The time of the formation of this township is also arrived at by taking the oldest dates of its mention in  the records of Cumberland County.  With the early Scotch-Irish settlers there seems to have been a number of English families, and it is probable they gave it the English name it bears.  The present spelling of the name is different from that of the English town after which it was named.  The sound is preserved, and we must remember that our fore-fathers spelled proper names by sound, and not by first learning how to follow custom in putting the letters together.   

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