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Source:
History of Lancaster County
to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the
early history of Pennsylvania - compiled from authentic sources,
by L. Daniel Rupp
Publ. Lancaster, Penn: by Gilbert Hills
1844
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
| Introductory part:
from the earliest settlements made in Pennsylvania, to the
first settlements made within the present limits of
Lancaster County. |
| CHAPTER I. |
- Colinization, remarks on, p. 13;
- Purchases
made from the Indians, 14;
- In New England, 15; By Calver,
15;
- By Roger Williams, 15;
- By the Swedes, 15;
- By
Cateret,
16;
- Penn follows their example, 16;
- Early settlement of
Delaware bay and river, 17;
- Swedes supplanted by the Dutch,
18;
- Dutch triumph short, 18;
- Delaware taken possession of by
the English, 18;
- Penn purchases New Castle, 18. |
| CHAPTER II. |
- William Penn born, p. 19;
- How he was made
acquainted with America, 20;
- Instrumental in settling West
New Jersey, 20;
- Obtains a charter for Pennsylvania, 21;
- First purchasers embark for America, 22;
- Markham's
instruction, 22;
- He holds a treaty with the Indians, 22;
- Penn arrives in America, 23;
- Convenes an Assembly at Upland,
23;
- Interview with Lord Baltimore, 23;
- Religious visits, 23;
- Visits New Jersey, the Duke of York, his friends on Long
Island; returns to Philadelphia, holds his grand treaty with
the Indians, 24-26;
- More arrivals from Europe, 26;
- Emigrants
provide shelters, 27;
- Form plantations, 27;
- Philadelphia
laid out, 28;
- Counties organized, 28;
- Second Assembly
convoked, 28;
- Penn obliged to return to Europe, 29. |
| CHAPTER II. |
- Brief sketch of the History of Pennsylvania
from 1684 to 1699, p. 30-37;
- Provincial executions from 1684
to 1699, 31;
- boundaries of Chester county determined, 34;
- Increase of population, 34;
- first mills in Chester county,
34;
- Penn's effort to improve the condition of the natives,
35;
- efforts to Christianize the Indians, 35;
- Penn's new
treaty with the Susquehanna, Shawanese and Ganawese, &c.
natives, 36;
- A new form of government framed, 37;
- Penn
appoints Andrew Hamilton deputy governor; sails for England,
37. |
| CHAPTER IV. |
- Prince William dies, p. 38;
- Anne ascends
the throne, 38;
- Penn in favor with her, 38;
- state of affairs
in the province, 39;
- Disquiet among the Indians, 39;
- Messenger sent to the Coneatogo Indians; Secretary of the
council and sheriff of Chester and New Castle are sent to
them, 40;
- Thomas Chalkley preaches at Conestogo, 41;
- Governor visits the Conestogo Indians, 44;
- Indian eloquence,
44;
- Gov. Evans' strange character, and second journey to
Susquehanna, 45;
- Governor's journal of his interview with
the Indians, 46;
- Nichole apprehended at Paxtan, conveyed to
Philadelphia and imprisoned, 51. |
| CHAPTER V. |
- Cause of disquietude among the Indians, p.
53;
- Indians at Conestogo send a messenger to the council,
53;
- Mitchell and other Europeans intrude upon the
Indians, 54;
- Governor Evans' explanation of
Mitchell's course, 55;
- Critical juncture, 55;
- Evans
re-called, 56;
- Gookin appointed governor, 56;
-
Penn's embarrassment, 56;
- Quitrents, 56;
- Emigration
impeded, 57;
- Gookin sends a message to the Indians at
Conestogo, 57;
- Swedish missionary at Conestogo, 59;
- His
sermon and Indian chief's answer, 59-60;
- French and
Worley on a message to Conestogo. |
|
SECOND PART.
First the earliest settlements made
within the present limits of the
County to its organization in the year 1729. |
| CHAPTER I. |
- Preliminary remarks, p. 67;
- Unsettled state
of affairs in Europe, 68;
- Consequent emigration of Swiss,
Germans, French and others, into America, 70;
- Into
Pennsylvania, 72;
- Swiss Mennonites settle in Pequea Valley,
74;
- Purchase ten thousand acres of land, 76;
- Make
improvements, 78,
- Others purchase lands, 79;
- The Mennonites
call a meeting to send a person to Europe for the residue of
their families, 80;
- Kendig goes and returns with a
number of families, 81;
- Settlements augmented, 82;
-
Governor Gookin's journey to Conestogo, 86. |
| CHAPTER II. |
Ferree family make
preparations to emigrate to America, 90;
- Procure
certificates of civil and religious standing, 92;
- By way of
Holland and England come to New York, 96;
- Acquire the rights
of citizenship, 96;
- Settle in Lancaster county, 101;
- Several
documents of interest, 103;
- Tradition of the ancestors of
the Ferrees, by Joel Lightner, Esq.,
108;
- Tuscarora Indians winter with the Five Nations, 113. |
| CHAPTER III. |
- Augmentation of settlements, p. 115;
- Germans and English settle around the Swiss or Palatines,
117;
- Settlements in different parts of the county, 120;
- Names of persons naturalized, 123;
- Notice of Slaymakers,
127;
- Conestoga Manor surveyed, 129;
- Names of first
purchasers, 131;
- Graffchal settled, 133;
- Lancaster and
vicinity settled, 135;
- squatters on the west side of
Susquehanna, 136;
- Indians at Conestoga address a letter to
Logan, 136;
- Col. French goes to Conestoga; holds a treaty
with the Indians, 137;
- Logan meets them on the Susquehanna,
141;
- Samuel Robins sent to Virginia, 153. |
| CHAPTER IV. |
- Governor Keith visits the governor
of Virginia, p. 154;
- Holds a council with the Indians at Conestogo 155;
- Indians complain of the use of rum, 7c. 158;
- The trade in pelts impaired, 160;
- Secretary Logan
holds a discourse with Ghesaont, 159;
- Ghesaont's
reply, &c. 170;
- Disturbances created by intruders under
pretence of finding copper mines, &c. 175;
- Governor
Keith has a survey made on the west side of
Susquehanna, 176;
- Indians alarmed by Maryland intruders,
176;
- Logan, French and sheriff of the county
hold a council at Conestogo, 177;
- Keith determines to
resist attempted encroachments by the Marylanders, 178;
- A
council is held at Conoytown, 182;
- Settlement of Germans at Swatara and Tulpehocken, 182. |
| CHAPTER V. |
- Donegal township organized, p. 135;
- First
settlers, 185;
- Harris attempted to settle at Conoy, 185;
- Settles at Paxton, 186;
- Settlements commenced by Barber,
Wright and Blunston, 187;
- Settlements back
from the river, 189;
- Reamstown settlement, 190;
- Welsh
settlement, 191;
- Weber's Thal settlement, 192;
- Settlement at Sacue Schwamm, or New Holland, 193;
- Germans
misrepresented, 194;
- Committee appointed to inquire into the
facts; makes report, 196;
- Thomas Wright killed
by the Indians, 197;
- Inhabitants of the upper part of
Chester county alarmed, 198;
- Governor Gordon
goes to Conestogo and holds a treaty with the Indians, 199;
- Returns to Philadelphia; Note: Iron works, 206;
- David
Dieffenderfer, brief notice of, 207. |
| CHAPTER VI. |
- Ephrata p. 211;
- Origin of German Baptists
in Europe, and their emigration to America, 212;
- Sieben
Taeger Association formed at Ephrata by Conrad
Beissel, 215;
- Change of life among them, 215;
- They built Kedar and Zion, 217;
- Singular architecture of buildings,
213;
- Fracture: Schriften by the Sisters, 219;
- Specimens of
original poetry, 220;
- Eckerlein and the bell 222;
- Its
destination, 223;
- Sabbath school established, 224;
- Miller
succeeds Beissel, 225;
- Juliana Penn's
letter, 229;
- Poetry dedicated to Miller, 230;
- Present
state of Ephrata, 232;
- List of names of the first
inhabitants of Ephrata, 232;
- Names of some of the early
settlers in Lancaster county, 233. |
|
THIRD PART.
From the organization of Lancaster
county, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine. |
| CHAPTER I. |
- Erection and organization of the county, p.
235;
- Boundaries of, 239;
- Seat of Justice, 242;
- James
Annesly, 243;
- Boundaries of townships, 244;
- First
court held at Postlewhaites, 250;
- Extracts of court records,
250;
- Morris Cannady indicted, ,250;
- Found
guilty and sold, 252;
- Constables, overseers and supervisors
appointed, 252;
- Applicants to be Indian traders, 253;
- Petitions for license to sell rum, 254;
- First court
held at Lancaster, 255;
- Conrad Weiser, notice
of, 256;
- Notes, &c. 260. |
| CHAPTER II. |
Road from Lancaster to Philadelphia ordered
to be laid out, &c. p. 262;
- Election excitement, or violent
contest, 264;
- Border frays, 265;
- Townships erected, 266;
- Pennsborough and Hopewell, west of the Susquehanna, 266;
- Hanover, 267;
- Little Britain, 267;
- James Ewing
born, 567;
- Contest between the Marylanders and inhabitants
of Lancaster, 268;
- Cressap and his associates attempt to
displace the Germans, 269;
- Is apprehended and imprisoned,
269;
- Governor Ogle sends messengers to
Philadelphia, 269;
- German settlers seized and carried to
Baltimore, 269;
- The council sends an embassy to Governor
Ogle, 270;
- Marylanders break into Lancaster jail,
270;
- Germans naturalized, 271;
- Notes of variety, 272. |
| CHAPTER III. |
- Governor Thomas appointed, p.
274;
- The county divided into eight districts, 274;
- Several
new townships formed, 275;
- John Wright's charge to
the grand jury, 276;
- Brief memoir of Wright, 281;
-
Serjeant attempts to instruct the Indians, 282;
- Omish
apply to the Assembly for an act of naturalization, 282;
-
Count Zinendorf in Lancaster, 283;
- Visits
Wyoming, 284;
- Indiana conclude to massacre him, 284;
- Singular incident dissuades them, 285;
- Attempts made to
prejudice the Assembly against the Germans, 286;
- Martin
Meylin's house built, 286;
- Church council convoked,
287;
- Irish behavior or conduct at an election, 288;
- disputes
between Irish and Germans, 288;
- Murhancellin murders
Armstrong and his two servants, 289;
- Murhancellin
arrested and imprisoned, 289;
- Indian treaty held in
Lancaster, 289;
- Indians peel Musser's walnut trees, 290;
- Lutheran excitement in Lancaster, 291;
- Lindley
Murray born, 291;
- Notes of variety, 292. |
| CHAPTER IV. |
- York county organized, p. 293;
- Election
frauds, 294;
- Sabbath school commenced at Ephrata, 294;
-
David Ramsay born: memoir of, 295;
- Bart township
organized, 297;
- House of employment provided, 298;
-
General Clark, 299;
- Abundant crops, 299;
- Distilleries erected, 299;
- Partial famine, 300;
- Indian
alarms and horrid atrocities, 300;
- French neutrals imported,
301;
- Their condition unenviable, 302;
- An Act to disperse
the, 208;
- Cooper, Webb and La Fevre
appointed to execute the several provisions of the act, 303;
- Another Act passed relative to the French neutrals, 304;
- Notes of variety, 306. |
| CHAPTER V. |
Moravian community at Litiz, p. 308;
- Zinzendorf in Lancaster, 309;
- Application to the conference
at Bethlehem, 310;
- Commencement of Litiz, 311;
- Parsonage
built, 311;
- School-house removed; Rev. B. A. Brube,
312;
- Present condition or state of Litiz: Improvements:
Church and consecration of it, &c. 313;
- List of the names of
pastors, 315;
- Schools and names of teachers, 317;
- Brother
and sister houses, 320;
- The grave yard, 324;
- The spring,
328;
- Population, mechanics, &c. 329. |
| CHAPTER VI. |
- Hostilities between the English and the
French in America, p. 332;
- Delaware and Shawanese Indians
commit murders, 333;
- General Braddocks's
arrival, 333;
- Braddock's defeat, 334;
- dismay caused among the
frontier settlers, 334;
- Paxton and Tulpehocken
refugees at Ephrata, 335;
- Murders committed by the Indians,
335;
- Block-house erected at Lancaster, 336;
- Inhabitants of
Lancaster county petition the Assembly for a militia law,
337;
- scalping parties, 338;
- war suspended against the
Indians, 338;
- Preparations made to repel Indian incursions,
339
- Conrad Weiser commands nine companies,
339;
- French hostilities continued, 340;
- Murders committed by
the Indians in 1757, 339;
- Indians treaties, at Lancaster and
at Easton, 340;
- Minutes extract from of Indian treaty, at
Lancaster, 340;
- King Beaver's speech, 342;
- Treaty held at Easton: fifteen tribes of Indians
represented; Murders by Indians in Tulpehocken, 343;
- Murders
committed by the Indians in 1758, 344;
- Cumberland over-run
by savages, 344;
- Inhabitants fled to Lancaster, &c., 345;
- Barracks erected at Lancaster, 346;
- Work-house erected at
Lancaster, 346;
- The Irish sell to the Germans, and seat
themselves at Chestnut Glade, 347;
- Baron Stiegel
lays out Manheim, 347;
- Notice of the Baron, 348;
- Notes of
variety; Emanuel Carpenter, 394. |
| CHAPTER VII. |
- Tendency of war, p. 350;
- Hostilities
continued, 351;
- Lancaster county exposed to Indian
incursions, 352;
- Treachery of the Conestoga Indians, 352;
-
Paxton and Donegal Rangers watch the
Indians closely, 359;
- Indian villagers massacred, 356;
- Those
abroad taken under protection by the magistrates of
Lancaster, 356;
- Governor Penn's proclamation,
357;
- The Paxton boys at Lancaster; massacre
the Indians, 358;
- Governor Penn issues another
proclamation, 360;
- The Paxton boys grow
desperate, and "show up some Indian," 362;
- Resort to
Philadelphia, 363;
- Their non-commendable conduct there, 363;
- They return peaceably to their homes, leaving two of their
number to present their grievances to the assembly, 365;
-
Robert Fulton, 366;
- B. S. Barton, 367;
- Notes of variety. |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
Hail storm, p. 369;
- Proceedings, &c. by the
citizens of Lancaster county touching the usurpation of
Parliament, in Great Britain, 371;
- Letter from the committee
of correspondence at Philadelphia, 372;
- Meeting at the court
house in Lancaster, 373;
- Copy of a circular letter from
Philadelphia, 376;
- Meeting called at Lancaster, 378;
- Subscriptions opened for the relief of the suffering
Bostonians, 380;
- Letters from Philadelphia, 382;
- Meeting
called, to be held at Lancaster, 383;
- Committee appointed,
384;
- Meeting held, 385;
- Letter from Reading, 387
- Meeting of
the committee of inspection, &c., 388;
- Committee en from
different townships meet at Lancaster, 395;
- Their
proceedings, &c. &c. 395. |
| CHAPTER IX. |
- Course of the mother country objectionable,
p. 404;
- Military convention of Lancaster, 405;
- Daniel Roberdeun and James Ewing elected Brigadier Generals, 407;
- Resolutions passed and adopted, 407;
- Committee of safety:
convention to form the first State Constitution, 408;
- Pennsylvania and Lancaster county active, 409;
- Numerous
incidents, &c. in Lancaster county during the Revolution,
410;
- General Wayne's head quarters and correspondence
with his Excellency, Thomas Wharton, President of the
Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 411;
- Congress repairs
from Philadelphia to Lancaster, thence to York, 420;
- Military meeting at Manheim, 421;
- Surviving Revolutionary
soldiers; Philip Meck, 323; John Ganter, 424;
- George Leonard, Peter Mauerer, Peter Shindle,
Jacob Hoover, 425;
- Notes, 4426. |
| CHAPTER X. |
- Lancaster county after the Revolution, 427
- Germans and those of German extraction: views on education,
427;
- Franklin college established, 428;
- First board of
Trustees, 428;
- Reichenbach: New Jerusalem Church; the twelve
articles received by that church, 429;
- Improvements great in
the county, 433;
- Columbia laid out, 433;
- Lancaster city,
seat of government, 434;
- Late war: means of Lancaster
county, 434;
- Notes of variety, 435. |
| CHAPTER XI. |
EDUCATION: -
- Preliminary remarks:
Importance of general education, p. 426;
- Views of colonists,
427
- Mennonites' views of education, 428;
- Scotch and Irish
settlers made at first little preparation, &c. till 1798,
439;
- First schools under their auspices, 440;
- Rev. M.
Schlatter, indefatigable in his efforts to establish
schools, 443;
- Extract from Coetuale proceedings of 1760,
442;
- Trustees and managers of public schools, 443;
- Germans
patriotic, modest and unassuming, &c. 443;
- Ludwig Hacker
establishes a Sabbath school at Ephrata, 444;
- German
classical school at Ephrata, 445;
- Academy at Ephrata, 445;
- Academy at Litiz, &c. 445, 446;
- Select Academy at Lancaster,
446;
- Franklin college, &c. 447;
- Private schools and
Academies in various parts of the county, 448;
- An act for
the education of children in the borough of Lancaster, 448;
- The Mechanics' Society, 450;
- Classical Academy; Lancaster
County Academy; Classical Academies in the county, 451, 453;
- Seminaries; Common Schools; Sabbath Schools Lyceums, &c.
453. |
| CHAPTER XII. |
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS: -
- Early
missionaries among the Conestoga and other Indians, pp. 455;
- The Mennonites, 356;
- The Friends and Quakers, 457;
- The Omish
or Amish, 457;
- The Episcopalians, 457;
- The Presbyterians,
457;
- The German Baptists, 458;
- The German Seventh Day Baptist,
458;
- The Lutherans, 458;
- The German Reformed, 459;
- The
United Brethren or Moravians, 461;
- The Roman Catholics, 461;
- The Methodist Episcopal, 461;
- The New Jerusalem Church, 462;
- The Evangelical Association, 462;
- The Reformed Mennonites,
462;
- The Universalists; The Seceders; The United Brethren;
The Church of God; The Cavanistic Baptists, 463;
- The
Mormons, "Millerites" and African |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
- Geology of Lancaster County, p. 465;
- Natural History, 467;
- Mammalia, 470;
- Reptilia, 471;
- Ophidia,
471;
- Sauria, 472;
- Amphibia, 472;
- Pisces, 472;
- Coleoptera,
474;
- Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera,
Lepidoptera, Diptera, 470;
- Mollusca, 479;
- Helicidae, 481;
- Unionidae, 482. |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
- Catalogue of the Filicoid and Flowering
Plants of Lancaster county, 483.
- List of Birds, by Libhart, 508. |
| APPENDIX. |
- A. The Maryland and Pennsylvania boundary
line.
- B. James Le Tort.
- C. The
Huguenots. |
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