Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903, Volume One, Part 43

Author: Jenkins, Howard Malcolm, 1842-1902; Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association. 4n
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical Pub. Association
Number of Pages: 658


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Original counties, 263


Orndt, Major Jacob, 491


Orphan's court, business of, transferred, 514


Owen, Griffith, 323, 343


Owens, Samuel, 554


Oxenstiern, Chancellor Axel, 68


Palatinate, emigrants from the, 305 persecution in the, 305


Palmer, Anthony, 408


Papegoia, Madam, 147


Paper money, issues of, 371, 507 objections to the issue of, 508 petitions for, 569 proposition to issue, 443 the first issued, 368, 369 "Paradise Point," 70


Parallel, the 40th, as a boundary, 381, 382; uncertainty of location of, 382 the 39th as a boundary, 381, 382


Paris, Ferdinand John, 372


Parliament, petition to, 566, 567 levying of duties by, 560 Partridge, Richard, 390


Parvin, Francis, 449, 456


Passyunk, fortified post at, 79


Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 305 purchase of land by, 306


Patterson, William, 491


Pawling, Henry, 486


Peace established with the Six Nations, 425 ordered on the borders, 385


Pearson, Isaac, 547


Peepy, Joseph, claims of, 524


Pemberton, Israel, 452, 453, 462-464, 473, 525, 538 Israel, jr., warrant for, 388 James, 449, 456 Phineas, 322, 343; 274 note


Penington, Edward, 514


Penn, Captain and Admiral William, 188,


189, 192, 193, 210 Dennis, 363; death of, 372, 373


family, the, 188; adjustment of the differences of the, 372, 373


Gaskell family, 373


Governor, blamed by the Assembly, 564 Hannah, 363, 369, 370; deeds from, 373; letter to, 361, 362


John, 363, 383, 406, 424, 571; arrival of, 419, 532; birthplace of, 374; conflict of with the Assembly, 541; death of, 401; deed to, 373; head of the government, 374; marriage of, 556; son of Richard, 405; the American, 374-401; visit of, to America, 375; will of, 405


Richard, 363, 402, 557; death of, 406; deed to, 373; family of, 405; son of Richard, 405


Springett, 370, 511; death of, 373


Thomas, 363, 374, 376, 402, 502, 511 ; anecdotes of, 406, 407; arrival of, 375; bequest to, 405; death of, 406; deed to, 373; estates in charge of, 406; estimate by, 403-405; gift . from, 451; leniency of, 390; mar- riage of, 406; precedence of, 375; sacrifice by, 387; treaty with, 378 Penn, William, the Founder, 188, 189, 293, 301, 322, 324, 366, 367, 416, 482, 510


592


Index


William Penn the Founder, a Knight's son, 325


acquisition of Susquehanna lands by, 294


accusations against, 326


and Lord Baltimore, differences be- tween, 282


and the colonists, differences between, 338


application of, for grant, 199 arrest of, 359 as president of the Council, 296 assignment to, 194


description of his town by, 295 occupies the slate roof house, 337 opposition to, at Albany, 293 Bancroft's praise of, 216


basis of his colony, 279, 280


banishment of, from Oxford, 191


becomes a Quaker, 192, 193


commissioners of, 217 compromise of, with the Fords, 359 conditions imposed upon, 328


confirmation of will of, 373


character of expectations of, 216 children of, 331 dealings of, with the Iroquois, 290 death of, 363


deed of Pennsylvania from, 334 deprived of his government, 326 disowned by the Meeting, 358 dispossession of, threatened, 294 draft of patent by, 201 early letter of, 192, 193, 203 early religious thoughts of, 189


early Quaker learnings of, 189, 190 early thoughts of America, 193 efforts to raise money for, 358, 359 emotions of at Philadelphia, 257 estates, conditions regarding the, 374, 375


estates, different kinds of, 402 estates, estimate of, 403-405


estates, struggle as to taxing, 418


eulogy on the second wife of, 332 extracts from letters of, 261, 271, 272 government restored to, 328 his student life, 189 important papers by, 212, 215 instructions of, 217, 218, 314 interest of, in New Jersey, 194 1-38


William Penn, the Founder, landing of, at New Castle, 254


landing of, at Upland, 255 land purchases by, 287-289


large powers granted to, 203, 204


lease of land by, from Dongan, 293 letters of, 216, 217, 253, 254, 283, 284, 290, 295, 302


letters of, to settlers, 204, 207


manors of, 403


marriage of, 193


meeting of, with Lord Baltimore, 270 271, 281 military life of, 192


motives of, 204


pamphlet by, 210, 211, 260


patent of, approved, 203


patent of, renewed, 202


place and date of birth of, 185


prices paid for land by, 289


prohibitive features of, 310


prompt action of, 210 reasons of his success, 209


relations with the Indians, 284-288


release of from prison, 359


request for loan by, 327


request of, for restoration, 327


rights of, on the west bank of the Delaware, 220 sales of land by, 306


sale by, to the crown, 362


sailing of, for America, 223


sails from England, 252


second marriage of, 331


speech of, 254


spread of his movement in Germany, 306 suggestion of, to Lords of Trade, 334 suspected of being a Papist, 325


terms of sale by, 211


travels of, in Europe, 191, 192 trustees of property of, 363


verdict against, 359


visit of, to Holland, 199


visit of, to Ireland, 192


visit of, to Philadelphia, 257


visits New York, 262


bill of, 363 youth of, 189


Penn, William, jr., 352, 363, 370; arrival of, 351; character of, 364; children of,


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Index


365; death of, 365, 370; denouncement of, 353; instructions from, 364, 365; payment of debts by, 359


Penn, William, son of Springett, 373 William, the younger, 331, 332


Pennock, Nathaniel, 457, 547


Penn's (William) agents in Rotterdam, 306 boundary agreement by the, 382 deeds recorded in New York, 262 fairness towards the Indians, 290 government, organization of, 262-270 heavy outlays, 325 lands, trustee for, 510 lieutenant-governors, 346-362


petition of the, 383


private property of the, 403 title to soil of lower counties, 381 widow, death of, 373


Pennsylvania and Virginia boundary, 423 an English community, 307 and Maryland boundaries, 244-252, 270, 271, 281, 282 charter, the, 223-235


commercial situation in, 556


committed to Benjamin Fletcher, 326 community, 173


Dutch, the, 308 early description of, 239-241


early social conditions in, 513


effects of French war in, 416


English view of conditions in, 455 frame of government of, 212, 215


first white men in, 30


forts, garrisons of the, 528


frontier at date of Penn's death, 510


frontier, protection of, 445


Gazette, letter to, 545


governor's message to Connecticut, 571


in harmony with Indians, 420


History, beginning of, I


lands, sale of, 510


mortgage on, 359


population of, 556


religious movements in, 375


settlement, effect of, at Albany, 291 situation in, explained, 556 tax basis, 466 the granary of America, 408


traders complained of, 416


Pennsylvania troops in the Duquesne ex- pedition, 488


troops, officers of, 490-492


Pennypacker, Governor, 323 Pepperell, Sir William, 431


Peace between England, France and Spain, 528


of Breda, 144


Peter, Hendrick, in Philadelphia; 432 Peters, Rev. Richard, 419, 425, 435, 508 William, 449, 456 Philadelphia as laid out by Penn, 295 beginnings of, 258


changes of land grants in, 258


claim of Dutch purchase on site of, 59


creation of false alarm in, 356, 357 deputies from, 265


early conditions at, 260, 261


early fair and market at, 295


first charter of, 316


first clerk of, 316 first mayor of, 316


first occupancy of, by white men, 82


first recorder of, 316


fear of attack upon, 408


Hill chosen mayor of, 360


Indian treaty at, 376-378


land grant in, 173 measures for defense of, 408, 411 merchants, agreement of, 553 new charter for, 343, 344


objections toº quartering troops in, 463, 464 plan of, 257, 258


port of supply, 408


purchase of land within site of, 79 . purchase of site of, 90 site of, chosen, 241, 242


Phillips, Frederick, 294


Pierce, Ezekiel, 520


Pietersen, Evart, 114


Pietists, the, 308


Pioneer English settlers, 307 hardships, 177 white men in Pennsylvania, 30-66


Pioneers, first contact of with Indians, 34 Piracy, 334, 335 enactment of a law against, 337


Piratical craft in Delaware bay, 335


Pittsburg, building of fort at, 509 garrison at, 499


594


Index


Pittsburg, naming of, 498 Plain Truth, 408 Plan of Broad and Market streets, 58


Plays, proposed suppression of, 507 Plockhoy, Cornelius, 142


Plowden, Sir Edmund, arrival of, 61, 62; grant to, 59, 60; return of to England, 62 Pole, John, 399


Political conditions in England, 207, 208 contest, Allen vs. Norris, 392 power, division of, 512 Poll tax, 166, 167; how collected, 167; list of persons subject to, 167, 168


Pontiac's conspiracy, 58 Population statistics, 362


Post, Rev. Christian Frederick, 486


Potter, James, 460, 491


Powell, Samuel, 452


Powlett, Earl, 373


President-general, duties of, 425


Presque Isle, evacuation of fort at, 509 loss of fort at, 529 Preston, Samuel, 324, 363 Printz, John, 62, 76 arrival of, 76 as governor of New Sweden, 85 departure of, from New Sweden, 99 grants of land to, 93 his instructions for New Sweden, 81 his prominence in New Sweden, 81 succession of, to Hollender, 80


Printz Mauritz, wreck of the, 113 Printzdorp, 93 Printzhof, naming of, 83 Proclamation of war, 452 of war with France, 395


Profanity, penalties for, 268


Progress in 1682, 241, 242 on the Delaware, 236 Proprietaries, agreement between adverse, 386 agreement of the, with Franklin, 503 agreement of, with the. Susquchanna company, 57 aid in building fort, 419 answer from, 502, 503 complaint against the, 541, 542 complaints to, 501, 502 income of, 503 injustice against the, 508 land agents, complaints against, 573 I-38-a


Proprietaries' lands, taxes on defined, 518, 519


message from, to the Assembly, 503 , purchase of lands by the, 426, 568, 569 policy of, under Denny, 459 proposition of exemption, 442, 443 request to, for redress, 502 . rights abridged, 514 sent for, 471 taxable estates of the, 503 Proprietary authority, opposition to, 547 complaints against, 352 estates, exemption of, 484 estates, parts of subject to taxation, 517, 518 estates, taxation of, 449, 450 failure of first, to return, 346 governments, annexation of, to the Crown, 340 grants, 203


injustice, opponents of, 542 title of, to the lower counties, 380


Proprietors, agreement of, 194 temporary jurisdiction of the, 386


Property, distribution of, 269


Protestant land for burying grounds, 372 Province, agent of, in London, 372 debt of, to Great Britain, 553 defenseless state of the, 454 defense of, demanded, 450 defense of the, 387 Island, building on, 82 measures for defense of, 504


Provinces called to New York treaty with Indians, 423


Provincial council, early business of, 296 election of a, 328 function in law making, 320 minutes of, 295, 296 penalties inflicted by, 296, 299 secretary to, 300


Provincial court judge, impeachment of, 310, 3II court, opening of the, 347 troops, lands for, 569


Provisions, priccs of, 239


Public conference in Philadelphia, 480 landing place, the, 257 Square in Philadelphia, 258


Puscy, Caleb, 323, 343


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Index


Quakers, 185, 186 Quakerism, doctrine of, 191


reception of, in Wales, 307, 308 Quaker address to the governor, 452 control, restlessness under, 348 influence in the Assembly, 390 judges, protest against, 347 opposition to defensive measures, 457, 388 opposition to Indian war, 418 policy in war, 391 preachers, persecution of, 191 Quakers, address of, to the Assembly, 449 and German politics, 392 and the governor, disputes between, 391, 392 ask for pacific measures, 452 attitude of the, on military matters, 455


defense of, by Penn, 347


driven from the State house, 392


election of, to the Assembly, 457


forbidden to act in treaty, 47.1 peaceful intentions of, 315 sense of equality among, 310 spread of the, 510 the Christian, 320


Quarry, Robert, made judge of the Admir- alty, 335 Queen, vote of money for, 360, 361 Queen's demand for men, 360 Quit rents, act for collection of, 354 as part of the Penn estate, 402 low paid, 371 proposed exemption of, 465


Rambo, Pieter, 114, 162


Rambo, Peter Gunnarsson, sketch of, 75


Randolph, Edw., 334


Rappe, Capt. Gabriel, 302


Raquier, Jacob, 302


Rawle, Francis, 323


Read, Adam, 491


Reading and Bethlehem, outrages near, 531 terror at, 485


Recorder of Philadelphia, the first, 316 Red Stone settlement, 555


Religious movements, 375


persecution as a cause of immigration, 302, 305 Religious sects unmolested, 354


596


Remke, Govert, 306


Remonstrance to the King, a, 390


Report on Logan letter, 391


Revolt of the Delawares, the, 445-478


Reynell, John, 452


Reynolds, William, 491


Rhea, John, 553


Riboleau, Nich., 302


Richardson, Francis, 307, 324 John, 273 Samuel, 323


Riot of 1742, the, 392


Risingh, Johan Claesson, 100; departure of for England, 106 Rittenhouse square, 258


Road to the Susquehanna river, 571


Roads, laying out of, 434 ordered opened, 279


Roades, John, 273


Robinson, Patrick, 31I


Rochford, Dennis, 275, 296


Rodman, William, 547


Roman Catholics, attack upon, 355


Royal American regiment, the, 457, 463, 528 governor, authority of, in Pennsyl- vania, 294, 295 Rudyard, Thomas, 217, foot note Rushton, Job, 492 Ruyven, Corneilius Van, 120


Sabbath day, restrictions on the, 268 Sale of liquor to the Indians restricted, 268, 269


of West India Company claims, 112, I13 Salem, naming of, 196


Sample, William, 265 Sandelands, James, 171, 236, 265 Scarrooyady, advice from, 420 hatchet given to, 452 in Philadelphia, 43I request of, for aid, 449


Schepel, its meaning, 167, foot note School house, the, 258 teacher of the first, 296


the first, 115 the first indication of, 299


Schuylkill, grants of land on, 173 settlement on the, 82 the key to Indian trade, 94


Index


Schute, Sven, 100, 101, 114 Scotch-Irish immigration, 307, 368


settlement of, on the Susquehanna, 510 Scotch settlers, the, 307 Scott, John M., 323 Joseph, 491


Scizure of Swedish vessels by Stuyvesant, IO3


Seneca Indians, dissatisfaction among the, 563 Servants, sale of, 165


Settlement by the Susquehanna Company, 570, 57 I


first permanent on Delaware river, 73 near Laurel Hill, 418, 419 on the west of the Susquehanna, 383 west of the Alleghanies, 555


Settlements of Germans and Scotch-Irish, 5II


Settlers, conditions of early, 174 names of early, 323 on unpurchased lands, punishment of, 564 proposed removal of, 562, 563 summoned to welcome Penn, 254


Shamokin, fort at, 452 Indian lands at, 497, 498 lands, reservation of, 426 stores at, 527 Sharp, James, 491 Joshua, 454


Sheriffs, issue of writs to, 262


Shickcalamy, John, 426, 431, 452


Shippen, Brevet Lieut-Col. Joseph, 488 Edward, 307, 343, 480; appointment of, as mayor, 343; chosen speaker, 331; president of the council, 347 Shippensburg, building of fort at, 442


Shirley, Governor, in command of troops, 43I Shoemaker, Benjamin, 408, 567, 570 Shute, Atwood, 463


Simcock, John, 312, 322; chosen speaker, 332 Simon, Menno, 305 Singleton, John, 491 Sipman, Dirck, 306 Six Nations, alleged breach of faith by the, 432


Six Nations, asked to make war, 399 chiefs of, lcave a council, 497 fears for fealty of the, 396, 399 pcace with, 425 presents for, 375 purchase from, 412 sale of land by, 426; title of the, 475-478


Six requirements, the, 518, 519


Skinner, Joseph, 520


Slaves of the Dutch colony, 142


Sluyter, Peter, 180


Smallman, Thomas, 491


Small-pox on the Welcome, 253


Smith, Captain John, 30-31, 32, 35; extract from journal of, 31-33; interview with Indians, 33 Ensign Dirck, 112


Henry, 218


James, 554


James, leader of rioters, 549, 550


John, 452, 520, 572


Lemuel, 520


Matthew, 539


Provost William, 413, 507, 548, 555 Thomas, 492


Snaidor, Jacob, 491


Society of Friends, the, 309


schism in the, 316, 317; political op- position to, 336; political organiza- tion of the, 390


Songhurst, John, 275, 322


Southrin, Edward, 265, 273


South River, D'Hinoyossa, ruler of, 133; direction of affairs of, 50; Dutch trade on, 56, 59; English visitors to, 59; Swed- ish expedition to, 69; cession of, 133; the Delaware, 49 Springett, Guleilma Maria, 193 Henry, 359 Sir William, 332


Springettsbury, manor of, 511


Stamp act, inception of the, 544 partial willingness to submit to, 551 remonstrance against, determined up- on, 551 $ repeal of, 556 sale of stamps under the, 550


Stamp agent, burning of in effigy, 551; res- ignation of, 552 Stamp duties, opposition to, 545, 546


597


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Index


Stamp law in America, 544 Stamper, John, 390 Stamps, arrival of, 551


deposit of on a man-of-war, 552 flags at half mast on arrival of, 551 opposition to sale of, 551, 552


Stanley, Thomas, 324


Stanwix, Brigadier-General, arrival of, 501 Lieut .- Col. John, 470 State house, the, 258; completion of, 372


St. Clair, Sir John, 432, 434, 492, 500


Steel, Rev. John, 491


Stewart, Charles, 569, 571, 572 Lazarus, 573


Stillé, Dr. Charles Janeway, 80 Isaac, interpreter, 498, 524 Olaf, 114 Olaff Persson, 80


Stockdale, William, 322


Stone, Ludowick, 492


Story, Thomas, 343


Strettell, Robert, 391, 408


Streypers, Jan, 306


Strobo, Robert, 427


Stump, Frederick, 563


Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, arrival of, on the Delaware, 113 arrival of, at Manhattan, 93 embassy sent by, to Maryland, 120 ordered to retake Fort Casimir, 103 operations of, against New Sweden, 97, 98 visit of, to New Sweden, 98


Stuyvesant's denouncement of Maryland's claims, 120 Suits at law, 163


Supply bill passed, 504; repeal of, favored, 518


Surveying in early years, 241, 242 Suspension and restoration of Penn's gov- ernment, 325-345


Susquehanna company, the, 520; agents of arrested, 571; agreement by, 572; claims of the, 570; Indian deed to the, 520; pro- ceedings of the, 570; proposed sale of lands by, 423


lands, 292-294; sale of to Penn, 294 union of, with the Delaware com- pany, 522 Susquehannock Indians, 17-18


598


Swanandael, destruction of, 53-54; settle- ment at, 53


Swanson, Swan, 237, 275 Sweden, claims of, against Holland, 106 fourth expedition, from, 80 ships sent from, to America, 69 third expedition from, 80


Swedes, appeal of for more colonists, 94 and Dutch, absorption of, 307 and Dutch, conference between, 71 character of, at Christina, 80 characteristics of, 261 conflict of, with the Dutch, 94 eighth expedition of, 94


expedition of, to the South River, 69 4


first settlement of, 67-108


loss of eighth expedition, 94, 97


mill of the, 91, 175 on the Delaware, misfortune to, 94 probable definite grants to, 133 refusal of, to enlist, 132 refusal of, to remove, 131, 132 settlement of, 65 submission of, to the Dutch, III take oath of allegiance to Stuyvesant, 104 Swedish colony, failure of the, 107, 108; friendly relations of, with Indians, 108; personality of, 75


Company, agreement of, with Indians, 70, 71; enlarged charter for the, 68; organization of, 67; treaty of, with Indians, 72 governor on the Delaware, 62 expedition, arrival of, in the Dela- ware, 70; capital for, 69; the tenth, 107 Swen, Oele, 162 Sydney, Col. Henry, letter to, 295 Symcock, John, 265, 273


Talbot, Richard, 291 Tariff, a protective, imposed, 511 on persons, 511


Taverns, early licenses for, 269, 270 Taylor, Abraham, 408 Christopher, 265, 273; sketch of, 322 Col. Thomas, 270 George, 547 Tax bill, submission of, to the King, 465 granted on estates, 449


Index


Tax leviable on the proprietary estates, 457 levied, 338 levied on all estates, 465 on luxuries proposed, 466 oppressive condition of a, 465


Taxes, levy of, 333 poll, 166, 167 proprietary obstruction to levy of, 502


Taxation, 400 features of, 465, 466 method of, rejected, 504 of the proprietaries, 442, 443 proposed method of, 503, 504


Teacher, the first, in Philadelphia, 299


Teedyuscung, arrival of, 471; arrival of at Philadelphia, 480; complaint of, 496, 521; death of, 527; evil influence of, 458; negotiations with, 523-526; report of mes- senger to, 461, 462; request of for clerk, 473; speech of, 481, 482; influence of, 486, 487


Telescope, purchase of, ordered, 569 Telmer, Jacob, 306 Test, John, merchant, 171 Theater, building of, 557, 558


Theatres, opposition to, 557, 558


Third expedition from Sweden to Christina, 80


Thirty years war, the, 67


Thomas, George, arrival of, 387; departure of, 407 Thompson, Mordecai, 488 William, 492 Thomson, Charles, 445, 486, 551; as Teedy- uscung's clerk, 473 Till, William, 408 Tinakonk, 183, 185


Tinicum (Tenacong), 82 fort at, burned, 87 Island, 188


mansion house built at, 83 Swedish settlement at, 82, 83


Tobacco, cultivation of, in New Sweden, 86


Torkillus, Rev. Reorus, 76; death of, 86


Town clerk, the first, 316


Townsend, Richard, 271


Townships along the river, 520


Towns laid out by the Susquehanna Com- pany, 570


Trade legislation, 278 restriction on the Delaware, 156 with England, renewed, 574 Trading post at Will's creek, 419 posts, 523


Tradition of Lenape migration, 27-29


Transit of Venus, early observation of, 569 Trappe, church at, 51I Treaty at Easton, effect of, 479 of peace, 41I of peace, signing of, 528 the great, 282-288


the great, description by Penn, 285


the great, time of making, 283 tree, the, 286 foot note with Indians, 367 with Indians at Philadelphia, 376-378 Trent, William, 324; fort ordered by, 420 Trial, the first, for witchcraft, 300, 301


Trinity fort, reconstruction of, 102


Tripp, Isaac, 570, 571


Troops, ammunition for, 400 bill for raising, 504 call for, 427, 466, 483, 519


call for more, 499


departure of, for Albany, 401


desertion of, 546


for defense of New York, 480


from England, 457 in Philadelphia, condition of, 463, 464 march of, to Fort Duquesne, 498


march of, towards Fort Pitt, 528 ordered to Carlisle, 480 organization of, 389


pay of, in arrears,, 466 pay of, provided for, 469 quartering of, in public houses and dwellings, 463 quarters for, demanded, 464, 465


raised by Pennsylvania, 483


raised through bounties, 470


royal order for, 400


under Bouquet, attack upon, 530


Trotter, Joseph, 449 Trump, Levi, 491


Turner, Capt. Nathaniel, 79 Joseph, 408 Robert, 203, 296, 307, 310, 323;


Penn's letter to, 216, 217


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Index


Union, plan of, adopted, 425 of the colonies, cffort for, 334 Upland (Chester), 87 county, 237 court, 236; complaint to, 175; juris- diction of, 173, 174; justiccs, 162; meeting of, 172 name changed to Chester, 255 Usher, Thomas, 263


Usselinex, William, 67 Utie, Col. Nathaniel, letter to, 118, 119


Van Bibber, Jacob Isaacs, 306 Van Campen, Jolın, 569


Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 323


Van Twiller, Wouter, arrival of at Manhat- tan, 59 Venango, evacuation of foot at, 509 loss of post at, 529 Verhoof, Cornelius, 265


Vessel finred upon at New Castle, 358


Vigilance men, advertisement by the, 549, 550 Virginia, armed force from, 65 treaty of with Indians, 418 Voyage of Cornelius Mey, 40


Wade, Robert, 236, 275, 300; site of his house, 255, foot note; purchase of Printz- dorp by, 168, 171 William, 253 Waldenfield, Samuel, 363


Waldron, Resolved, 120


Wales, new arrivals from, 510


Walking purchase, the, 377, 378, 480


Waln, Nicholas, 275, 296


Walter, Richard, 491


War against the French on the Ohio, 431 among the Iroquois, 130


between England and Holland, 100; effects of, 159, 160 between Swedes and Dutch, blood- less, 107 declared against France, 457 determined upon, 452


expected with France, 314


lawful and unlawful, 390


measures, proprietary obstruction to, 502 Pontiac's, 528 proclamation of, 347


600


War, prospects of, with Spain, 387 Quaker opposition to, 347 with France, operations against Can- ada, 400, 401 with France proclaimed, 395 with Indians threatened, 152, 155 with Spain proclaimed, 388, 389 with Spain, troops for, 389


Ward, Edward, 460, 491


Warder, Jeremiah, 463


Warner, William, 173, 236


Warren, Peter, 399


Wasa, building of, 88, 91; identical with Kingesse, 91


Washington, George, at Fort Necessity, 426, 427; complained of by an Indian, 428; engages the French, 424; in the Du- quesne expedition, 492, 493; letter from, 492; visit of, to French fort, 420; march of, from Will's creek, 424; reinforce- ment of, 426


square, 258


Watson, Luke, 265


Wayne county, settlement in, 520


Weights and measures, 278


Weiser, Conrad, 447, 453, 538; interpreter, 399 Samuel, 491


Welcome, the, 220; arrival of the, 254; births on board of, 253; sailing of the, 252; voyage of the, 252, 253 Welsh colonists, arrival of, 302 company, the, 271 settlers, position of at home, 308 tract, the, 302 Welton, Rev. Richard, D. D., 355 Werden, Sir John, 200, 201, 202


West, Benjamin, 283 Jersey colony, 195


Western Pennsylvania, first white man in, 178; Indian occupancy, 18-19; terror in, 528.


West India Company, charter of granted, 48; essentially for trade, 135; represent- ative of, 116, 117; sale of its claims, 112, 113 West Indies, immigrants from, 307 Westminster, treaty of, 160 Weston, Anthony, 299 Wetterholt, John Nicholas, 491 Whale fishery, intent to carry on, 50


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Index


Whipping as a penalty, 299 Wharton, Bromley, 323 family, the, 323 Samuel, 553 White captives, release of, 546 man's region, the, 51I pioneers, the, 30-66 Whitwell, Francis, 265, 266, 322


Whorekill county, deputies from, 265


Wicaco, 259; church at, 177; patentee of land at, 163


Wilcox, Joseph, 352 William and Mary, patent from, 328


William of Orange, 208


Williams, Heinrich, 275


Will, terms of Penn's, 363


Willing, Thomas, 553


Wine making from native grapes, 302


Wissahickon, 173


Witchcraft, first and only trial for 300, 301; verdict in case of, 301


Withers, Ralph, 265, 273, 322


Wolves, bounties for killing, 278


Wood, John, 243


Woodmancy, William, 173


Woodmanson, William, 236 Work, Lieut .- Col. Patrick, 491


Worrall, Peter, 449, 456 Wynne, Dr. Thomas, 258 foot note; 265, 276, 323 Wyoming, building at, 486 departure of Connecticut men from, 573 expedition to, 572


forts and houses at, 480 Indian lands at, 497, 498


lands, reservation of, 426 large settlement at, 527


massacre at, 531 protest against settlement at, 521 settlement at, opposed, 523 surrender demanded at, 572 troubles among occupants of, 573


Yardley, William, 265, 322 Yong and Evelin, building of a fort, by, 63; significance of visit of, 62 Thomas, voyage of, up the Delaware, 62, 63; report of, 63


Young, James, 488 (or Yong), Thomas, arrival of, 59 York county, manors in, 511; formation of, 412


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