settled in 1714, when he came from England. Lancaster coun- ty was represented in her Provincial Assembly by John Wright and his son, James, at the same time. The latter served from 1741 to 1771,. where he showed much courage and ability in those troublesome times, serving on committees, when making lands

the Pennsylvania line / by Miss Martha b. Clark. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Hamilton, James, 1750-1833. Society of the Cincinnati. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [71]-89 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

March 28, 1820 (P. L., p. 150), which, among other things, empowered James Hop- kins,and his heirs and assigns, to cre- ate and construct a Slackwater navi- gation in the Conestoga creek, or river, from the Susquehanna river to the Lancaster and Philadelphia turn- pike road. Section 2 empowered them to

hundred huts, built by the English. The troops quartered in Maryland were sent to Lancaster, Pa. Two Hessian regiments were quartered in the poor house, and were made comfortable. In the course of time their provisions ran short, and the officers bought supplies out of their own means, and later gave each

, Lancaster, Pa., pages 724 and 727, gives the deed of Thomas and Sarah Barton "To Paul Zantzinger, executed August 26, 1778. "The said Thomas Barton choosing to sell his estate, real, retire out of the State, both in pursuance of an Act of General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, entitled an Act for

of prominence, viz.: George Ross, Thomas Barton, James Bickham, Jacob Glatz and others. On the jury empanneled by Sheriff Matthias Slough, December 14, 1763, to investigate the murder of the Indians at their village, outside of Lancaster, were Matthias Dehuff and John Dehuff. Between the building of