State and Confederation for Lancaster and adjoining counties. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly and sat upon the bench as one of its judiciary. He served nine years as Treasurer of Lancaster County, the richest and most populous in the State. Finally, in 1785, he was a delegate to the

dainties." Once more he sees life new to him. Evidently there was still good wild turkey hunting in Lancaster County in 1779. "June 30. The Whigs have been greatly elevated of late, by accounts of a defeat of our troops under Genl Prevost in South Carolina—but it proves entirely fiction ; instead of a

his two sons, Simon and John, and their wives (McKenzie sisters), came to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1775. They are reported to have been on the same ship with Colin McFarquhar, who was headed toward his pastorate at the Donegal Church, Lancaster County.3 They had been farmers in Scotland