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of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati, and died in Nether Providence at an advanced age. Job Vernon, a cousin of Maj. Vernon, a "captain in the Revolution, was born in Lower Providence about the year 1750. He entered the army at the commence- ment of the Revolutionary war, and served faithfully and without intermission until its termination and the disbanding of the army. His name appears in the lists printed by order of Congress of officers who served to the end of the war, and thereby acquired the right to half-pay and bounty lands, and also as one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was commissioned ensign in Capt. Thomas Church's com- pany of Col. Anthony Wayne's Pennsylvania bat- talion, Jan. 5, 1776, and was promoted to be lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Robinson's company of the same battalion, Oct. 1, 1776. In 1779 and 1780 he was paymaster of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, which was then commanded by Col. Francis John- ston, and in which he also held the commission of captain. This regiment was attached to the Army of the North, and seems to have participated in all its services up to the storming of Stony Point. Capt. Vernon died in Concord township about the year 1810. From fragments of his accounts, and other documents in the possession of a relative, he seems to have been an intimate acquaintance and favorite of Gen. Wayne, and a brave and judicious officer."1
On Dec. 31, 1783, the Supreme Executive Council acknowledged a deed to William Kerlin for sixty acres of land in Nether Providence, late the estate of Gideon Vernon, an attainted traitor.
William L. Green, of Nether Providence, is the owner of an old pewter plate, which is a relic of colo- nial times, and of the war of independence. Scratched on the bottom of the platter is the date 1711. During the battle of Brandywine this plate was in the posses- sion of William Lamborn, of Kennett Square, the grandfather of the present owner. All the plates and valuables belonging to the people of the neigh- borhood were seized by the British soldiers, and, in order to save the old pewter plate, Lamborn hid it in a tub of swill, where it remained until the enemy had marched away from the neighborhood.
Taxables .- In 1715 the following persons were returned as taxables in Nether Providence :
James Sharpless, Joseph Sharpless, Isaac Minshall, Jacob Vernon, Joseph Vernon, Thomas Vernon, John Vernon, Heory Hasting, William Swafer, Jacob Edge, John Powell.
In 1799 the following taxables were returned in the township :
Jacob Benoioghove (tobacconist), Pierre Crosby, Joseph Dicks, Jr., Roger Dicke, Frederick Dicke, William Edwarde, Joshua Ely, Isaac Eogle (carpenter), Henry Forrest, Jacob Fulke, James Ham, Thomas HinkeOD, James Hickson (wheelwright), Joho Keith, William Kerlin, Thomas Leiper (tobaccooist), Joho Levis, Richard Nuzum (blacksmith), Thomas Nuzum, George Perkine, Mahloo Parsons, William Paist, Dan- iel Sharplese (saw-mill, grist-mill, fulling-mill), Philip Stimmel (tobac-
1 Smith's " History of Delaware County," p. 509.
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conist), William Sankey (weaver), William Shepherd, John Stephenson, Edward Tilghman, Seth Thomas (county treasurer), Mary Vernon, John Vernon (blacksmith), Jonathan Veroon, Jonathan Worrell, James Wood, James Wood, Jr., Josiah Wilkinson, John Worrell, Uriah Wilson, Wil- liam Waterhouse.
Inmates .- Adam Britz (souff-maker), George Brown, James Beatty, Matthias Cooper (snuff-maker), John Cornish, Job Dicke, Joseph Dickin- eon (wheelwright), Joseph Edwards (mason), Charles Gallager, Jonah Harding (ennff-maker), William Johnston (mason), Andrew Johnston (tailor), Michael Kewan, Johu Kelly, William Long (cooper), John Lind- sey, Duncan McArthur (carpenter), James Moore (stone-cotter), Philip Murphy, Richard Parsons, Ellis Roberts, John Rogers, Andrew Torton, Woodward Vernon, John Valentine, Peter Worrell, Rason Wood, John Wilkinson, Hugh Wilson, Richard Wilson, Jonas Young.
Single Freemen .- John Cain, Nathan Dicks (mason), Murtough Dow- land, Francie Elliot (snuff-maker), Cornelius Green, John Green, George Hikson (millwright), Joha L. Ham, Daniel Humphrey, Isaac Johnston (carpenter), Bryce Miller (tailor), Benjamin Miller, Thomas Morgan, George Nuzum, Abraham Philips (shop-keeper), Francis Rnesell, James Sharpless (shop-keeper), Isaac Sharpless (fuller), Samnel Sloan (stone- cutter), John Wright (superintendeut), Joel Lane (blacksmith), Jon- athan Vernon, Jr., Hugh Miskelly.
The following is a list of justices of the peace for Nether Providence :
John Crosly
Aug. 30, 1791.
Joel Willis.
.. Aug.
30, 1791.
Davis Bevan.
.. Aug. 19, 1794.
Miles Macarty
.. April 13, 1796.
Elisha Price.
.April 15, 1796
William Martin .Ang.
9,1797.
Isaac Eyre ... .Oct.
12, 1798.
Nicholas Fairlamb.
Dec.
6,1798.
Aaron Morton.
May
3,1799.
Philip Painter Мну
20,1800.
Thomas Hinkson. May
20,1800.
Joho Pearson .. .June 21, 1802.
James Withey. July
4, 1806.
Jacob Edwards Jan.
.Nov.
15, 1814.
Joseph Walker
.Feb.
3, 1820.
Samuel Smith
March 12, 1822.
David Marshall
March 3, 1824.
George W. Bartram June
3, 1824.
Abraham Kerlin.
June
7,1830.
Samuel T. Walker.
Nov. 11, 1831.
John Afflick Jnoe
6, 1834.
Jonathan P. Worrall .. March 5, 1835.
Samuel Shaw .. Nov. 18, 1835.
June 10, 1836.
William Eyre ...
Dec.
21,1838.
George W. Bartram.
.Sept.
23, 1839.
John Afflick
April 14, 1840.
John G. Johnson.
.April 14, 1840.
John Afflick
April 15, 1845.
John G. Johnson.
April 15, 1845.
John Afflick ..
April
9, 1850.
J. Gifford Johnson.
April
9, 1850.
John G. Johuson.
April 10, 1855.
Joho Afflick ..
April
10, 1855.
John Afflick.
.. April
10, 1860.
John G. Johnson ..
.April
10, 1860.
John Afflick
April 18, 1865.
John Atkinson.
April
22, 1868.
Thomas Palmer.
April 15, 1873.
Charles L. Leiper.
.April 24, 1874.
George W. Righy
April 24, 1874.
George W. Trainor.
April 10, 1882.
Providence Friends' Meeting-House .- The first mention of a Friends' Meeting in Providence occurs in the minutes of Chester Quarterly Meeting, Third month, 1696, when it was agreed to settle a meeting "at Thomas Minshall's every First and Fourth day." On Twelfth month 6, 1698/9, Friends belonging to Thomas Minshall's meeting proposed to build a meeting-house at the burying-ground of Thomas Powell, which would have located the building near the Media reservoir, on Providence road, in Upper Providence. The Quarterly Meeting deferred the consideration of the matter, but the project doubtless met with some opposition, for it is recorded, “ It
being the sense of this meeting that no meeting- house be hereafter built upon any new situation without ye advise & consent of the quarterly meet- ing." However, Caleb Pusey, Thomas Worth, John Hood, George Pierce, Nicholas Pyle, and Robert Carter were appointed "to view & consider of the most convenient place where to sett the above pro- posed meeting-house." On Third month 1, 1699, the committee stated "according to the order & re- quest of ye Last quarterly meeting, The friends ap- pointed to inspect into & consider of the most con- venient place to build the meeting-house, to answer that of Tho : Minshall's, Do make returu under their hands that it is their sense that at the farthest end of Thomas Minshall's Land, by ye high roade side, is the most Convenient place for that service, & accordingly this meeting approves of ye same." The land on which this meeting-house was built was given for that purpose by Thomas Minshall. The first house was a log structure. The building was completed in the summer of 1700, for on 5th day of Sixth month (August), in that year, the Quarterly Meeting "Or- dered that the next Quarterly meeting be held at the new meeting-house in Nether Providence." On Ninth month 4, 1700, the First day and week day meeting was ordered to be removed from Thomas Minshall's to the " meeting-house," and on Twelfth month 12, 1701, the meeting at Randal Vernon's was also " removed to the new meeting-house."
At Providence meeting-house, Second month 5, 1703, Walter Faucitt was dealt with by the meeting, the charges being set forth in the following extract from the quaint minutes :
" This meeting having Dnly taken into their Consideration the disor- derly practis of Samuel Levis in keeping on his hatt whilst Walter Fan- citt was in prayer, att a monthly meeting att Robert Vernon's, on the 11th month Last; therefore, the meeting doth appoint Joseph Baker aud Paul Sanders to spake to him and Indaver to bring him to a sence of his disorder; and that hee do acknowledg the same to the satisfaction of this meeting, which if he doth not promise to do, then to order him to appear at the next monthly meeting."
At a quarterly meeting in this house, held Twelfth month 26, 1704, the following extract from the min- utes shows that Henry Hollingsworth had acted in such a manner as to cause Friends to deal with him. The old record states :
" Whereas, Henry Holingsworth has Refused from time to time to an- swer the seoce and Judgment of the meeting held att this place the 30th of the 8th mo. Last past, and doth yett Refuse so to do, and in our meet- ings of Business have nttered verey unsavery expressions and unjustifi- able speeches, pertiqualarly att our Last mo, meeting, speaking of the meeting's proceedings against him for his disorder, hee said that Bon- nor and Winchester would have been ashamed of such actions, and that it was like the Cuting off the Lord Stafford's head; also publickly Call- ing our ancient friend Randall Veruon old pimp, little pimp, & Sott, &c., with other unsavory expressions to Tedious and Rediculas heare to bee mentioned; as also telling a former monthly meeting that they acted like Jesuits, which all tended to scandalize friends; for all which, with much more, this meeting finds a Nesesety upon them to testifie and de- clare, and do hereby Testifie and Declare, Henry Hollingsworth to be out of the Unity of thie meeting, and do disown him to be of our peac- able society and Christian Comunion Uotil hee Repent and acknowledg his said abuses to the satisfaction of this meeting, which that hee may so do is our true and Heartey desire."
Benjamin F. Johnson ...
Oct.
25, 1825.
William Martin
1,1807.
John Caldwell.
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At this meeting-house, on Eighth month 27, 1707, William Thomas, a Friend of Newtown, made ac- knowledgment, viz., “ Dear Friends, I happened to Goe to the Buriall of one of my neighbour's Chil- dren, one of the Separates, and one of them Going to prayer, I unadvisedly took off my hatt with them, which I acknowledge to be a Scandall to the truth which I make profession of, therefore am sorry for itt."
In 1727 a stone addition was made to the log build- ing, and in 1753 the old end, being the remains of the old original structure, was removed, and in its place a stone addition was made to the stone part erected in 1727, which now forms the present meeting-house.
On Friday, Jan. 14, 1831, a terrific snow-storm be- gan in Delaware County, continuing through all the next day (Saturday). The roads were blockaded al- most even with the fences. Court began on Monday, January 17th, but travel was so interrupted that Judge Darlington could not reach the county, and although Associate Judge Engle charged the grand jury, on account of the absence of witnesses and jurors very little was done, the court adjourning on Wednes- day afternoon. On the evening of Friday, January 14th, when the storm was raging, Jonathan Clayton and his cousin started from Chester to go home. "But that home they were never more to see. A person passing next morning between the Providence school-house and meeting-house was attacked by a dog. Perceiving something unusual in the manner of the animal, he was led to discover the body of a man, the face only of which was above the snow. The body was that of the unfortunate Jonathan Clayton." 1
Clayton was the second person in Nether Provi- dence of whom we have record that had died of ex- posure. On Saturday, Nov. 1, 1823, Nancy May, an intemperate woman, lay down by the roadside on Providence road, and was frozen to death.
Union Methodist Episcopal Church .- A class was organized in the neighborhood of Hinkson's Corners about 1812, which was composed of persons residing in Nether Providence and surrounding town- ships. On the 28th of January, 1813, a lot contain- ing eighty square perches of land, situate on the northwest side of a public road leading through Nether Providence to Edgmont great road, was pur- chased of Benjamin Houlston for one hundred and ten dollars. The trustees to whom the deed was made were William Palmer, of Aston; Edward Levis and William Coffman, of Springfield; Joseph Dicks and John Esray, of Nether Providence ; Christopher Sny- der and Rudolph Temple, of Springfield; Caspar Coffman, of Nether Providence; and William Morris, of Upper Providence. On this lot the congregation erected the present stone church, and in the burial- ground adjoining lie many of the early worshipers in the old sanctuary. On Saturday, Dec. 8, 1879, while
the sexton of the church was digging a grave in the cemetery of the church, the body of a new-born infant was exhumed, the remains having been placed in a common box, such as is used to pack canned goods, and deposited secretly in the graveyard. Considerable excitement was aroused in the neighborhood; an in- quest was held, but nothing further resulted from the investigation. A few years ago the old building was repaired and enlarged. The church was under the same charge with Mount Hope Church, and both were in Village Green Circuit. This church, with South Media Chapel, were erected as a station in March, 1877, and as a single station in 1878. The pastors from that time have been Revs. N. Turner, George Alcorn, and Albert Hood, who is the present pastor. The church has forty-eight members and a Sunday- school of sixty pupils, of which George W. Pastlett is superintendent.
Presbyterian Church at Todmorton .- In 1850 William T. Crook, of Crookville, erected a Presby- terian Church in that locality, for the convenience of the employés in his factory, then known as the Crook- ville Mills. The building, which cost ten thousand dollars, is seventy-five feet in length, forty feet in width, with a tower twelve feet square which rises to the height of eighty feet. In the belfry is a bell weighing seven hundred pounds. The lower floor is arranged for school-, lecture-, and reading-rooms. The church was dedicated Sept. 30, 1850, services being conducted on that occasion by the Rev. Dr. Mc- Dowell, of Philadelphia, and the Rev. N. Heston, of Chester. Soon after Rev. Jacob D. Dudley was called to the pastorate of the church, and remained in charge until 1855, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Robert Crawford, who was installed November 24th of that year. He remained for five years, since which time the church has been without a regular pastor. The Rev. Dr. James W. Dale, of Media, and other clergymen at various times conducted services in the church, but at the present time the building is not used for religious exercises.
Schools .- The first school of which any informa- tion has been obtained in Nether Providence was kept in a stone house erected on a lot at what is now Hinkson's Corners. The lot was purchased Feb. 10, 1810, of Benjamin Houlston. The inhabitants of the township selected Samuel Crosley, Seth Thomas, James Ham, Henry Forrest, and James Hinkson to act as trustees. To these trustees this lot of thirty- six square perches was granted in trust "for the use of a school by the name of a Union school and for no other use." This school was maintained under the direction of these trustees until April 26, 1841, when Henry Forrest, one of the original trustees, conveyed the property to the school directors of the township. In January, 1861, the property was trans- ferred by the directors to the school district, and at the same time the latter purchased thirty-six square perches of land adjoining. In June, 1866, the old
1 Hazard's Register, vol. vii. p. 248.
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house was torn down and the present school-house was built. In 1881 an addition was made to it. One of the early teachers was Caleb Peirce, a noted peda- gogue, who taught there in 1821.
In 1812, the Friends near what is now the borough of Media built a school-house on their land. School was continued there until Aug. 29, 1840, when a lot was purchased of Abel Green and a school-house erected, which is still standing, but is now in the borough of Media. When the schools were organ- ized in Media, in 1856, this house was used jointly for a short time, and finally came into possession of the borough, by whom it was sold to William F. Green, who converted it into a dwelling-house. On the 25th of July, 1857, the township, being without a school in that section, purchased the present fifty- five square perches of land of James C. Haswell, a part of the Henry Forrest property, and the present brick house was erected at Briggsville.
On Aug. 31, 1839, the residents in the lower part of the township petitioned for a school-house to be located in that section. The request was acceded to and the present school-house was erected. Dec. 17, 1840, a lot was purchased of Henry Sharpless at Pleasant Hill, on which a stone house was built and used until 1870, when a half-acre of land adjoining was purchased and the present stone school-house erec- ted, at a cost of three thousand one hundred dollars. In addition to the school-house mentioned is the one at Todmorton. After the property now known as Todmorton passed to the possession of William T. Crook, the number of persons employed there made it necessary that a school should be located in that neighborhood. The directors, however, refused to establish one, thereupon application was made to the Legislature, and the result was the act of April 9, 1849, which erected certain territory in Chester and Nether Providence township into a separate dis- trict by the title of Crookville School District. Wil- liam T. Crook had erected a Presbyterian Church at his mills and fitted a room in the lower story of the church as a school-room. A school has been main- tained there until the present time. After the mills came into possession of Samuel Bancroft the name of the district was changed to Todmorden.
During the first years this act went into effect the school directors of Nether Providence refused to rec- ognize it as valid, and still demanded payment to them of school taxes by the residents of Crookville. William T. Crook refused to pay, and five of his cows were destrained by the constable on a warrant issued by the directors of the township. A public meeting of the people of Crookville was held on Feb. 25, 1850, and a series of resolutions were adopted setting forth the facts, together with sarcastic resolutions, in which they announced their determination to bring suit against the school directors of Nether Providence for the " outrage," and finally declared that they " would not willingly let die to fame" those "illustrious
friends of education, the school directors of Nether Providence," and they therefore attached the names of the then directors. Finally, after legal proceed- ing, both criminal and civil, had been resorted to, the tempest wasted itself, but Crookville School District had come to stay.
After Simeon Lord rented the Avondale Mills, about 1847, the employés petitioned for a school-house at that locality. A stone building one story high was erected, and was used until after 1861, when it was abandoned, and is now in ruins. It is on the road in the hollow below the old paper- and snuff-mills on Ridley Creek.
About 1824, Isaac L. Weaver was a teacher at the Friends' school-house. William L. Green and Davis Garrett were pupils there. Mr. Green says his first recollection of the school is that on his first day he fell asleep, and rolled off the seat to the floor. Davis Garrett, on going home from his first day, told his people he was not going there any more, the teacher had no milk and did not keep a cow.
The township elected trustees under the act of 1804 for many years. The only record, however, occurs March 18, 1825, when John Richards, Abel Green, and Henry Sharpless were elected. After the enact- ment of the public school law, in 1834, the court ap- pointed as school inspectors Eli D. Peirce and Charles M. Leiper to act until the school directors were chosen at the election in September of that year. The first meeting of the board of directors after the elec- tion took place on the 27th day of September, 1834.
A meeting of citizens of Nether Providence was held Eleventh month 20, 1834, at the house of Isaac Hall, to vote on the question of raising funds in addi- tion to that appropriated by the school delegate at the county meeting. The money received that year by the township from the State and county appropriations amounted to $767.39. The public schools iu Nether Providence were not opened until 1836, the board of directors, at a meeting held Sixth month 4, 1836, de- ciding that the schools should begin on the " 2nd day, the 13th of the present month." The first teacher employed to preside over the Union School was Wil- liam Ogden, his salary being seveuty-five dollars per quarter. On Fourth month 29, 1837, the board of directors agree that Richard Worrall should continue to teach at the Upper School (Green's), and Lydia Burchell at the Union School. The latter, however, in about a month resigned, and Samuel Erskine was appointed in her stead.
The following is a list of school directors since 1840, as obtained from the records at Media :
1840, Cyrus Lewis, Jamee Riddle ; 1842, Jacob Byre, Sr., Alvin H. Par- ker ; 1843, George W. Rigby, James Dicke; 1844, Jooathan Vernon, Henry Sharpless ; 1845, Jamee Riddle, Jacob Byre ; 1846, Eli Rigby, Robert Watkins; 1847, Jonathan Vernon, Henry Sharplese; 1848, Seth C. Thomas, William G. Vernon ; 1849, Jonathan Vernon, Thomas T. Williams; 1850, C. R. Williamson, Eli D. Pierce; 1851, Washiog- ton James, Ezekiel Loveland; 1842, John Eves, George G. Fell; 1853, William H. Lane, George Sharpless; 1854, W. H. Lane, Elton
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Levis; 1855, Jobn Eves, Edward Mokio; 1856, George Sharpless, Robert Wetkios; 1857, Elboo Levis, Thomas I. Leiper, Henry F. Esrey, Edward L. Thomas; 1858, Edward Sharpless, C. D. Pierce; 1859, Jobn Sharplese, William L. Green ; 1860, E. L. Thomas, John Lord; 1861, John H. Miller, Jesse W. Byre; 1862, John Sharplees, Jacob Hibberd; 1863, E. L. Thomas, Caleb Pierce; 1864, William H. Howard, William H. Osborn ; 1865, John C. Lindsay. Thomas J. Leiper; 1866, John C. Lindsay, John H. Miller; 1867, William Os- horne, Robert Watkins; 1868, Jacob Byre, Washington James; 1869, George Sharpless, John H. Miller; 1870, Thomas S. Armstrong, William H. Osborne; 1871, George Sharpless, W. James ; 1872, Abram Ward, Thomas Palmer ; 1873, Charles Leiper, John Lindsay ; 1874, George E. Howard, William H. Osborne; 1875, George W. Rigby, Abram Ward; 1876, Jacob Hibberd, George Sharpless; 1877, William Osborne, Samuel C. Lewis; 1878, Thomas Palmer, George C. Howard; 1879, T. J. Osborne, George Sharpless; 1880, William C. Burk, Jacob Hibberd ; 1881, George C. Howard, Thomas Palmer; 1882, George Sharpless, Jobo Wood; 1883, John I). White, Jacob Hibberd; 1884, Thomas Palmer, Isaac Miller.
The following are the names of school directors for the Todmorton School District :
1850, William T. Crook, Robert Buck, James W. Dale, William Lees, William Turner, Jr., Nathan Chadwick ; 1851, Robert Hall, James Onrey, Elisha Gordoo ; 1852, Jacob D. Dudley, Thomas Crompton, James E. Holt; 1853, no report ; 1854 to 1858, no report.
Todmorton District (Independent).
1859, Samuel Bancroft, William Turner, Timothy Dawson, Peter Bar- bour, Alexander McBride, Benjamin Lord ; 1860, Thomas Cohill, Beojamio Lord; 1861, Peter Barbour, Charles E. Bourne; 1862, William Turner, Samuel Bancroft, William Carney ; 1863, Samuel Bancroft, Jeremiah Craner, Timothy Dawson; 1864, Peter Barlow, Charles E. Bourne; 1865, Jobn Hibbets, William Turner, Reuben Allen ; 1866, Samuel Bancroft, John Hibbets, James Redmond, Walter Griodrod ; 1867, Joseph Richards, George Latch ; 1868, Ren- ben Allen, William Turner; 1869, Samuel Bancroft, Joho Lawton; 1870, George Latch, John Hibbets; 1871, no report; 1872, Samuel Bancroft, Charles Speed, Robert Cunoiogbam ; 1873, William Mille- ner, Joho Dolin, M. Martin; 1874, Samuel Thomas, Frederick Hey- don, Thomas Canning; 1875, no report ; 1876, Samuel Bancroft, James Hamilton, Mory Lane, George Latch; 1877, Hugh McMur- tie, Frederick Heydom, Samuel Thomas; 1878, Samuel Bancroft, Michael J. McMullen, Alexander Wilson; 1879, John Conway, Alex- ander Wilson ; 1880, Samuel T. Thomas, Frederick Heydom, Thomas R. Nichole; 1881, George Dempster, Christian Woefel, William Buck- ley ; 1882, Samuel Bancroft, William Buckley ; 1883, A. Clegg, John Wilson; 1884, no report.
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