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Abington Township

28.12.2008 08:19

History: incorporated in 1704

Abington includes the following communites: Abington, Ardsley, Crestmont, Elkins Park, Glenside, Hollywood, Huntingdon Valley, Meadowbrook, Noble, North Hills, Roslyn, Roychester, Rydal, Willow Grove

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Douglass Township

28.12.2008 08:22

History: incorporated in 1741

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Douglass Township

East Norriton Township

28.12.2008 08:24

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East Norriton Township

Franconia Township

28.12.2008 09:59

History: created in 1731 from part of Salford township

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Franconia Township

Franconia Historical Society

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Franconia Mennonite Meeting Meetinghouse
Route 113,
established between 1730 and 1750

Indian Creek Reformed Church (Christ Church)
Cowpath and Church roads
established in the 1750s

Leidy’s Church
Cherry Lane
established in 1858, following construction of a schoolhouse and cemetery

Hatfield Township

28.12.2008 08:34

History: Establidhed March 9, 1730

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1950 School Road
Hatfield PA 19440-1992
Tel 215-855-0900
Fax: 215-855-0243
hatfield@hatfieldtownship.org

Limerick Township

28.12.2008 08:39

History: Incorporated in 1726

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Limerick Township
646 West Ridge Pike
Limerick, PA 19468
P: 610-495-6432
F: 610-495-0353

Lower Frederick Township

28.12.2008 08:42

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Lower Frederick Township
53 Spring Mount Rd.
Zieglerville, PA 19492
610-287-8857

Lower Gwynedd Township

28.12.2008 08:53

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Lower Gwynedd Township

Lower Merion Township

28.12.2008 08:55

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Lower Merion Township

Lower Merion Historical Society

Lower Moreland Township

28.12.2008 08:57

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Lower Moreland Township

Lower Pottsgrove Township

28.12.2008 09:09

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Lower Pottsgrove Township

Lower Providence Township

28.12.2008 09:15

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Lower Providence Township

Lower Salford Township

28.12.2008 09:18

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Lower Salford Township

Lower Salford Historical Society

Marlborough Township

28.12.2008 09:21

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Montgomery Township

28.12.2008 09:24

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Montgomery Township
1001 Stump Road
Montgomeryville, PA18936-9605
Phone: (215) 393-6900
Fax: (215) 855-6656

New Hanover Township

28.12.2008 09:28

History: created in 1741

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New Hanover Township

New Hanover Township Historical Society
c/o New Hanover Township Building
2943 North Charlotte Street
Gilbertsville, PA 19525
610-323-1008

Perkiomen Township

28.12.2008 09:31

History: established in 1886

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Perkiomen Township

Salford Township

28.12.2008 09:33

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Skippack Township

28.12.2008 09:38

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Skippack Township

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Brandt, Philip

30.12.2008 07:47

Philip Brandt, of New Hanover.

BY HENRY S. DOTTERER.

Philip Brandt received a commercial education in Germany. On his journey to this country he lost his property, compelling him to begin life here under great disadvantages

In 1734 he was the owner of 100 acres of land in Hanover township. His property was located in the immediate vicinity of tlhee Lutheran and Reformed churches in the present New Hanover township.

On the 25th of November, 1742, Philip Brandt was in the city of Philadelphia. On the same day Rev. Henry Melchior Miihlenberg arrived in the city. They became acquainted, and formed a warm friendship. Mr. Muhlenberg, in his Selbstbiographie, 1711-1748, states what then occurred, in these words :

"I inquired of the English innkeeper, with whom I stopped, where New Provvidence and New Hanover were located. He did not know, but brought in a German from the country, who was just then in town but lived in New Hanover. The man's name was Philip Brandt. He said one might ask a long time in vain for New Providence and New Hanover, for these places were known by the names Trappe and Falkner Schwamm. He said further New Hanover was thirty-six English miles distant, and that he must start this evening on his return home, although the roads were in bad condition. I was still weak and swollen from the sea voyage, but not wishing to lose any time resolved to accompany him, and had my effects brought from the vessel to my rented room. Mr. Brandt in the meantime iiired a horse for my use, and in the evening we rode quietly out of town. We fed the horses ten miles out of town at a tavern kept by a German, and remained here for the night. Friday, November 26, we continued our journey with several Germans; but made slow progress, as we could only walk our horses, on account of the heavy roads. It was evening when we came to the two creeks, Skippack and Perkiome, which we had to cross. The first was low, the other high. My companion rode ahead. I was to follow. My horse was light and weak, and the stream being violent he was carried down with the current a distance of sev- eral rods. Nevertheless, he made his way, diagonally, across the stream, and brought me up safely on the other side. I was soaked with water up to the chest, and still had ten miles to ride in the dark, to reach New Hanover. This gave me a severe cold. Reached Brandt's home, under God's gracious providence. Here I stopped over night, and was hospitably entertained. On Saturday, November 27, I rode with Brandt farther up to visit a deacon of the congregation, whom I requested to call a meeting of the officers. In the afternoon, two deacons and four elders met. At my request Mr. Brandt read to them the letter of the Reverend Court Chaplain Ziegenhagen."

Philip Brandt died in July, 1744, about 50 years of age. He made a will, written in German, and signed Philipp Brandt. He appointed his wife, Elizabeth Brandt, sole executrix, and directed that she should assume the management of his plantation and the education of his children until they should reach maturity.

The real and personal estate was appraised by Henry Antes, Michael Feedle, Jacob Neuzeholtzer and Johann Michael Weygel. The plantation consisted of 250 acres, which, "with ye building," these "four Judicious Men" estimated at £200, and the balance of the property was appraised at £ 3G 3 0. Mrs. Sprogle had the testator's bond for £40, which was paid two years later with interest at the rate of 3h per cent, per annum. The names of some of the persons to whom small sums were paid out of the estate were : Jacob Bauchman, Valentine Haun, Moses Hayman, Adam Kamp, Adam Levengood, John Miller, Charles Nagle, William Parsons and Michael Weichell. Jno. Campbell made the settlement for the executrix, the closing account bearing date of April 26, 1754.

It will be observed that Philip Brandt prospered in the New World, notwithstanding the unfavorable circumstances under which he landed here.

Upon the death of Mr. Brandt, Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg wrote to the authorities at Halle concerning his "first fellow traveller" in Pennsylvania as follows :

"He led a Christian, quiet life; heard the word of God attentively; and at home found edification n the perusal of Arndt's 'True Christianity.' In his youth he en- joyed good religious instruction, which enabled him to give a reason for the hope that was in him. Towards other sects he was circumspect and peaceable, and he sought to be neighborly with everyone, yet so to live as to give away nothing of love and truth. At length his maladies increased, and his end seemed near. I was with him a few days before his death. Regarding his walk in this life, he found therein numberless faults and shortcomings, but he believed that the Intercessor with the Father in Heaven had blotted all out and cast them into the depths of the sea for the sake of His promise. When he was yet living, he charged me in his name most sincerely to thank the worthy patrons and benefactors in Europe."

Eiizabeth Brandt, the widow, died near the beginning of the year 1768. She made a will on the 28th of November, 1707. Her sons, Jacob Brandt and George Brandt, were named executors. Her son Philip, the will says, "is gone to some other country;" she therefore ordered that his share be kept for him or his heirs for ten years. She bequeathed to Michael Brandt's daughter, Elizabeth, "my bed and bedstead, and my chest and drawers or clothes press, as a token of her grandmother;" and to Elizabeth Misemer, Elizabeth Henrich and Philip Witts, three pounds apiece, " as a token of their godmother."

The children of Philip and Elizabeth Brandt were:

Michael born June 1724; died August 1794.

Christina, married November 8, 1748, Jacob Liebengut.

Margaret, wife of Cassimer Misemer.

Jacob, confirmed at Easter, 1749, aged 15; buried March 30, 1794, aged 60 years, 7 months

Philip, confirmed at Whitsuntide, 1752, aged 16.

George, confirmed at Whitsuntide, 1755, aged 16 years, married Susanna Reinert, daughter of Philip Reinert; died April 12, 1821, aged 81 years, 11 months, 8 days; buried at Limerick church. His wife, Susanna, died September 17, 1825, aged 80 years, and is buried at Limerick church.

The baptisms and confirmations of these persons are recorded in the Faulkner Swamp Reformed church book.

George Brandt, son of Philip and Elizabeth Brandt, made a will June 2, 1819, which was probated May 25, 1821. He lived in Pottsgrove township on a farm of 137 acres. His children were: Samuel; Elizabeth, married Henry Christman; Benjamin

Assessment of Frederick Township, 1766

30.12.2008 07:46

Assessment of Frederick Township for 1776.

George Weikert, Assessor.

Leonard Boyer, Collector.

Caspar Achenbach, one cow.

Frederick Antes, Esquire, 250 acres. 6 horses, 7 cows, 9 sheep, grist and saw mill, one servant, £32 1 7 8. Pays an annuity to his mother.

Francis Bard, 3 acres, one cow.

Samuel Bertolet, 1 horse.

Conrad Bickhard, 20 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Andrew Boyer, 2 horses, 2 cows.

George Bo)fer, 200 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows; cripple and 7 children.

Henry Boyer, 60 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Henry Boyer, Jr. , 1 65 acres, 1 horse, 5 cows.

Leonard Boyer, collector, 27 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows.

Philip Boyer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Philip Boyer, Jr., 175 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

William Boyer, 60 acres, 1 servant, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Pliilip Brown, tailor, 2 cows.

Jacob Christman, 160 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

Andrew Conrad, 1 cow.

Catharine Deem, for Jacob Grubb's estate, 16 acres.

Peter Dehaven, single.

George Derr, weaver, 1 cow.

Jacob Detwiler, 200 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows, grist and saw mill.

Conrad Dotterer, 250 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

John Dotterer.

Michael Dotterer, 220 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows; maintains his parents.

Peter Faust, 28 acres, 2 cows, 7 children .

Susanna Frey, widow, 150 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Charles Fuchs, 1 cow.

John Geist, single.

Mathias Geist, 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

George Gilbert, 1 cow.

George Gougler, 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Conrad Grob. 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

John Hartenstein, 1 horse, 2 cows.

John Heebner, 150 acres, 1 horse.

John Heebner, 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

Philip Heebner, single.

John Herger, 128 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

John Hiltebeitel, 150 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Adam Hollobush, 125 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

Christian Hollobush, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Dorothy Hollobush, widow, 50 acres, 7 cows.

Henry Hollobush, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Jost Hollobush, one cow.

Peter Hofstat, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Ellas Horst, 20 acres, 1 cow.

Jacob Houch, 100 acres, old and imfirm.

Peter Houch', 140 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

John Hummel, 1 horse, 1 cow.

George Kehl, 2 cows.

Mathias Kern, 125 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, and grist mill.

Frederick Koons.

Michael Koons, 170 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows.

Godfrey Koppes, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Jacob Kratzer, 1 horse, 2 cows.

George Krause, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Henry Krause, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Henry Krause, Jr., 140 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Michael Krause, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, a grist mill, aged, and a crippled son and childish wife.

Michael Krause, single.

Francis Leidig, 170 acres, 2 horses, 7 cows

John Philip Leydich, minister, 2 horses, 3 cows.

William Lick, 1 cow.

George Michael, 275 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows. . ,

Peter Milhof, 1 cow.

Peter Minner.

George Moyer, 25 acres. 1 horse, 2 cows; a cripple.

Frederick Nebel.

George Nyce, Sr., 260 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, 1 negro,

Joseph Nyce, single.

Zachariah Nyce, 145 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, 1 negro.

John Reary, 1 cow.

John Reimer, 130 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

Ludwig Reimer, 130 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Peter Roshong, 1 cow.

Henry Sassaman, 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Abraham Schfeffer, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Ludwig Schiittler 180 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

George Schwenk, 200 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows.

George Shill, 73 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

George Smith, shoemaker, 140 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, rents of Charles Fuchs.

Henry Smith, 140 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Widow Smith, (John Smith's Estate) 140 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Christian Stetler, 125 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Henry Stetler, potter, 1 servant, 130 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Stetler, 125 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

David Underkoffler.

Jacob Underkoffler, 300 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows. .,

Jacob Underkoffler, Jr., 1 horse, 1 cow.

John Ulrich, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Andrew Weidman, 100 acres, 2 horses 2 cows.

George Weidman, innkeeper, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

George Weikert, assessor, 375 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, grist and saw mill, 1 servant.

Andrew Werner, 2 cows.

Henry Werner, smith, 3 cows.

Peter Werner, 50 acres, 2 cows; old and infirm.

John Yost, 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

John Yost, Jr., single.

Charles Zeller, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Jacob Zieber, 60 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

John Zieber, 190 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

Taxables of New Hanover Township for 1779

29.12.2008 21:01

Taxables of New Hanover Township for 1779.

George Ditrich Bucher, Assessor.

Moses Bender, Collector.

William Antes, 2 horses, 4 cows, and for John Betz 60 acres.

William Antes, for Frederick Antes estate.

Nicholas Barninger, farmer, 100 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

Frederick Barr, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Peter Barr, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Barral, laborer, 20 acres, 2 cows.

Adam Bartman, weaver, 27 acres, 2 cows.

George Bechtell, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Isaac Bechtell, weaver, 50 acres.

Jacob Bechtell, joyner, 60 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Martin Bechtell, farmer, 250 acres, 4 horses, 7 cows.

Samuel Bechtell, joyner, 1 cow ; for Henry Gibson's estate, 30 acres.

George Beecley, laborer, 1 cow.

Anthony Bender, farmer, 95 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Jacob Bender, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

John Bender.

Moses Bender, farmer, 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Bern hart, laborer, 1 cow.

Jacob Bishop, 1 horse, 3 cows.

Anthony Bitting, retailer, 1 horse.

Joseph Bitting, farmer, 280 acres, 4 horses, 5 cows.

Christian Bleem, farmer, 300 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, 1 servant.

John Blett, farmer, 65 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Widow Bolich, .39 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows.

Benjamin Bonsell, 45 acres, 2 cows.

Jacob Bowman, smith, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Adam Brant, clockmaker, 22 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Jacob Brant, laborer, 10 acres, 1 cow.

Michael Brant, farmer, 150 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows.

John Brook, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

George Bucher, farmer, 244 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Sebastian Bucher's estate, for Widow Bucher, 100 acres.

Sigmund Burger, 1 horse, 2 cows.

David Burkhart, fanner, 100 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

George Burkhart.

George Burkhert, Sr., miller, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 grist mill.

John Clayfield, weaver.

David Conner, laborer, 1 cow.

Sebastian Cook.

Martin Dagenbach, 29 acres, 2 horses, -2 cows.

Samuel Davis, farmer, 140 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Peter Dehaven, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Jacob Dennj', 2 horses, 2 cows.

Henry Dering, 100 acres, 2 cows, one grist mill.

Philip Dering, 2 horses, 2 cows.

John Detier, laborer, 2 cows.

Bernhart Dotterer, farmer, 150 acres, 1 servant, 2 horses, 4 cows, tax £17 15 4.

John Diifrane, laborer, I cow.

George Eberhart, wheelwriglit, 54 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

George Adam Egolf, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Jacob Egolf.

Michael Egolf.

Widow Eichelberger, 50 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Caspar Erb, farmer, 60 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Frederick Ernst, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Adam Feadley.

Michael Feadley, 150 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows, grist mill.

John Feagley, 1 cow.

Philip Fisher.

Frederick Fogel, tanner, 35 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Thomas Forster, weaver, 130 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Adam Fox.

Ludwig Frankenberger.

Adam Freed.

John Freed, weaver, 2 cows.

Philip Freed.

Samuel Freed.

Jacob Freese.

Martin Frets, laborer, 1 cow.

Henry Freyer, laborer, 1 cow.

Joseph Freyer, farmer, 75 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Adam Garber.

John Garber, farmer, 30 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Gasha, retailer, 1 cow.

George Michael Gebhart, infirm, 45 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Joseph Geist, farmer, 50 acres, 1 liorse, 3 cows.

Widow Gerber.

Christopher Garrett (Garrett), blacksmith, 100 acres, 1 servant, 2 horses, 5 cows.

James Gerret.

John Getzelman, 2 acres.

George Gilbert, taylor, 15 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Jacob Greesinger, farmer, 75 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

John Groff, weaver, 1 cow.

Abraham Grubb, farmer, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

George Grubb.

Henry Grubb, infirm, 33 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Jacob Grubb, farmer, 170 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Peter Guht, 1 horse, 2 cows ; for Widow Kepner's estate, 100 acres.

William Haffes.

Philip Hahn, farmer, 250 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows.

Barney Hart, 17 horses, 1 cow.

Philip Hartman, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Detrich Hassinger, 1 horse

Widow Herbel, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

George Herbst, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Michael Hilbert, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Michael Hinterleiter, innkeeper, 160 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows.

Jacob Hoober.

Jacob Hooven, 1 horse, 4 cows ; for Rees Evans, 100 acres.

Mathias Hooven, 3 liorses, 4 cows.

Benedict Horning, 12 acres, 1 cow.

William Jones, mason, 1 cow.

Jacob Kalb, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Kehl, blacksmith, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

John Reiser, 3 horses, 2 cows, for Thomas Pugh's estate.

Andrew Kepner, farmer, 120 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

David Kepner'e estate.

Henry Kepner, innkeeper, 1 horse, 1 cow.

William Kepner, potter, 50 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Jacob Kern, laborer, 1 cow.

Peter Kerner, laborer, 2 cows.

John King, wagoner, 40 acres, 3 horses, 1 cow.

Adam Kleckner, mason, dwelling and 1 cow.

Joseph Kolb. farmer, 100 acres, 2 liorses, 3 cows.

George Krambach, farmer, 109 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Valentine Krause, farmer, 130 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Adam Krebs, farmer, 150 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows.

Michael Krebs, innkeeper, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Michael Kurtz, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Joshua Lambater, butcher, 1 horse, 1 cow.

WMdow Lenderman, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Adam Liebenguht, farmer, 200 acres, 3 cows.

Daniel Linsenbigler, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Paul Linsenbigler, farmer, 88 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Peter Loch, farmer, 40 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

John Lorash, farmer, 95 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Widow McCall, 15 acres, 1 cow.

John McCallister, laborer, 1 cow.

Widow McClintock, for Thomas May's estate, 2 acres.

Alexander McMichael, retailer, 15 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Jacob Maltsburger, farmer, 200 acres, 1 servant, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Benjamin Markley, blacksmith, 100 acres.

Joseph Maybury, laborer, 1 cow.

John Mater, laborer, 1 cow.

Frederick Mathew, mason, 1 horse, 1 cow.

Jacob Mechlein, farmer, 70 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Benjatnin Mercle, farmer, 126 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows.

Casimer Messimer, farmer, 200 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Henry Messimer, tanner.

Henry Meyer.

Anthony Miller, 2 horses.

Jacob Miller.

John Miller.

Martin Miller.

Michael Miller, 1 horse, 3 cows.

Nicholas Miller, farmer, 140 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Peter Miller.

Philip Miller, joyner, 1 horse, 2 cows, for Abraham Saylor.

Benedict Mintz, farmer, 100 acres, 1 horee, 1 cow. .

Daniel Narregang, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Neidig, farmer, 128 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

Jacob Neighman (Neeman), taylor, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Charles Newman, farmer, 83 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Henry Newman, farmer, 100 acres, 1 horse, 4 cows.

Jacob Paltsgrove, laborer, 2 cows.

Abraham Pool.

Nicholas Pool, farmer, i)o acres, 1 horse, 3 cows.

Samuel Potts, 40 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Frederick Reifner, 1 cow, for Thomas Pugh's estate.

Sebastian Reifsnyder, 190 acres, 3 horses, 7 cows.

Wendel Reninger, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Philip Reyer, laborer, 1 cow.

John Richards, farmer, 320 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows.

Samuel Roads, 1 cow, for Patrick Henlyt.

Thomas Rutter, 50 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 negro.

Conrad Saylor, 1 cow, for Jacob Strouse's estate

John Sackman, farmer, 117 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Christian Sackreiter, farmer, 70 acres, 1 horse, 3 cow.s.

Conrad Schleiger.

Martin Sensenderfer, farmer, 125 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

John'Seiss, for John Paul's estate.

George Shseffy, laborer, 1 cow.

William Shaffer's estate, 108 acres.

Jacob Shaffner, 1 horse, 2 cows.

George Shaner, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

Isaac Shants, cordwainer, 50 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Jacob Shants, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, for Robert Stevenson's estate.

Jacob Shants, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Widow Sheaffy, for Jacob Liebenguth's 100 acres.

Widow Shiner, 100 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows.

John Shuler, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Ludwick Shuster, laborer, 2 cows.

George Adam Slonecker, farmer, 100 acres, 4 horses, 3 cows.

Widow Sloneker, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows.

Andrew Smith, innkeeper, 450 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows.

Conrad Smith, farmer, 40 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

John Smith.

John Smith, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows.

Lawrence Smith, laborer, 1 cow.

Philip Jacob Smith, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows. <

Thomas Smith, farmer, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Henry Snyder, farmer, 140 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Henry Snyder, Jr., farmer, 160 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows.

Jacob Snyder.

John Snyder.

Widow Snyder, 47 acres, 2 cows.

John Specht.

Peter Specht.

Peter Steltz, farmer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows.

George Strauss, laborer, 40 acres, 2 cows.

John Strohm, weaver, 2 cows.

Jacob Strouss, aged and infirm, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

WiUiam Tliompson.

Jacob VanBuskirk.

LeoDard Walter, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Christian Wanneniacher, farmer, 113 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Adam Wartner ( Wartman?) ( AdamWarthman, wheel wright), 160 acres,3 horses,4 cows.

John Willauer, laborer, 1 cow.

Jacob Wolfinger, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 gristmill.

Philip Yawn, farmer, 2 horses, 3 cows.

David Yack (Yaag), infirm, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Adam Yerger, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Thomas Yerger, infirm, 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Tobias Yerger, farmer, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows.

Martin Yerker (Yerger), infirm, 100 acres, 1 cow.

Pliilip Yost, farmer, 155 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows.

Philip Young.

Christian ZoUer, farmer, 90 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows.

Bartram, Anna Smedley

24.01.2009 06:18

Anna Smedley Bartram, a Quaker who still spoke the "plain language" and was admired by all who knew her for her quiet but firm sense of charity and justice, died March 22. She was 105 and lived at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, Montgomery County.

Raised on a farm near Newtown Square, Delaware County, she was descended from an old Quaker family whose land in Chester County was deeded to them by William Penn. Her family donated the land on which was built the Willistown Friends Meeting, on Goshen Road in Willistown, Chester County.

In 1904, she married Wilmer Bartram, who was a descendant of John Bartram, the colonial Philadelphia botanist. They lived on a farm until 1917, when they sold it and he opened a hardware store in Malvern, Chester County, which she helped him manage. He died in 1943.

Anna Bartram grew up addressing people as "thee" and "thou" in what is called the "plain language." Her mind remained sharp into her last years, and she enjoyed recalling stories of old Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.

She was a member of Willistown Friends Meeting. She would have been 106 in June.

"She showed me a photo of her son in a cape," said longtime friend Signe Wilkinson, Daily News editorial cartoonist. "She said her aunt gave her the cape and her aunt wore it when she walked the cows up from Elfreth's Alley to a field that is now Lit Brothers.

"She also told the story of playing in a creek with her cousins and one of them had a camera and took a picture of her with her skirts up in the water. When they had the photo developed at a store on 12th Street, the photographer teased her about her petticoat showing."

Wilkinson said Anna Bartram "always looked for the best in people and found it and brought it out."

Anna attended Swarthmore College for two years but had to drop out to care for a brother who had contracted polio. She had worked for women's suffrage and had been a member of the American Friends Service Committee. She did charity and volunteer work during the Depression and World War II and later worked in the Paoli library.

Once, during the Depression, she had baskets of food for the poor to distribute near the Paoli train station, Wilkinson said.

Anna was warned that some local toughs across the street likely would take the baskets away from her. In typical fashion she walked across the street and confronted them and said that if they were hungry, she would help them find work with local farmers in return for food. They agreed, and she found them all odd jobs.

"She was small as a sparrow," said Wilkinson, "but after you got to know her, you didn't think of her as small at all.

"She spoke in meeting about bigotry . . . She made you aware of injustice and that each person could do something about injustice."

Faith Hidell, another longtime friend, said Anna Bartram believed in getting involved and changing things that were wrong and "not necessarily wait for someone else to do it." She added that one of Bartram's favorite stories from the Bible was of Jesus entering the Temple in Jerusalem where he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and chased them out.

"Three weeks before she died she was just as determined as the first time I ever met her," said Hidell. "Anna was a most remarkable person because she was a very thinking person and exceedingly thought-provoking in her expression of her convictions and her concerns . . . It's a shame everyone hasn't known an Anna Bartram in their lifetime."

Hidell's husband, Henry, said, "In yearly meeting, she'd get up and express some sincere thought. She had a knack of picking the right words at the right time. I guess she lived as long as she did because of things like that. A lot of people worry themselves to death because they're not too sure. She was always sure of herself."

At the age of 102, Anna wrote down some of her recollections of growing up in Chester County for the Ambler Gazette. She said that her father built a cupboard for magazines and the five children were encouraged to read "and discuss at the table and not to gossip. If we gossiped, we were sent from the table."

Anna also wrote that her mother didn't like the children using slang words like "darn," so she made up a word for the children to use in place of it, which was "Aly-berante-fontiosti-cus." But the children started using that word so often, said Anna, that "Mother had to invent a second, longer word."

When she was into her 100s, people invariably asked her how it felt to be that age. She would reply, "I don't know. I've never been this age before."

"She had a favorite quotation from William Penn," recalled Faith Hidell. " 'Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity, but for that reason it should be most our care to learn it.' "

Surviving is a son, Thomas Bartram.

Anna Bartram will be honored at a service at 10 a.m. Sunday at Willistown Friends Meeting.

Bartram, Howard W.

24.01.2009 07:13

Howard W. Bartram, 77, a descendant of John Bartram, the world-renowned colonial botanist, and a retired headmaster at Abington Friends School, died Wednesday at Abington Memorial Hospital. He lived at Foulkeways, a retirement community in Gwynedd, Montgomery County.

Born in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Mr. Bartram was a 1930 graduate of the George School and graduated from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., in 1934. He received a master's degree in physics from Syracuse University in 1936.

Mr. Bartram taught for 12 years, in the late 1930s and 1940s, at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington.

He served as headmaster of Abington Friends, in Jenkintown, from 1949 to 1966.

Mr. Bartram was associate executive secretary of the Chicago American Friends Service Committee for five years, until 1971. He returned to Philadelphia as general secretary of the Friends General Conference and served in that post for six years, until he retired in 1977.

"He was a genuinely nice person - a good, trustworthy Quaker," said Marty Walton, the current general secretary of the Friends General Conference in Philadelphia. "He was active not only in Friends General Conference, but also in many other Quaker organizations. People at Friends World Committee and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting also knew him well, and will miss him."

"He was just a very kind and gentle person," recalled Ken Miller, associate secretary and Friends General Conference coordinator. "He worked hard. He was always in before I got in and was there when I left."

Mr. Bartram was a member of Gwynedd Friends Meeting.

A seventh-generation descendant of John Bartram, Mr. Bartram was the son of the late John Henry Bartram and Mary H. White Bartram.

Mr. Bartram and about 200 other Bartram family members gathered in Philadelphia in August 1983 for a three-day tricentennial reunion of the descendants of the immigrant Bartrams who arrived in Philadelphia in 1683.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Bailey Bartram; sons, Donald E., Stephen L. and Stuart B.; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandsons.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gwynedd Friends Meeting, Route 202 and Sumneytown Pike.