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the representative from Lancaster County, 1791-1801. The oldest tombstone, under the chapel, is that of David Wells, who died October 15, 1764, aged 55 years. See Pennsylvania Genealogical Society publication for a record of the cemetery under the chapel. In the year 1769 the Rev. John Woodhull was

Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2

description of the "Lancaster County Room" in the Handbook of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum, 1938. 20 Franklin, Benj. An account of the newly invented Pennsylvania fire- places, 1744, in his: Works, ed. A. H. Smith, Macmillan, 1905, v. 2, p. 246. 21 Rush, op. cit., and Franklin, Benjamin

valleys of the Pequea and Conestoga. It is recorded in Rupp's "History of Lancaster County" that Martin Meylin erected a boring mill near the Big Spring, in 1719. These pioneers brought with them their ideas on the art of riflemaking and soon, necessity — their own protection — compelled them to invent