History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time PDF
Preview History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time
]S3 do) 'jnk\ HISTORY OF COUNTY BUCKS PENNSYLVANIA W FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE DELAWARE TO THE PRESENT TIME BY WILLIAM W. H. DAVIS, A.M. President oftheBucksCountyHistorical Society, Member of the American Historical Society, theHistorical SociHeitsytGoofreinPcH,eaunlJnno"dsShoyrLncleiFivfdreaLeitnaaeyoicns;faed,yRAG:eueFtbtnoh"eh.eulorl"NJrtioTehoohhnwfnP;eeY"D"nSoaEnprvls"akiynsHlGiG;ivrse"sainhtnne"ogiCaHroaoliy,nosRogqteofiuorgceriDasyNmolte3oeaflnownefttds;hNMt"eBeoeixwDw"onio"g,cyHMrolieaOsepxltsahiodtnircodcyaowanonl;Hdf"eGStNrouh"ecaeiwHPreiHe;dtsoas"ytpr;,olt"Eertt,yhFc"ea."oTmfWhie"telshyHte;ie"sOrtnnoerRyeosferve SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED WITH A GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNT\ Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of WARREN ELY \ S. Genealogist, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Librarian of the Buck^ County Historical Society, AND JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D. Ofthe Historical Society of Pennsylvania. — '^OLUME ILLUSTRATED III NEW •)RK CHICAGO THE LEWIS JL,TIBLISHING COMPANY ^?05 -^•,^'**fi l4Q Entered According to Act of Congress IN THE Office of the Librarian of Congress, in the Year 1905, BY The Lewis Publishing Company. INTRODUCTORY The present volume forms a fitting supplement to the ample historical nar- rative from the pen of General W. W. H. Davis. For its preparation especial thanks are due to Mr. Warren S. Ely, of more than merely local fame as a genealogist and historian. Out of his abundant store of material and through familiarity with the official records of Bucks and adjoining counties, he has been enabled to write with care and intelligence the genealogical history of various branches of leading families in Bucks county, and his sketches will be readily identified by all who are familiar with the methods which he has observed so successfully in making investigations into ancestral fields in response to many exacting requisitions by individuals and family associations. He has also, in this work, dealt largely with the personal history of leading men of affairs in his native county, and his facile pen can be readily traced by the great mass of readers in that region who for years have been familiar with his clear and cogent writings along the lines which he has pursued with that genuine enthusiasm becoming to one who holds in proper appreciation the sturdy race from whom lie sprang and among whom he was reared, and who possesses the ability of rightly weighing their lives and achievements. An earnest effort has been made to give an authentic history of most of the early settlers, as well as of those who later found homes in this historic county, and their descendants down to the present time, giving special attention tothe part taken by them in its history and development. It has been impossible, however, to give as full an account of some of the old families as might have been desired, by reason of the paucity of data furnished, many families of more or less prominence in the aff'airs of the county, at different periods, being with- out exact records of their family line, and it being, of course, impracticable in a work of this general character for the publishers to undertake extensive and expensive researches in untrodden paths. Neither was it possible for Mr. Ely to revise and verify all the data furnished by the representatives of the families treated of in the work. It can be said, however, with reference to the bio- graphical matter contained in this volume that in its preparation the publisher^ have observed the utmost care as to accuracy and authenticity, so far as lay in their power. In all cases the sketches have been submitted to the subject, or present representative of the family, for correction and revision, and the pub- lishers believe that they are placing before the public, in the contents of this volume, a valuable adjunct t,'^ the narrative history of the events in this historic county, to which General Dcv'is has devoted nearly a lifetime of painstaking INTRODUCTORY iv and intelligent research, by giving some authentic account of most of the families that have participated in those events, and following these genealogical and historical sketches with some account of the present gei '.'ation, on whom and their descendants the grand old county must depend for the maintenance of the high standard of citizenship that has characterized her in the past. An effort has also been made to give some account of the descendants of Bucks county ancestry who have wandered from their alma mater and distinguished We themselves in the various-walks of life in other sections. believe, therefore, that we have rendered a lasting service to posterity in gathering together and placing in enduring form much valuable information that would otherwise soon have been irretrievably lost through the passing away of many custodians of family and other records, and the consequent dispersion of such matter. The publishers desire to express their appreciation of the assistance ren- dered them and their editors in the preparation of this work, by various persons wdio have placed at their disposal the result of valuable researches made on genealogical and historical lines for private purposes. As stated therein, much of the data in reference to the Holland families who w^ere the first actual settlers on the Neshaminy in Northampton, Southampton and adjoining parts of War- minster, Bensalem, Middletown and Bristol townships, is the result of more than twenty years of research conducted on these lines by R. Winder Johnson, of Philadelphia, very little if any of which has been heretofore published. Again, much of the data in reference to the early German settlers in upper Bucks, whose part in the history of the county has probably never received proper recognition, is the result of exhaustive researches made by Mr. Ely, in which he was materially aided by the Rev. A. J. Fretz, of ]\Iilton, New Jersey,, who has devoted years of unselfish work to these lines. ]\Iany others have con- tributed more or less to the value of the work by giving us the benefit of their valuable researches. THE PUBLISHERS.
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