the early records of Lancaster county, and the similarity of the Christian names is very confusing to the genealogist. William Hamilton, of salisbury township, and William Hamilton, of Leacock township, were residents of the eastern part of the county in colonial clays, and extensive land owners. It

Lazarus Stewart Few events in the colonial history of Lancaster county have attracted more attention, or were more dis- cussed at the time and since, than the raid of the notorious "Paxton Boys" on the remnant of Conestoga Indians who lived at Indiantown, and later their second raid on the few who