fairly full abstract of the events in his military career. I shall only mention a few local, family, and personal details. His father having removed to Nor- ristown, when he was about four years old, he was educated there, in the " Old Academy," his teachers being Eliphalet Roberts, Rev. A. G. Harned, Jr., and Stapleton Bonsall. He was a manly, vigorous boy, full of spirit, and inclined to military ideas. In 1840, Hon. John B. Sterigere, M. C., appointed him a cadet at West Point, and he entered the Academy, July Ist, of that year. He graduated June 30, 1844, and being brevetted second lieutenant, was assigned to the Sixth Regiment of In- fantry. From that time his service became a part of the public record of the country. He married, January 24, 1850, Almira D. Russell, daughter of Samuel Russell, a merchant of St. Louis, Mo., by whom he had two children : Russell, sometime of Mississippi, and Ada Elizabeth, who died of typhoid fever, in New York, at the age of eighteen. General Hancock died at Governor's Island, N. Y., February 9, 1886.
XXVIII.
Additional Chapter-1897.
THE MEETING-HOUSE OF 1712.
T
HE subscription-paper (referred to on p. 79) for building the Friends' meeting-house in 1712, the original of which, as Joseph Foulke says, was preserved in the Foulke family, was in Welsh. Copies of it appear to have been made, and one of these, translated, reads as follows :
Gwynedd-the sixth day of the first month in the year one thousand seven hundred and nine-ten.
The names of Friends who have united to build a meeting-house at Gwynedd-to worship God after the form and system which exists amongst the people called Quakers-together with the several of the sum which each one specifically gave-to be paid as it here follows :- As many as have subscribed below to pay the sum in four quarters :- The first quarter to be paid the first day of the ninth month 1710 and the second-the first day of the third month in the year 1711 and the third-the first day of the ninth month 1711 and the last-the first day of the third month [blank, presuma- bly 1712].
[Signed by]
s.
£ s.
William Jones 9.10
Robert Pugh 4. 0
Thomas Evan II . O
Rowland Hugh 4. 0
Cadwalader Evan 8.10 Richard Morris 2. 0
Robert Jones 8. 0
William Robert 1. 10
John Hugh 6.10
David Pugh 1 . 00
Robert Evan
6. 0
David Jones
1 .00
Edward Robert
6. 0
Morris Edward
Edward Ffoulke
5 . 0 Edward Morgan . 5.00
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Alexander Edward 5. 10
Cadwalader Robert 3.00
Ellis Robert
5 . 0.
Morris Robert 3.00
Owen Evan
4.10 Nicholas Robert 2.10
John William
4.10 John Robert 2.10
George Lewis 4. 0
Rowland Robert . 2.10
Meredith Davis 4. 0
Evan Griffith 5.00
Hugh Evans
4 . 0
Garret Peterson . 5.00
Robert Humphrey 4. 0
Robert Parry . 9.00
Hugh Griffith 4. 0
Robert Thomas 3.00
John Robert
3. 0
Thomas Edward
2.10
Hugh Robert .
3.10
Thomas Davis . 2.10
Thomas Ffoulke
3.10
Evan Griffith
IO
Evan Pugh . 3.00
Ffrancis Dawes
I 10
John Humphrey 8.00
Cadwalader Moris
2.00
Robert Evan Prythra
3.00
William Morgan
IO
Richard Lewis
2.00
Edward Morgan [Jr. ]
2.00
David Gilkin
2.10
William Story
. 2.00
Evan Owen I . IO
John Griffith
2.00
Robert Hugh 1 . 17
John Davis I . 5
Griffith Hugh
I . 2
Evan Jones
Samuel Thomas
1 .00
Cadwalader Jones 2.10
David Davis
1 .00
Richard Pugh
IO
Evan Robert
IO
Jno. Williams
1 IO
The names of the two who have been appointed Collectors to receive the money and to keep account and to pay it to the builders of the meet- ing-house, are Thomas Foulke and Hugh Evans.
The names of the eight who have been appointed to overlook and to arrange the matters relating towards and for its building-are Thomas Evan, Robert Evan, John Hugh, Edward Ffoulke, William Jones, Robert Jones, John Humphrey, Robert Evan Prythra.
THE HUMPHREYS OF MERION.
A family record of the Humphreys, children of Samuel, referred to on p. 97 (foot-note), as furnished me by Philip P. Sharples, of West Chester, Pa., is as follows :
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A true account of the births of the children of Samuel Humphrey of the Parish of Llangelynin in the County of Merioneth is as followeth
The first childs name is Lydia she was born the 28th day of ye ist mo. 1659.
The 2nd childs name is Daniel he was born the [blank] of ye 6th mo. 1660.
Two twins whose names were Benja & Joseph they were born the [blank] day of ye 5th mo. 1662.
The 5th childs name is Rebecca she was born the 7th day of 2nd mo. 1664.
The sixth childs name is Ann she was born - day of 3d mo. 1666.
The 7th childs name is Gobeithia she was born the 7th day of ye 7th mo. 1668.
Samuel Humphrey afforsaid & Elizabeth Reese were married before two Justices of peace named Morris Wynn & Robert Owen of Dolessery on ye 20th day of april 1658.
The foresd Saml. Humphrey parted this life the 17th day of the 9th Mo. and was buried ye 19th day of ye same att Bryn-tallwyn 1677, aged -I years and 9 months.
Rebecca Humphrey married Edward Reese and departed this life the 17 of the 2d mo. Anno Dominni 1733 aged 69 years wanting 8 days, and was buried 20th day following, being ye fifth of ye week.
Edward Reese departed this life the 11th day of the sixth month 1728 aged about 82, was decently burried the 10th day of the same instant at ye burying place which is at Merion Meeting house.
DIVISION OF THE TOWNSHIP.
In 1891, at the general election in November, as the result of proceedings begun the previous year, a vote was taken upon the proposal to divide the township, on the line of the Swedes Ford road, into Upper and Lower Gwynedd, and a majority voted affirmatively. A petition for division had been presented to the Court, October 7, 1890, signed by 38 "inhabitants of the township,",and on the 18th of that month, Judge Weand ap- pointed William B. Rambo, Morgan R. Wills, and I. P. Brend-
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linger a jury to make inquiry and report. Proceeding to the duties of their appointment by a visit to the proposed division line, the jury were met by a number of citizens who generally disapproved the division, as a measure likely to increase the township expenses, without corresponding public advantage. Among those who urged this were Hon. George Handy Smith, Jason Sexton, Jacob Acuff, Dr. M. R. Knapp, Thomas Coulston, Edwin M. Foulke, and others.'
The jury nevertheless reported in favor of the change, and the vote, when taken, sustained the proposition. Among those opposed to the division, and who published reasons for their ob- jections in the North Wales Record, preceding the election, were William M. Singerly, (a large landowner in Gwynedd, though a resident of Philadelphia), Howard M. Jenkins, Charles S. Jenkins, John Lefferts, Seth Lukens, George L. Bowman, Julius Schlimme, Samuel Myers, John F. Comly, W. H. Harding, Frederick Beaver, Henry Mumbower, Stiles Huber, Dr. M. R. Knapp, Jacob Acuff, David Acuff, James Buzby, Hugh Forman, Amos Jones, L. L. Shepherd, F. W. McDowell, and Henry G. Keasbey. It is not probable that a majority of the freeholders of the Township favored the division. After the experience of five years (1896) it is found that the expenditure has largely increased, that on roads having about doubled, and that the muti- lation of the old township was, as urged by those opposing it, needless and mischievous.
SUNDRY NOTES.
In Mr. Thomas A. Glenn's recently issued (1896) volume, " Merion in the Welsh Tract," the descent of some of the Welsh families settling in Gwynedd is more definitely traced. William
1 Report in Norristown Daily Herald.
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John, it appears, was the first cousin of the four Evans brothers, Thomas, Robert, Owen, and Cadwalader. They were all grand- children of Evan Robert Lewis of Fron Goch-which place is in Merionethshire, about three miles from Bala, and not, as sug- gested (p. 149), in Denbighshire. Our William John was the son of John ap Evan, the eldest son of Evan Robert Lewis, and the Evans brothers were sons of Evan ap Evan, the youngest son.
The old stone flour-mill, at Penllyn, on the Wissahickon, the Foulke Mill, having been abandoned, was torn down in January, 1896. In the first edition of this book an etching of it appeared, by Miss Dillaye, showing it as it was in 1884.
Christian Dull bought the property at Spring-House in December, 1773, and probably began to keep the hotel the next year. He purchased of Philip Bohl, and the property was then described as " a certain messuage, tavern-stand, and lot of 834 acres."
The North Pennsylvania Railroad was opened as far as Gwynedd Station, July 2, 1855. Three trains were run daily, each way. Stages ran from the Station to Doylestown, Bethle- hem, and Kulpsville. The heavy work between Gwynedd and North Wales was not completed until next year, when the road was opened through to Doylestown and Bethlehem.
The diminution of the creeks is one of the most notable phenomena of our time. November 18, 1883, I was talking with Henry Mumbower (since deceased), at his house at the mill on the Wissahickon. He said he came to the mill in 1854. Esti- mating by the amount of work he could then do in the mill, with water power, as compared with 1884, he thought that in the thirty years the Wissahickon had shrunk one-half in volume. He ascribed it in large part to the clearing of the woods, above,
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along the sources of the stream. From my own recollection of the Wissahickon, and the indications along its banks of the size it once was, I am confident his estimate of its shrinkage is not too great. The little creek which crosses the turnpike in front of the house of James D. Cardell, and falls into the Wissa- hickon near Mumbower's mill, was, in my boyhood (say 1850) a flowing stream throughout the year, only shrinking into pools in the droughts of August. It now rarely flows at all, except in time of heavy rain. There must have been, in the earlier time, an abundance of fish in the creeks, especially in the Wissahickon. My father often mentioned his fishing at night with a light, in company with his uncle, Jesse Jenkins, in the Wissahickon, be- low Mumbower's. It was probably about 1830 to 1840.
In relation to Alexander Edwards, the pioneer of the Mont- gomery settlement (refer to p. 298), his wife “ Margaret, and her daughters Margaret and Martha, and sons Alexander and Thomas," reached Philadelphia in the ship Vine, William Preeson, master, 7th mo. 17, 1684. (On the same ship came Robert and Jane Owen, and Reese John and his family.) Alexander Ed- wards himself appears to have come over before his family. It also appears that he married a second time, as his wife, mentioned in his will, was named Katharine.
FINIS.
INDEX.
* The three principal Genealogical Chapters (Evans, Roberts, Foulke) are not indexed ; names occurring only in them will not be found in the Index.
Abington Quarterly Meeting estab- lished, 82. Acuff, David, 401, 407.
Agriculture, early methods and im- plements of, 392, 393, wages, 395.
Baptist Church in Montgomery, es- tablishment of, 305, pastors of, 305.
Bartholomew, John, 299. Bate, Humphrey, 69. Beaver, Barnaby, 350, 364. Bees, 392. Boileau, John, 407. Book of Memorials of 1787, 84.
Boone family, 4, 369, 371.
BOONE, GEORGE, 81, 369, 370 ; Geo., jr., 369 ; Squire, 116, 370 ; Daniel, 370, 371, 372.
Bricks, 14. Bridges, 408, 409. Brunner, Paul, 310.
Carpenter, Sam'1, 50, Castner family, genealogy of, 422- 424. Chapin, William, 423. Churches, 304, 305, 363, 364. Cider, 392. Cleaver family, genealogy of, 411, 412.
Clemens, Garret, 356, 359, 364. Coed-y-foel, farm in Wales, 36. Corson, Lawrence E., 407.
Danenhower, Abraham, 311, 364. Deaths, lists of, 140, 145. Dillwyn, George, 88.
Disease, fatal, 1745, 311.
Disputes, settled by monthly meet- ing, 390, 391.
Dull, Christian, 359, 465, 466, 401. Dull, Christian, jr., 367.
Dysentery, on the Robert and Eliza- beth, 30.
Early families, details concerning, 410, 427.
Edwards, Alexander, jr., 298.
Edwards, Alexander, Sen., 298, 385. Ellis, Rowland, 24, 75, 83, 390. Evans, Cadwalader, immigrant, his family, 51 ; purchase of land, 55 ; place of residence, 60 : reads church service for the set- tlers, 76 ; preacher, 83, memo- rial, 85.
Evans, Cadwalader, jr., biographi- cal sketch of, 430.
Evans, Dr. Cadwalader, biographi- cal sketch of, 427, 428. Evans, Ellen, 17.
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Evans, Evan, preacher, 84, 347, 386, 393, 395.
EVANS FAMILY, descended from Evan ap Evan, 66 ; gen'gy of, 147-198.
Evans, Hugh, reminiscence of Penn's visit, 61.
Evans, Jenkin, of Montgomery, 300.
Evans, John, son of Cadw., preacher, 86 ; memorial of, 87. Evans, John, "the elder," bio- graphical sketch of, 428.
Evans, Jonathan, teacher, 397.
Evans, Mary, wife of Owen, 92.
Evans, Owen, immigrant, 51, 52 ; purchase of land, 55, 58,
Evans, Rev. Evan, 296.
Evans, Robert, immigrant, 51 ; pur- chase of land, 55, 58 ; place of residence, 58 ; preacher, 83, Thos. Chalkley's allusion to him, 84.
Evans, Robert (son of Owen), household articles, 386, 393.
Evans, Rowland, biographical sketch of, 429.
Evans, Thomas, patent to, 25 ; original tract of, 55, 58, his place of residence, 60, 70 ; four sons, 71 ; second marriage, 72, re- moval to Goshen, 72.
Everhart, John, 368.
Exeter (Oley) monthly meeting, 82. Fetter, Wendel, 363,
First settlers, number of, 50 ; fami-
. lies of, 51 ; arrival of, 21 ; homes, 55 ; size and location of their tracts, 58.
Fothergill, John, visits Gwynedd, 89. Foulke, Cadwallader, biographical sketch of, 436.
Foulke, Dr. Antrim, 381 ; biographi- cal sketch of, 441.
Foulke, Edward, immigrant, 29; narrative of his removal, 33 ;
ancestry of, 33 ; circumstances of, in Wales, 37 ; his family, 51, 52 ; his original tract, 55, 58 ; home of, in Gwynedd, 62.
FOULKE FAMILY, Gen'gy of, 233, 281.
Foulke, Hugh (3d), Indian garden, 19 Foulke, Joseph, 396; biographical sketch of, 439.
Foulke, Thomas (son of Edward, the immigrant), 62.
Foust, Rev. George D., 376, 380. Freeholders, list of Montgomery, 302 ; Gwynedd, 310.
Frey, John, early German settler, 310.
Friends, early, in township, details concerning, 83-93 ; meeting, es- tablishment of, 73-82; preachers, 83-93 ; action in the Revolution, 354 ; militia fines, 355.
Fries, John, of "Rebellion," 310. Funeral expenses, 389.
Geisenhainer, Rev. Henry, 377. GENEALOGICAL DETAILS CONCERN- ING EARLY FAMILIES, 410-426. Geology of Gwynedd, 11-14 ; mezo- zoic belt, 11-12 ; trap dyke in tunnel hill, 12; plant bed in tunnel, 13 ; triassic deposit, 13 ; clay, sand, building stone, 15 ; Prof. Lesley's statement, 12-13 ; theory of Prof. Lewis, 13.
Gerhart, Nicholas, 105 years old, 142. Gossinger, George, 310.
German settlers in Gwynedd, early, 309-311.
Griffith, Alice, preacher, 90.
Griffith, Hugh, first settler, 51 ; tract of land, 55, 58.
GWYNEDD. - Topographical fea- tures, I ; scope of its history, 2 ; analysis of its history, 3 ; more extended ditto, 3-9 ; chronolog-
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ical sketch of ditto, 9; geology of, 11-14 ; Indian traces in, 15-20 ; arrival of Welsh settlers in, 21-32 ; origin of name, 40- 49 ; population of, 50-54 ; Wil- liam Penn's visit to, 61 ; arrival of Schwenckfelders in, 308 ; freeholders in 1734, 309 ; fatal disease in, 311 ; revolutionary operations in, 312-348 ; revolu- tionary details concerning, 349- 357 ; taxables in, in 1776, 358- 368 : social conditions among the early settlers of, 381-391 ; public school system established in, 397-400 ; division of, 447.
Hancock, B. F., biographical sketch of, 439.
Hancock, W. S., biographical sketch of, 444.
Hank Family, 372, 373.
Hank John, 373 ; Nancy, mother of President Lincoln, 373.
Hassler, Rev. John W., 379.
Harry, Rees, 362.
Hecht, Rev. Anthony, 376.
Heilig, Rev. George, 378.
Heilig, Rev. Theophilus, 380.
Heisler, Jacob, 364, 402.
Heist, Philip, 363.
Heist's tavern, 349, 364, 402.
Helffenstein, Samuel, biographical sketch of, 442.
Hoot, Peter, 311.
Hoot, Philip, 311.
Horses, use of, etc., 393.
Hoskens, Jane, reference to Gwyn- edd Friends, 86.
Hotels, 400, 402.
Household articles of early settlers, 384, 385, 386, 387.
Howell, Deborah, 370.
Hoxworth family, genealogy of, 420, 422. Hubbs, Charles, 365.
Hugh, Evan ap, first settler, pur- chase of land, 55, 58 ; residence of, 68 ; his sons David and Hugh Pugh, 68.
Hugh, John, original settler, his family, 51 ; his land, 55, 58.
Humphrey, John, of Gwynedd, 51, 52, 62, 63, 64, 65.
Humphrey, John, of Merion, narra- tive of his experience in Wales, 94-107 ; his will, 95.
Humphrey, Samuel, mentioned in John Humphrey's narrative, 97 ; his descendants, 97, 98, 447.
Indentured servants, 395.
Indians, traces of them in Gwynedd, 15-20 ; Ellen Evans, discourse with, 16 ; traditions of at Mum- bower's mill, 16 ; supposed bat- tles of, 16, 17; stone imple- ments of, 17, 18, 19 ; traditional "garden " of, 19; Prof. D. B. Brunner's work on, 19.
Intemperance, condemned by monthly meeting, 388, 389.
James, Isaac, 302. Jenkins, Algernon S., 408.
Jenkins, Charles F., 407, 420 ; bio- graphical sketch of, 443.
Jenkins, Edward, 403.
Jenkins Family, genealogy of, 418- 420. Jenkin, Jenkin, household articles, 386, 392 ; agricultural do., 395. Jenkins, John, 358, 364. Johnson, John B., 38o.
John, Rees (" Rees John William"), 96.
John, Robert, 30 ; his will and chil- dren, 69 ; other references, 385, 392, 393, 395.
John, William, his family, 51 ; tract of land, 55, 58 ; place of resi-
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dence, 66 ; his children, 67 ; in- ventory, 384, 392.
John, William, and Thomas ap Evan, their purchase of the town- ship, etc., 21-28, 29 ; deeds to other settlers, 55 ; Robert Turn- er's deed to, 57.
Jones, Evan, biog. sketch of, 440. Jones Family (descendants of Rob- ert John), 425.
Jones Family (descendants of John Jones, carpenter), genealogy of, 413-416.
Jones, Isaac, 301. Jones, Margaret, preacher, 93.
Kolb, Isaac, 263.
Kramer, Rev. S. P. F., 377.
Lacey, Gen. John, militia, 350.
Land, David C., Indian relics, 18.
Lesley, Prof. J. P., 12, 13.
Levick, Dr. J. J., 76.
Lewis, Amos, 416.
Lewis, Ellis, 389, 393, 395.
Lewis, H. Carvill, 13. Lewis, Isaac, 362.
Lewis, Jephthah and Enos, 360 ; " Squire " Joseph, 361. Lewis, Thomas, 300.
Lewis, William, 67.
Lincoln Family, 371-374.
Lincoln, Mordecai, 371 ; Mordecai, 2d, 372 ; Thomas, 373 ; Abra- ham, 373 ; John, 374 ; Abraham, 2d, 372 ; Mordecai, 3d, 372 ; Thomas, father of the President, 372, 373 ; Abraham, President U. S., 374.
Liquor, use and sale of, 388, 389 ; John Evans's efforts against, 429. Lloyd-Price, Richard J., Esq., 36. Longevity, instance of, 142; in Jones family of Montgomery, 301 .
Marriages, lists of, from Haverford records, 108-114 ; from Gwynedd
records, 114-134 ; from Samuel and Cadw. Foulke's memoran- dum books, 135-140.
Marriages, two, in Aug., 1714, 79. Marriage, with undue haste, con-
demned by monthlymeeting, 388. Mathias, Rev. Joseph, 383.
Medary, Samuel, biographical sketch of, 432.
Medtart, Rev, Jacob; 379.
Meeting, Friends', establishment of,
72-82 ; first house, of logs, 78 ; second house, 78 ; subscription for, 445 ; monthly meeting es- tablished, 79 ; house enlarged, 81 ; present house, 82.
Mendenhall, Benjamin, marriage to Lydia Roberts, quaint letter, 387. Militia, in Revolution, 355-356 ; fines paid, 355-356.
Miller, Rev. Lewis G. M., 380.
Mills, 360, 404, 449.
MONTGOMERY, early settlers in, 298- 303 ; list of freeholders in 1734, 302 ; establishment of Baptist church, 305 ; allusion to by Rev. Evan Evans, 304.
Morgan, Edward, 282, 283.
Morgan family, genealogy of, 410, 411. Murder of Henry Weaver, 377. Myers, Rev. Wm. H., 380.
Nancarro, Susan, 61. Neuman, Christopher, 309. Norris, Deborah (afterwards Mrs. Logan), 312.
OWEN FAMILY, descended from Owen ap Evan, 66.
Owen, Owen, difference with Row- land Ellis, 390.
Pardo, Marmaduke, early immi- grant, first school teacher, 395. Patents to original settlers, 55.
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INDEX.
Patent to Thomas Evans, 25.
Penn, Letitia, 61.
Penn, William, visit to Gwynedd, 61.
Population, statistics of, 52.
Powell, David, 21, 56.
Price, Roger, of Rhiwlas, Wales, 36. Public school system, 397-400.
Railroad opened, 448.
Raker, Martin, 367.
Rebenach, Rev. J. H., 377.
Reid, Rev. Ezra L., 379.
Resurvey of the township, 55, 56, 57, 58.
Revolutionary operations in Gwyn- edd, 312-348, 349-357 ; militia, 354-356.
Rhirid Flaidd, 33-36.
Richland monthly meeting estab- lished, 81.
Rightmyer, Rev. P. M., 379.
Roads, early, 282, 297, 408, 409.
Roberts, Amos, 321.
Robert and Elizabeth, The, 30.
Roberts, Ann, preacher, 91.
Roberts, Charles, biographical sketch of, 437.
Roberts, Ellwood, Indian relics, 17. ROBERTS FAMILY, genealogy of, 196-232.
Roberts families (other than descen- dants of Robert Cadwalader), 424, 425.
Roberts, Hugh, early preacher, 22, 30.
Roberts, 'Squire John, 367, 403 ; biographical sketch of, 434.
Roberts, Joseph, biographical sketch of, 438. Rumford, John, 369.
Scarlett, Robert, 14, 407, Thos., jr., 17.
Schaeffer, Rev. David, Solomon, 377. Schools and education, 395-400 ; first school house, 290, 395. School system of Pennsylvania, 397.
Schwenckfelders, arrival of, 308 ; details relating to, 309.
Shearer, Abel K., 380.
Sheep, 392.
Shoemaker, Thomas, 363.
Slaves, 394.
Snyder, George, 368.
Snyder, Henry, 309.
Snyder, Noah, Oliver, 380.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS AMONGST
EARLY SETTLERS, 383-391.
Spencer Family, genealogy of, 416-418.
Spring-House, origin of name, 297 ; Revolutionary incident at, 353 ; hotel established, 447.
Stevens, Thaddeus, 352.
State Road, 409.
St. John's Lutheran Church, 375.
St. Thomas's Episcopal Ch., 305, 375.
Stores, 403.
Storms, unusual weather, etc., 393, 394.
St. Peter's Church, 375, 382 ; move- ment to establish, 375 ; first building erected, 376; pastors of, 376, 379 ; second building erected, 378 ; separation of the congregations, 379 ; new build- ings erected by each, 379 ; Sun- day-school of, 379, 380 ; reformed congregation of, 380.
Surname, changes of, by Welsh, 65. Swink, Martin, 364.
Taxables, 1741, 52 ; in 1776, 358 368.
Teachers, early, 395-397.
Thomas, Absalom, 371.
Towamencin township, erection of, 307. Township, division of, 447.
Treweryn, river in Wales, 37. Trotter, William, preacher, 91.
Troxel [Troxall], 355, 359, 364.
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INDEX.
Turner, Robert, 24, 28, 55 ; deed to Wm. John and Thos. Evans, 57. Turnpike, Bethlehem, construction of, 404, 405, 406 ; Spring-House and Sumneytown, construction of, 406.
Van Buskirk, Rev. Jacob, 377. Vehicles, of early settlers, 393.
Wack, Rev. John George, 381 ; Rev. Charles P., 382. Weaver, Henry, murder of, 377. Weiand, Rev. John K., 377. Welsh Bible of 1678, 76.
Welsh history, in connection with name Gwynedd, 40-49.
Welsh language, used by first set- tlers, 75 ; sermons in, 83. Welsh tract, 21. Wentz's church, 373.
Wildbahn, Rev. C. F., 377.
Williams, Theophilus, 299.
Wilson, Alexander, the ornitholo- gist, reference to Spring-House, 401.
Wissahickon, shrunk, 449. Wister, Daniel, 312.
Wister's, Sally, Journal, 312-348.
Wolf, Governor, 397.
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