by a small creek. I men- tion this only to show that the Ster- rett ancestry lived in the western part of Lancaster county, around Donegal, as we all know, and in other sections. Chief Justice Sterrett, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, descended from them. In the issue of April 7, 1740, there is

committed by the young men of those nations of War In- dians. The Governor and all the com- pany were handsomely entertained and treated at the house of John Cart- ledge, Esq., during their stay at Con- estogoe." July 27, 1721: "The particulars of an Indian Treaty at Conestoga between his Excellency, Sir Wm

appears : " A tract of land for sale in West Town in Chester County, on the Great Conestoga Road,—By John Taylor." In the issue of May 22, there appears an item showing that men of our locality were prominent in the ways and means of financing the French and Indian Wars. It is there stated : " Isaac