his two sons, Simon and John, and their wives (McKenzie sisters), came to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1775. They are reported to have been on the same ship with Colin McFarquhar, who was headed toward his pastorate at the Donegal Church, Lancaster County.3 They had been farmers in Scotland

his "Travels through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" (London, 1789), left interesting and valuable observations on Lancaster and Lancaster County ; but Ensign Hughes lived in the town for eighteen months, during which time he noted his life and the life about him. There is no

Lancaster County. As Commissary of Hides for the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland he established workshops in Phila- delphia, Lancaster, Allentown and elsewhere for making boots, shoes, hats, cartridge-cases, etc., for the army.24 He was a financier, as is shown by his being Fiscal Agent of the