Photograph- Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
Photograph- Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
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Lefevre Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Plaque reads "This farm including the Lefevre Cemetery has been the home of seven generations of Lefevres since it was bought by Isaac Lefevre of 1669 from William Penn who bought it from the Pequea Indians in 1682."
Photograph- All Saints Episcopal Cemetery, Paradise. Monument for Nathaniel and Margaret Lightner and John and Barbara Lightner who are buried in the Lightner Cemetery, Leacock Township.
Photograph- All Saints Episcopal Cemetery, Paradise. Monument for Nathaniel and Margaret Lightner and John and Barbara Lightner who are buried in the Lightner Cemetery, Leacock Township.
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All Saints Episcopal Cemetery, Paradise. Monument for Nathaniel and Margaret Lightner and John and Barbara Lightner who are buried in the Lightner Cemetery, Leacock Township.
Photograph- Pequea Presbyterian Church cemetery near White Horse, Salisbury Township. Tombstone of James, son of Thomas C. and Mary A. Henderson (1834-1890) and Emma Jane, wife of James Henderson, daughter of Joshua and Amelia Linvill.
Photograph- Pequea Presbyterian Church cemetery near White Horse, Salisbury Township. Tombstone of James, son of Thomas C. and Mary A. Henderson (1834-1890) and Emma Jane, wife of James Henderson, daughter of Joshua and Amelia Linvill.
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Pequea Presbyterian Church cemetery near White Horse, Salisbury Township. Tombstone of James, son of Thomas C. and Mary A. Henderson (1834-1890) and Emma Jane, wife of James Henderson, daughter of Joshua and Amelia Linvill.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
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Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Lathe-turned wooden tar bucket with fitted lid and remnants of leather straps. Cylindrical vessel has slight taper inward toward middle. Decorated with two double score marks below center. Above center are shoulders jutting outward with vertical holes through which straps of leather handle pass. Handle also passes through lid of conforming shape, although one strap broken off at shoulder while the other is broken off 3 inches above shoulder.Center hole in lid apparently accepted a now-missing stick used to apply tar to wheels. Broken-off 5-inch length of leather strap rests inside. Tar residue in bucket.
Lancaster County or region.
Provenance
Donor believes bucket descended from family members to his parents who displayed it on their mantle. Donor inherited it from parents.
Hanging balance scales with two brass dishes. Attached tag: "Miss Emma H. Ranck". Listed in original accession notes as "Assayers Scales" used specifically for weighing metals.
In 1754 Thomas Cope gave this simple coin to his son, Caleb, when he reached the age of 9. The year on the coin was also the year of Caleb's birth. Twenty-one years later the coin would end up in the hand of a British Officer who would conspire with Benedict Arnold in an attempt to capture one of the colonies' most important military installations.
