History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 199

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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26, 1885, to Robert Comly, of Horsham township. George Geatrell, the father of Thomas B., died in 1878. His mother, Ann Geatrefl, is still living. at the advanced age of eighty-four years, and to a re- markable degree retains all her faculties. They were the parents of three children,-Thomas B., Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth is the mother of George Hoover, a prominent lawyer of Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa.

LUKENS PAUL.

Lukens Paul is a grandson of Joseph Paul, who was born Seventh Month 27, 1739, and died Third Month 13, 1799. His wife, Hannah Paul, was born Eighth Month 3, 1744, and died Twelfth Month 14, 1802. They lived for many years on the farm now owned by Joseph Paul, in Bucks County, about half a mile from what is now known as Davis Grove Post-Office, in Horsham township, Montgomery Co. Of their early life, or the influence they exerted in monlding and fashioning the course pursued by the gener- ations that have followed them, we can only judge by the fruit grown from the original stock, which is honest, industrious and law-abiding in every sense of the word.

The children of Joseph and Hannah Paul were Sarah, born Fifth Month 7, 1771, and died Eighth Month 4, 1812; Sidnea, born Second Month 4, 1773; Joshua, born Sixth Month 3, 1774; Hannah, horn Sixth Month 21, 1781; and Yeamans Panl, born Fourth Month 5, 1783, and died Ninth Month 10, 7, 1872, aged thirty-nine years, ten months and ten 1837.

Yeamans Paul, the youngest child of Joseph and Hannah, was born on the farm adjoining the one above alluded to, now owned by Joseph Paul, where he spent his days, and where his children were born. His wife was Susan Lukens, who was born Seventh Month 18, 1791, and died Fourth Month 27, 1869. Their children were Lukens Paul, the subject of this sketch, who was born Third Month 27, 1813, and Joseph Paul, born Second Month 1, 1817, and died when in his thirty-fourth year.

The farm on which Lukens Panl was born, adjoin- ing Joseph Paul's, is a part of an original tract which contained four hundred and fifty or five hun- dred acres; the farm, however, is now held by Eliza- beth Ivins.

It was on that farm that Mr. Lukens Paul spent his early life, or until he was twenty-six years of age, when he married Hannah S., daughter of Joseph S. and Susanna P. Lukens, First Month 31, 1839. He then purchased the farm of one hundred and three acres formerly owned by his maternal grandfather, Azor Lukens, and at once settled down to the busi- ness of a farmer, and thus continued for a period of twenty-eight years to be a faithful, honest, industrious tiller of the soil, which yielded abundantly under his skillful management, and in dne time brought him a sufficiency of this world's goods that enabled him, in

1867, to retire from the active duties of an agricultur- ist, and now resides upon his fifteen-acre lot, where, with his wife, he enjoys the comforts and blessings with which they are surrounded and encouraged in their journey to the golden gates of the great future. Mr. Paul has never held or sought any office of a political character, yet is honored with a seat in the board of directors of Farmers' Hay-Market Asso- ciation, Seventh and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia.

The children of Lukens and Hannah S. Paul are Elwood Panl, horn Seventh Month 30, 1840, married Tenth Month 24, 1867, Martha Ellen Shoemaker. The result of this union has been two children, Harry Elwood and Bertha H.

Isabella Paul, born Tenth Month 14, 1845, married, Fourth Month 8, 1869, to Oliver P. Knight. Their children are L. Paul Knight, born Seventh Month 16, 1870; Joseph Elwood Knight, born Ninth Month 18, 1876.

Joseph S. Lukens, father of Mr. Lnkens Paul, was born First Month 21, 1786, and died Fifth Month 25, 1875. His wife, Susanna P. Lukens, died Tenth Month 4, 1872, aged seventy-five years and twenty- one days.

Their children are Isaiah ; Hannah S., wife of Lukens Paul, born Third Month 14, 1819 ; Joshua P .; Sidnea A. ; Jervis S., died First Month 21, 1861. aged thirty-two years, three months, eight days. His wife, Ann P. Lukens, died Second Month 18, 1858, aged thirty-four years. Sarah Lukens died Eighth Month days, unmarried.

CHAPTER LIX.

LIMERICK TOWNSHIP. I

THIS township is bounded on the northeast by Frederick, southeast by Perkiomen and Upper Prov- idence, south by the borough of Royer's Ford, south- west by the river Schuylkill, west by Pottsgrove and northwest by New Hanover. It is of regular form, its greatest length being nearly five miles and its breadth four and a half, with an area of ahout fourteen thou- sand acces, and, excepting New Ilanover and Lower Merion, it is the largest township in the county. The borough of Royer's Ford, incorporated June 14, 1879, was wholly taken from this township, and has in con- sequence reduced its territory and population. The surface is rolling and in its northern part hilly, where the highest elevation is called Stone Hili. For about the distance of a mile and a half along the Schuyl- kill, betweeen Royer's Ford and Limerick Station, there are quite steep hills rising immediately from

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the water's edge to a height of from sixty to one hun- dred feet, which are covered principally with small pines and bushes. Within this distance are extensive quarries of hard red sandstone, the stratification of which will admit of being taken out in huge square blocks. From Limerick Station up the river for more than a mile the land recedes quite gradually. The soil along the Schuylkill is fertile and productive, but the remainder is a stiff clay. Although among the largest townships in extent, its streams are so weak that they only furnish power to propel a saw-mill. Mingo Creek has its rise near Limerick Square, and after a course of four miles turns into Upper Providence. Lodle and Mine Creeks have also their sources in this township. Swamp Creek passes for nearly a mile through the north corner. There are several smaller streams, which, in consequence of being easily affected by drought, are of little account.

Limerick in 1741 contained 58 taxables; in 1828 315; and in 1882, 646. According to the census of 1800, it contained 999 inhabitants ; in 1840, 1786 ; and in 1880, 2365. In 1882 the real estate and personal property was rated at $1,461,545, making the average per taxable $2262. The Reading Railroad traverses the township its entire breadth on the Schuylkill, a distance of about five miles, on which is Royer's Ford and Limerick Station. The Reading turnpike crosses for five miles through its centre, and the Limerick and Colebrookdale pike about three miles. The former improvement was completed in 1815 and the latter in 1855. The villages are Limerick Station, Limerick Square, Fruitville and Stone Hill, the first two pos- sessing post-offices. The census of 1850 returned 373 houses, 403 families and 248 farms. No mention whatever is made in the assessments of 1776 and 1785 of grist or saw-mills, but two tanneries at the last- named date. The township elections have been held continuously, at least since 1838, at Limerick Square. The public schools are twelve, open six months, and five hundred and fifty-one scholars enrolled.

Limerick Station, the largest village, is situated on the Schuylkill, thirty-four miles from Philadelphia. It contains about fifty houses, a post-office, several stores, a hotel, steam flour-mill, stove and hollow-ware works, lumber and coal-yards, steam planing-mill sash and door-factory, besides other manufacturing establishments and mechanic shops. The post-office was located here before 1851 as Limerick Bridge; changed in 1866 to its present name. This place in 1858 contained twelve houses. A short distance above the village is what is generally called Lawrenceville bridge, built in 1849, the name being applied from a place of this name on the opposite side of the river, in Chester County. In this vicinity are several fine, productive farms. While it possesses the advantages of the railroad, the canal passes by on the opposite side of the Schuylkill. Application was made by several of its residents at June Sessions, 1884, to have the village incorporated into a borough, to be called "Linfield."

Limerick Square is situated nearly in the centre of the township, at the junction of the Reading and Cole- brookdale turnpikes, twenty-eight miles from Phila- delphia. It contains a post-office, hotel, several stores, manufacturing establishments and machine-shops, and about twenty-eight houses. The post-office is called Limerick, and was located here before 1830, Dieter Bu- cher being at that time postmaster. The road through here was laid out quite early, showing that it was an old settlement. Widow Lloyd kept an inn here at the forks of the road at least as early as 1758 and down to 1769. This stand was kept by John Stetler in 1776, who was then rated for one hundred acres and keeping a servant. It remained still in the name as late as 1792, and according to Reading Howell's map, the place in consequence was known as "Stetler's." The elections have been held here continuously for about half a century. In 1858 the villlage contained a store, brick- yard, two smith-shops, large steam grist and saw-mill and sixteen houses, several being commodious three- story brick dwellings. At the lower end of the place the Evangelical denomination have a one-story brick church, built in 1851. The Colebrookdale turnpike was laid on the bed of the Swamp road, opened some time before 1758.

Fruitville is located on the Colebrookdale pike, one and a half miles north of Limerick Square, and con- taining above fifteen houses, hotel, store, school-house and several mechanic shops. Stone Hill is in the northern part of the township, near the line of Fred- erick, and contains a store, pottery, school-house and more than a dozen houses.

Limerick-so called after a city and county in Ire- land-was formed into a township at least as early as 1722. Matthew Brooke, who evidently then resided here, was appointed by the county commissioners, in February, 1718, collector of taxes for " Manatawny," then embracing a considerable extent of thinly-settled territory, thus clearly showing that this township could not have been then formed or known by its present name. Application was made at June Sessions of court, 1726, to have the same recorded on account of its having been duly formed several years before as " the township of Limerick." At March Sessions, 1709, a petition was sent from John Henry Sprogell, who then resided below the present Pottstown, and also signed by Mounre Jones and others, for tbe lay- ing out of a road from Edward Lane's to Manatawny. The court accordingly ordered it to be speedily opened, and it is the same now known as the Reading road, commencing at the Perkiomen Creek. About this time the first settlements were commenced, which by 1734 had increased to twenty-one residents and land- holders, whose names were as follows : Edward Nichols, 600 acres; John Davy, 300; Enoch Davis, 300; John Kendall, 300; Owen Evans, 400; William Evans, 300; Joseph Barlow, 400; Peter Umstead, 250; Oliff (or Adolph) Pennypacker, 250; Henry Reyner, 100; William Woodly, 150; Jonathan Woodly, 300; Wil-

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liam Malsby, 200; Henry Peterson, 200; Peter Peter- son, 100; Nicholas Custer, 7; Hironemus Haas, 250; Lawrence Rinker, 50; Stephen Miller, 170; Barnaby Coulson, 50; Martin Kolb, 150.

Among the present land-holders in the township are still found some of the descendants of the afore- said, bearing the names of Evans, Pennypacker, Bar- low, Umstead and Custer. In the assessment of 1776, Henry Yost and John Davis are mentioned as weavers; Peter Gerhart and John Sheef, blacksmiths; James Evans, joiner ; Henry Ford, Conrad Eekleman and Michael Deemer, tailors; Yost Filman, cordwainer ; and John Stetler and Peter Aichner, inn-keepers.

Oliff (or Adolph) Pennypacker was the son of Henry, the ancestor of the family, whose wife was Eve, a daughter of Peter Uinstead. The former was born about 1708 and died in May, 1789. As Henry Penny- packer resided in this township for some time, it is very probable, according to the Penn Papers, that he made his purchase here the 3d of First Month, 1719, for five hundred acres of land. In the assessment of 1776 are found the names of Adolph and John Penny- packer.

John Brooke, with Frances, his wife, and two sons (James and Matthew), arrived from Yorkshire. Eng- land, in 1699. He had purchased seven hundred and fifty acres of William Penn, and on his death his sons took up the aforesaid tract iu Limerick, on which they settled. It occupied the central part of the town- ship, to the northwest of Limerick Square, and in- cluded the lot and burial-ground on which the old church is located, near which the brothers erected their buildings. A portion of the stone house built by James Brooke in 1714 has been incorporated into the modern dwelling-house now owned by Henry W. Johnson. Matthew Brooke lived on the place now owned by Henry H. Borneman, whose widow built a stone house in 1721, which stood till 1835, when it was taken down by the father of the present proprie- tor. In 1776, Matthew Brooke was rated for 350 acres, 3 negroes, 4 horses and 8 cattle; James Brooke, 160 acres, 1 negro, 2 horses, 3 cattle, and had sustained a Joss by fire; Rachel Brooke, 190 acres, 1 horse and 2 cattle. George Brooke was mentioned as a tenant and Benjamin and Thomas Brooke as single men.

Owen Evans was an early settler, and took up here four hundred acres of land. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1732, and continued to hold the office until his death. He appears to have been a prominent man, and died in 1754, aged fifty-five years. In 1776, David Evans was rated as holding 450 acres and 1 negro ; George Evans, 200 acres; George Evans, Jr., 230 acres, 1 negro, and " maintains his mother"; Mordecai Evans, 100 acres ; and Samuel Evans, a single man. The Evans family has long been an influential one in Limerick. Gunner Rambo, who was rated for 170 acres, no doubt moved up here from near Swedes' Ford. Moses Rambo, mentioned as a single man, was probably his son.

Francis Hobson removed in 1743 from New Garden township, Chester Co., into Limerick, on a purchase of two hundred and sixty-eight acres of land. This tract, in 1748, descended to his son Francis, in whose name it is rated, in 1776, as containing two hundred and fifty acres. Moses Hobson, his son, inherited the place in 1791; thence descended to his son Francis in 1831. Frank M. Hobson, of College- ville, is a son of the latter.

Among the early township officers here we find Matthew Brooke a collector in 1718, and Barnabas Coulson in 1742; Jacob Nenteenheltzer, constable in 1767 ; George Evans, assessor in 1776; Peter Eichner, collector ; and Jacob Krous, the same position in 1781.

Parker's Ford is about a mile above the present village of Limerick Station and five miles below the borough of Pottstown. The road from here to the Trappe is five miles and a half in distance, and was laid out at an early period. The land rises gradually from the river, but on the Chester County side is more elevated. It was at this place, on the 19th of Sep- tember, 1777, where the following incident occurred, as mentioned in the journal of the Rev. Henry M. Muhlenberg, residing at the Trappe:

" In the afternoon we had news that the British troops on the other side of the Schuylkill bad marched down towards Providence, and with a telescope we conld ser their camp. In consequence of this the Ameri- ran Army, four miles from ns, forded the Schuylkill breast-high, and came upon the Philadelphia road at Augustus Church. His excellency, General Washington, was with the troops in person, who marched past here to the Perkiomen. The procession lasted the whole-night, and we had numerous visits from officers, wet breast-bigh, who had to march in this condition during the whole night, coll and damp as it was, and to bear hunger and thirst at the same time."

The writer visited this place Angust 19, 1858, on purpose to behold the scene of this occurrence. What a subject, we thought, for a painting,-the crossing of the American army here breast-deep across the Schuylkill !

Limerick Union Church .- John Brooke obtained from William Penn, in 1699, a grant of seven hundred aeres, which was to belocated in one tract beyond the Perkiomen Creek. In that year he came to America with his sons, James and Mathew, leaving one son, Jonathan, in England. He was detained in quaran- tine at Gloucester, below Philadelphia, and there died. His will bears the date of 25th of Eighth Month, 1699, directing that his property should be divided between his three sons. James and Mathew Brooke settled upon the tract when located, and were among the very earliest settlers beyond the Perkiomen. About this time the Swedes had made a settlement at Douglas- ville and several Germans in New Hanover. A road was laid out through the wilds from Germantown to the Swedish settlement, and at an early date another called Lewis' road, from where the church now stands to the Schuylkill at Royer's Ford.

The settlers soon felt the need of a burial-place, and James and Mathew Brooke set apart a piece of ground for that purpose at the northwest corner of the junction of the two roads. It was measured

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eighteen rods square, containing two acres and four perches of land. The use of this burial-ground was allowed to all who would unite in bearing the costs of maintaining its proper inclosure. No deed was given at first, hut after the death of the grantors, their sons, William and George Brooke, made a title in trust to the following persons, who were entitled to the right of burial there. It is dated July 12, 1738, and is to Jonathan Woodley, John Kendall, Robert May, William Evans, John David, Peter Peters, Jerome Hause, William Manlsby, John Jordon, Henry Couls- ton, John Umstadt, Barnabas Coulston, Henry Hoven, Nicholas Custer, l'eter Umstadt, Claus Brown, David Jones, Owen Evans, George Evans, David Evans, Henry Coulston, Enoch Davis and Michael Hitter, for the consideration of five shillings, to them and their heirs forever, subject to a yearly rent of one peppercorn, if demanded.

No house of worship was at that time erected, but at an early day a log school-house was built on the premises, which was also used for funeral services. In 1793, Christian Bornemau purchased of Mathew Brooke the farm from which the burial-place had been taken. The contributors selected one of their number to have charge of the location and making graves. Jonathan Brooke had this position for several years, or until his death, at Philadelphia, of yellow fever, in 1798, after which it was devolved on Henry Borneman. At what precise date the ground was originally set apart for this purpose, is not now readily ascertained, but it was near the beginning of the last century ; the earliest date on the grave-stones is 1732.

Religious services were occasionally held in the school-house by the neighboring pastors, the residents of the neighborhood of German descent belonging either to the congregations at the Trappe, Pottstown or New Hanover. About the year 1807 steps were taken to secure the erection of a church. A petition was presented to the Legislature for a lottery to raise the sum of two thousand dollars for the purpose of building a Union Church for the use of the Lutherans, German Reformed and the Episcopalians. A charter for the lottery was granted February 16, 1808, and eight commissioners appointed, but as the enrollment tax was not paid, it remained unauthorized. It was not until the winter of 1812-13 that active measures were taken to carry out the movement. The commissioners were Owen Evans, Mathew Brooke, James B. Harris, James Evans and John Barlow. Agents were ap- pointed and tickets offered, but after a year's exertions not more than one-fourth were disposed of. The ! highest prize was five hundred dollars. But the im- patience of the holders of tickets led to a partial drawing. This was renewed from time to time, until at last the lottery was completed, but the repeated drawings and delays so increased expenses that only about fifteen hundred dollars was realized for the church.

The corner-stone was laid April 17, 1817. The ceremony was conducted and the sermon preached by Rev. Jacob Miller, of the New Hanover Church, and Rev. Levi Bull also took part in the services. John Dewalt was master-mason and Frederick Setzler car- penter. The walls were erected and roofed in 1817, completed during the winter and dedicated on Whit- sunday, 1818. At the same time the graveyard was enlarged, and on the day of dedication Peter Schaffer, Sr., was buried in the addition. The cost of the church was about two thousand dollars, and there was a debt of five hundred dollars. Two congregations were organized, the Lutheran and Reformed ; no Episcopal, nor was any other use made of their right than perhaps to hold an occasional service.

Of the German Lutheran congregation the first pastor was Rev. Henry A. Geissenhainer, from 1818 to 1821 ; his successors were Rev. Dr. F. W. Geissen- hainer, Sr., 1821-23; Dr. Jacob Miller, 1823-29 ; Conrad Miller, 1829-37 ; Henry S. Miller, 1837-52 ; George F. Miller, 1852-69, except from March, 1861, to the following April 6th; John Kohler, 1869-74; and Rev. Oliver P. Smith, from 1874 to the present time. How soon English services were begun by the Lutherans is not easy to decide; it is very probable that Rev. Dr. Geissenhainer and his son both preached in English, at least occasionally, as they were capable of so doing. Dr. Jacob Miller and his brother Con- rad did not preach in English. In 1827, Rev. Jacob Wampole became regular pastor of the English por- tion of the congregation, which then, or soon after- ward, was separately organized. The pastors of the English Lutheran congregation were Revs. Jacob Wamipole, 1827-34; J. W. Richards, 1834-36 ; Ja- cob Wampole, again in 1836-38; Henry S. Miller, 1838 to May 20, 1852; George F. Miller, 1852 to March 31, 1861 ; George Sill, 1862-64 ; John Kohler, 1864-74; succeeded by Oliver P. Smith. At first the Lutherans occupied the church one Sunday in four, and after the formation of the English organization two Sundays in four, usually in the afternoon. The pastors of the German Reformed congregation were Revs. Jacob William Dechant, 1818-33 ; H. S. Bassler, 1833-44 ; Samuel Seibert, 1844-52; N. S. Strassburger, 1853-62; Joseph H. Dubs, 1862-69 ; L. D. Leberman, 1869-81; and C. H. Herbst, from 1882 to the present time.

A Union Sunday-school was organized in 1840, and soon numbered one hundred and twenty-five scholars. No stoves were used in the church for several years, and the first was presented by Reuben Trexler, of Long Swamp. In the time of the prevalence of bil- ious fevers along the Schuylkill, in 1821-24, a hundred burials took place. In 1831 the old log school-house was torn down and a new one erected on a strip of land fonr by eighteen rods, which was conveyed at that time to trustees by Mathew Brooke for school purposes for twenty dollars, situated between the burial-ground and the Lewis road. In 1834 the debt

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on the church was paid off, and the following year it was repaired and painted and the yard inclosed. The burial-ground was enlarged in 1818, again in 1824, and in 1854 a piece ninety-five feet in width and twenty-two perches long was added and divided into lots, which were all sold, when another lot was included, which now constitutes the present cemetery-grounds. An organ was built in 1860, for the congregation, by Samuel Bohler, of Reading, and dedicated December 1st. The church erected in 1817 was taken down, and a new church, also of stone and rough-cast, was erected in 1875, the congregations for the time holding services in the school-house. It was completed and dedicated the following year.

The church is situated about half a mile above Limerick Square, on the west side of the Reading turnpike, and from its elevated position affords from the churchyard a fine view of the surrounding country. The oldest stone observed in the grave- yard bears the date of 1732, one of 1754 and several of 1787. A great many have been buried here, par- ticularly of the name of Evans. The most common names noticed on the tombstones are those of Evans, Shaner, Kraus, Smith, Snell, Missimer, Nettle, Kohl, Groff, Klein, Miller, Wagner, Christman, Schaffer, Barlow, ITallman, Beyer, Boyer, Fox, Geiger, Royer. Walt, Mench, Brant, Hunsberger, Grubb, Linderman, Johnson, Schwenek, Kendall, Worley and Stetler.

ASSESSMENT OF LIMERICK TOWNSHIP FOR 1776.

George Evans, assessor, and Peter Eichner, collector.

John Kraus, 330 acres, 2 horses and 3 cows ; John Cunning, I c. : Daniel March, 3 h., 5 c. : Edward Nichols' estate, 300 a. : Conrad Yost's estate ; Henry Yost, weaver, 1 h., 1r. : John Davis, weaver, 15 a., 3 h., + c. ; George Evans, 200 a , 4 h., Ir. ; Mordecai Evans, 100a., 2 h., 4 c. : Constantine O. Neal; William Davis, 190 a., 3 h., & c. ; Elijah Davis' estate, 100 a. ; David Evans, 450 a., I negro, 4 h., 7r. ; Edward Miller, 1 h., I c. ; Heury Roreman, I c. ; David Davis, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Jacob Filman, Ir .; William Stall, 90 a., 2 h .. c. ; James Stall. 120 a., 2 h .. 2 c .; Jacobs Lever, 100 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; Gunner Rambo, Im) a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Eilward Bolton, 200 a., 2 h., fc. ; Henry Ford, Taylor, 50 a., 1 h., 2 c. : Michael Hinderliter, 190 a., 2 h., 1 c. ; Michael Deemer, tailor, I h. 2c. ; Jacob Longaker's estate ; Catherine Hoover, 40 a., I c. ; C'onrad Baker ; Jacob Kraus, 150 a., 1 h., 1c. ; John Henry, 10) a., 2 h., 2c. ; George Brant, 90 a., 2 h., 3 c. : Just FrIman, cordwainer, 1 c. : Michael Ickes, 150 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Nicholas Koontz, 150 a., 2 1., 2 c. ; Abraham Kern. Michael Coghler, 1 c. ; Jacob Miller ; Harman Neiman, I? a., 2 h., 4 c., 9 children ; Conrad Eckleman, tailor, 1 c. ; Jacob Brandt, 78 a., 1 h., 3 c .; Rachel Brooke, 1!MI a., 1 h., 2 c. ; George Brooke, I h., 1 c. ; Jarob Layman ; James Brooke, 160 a., 1 negro, 2 h., 3 c., loss by fire ; Abraham Updegrave, 1 h., 3 c. ; George Reigner, 200 a., 2 h., 5 c., a cripple ; Mar- garet Reiner, 114 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Benjamin Casselberry, 1 c. ; George Moyer, 170) a., 1 h., 2 c. ; Henry Kongh ; Philip Federolf, 127 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Mathias Coghler, 1 c. ; Adolph Pennebacker, 250 a., 2 c. ; Nicholas Snider, 200 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; John Pennebacker. 3 h., 3 c. ; Harman I'mstat, 200 a., 2 h., 4 c .; John Schrack, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. : John Stetler, inn- keeper, 100 a., 1 servant, 1 h., 3 c. ; Jonathan Bolton, weaver, 57 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; Henry Saler ; Michael Raiser, 90) a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Francis Hooven, 100 a., I h., 2 c. ; Daniel Baker, 50a., 1 h., 2 c. ; Christian Shunk, 60 a., 1 1., 2 c. ; Erasmus Lever, 125 a., 2 h., 3 c. : Frederick Sower, 11s a., 2 h., 3 & ; Thomas Wilburham, cordwainer ; Francis Hobson, 250 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Nicholas Cresman, 200 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; George Gute, 100 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; John Pinchbeck, 170 a., 1 servant, 2 h., 3 c. ; Adam Pretzman, 300 a., 4 h., 5 c. ; Conrad Boyer, 200 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; John I'mstead's estate ; John Fry, 178 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; John Miller, tailor, 1 c. ; Jonathan Koster, 100 a., 3 h., 4 c. : Henry Kendal ; Anthony Harp, 3 h., 2 c. ; Michael Bastian's estate, 150 a. ; John Nagel, 150 a., 1 h., 4 c. ; Charles Holf, 25 a., 1 c. ; Peter Gerhart, smith, 50 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; John Keeler, 100 a., 1 h.,

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 199

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