ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING OF A BRONZE TABLET TO JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN By PROF. HERBERT H. BECK MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA: I consider it a distinct privilege to represent the older of the two coun- ties, Lancaster and York, at this well

. Settlement in the Pequea Valley Martin Meylin was one of the classic group of first settlers in Lancaster County, who came into the Pequea Valley, October, 1710. The others were Jacob Miller, Martin Kendig, Hans Herr, Christian Herr, John Bundely, Wendall Bowman, John Funk and Christopher Franciscus, all

school succeeded John Beck's Academy of Lititz, in which more than twenty-two hundred boys and young men were educated between 1815 and 1865.* Now one of the major pastimes in the Beck Family School was rifle shooting. It came down to the institution from Lancaster County's famous gun- smith, William

Chart of the Cameron Family Charles Cameron married Martha Pfoutz Their children are listed below in the first column. Rachel Jane Cameron, married James Burnside. John Colin Cameron, died in childhood. Brua Cameron, married Elizabeth Bastedo. Ann Eliza Cameron, died in childhood. Mary Cameron, died in