live with his daughter, Mrs. D. Cook, where he lived until God took him. He was �buried in the Presbyterian Church there with the following epitaph: Here lies the remains of Rev. Colin McFarquhar, A native of Scotland, 30 years Pastor of Presbyterian Church of Donegal, Lancaster Co., Pa., who died 27th

, etc. He resides at Swatara where he has a family and a small piece of land." From this we might suppose that there was a Reformed Church organiza- tion of some kind in Donegal, possibly as early as 1725. In the year 1743 a minister by the name of Rev. Jacob Lischy arrived. He had come to Pennsylvania

, blacksmiths, Conestoga wagon builders and nearby fulling mills gave employment to many per- sons, and an air of prosperity was evident to the traveler. The Pennsylvania Gazeteer of 1798 thus describes the town at that date: "A post town in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa., distant twenty miles from

the south side of Little Chiques creek, at what is now known as "The Dell," between the Pennsylvania Rail- road and Mount Joy trolley tracks. The place was occupied at the be- ginning of 1839, by its principal, Rev. Nehemiah Dodge, A.M., who became known as a very active character and able teacher