History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 176

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534

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Harmer Ilill, or Greenwood Summit, is situated at the intersection of the Limekiln pike, Willow Grove and Germantown pike and the Church road. It con- tains a store and fourteen houses. The Audenried Public School-house is a fine two-story brick building, erected in 1878. It contains three schools, of which Mary Thompson is principal. The Methodist Epis- eopal Church at Harmer Hill, a one-story stone edifice, thirty-two by forty-four feet, was built in 1851. Services were held by preachers on the circuit until 1868-69, when the Rev. J. W. Hoskins was placed in charge of this church and Jarrettown. He was succeeded in 1870 by Abel Howard ; 1871, W. L. Me- Dowell ; 1872-73, R. Turuer; 1874-75, J. H. Brittan; 1883, T. C. Pearson ; 1884, G. S. Schaffer. The ground attached contains about half an acre. On the tomb- stoues are found the names of Coar, Sines, Harvey, Liggett, Biekley, Mitchell, Harmer, Gourley, Gnillian,

Wentz, Heist, Sands, Mennich, Mercer, Burns, Megaw, Harper and Bolton. Camptown is a village of recent origin, on the Philadelphia line, about a quarter of a mile northwest of the York road. Here, in the late Rebellion, was Camp Wagner, established for colored recruits, from whence the present name. The census of 1880 gives it two hundred and six inhabitants. It contains above thirty houses and a school-house.

There is no doubt but what this township received its name through Toby Leech, one of the earliest land-holders and settlers here, and a man of consider- able influence. On his tombstone at Oxford t'hurch is found the statement that he "came from Chel- tenham, in Gloucestershire, England, in the year 1682," which is a matter for confirmation. There is reason to believe that there is no district in the county which was named as early as this or had earlier surveys made to purchasers. We know from records that Thomas Fairman, on the 1st of Seventh Month, 1683, surveyed for Patrick Robinson two hundred acres of land adjoining Richard Wall, by Tacony Creek ; they state that "this tract of land is in the parish of Chel- tenham." The name is also mentioned the 3d of Eleventh Month of said year in the records of Abington Meeting. From these references we learn that Richard Wall's purchase had been made still earlier, and was located in the vicinity of the present Shoemaker- town. He also came from tiloncestershire, and arrived here the 26th of Fourth Month, 1682, and probably in the same vessel with Toby Leech ; they may have known each other in England. It was at his house that the Society of Friends worshiped as early as De- cember, 1683, and from which, several years after, grew Abington Monthly Meeting. He died in the spring of 1689 and was buried in Philadelphia. In early records he is variously called Wall, Waln and even Worrell, but the latter appears to be a distinct name. Richard Worrell was an early setfler in toxford, and besides, we have Richard Wall, Sr., and Richard Wall, Jr., and the result is that these names are often con- founded. We are inclined to believe in this case that the name should be Wall. The Walus were an early family in Bucks County, but never numerous.

According to Holme's map of original surveys, the first land-holders, beginning at the southeast end, ad- joining the Philadelphia line, were John West, Nehe- miah Mitchell, John Day, William Brown, Everard Bolton, John Ashmead, Toby Leech, Richard Wall, Patrick Robinson, John Russel, William Frampton, Mary Jefferson and Thomas Philips. All these tracts are denoted thereon as extending across the full breadth of the township, five hundred and twenty-six perches. Patrick Robinson's tract lay a short dis- tance west of Shoemakertown. John Russel's purchase of three hundred acres came next, which was surveyed by the surveyor-general's order 30th of Sixth Month, 1683, and the patent given 16th of Fifth Month, 1684, signed by William Penn. He married Mary Woodward 5th of Twelfth Month, 1683, and died in

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1698. Joseph Phipps, as assessor of Cheltenham, returned the following list of taxables in 1693: Humphrey Waterman, Edmund McVaugh, Samuel Voss, Thomas Terwood, Philip Hill, John Iramonger, Humphrey Morrow, Samuel Carl, John Roberts, John Barnes, Thomas Canby, William Routledge, Joseph Phipps, Sr., Joseph Phipps, Jr., Richard Wall, Tobias Leeeh, George Shoemaker, Thomas Whitton, Jonas Potts, Edward Eaton and John Russel.

Joseph Mather came from Bolton, Lancashire, as one of the servants of Phineas Pemberton, who set- tled in Eleventh Month, 1682, in Falls township, Bueks Co. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Russel, of Cheltenham, 8th of Sixth Month, 1697. The marriage took place at the house of Richard Wall. Among those present who signed as witnesses were John Russel, Samuel Richardson, Henry Baker, Phineas Pemberton, Richard Wall, William Gabitas, Evan Morris, John Goodson, John Jones, Isaac Norris. Samuel Carte, Everard Bolton and others. By the death of John Russel in the following year, his tract thus came into this family, Richard Mather, son of Joseph, in 1734 still holding the said three hundred aeres. In 1720, Joseph Mather proceeded on a visit to England to attend to some business matters, on which occasion the meeting furnished him with a very favorable certificate. He died in Cheltenham in 1724, his widow administering to the estate. She was a minister in Abington Particular Meeting, and died in Ninth Month, 1730. A portion of the original tract, containing ninety-four acres, is still in the family, now the estate of Thomas T. Mather, adjoin- ing the Philadelphia line, while Isaac Mather holds the upper portion at Jenkintown. Portions of this tract are also now owned by Thomas Miller, Town- send Sharpless, Edward Starr, Henry Lippincott, Joshua W. Lippincott, John Wanamaker and several others. The Ogontz Seminary for young ladies, the Cheltenham Academy for boys, conducted by Rev. S. Clement, and Chelten Hills Station are also located on the tract. In the township assessment for 1776, Richard Mather is mentioned as holding one hundred and twenty acres; Bartholemew Mather, ninety-three acres; and Benjamin Mather, as a single man, Rich-

ard Mather was one of the parties in building the first grist mill at Shoemakertown in 1747. Isaac Mather erected the mill at the present Chelten Hills Station in 1769. Richard and Bartholomew Mather built about said time a grist and saw-mill on the stream erossing Washington Lane, now the Ogontz property. The latter have been removed for some time.

Toby Leech was probably one of the earliest settlers of the township, havingcome from Cheltenham, in Glou- cestershire, in 1682, and soon after this date made a pur- chase of six hundred and four aeres, making his resi- dence on the Taeony Creek, a short distance above where is now Myers & Ervien's fork-factory, where he erected a grist-mill and conducted a tannery. He was a prominent man in his day, of whom heretotore

very little has been published. A road was laid out from his place to Germantown before the spring of 1704, thus showing already some travel in that direc- tion. In November, 1711, he was one of the twelve jurors in laying out the old York road from the present Centre Bridge, on the river Delaware, through the pres- ent Shoemakertown, to the intersection of Fourth and Vine Streets, Philadelphia. He was one of the county commissioners in 1718, which office he held for several years. He died November 13, 1726, aged seventy-four years, and his wife, Hester, the 11th of August previous, aged sixty-six years. Both were buried beneath one stone in Trinity Churchyard, Oxford. At their arrival they must have been aged, respectively, thirty and twenty-two years. His old mansion is still standing, and is now the property of John Thompson, As may be expected, at this period it presents a unique and venerable appearance. It is of stone, two stories high, forty-two feet long and from twenty-four to thirty-six feet in width. The heavy oak balustrades of the stair- way and the singular architecture of the arched en- trance leading from the hall into the parlor impress one with their appearance of antiquity. Tradition says that Mr. Leech carried on here, from the flour of his mill, the manufacture of sea biscuits, which were hauled to the city and sold to shippers. Traces of the old oven are still pointed out.

In the list of 1734 we find, among those holding lands in Cheltenham, Isaac Leech, three hundred and fifty, Jacob Leech, two hundred and thirty, and Widow Leeeh, one hundred aeres, The first two were sons of Toby Leech, and the latter probably a son's wife. The first-named was assessor of the township in 1724, and county commissioner in 1727. John Leech was as- sessor in 1720. Jacob Leech was a township collector in 1727, a vestryman of Trinity Church and the owner of a mill on the Tacony Creek, and died January 28, 1750-71, aged fifty-seven years. Eleanor, his widow, who had a son Jacob Leech, administered to his estate. There was a Thomas Leech clerk of the Assembly from 1723 to 1727, and a trustee of the loan office, in 1743. Isaac Leech was appointed one of the justices of the County Courts April 4, 1741, and was Speaker of the Assembly in the years 1756. 1758 and 1759. In the Cheltenham assessment for 1776 we find the names of Jacob Leech holding one hundred and sixty-eight acres; Samuel Leech, one hundred and seventy acres ; and of Isaac Leech, who became a meni- ber of Hatboro' Library Company in 1768. Thomas Leech, who was assessed in Abington for one hundred acres in 1780, was the father-in-law of Hon. N. B. Boileau of Hatboro', whose only son was called Thomas Leech Boileau. On Hill's map of the " Environs of Philadel- phia," published in 1809, "S. Leech" is represented as holding, on the east side of the York road, in this township, one hundred and ninety-three acres, and "J. Leech " a smaller tract on the west side. The lands of the former have become divided ; portions are now owned by R. J. Dobbins, E. M. Davis, J.

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Cooke, Jr., John Thompson, William Birchell's estate, and the greater portion of Ashbourne is located on them. Descendants of the family are still found in the township and its vicinity.

George Shoemaker, the ancestor of the family, came from Creisheim, in the Palatinate, where he had em- braced the religions views of the Quakers. Meeting with perseention there, at the invitation of William Penn he resolved to come to Pennsylvania. He em- barked in England on the ship " Jeffries," Thomas Arnold, master, with Sarah, his wife, and children, George, aged 23 years; Abraham, 19; Barbara, 20; Isaac, 17 ; Susanna, 13 ; Elizabeth, 11, and Benjamin, 10. To the great misfortune of the family, he died on the voyage, and was buried at sea. The vessel arrived here with the rest of the family the 20th of First Month, 1686. It appears that they first settled in or near Germantown. George Shoemaker, the eldest son aforesaid, married Sarah Wall, the 14th of Twelfth Month, 1694, at the house of Richard Wall, who was probably her brother, which may account for his set- tling in Cheltenham, and how he came in possession of his land. He is, however, mentioned here as a tax- able in 1693. We know that in November, 1711, he was one of the jurors in the laying out of the York 10ad, in the report of which it is stated as passing di- rectly by his house. He had six children,-Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Elizabeth, George and Richard. Jacob Showmaker is mentioned in 1714 as having three children. - Thomas, Jacob and Susanna. In 1734 we fukl, il C'helfenhan, George Shoemaker mentioned as holding one hundred acres, and Isaae twenty acres. The latter was a blacksmith by occupation, and hus- band of Dorothy, who died before 1747. In the as- sessment for 1775, George Shoemaker, mason, is rated for ninety acres; Benjamin Shoemaker, ninety-three ; John Shoemaker, sixty ; William Shoemaker, fifty-five acres; and Thomas Shoemaker, a single man. William Shoemaker, died in Shoemakertown June 8, 1804, aged eighty-two years. Robert Shoemaker, the well-known druggist of Philadelphia, who resides in the vicinity, is the sixth in descent from George Shoe- maker, the original settler at Shoemakertown.

The population of Cheltenham had soincreased by 1734 that it contained at that time twenty-three resi- ilent landlords and tenants, whose names were as follows: Isaac Leech, 350 acres; Jacob Leech, 230; Richard Mather, 300; George Shoemaker, 100; Isaae Shoemaker, 20; George Herman, 50; Baltus Acron, 50; John Williams, 200; John Williams, Jr., 200; John Duel, 100; William Spencer, 100; Rees Potts, 70; Richard Murray, 250; David Fulton, 100; Thomas Carval, 100; John Thomas, 100; Thomas Jones, 100; Philip Gregg, 150 ; David Perry, 100; Widow Leech, 100; Richard Martin, Edward Collins, 150; and Josiah Wood, 30 acres. Descendants of the name of Shoema- ker, Mather, Williams, Herman, Spencer, Thomas and Jones still hold land in the township. William Howell by patent in 1707, took up 779 acres which lay on the

Church road, east of the Limekiln pike. In 1709 he left by will his plantation of 400 acres to his wife, Mary. A portion of this estate afterwards came into the possession of HIon. Joel K. Mann, who resided on it till his death in 1857.

A short distance northwest of the present village of Harmer Hill, on the Church road, was located what was long known as "Twickenham Farm," the country- seat of Thomas Wharton, Jr., of Philadelphia. He had purchased it some time before the Revolution, and had so improved it that it was considered at the time one of the finest properties in the township. Mr. Wharton was born in the city in 1735. His first wife was Susan, daughter of Thomas Lloyd. After her death he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Fish- bourne. He was a warm supporter of the Revolution, was elected president of the Supreme Executive Conneil March 5, 1777, which position he retained until his death, May 23, 1778. He was buried at Lancaster with military honors. In November follow ing, Twickenham was advertised at public sale, con taining two hundred and twenty-five acres, of which one hundred were woodland and twelve meadow bounded by lands of Jacob Funk, Christopher Ottin ger and others. The greater portion of the lands was purchased by Isaac Potts, who made it his permenent home. In 1803, while preaching in Germantown Meeting, he died suddenly. His executors, Samuel Potts, his son, who resided thereon, and Jacob Raul, in the fall of said year, advertised it at private sale, de- scribed as containing two hundred acres, fifty-five of woodland and fourteen of meadow. "The barn with stabling for thirty head of stock, and the house of stone with four rooms on each story." We can per- ceive that even at this date large barns were some- times built.

Colonel Samuel Miles, of the Revolutionary army resided near Spring Mill, in Whitemarsh, for several years. He was elected a member of the First City Troop in 1783, and became its captain in 1786, which position he held until 1791, when he resigned. In 1792 he purchased a farm in this township, about half a mile southwest of the present village of Cheltenham, where he continued his residence until his death. On this property he had a slitting-mill, which has now entirely disappeared. Colonel Miles was an enter- prising man, and purchased a tract of several thousand aeres near Bellefonte, on which he erected a furnace carried on by two of his sons. He laid out on his land the town of Milesboro', which thus received its name. In February, 1805, he was appointed one of the trustees of Norristown Academy, and in October, 1805, elected one of the members of Assembly from this county. During the session at Lancaster he was taken with illness, which induced him to hasten home, where he died December 29, 1805, aged nearly sixty-six years. His farm is now occupied by John Emery, and contains one hundred and seventy-six acres, the Tacony Creek flowing through it nearly

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three-fourths of a mile. His will was made in 1805, appointing his son, Joseph Miles, and son-in-law,

SAMUEL MILES.

Joseph B. MeKean, executors, devising his Chelt- enham property to his daughter, Mary Miles.

Captain Robert Coltman, of the Revolutionary army, owned and resided on a farm of forty-five acres, now comprised in the Ogontz property, where he died in 1816. He entered the Fourth Battalion of Artillery,

Before 1704 a road had been laid out from Toby Leech's residence to Germantown, which was com- plained of by Thomas Godfrey because it divided his land inconveniently. The Limekiln road is men- tioned, and bore this name before 1716. A road was opened from the York road by way of Abington Meet- commanded by Colonel Thomas Procter, February 5, ing-house to Jacob Leech's mill, now Myers & Er- 1777, and was appointed to a lieutenancy the follow- ing March 14th. For meritorious services he was pro- moted to the rank of captain March 3, 1779. His great-grandson, Dr. Robert Coltman, of Jenkintown, possesses his portrait in oil, and his badge and certifi- cate of the Society of Cincinnati.

Among the noted men of Cheltenham should be mentioned Richard T. Leech, a descendant of an early family here. The names of his parents we cannot give, nor very little else outside of his public life. He was one of the founders of Abington Library, at Jen- kintown, February 19, 1803, and one of its incorpora- tors in 1805. He subsequently became one of its direetors, in which office he was continued for several years. About this time he was also elected one of the county commissioners. In October, 1809, he was elected to the Assembly, and was returned for several years. General Andrew Porter, of this county, having been appointed surveyor-general May 10, 1809, re- ! tained the position until his death, November 16, 1813, when Governor Snyder appointed Mr. Leech his successor the following December 7th. Mr. Leech con- tinued in this office until February 13, 1818, when he was succeeded by Jacob Spangler. He afterwards re- moved to Pittsburgh, where he died August 26, 1850, aged seventy-five years.

Among those who attained longevity in Chelten- ham may be mentioned Catharine Gill, who died February 24, 1808, at the advanced age of one hun- dred and one years. Benjamin Hallowell, the dis- tinguished teacher of Alexandria, Va., was born in this township in 1799. His parents were Anthony W.and Jane Hallowell. His mother was a daughter of Benjamin Shoemaker, of Shoemakertown, near which they resided. Mr. Hallowell died September 7, 1877, aged seventy-eight years, after a life of great usefulness. He was induced by his descendants to write an auto- biography within a few years of his death, which was published in 1883. Lucretia Mott, widely known as a moral reformer and minister among Friends, resided on the York road, near the city line, where she died November 11, 1880, aged eighty-eight years. Ogontz, the country-seat of Jay Cooke has, since October, 1883, been converted into a young ladies' seminary, in charge of the Misses Bonney, Dillaye, Bennett and Eastman, of Philadelphia. John Wanamaker resides on the York road, adjoining the Abington line. Nu- merous country-seats are to be found through Chelten- ham, for which its rolling surface, fine thrifty wood- lands and lasting springs of water cause it to be excellently adapted, favored as it is with unusual rail- road facilities to the city.

vien's fork-factory, on the Tacony Creek, in 1751.

The Church road is an important highway in this township, extending through the central part in its whole length. It was laid out in September, 1734, from Oxford Church to St. Thomas' Church, White- marsh ; hence the name. The township book com- mences in 1767, the road expenses for said year being £23 198. 6d.

It may appear strange to state now that for many years, down to 1850, the elections of this township were held at the village of Abington, in an adjoin- ing township. In that year an act of Assembly was passed making it a separate district and ordering the elections to be held at Shoemakertown. By an order of court, confirmed June 5, 1882, the township was divided into two election districts, to be called East and West Cheltenham; the elections of the former to be held at the public school-house in AAshbourne, and of the latter at Audenried Public School-house, Harmer Hill. In November, 1884, both were held in Shoemakertown.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church .- Services having been held for several years at private residences and a Sunday-school organized, it became apparent that efforts should now be made for the erection of a church. The first meeting for this purpose was held

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June 23, 1860, at which were present residents of Chelten Hills and vicinity, and on which occasion a fair amount was subscribed. A resolution was adopted that the church should be built at the intersection of the old York road and Cheltenham Avenue. A ves- try was elected, consisting of John W. Thomas, Jay Cooke, J. F. Penistan, Win. C. Houston, John Biard, Robert Shoemaker, Win. G. Moorhead, Frederick Fraley, H. P. Birchall, Isaac Starr, Jr., George C. Thomas and Win. Elliott.

Such was the success attending the enterprise that at the second meeting, convened August 27, 1860, the bishop of the diocese, Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, was requested to lay the corner-stone, September 3, 1860. Addresses were delivered on the occasion by Rev. William Bacon Stevens and the Rev. Richard New- ton. The Rev. Robert J. Parvin was elected the first rector April 19, 1861. The church was consecrated the following May 16th by the bishop, rector and the Revs. Charles D. Cooper, Benjamin Watson, D. C. Millitt, J. W. Cracraft and O. B. Keith. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Newton, rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia. The church was now opened for regular services. On March 28, 1864, plans for a new building for the Sunday-school and library were submitted to the vestry, and its erection was decided upon. A new organ was placed in the church in 1866.

Mr. Parvin having been elected general secretary of the Evangelical Educational Society, December 26th of this year, resigned the rectorship after a min- istry of more than five and a half years, to take effect January 1, 1867. About two years later he perished in a terrible steamboat disaster on the Ohio River. The present incumbent, Rev. Edward W. Appleton, was elected to the rectorship JJune 19, 1867, and eu- tered on its duties the 30th of said month. The con- gregation worshiped in their enlarged church the first time February 23, 1868, Bishop Lee, of Iowa, preaching the sermon. The improvements to the church cost more than seven thousand dollars. In the same year the rectory was completed, also a large and commodious hall, intended for the use of the Young Men's Bible Class, and a sexton's house adjoin- ing being the gift of two of the vestry.

The tower of the church was commenced in 1869 and finished the following year. A portion of the grounds in the rear of the edifice were now set apart for burial purposes. In the autumn of 1879 a large and admirable organ, built by Roosevelt, of New York, was placed in the church. For this improvement, as well as the tower and clock, the parish is indebted to the younger members of the congregation. During Dr. Appleton's rectorate to November, 1881, exclusive of pew-rents, the handsome sum of one hundred and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. thirty-six thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars has been contributed by the members for religious JOHN J. WILLIAMS. and benevolent purposes. During that period two John Williams, the great-grandfather of the subject hundred and forty three infants and seventy adults | of this biographical sketch, born in 1670, was a resi-

were baptized, one hundred and ninety-seven con- firmed, sixty-three married, and there were one hun- dred and twenty-one interments in the burial-ground.

The church is a handsome, commodious and sub- stantial one-story Gothic edifice, of stone, with stained- glass windows and slate roof. The tower is square, above seventy feet in height, with a clock and chime of ten bells; the latter presented by Mrs. John W. Thomas, December 9, 1882. A transept on the south side of the church was completed in February, 1883, built at the expense of Charles B. Wright, Esq. Other substantial improvements have also been lately made, costing two thousand five hundred dollars. The rec- tory adjoining is a fair-sized two-story building. The grounds comprise about five acres ; they are neatly laid out, and the buildings modeled after the most approved architectural designs.

ASSESSMENT OF CHELTENHAM FOR 1776.

Bartholomew Mather, assessor, and l'eter Rush, collector.

George Shoemaker, 93 acres, 4 horses and 5 cows ; Benjamin Shoema- ker, 93 a., 2h., 5 c., 22 acres in Horsham ; George Abercost, 1 c., 10 chil- dren ; Hugh Hugh, 34 a. ; William Shoemaker, 55 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; David HIarmer, 1 h. ; Richard Mather, 120 a., ] servant, 4 h., & c., 1g saw-mill, 1 f grist-mill ; Bartholomew Mather, 93 a., 3 h., 4 c., 12 saw-mill, 12 grist- mill ; lsaac Cleaver, 95 a., 3 h., 3 c .; George Carr, 7 a., 1 c .; John Stump; John Goodwin, cordwainer, 1 c. ; Samuel Leech, 170 a., 3 h., 5 c. ; Stephen Ilall, 1 b., 4 c .; John Mclaughlin, 60 a., 3 h., 2 c. ; Anthony Williams, Jr., 200 a., 1 servant, 3 h., 6 c .; Jeremiah Lap ; Jacob l'iper ; John Miller, cordwainer, 40 a., 2 h., 1 c. ; Jacob Miller, 200 a., 3 servants, 4 h., 5 c. ; Jacob Nase, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Baltus Ernst, -bri a., 2 h., 3 c. ; John Harry, 57 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Ilenry Fetter, 2 h., 3 c. ; Christian ('ress, 65 a., 2 h., 3 c. : Jacob Fuuk, 160 a., 5 h., &c .; Jacob Strank ; John Slingluff, 10 a., 1 h., 1 c., aged ; Henry Slingluff, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c., aged ; Henry Slingluff, Jr. ; Charles Long ; Valentine Puff, 2 h., 2 c. ; William Stevens, I h. ; Caspar Martin, mason, 80 a., 2 h., 1c. ; Amos Thomas, 64 a., 3 h., 2 c .; William Leedom, 116 a., 3b., 4 c. ; John Lap, 1 c. ; John Webster, 120 a., 2 h., 1 c .; James Gold, 16 a., 1 c .; Richard Roh, 1 c .; Nathan Williams ; Thomas Martin ; Jacob Mc Vaugh ; Enoch Thomas, 94 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Matthew Hague, 1 h., 1c. ; Edward Kennedy ; Jacob Leech, 168 a., 2 servants, 3 h., 4 c .; Fred. Emerich, 2 h., 5 c. ; John Emerich : Isaac Leech ; John Updyke, 1 c .; William Burk ; Peter Rush, 86 a., 1 servant, fulling-mill, 3 h., 4 c. ; John Thompson, 60 a., 2 h., 3c. ; Mary Hopple, widow, 100 a., 3h., 2 c. ; Ulrich Rouner, 20 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; Isaac Bowdeman, 1 c .; John Ilallowell, miller, I h., 2 c. ; William Thompson, 53 a., 2 b., 3 c. ; Joseph Linn, 84 a., I negru, 1 h., 4 c. ; Patrick McGargey, 1 h., 2 c. ; Jacob Mier, 70 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; Matthew Ray, 3 h., 5 c. ; Peter Taylor, carpenter, 60 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Willian: Mc- Gargey, 60 a., 1 h., 3 c. ; John Smith ; Frederick Altemus, 72 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Henry Child, 3 h., 4 c. ; Isaac Jones, 116 a., 3 h., 4 c .; Jacob Gier, 2 c. ; John Vandyke, 1 c .; George Dilker, weaver, 2 h., 2 c. ; Samuel Jones, 50 a. ; Jonathan Jones, 2 h. ; John Young, 3h., 4 c. ; Henry Young; William Hallowell, 100 a., 2h., 5 c., grist and saw-mill ; Richard Martin, tanner, 46 a., and tanyard, 1 servant, 1 negro, 3 h., 3 c. ; Samuel MIc- Elhoes, 1 c. ; Henry Love ; John Shoemaker, 60 a., 1 servant, 9 h., 6 c., grist-mill, 34 of a grist-mill, 50 a., and house ; Daniel Foy ; Solomon Williams, 1 c. Single Men,-Benjamin Mather, William Gilman, Sanı- nel Grimes, Thomas Kennedy, Lawrence Relf, John Rob, Abraham Kennard, William Hawkins, Samnel Crosby, Jesse Thompson, John Hlase, John McGargey, John - Child, Thomas Jones, William Jeans, Thomas Shoemaker, Samuel Butler.

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 176

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1534

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534