mouth of the Pequea Creek, others at the head of the Pequea Creek, others at Paradise and still others at Washington Borough or at Shawnee Town, Columbia, and all claim to have reliable historical data to uphold their view s. This Indian town variously known as Pequea, Pequa, Piqua Town and Pequehan was

OLD ST. JOHN'S CHURCH YARD, PEQUEA. "Great families of yesterday we show. And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who." —Defoe. Pennsylvania, obviously, was not named after William Penn the Quaker, but in honor of his father, Admiral Penn, the Churchman. Had William Penn his way the Province (1

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream