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Archive

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Berks County church records of the 18th century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Deed

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from Elizabeth Wartnaby to James Gibbons

Object ID: MG0846_F020

Date Range: 1727/09/20

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from Elizabeth Wartnaby to James Gibbons

Description: Deed from Elizabeth Wartnaby of Philadelphia to James Gibbons for 1,000 acres of land situated on the Conestoga Creek in Chester County. Signed 20 September 1727. Original seal still on document.

Date Range: 1727/09/20

Creation Date: 20 September 1727

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, James; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Conestoga Creek

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Deed

Language: English

Condition Notes: Original seal still on document.

Object ID: MG0846_F020

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 20

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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[Historic American Engineering Record : Big Conestoga Creek Bridge, No. 12]

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Date of Publication: [1996]

Call Number: 624.2 H673c

Date of Publication: [1996]

Physical Description: 22 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Historic American Engineering Record ; No. PA-500.

Notes: Draft copy.; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Documentation pertaining to significance of concrete Big Conestoga Creek Bridge, no. 12, built in 1917.

Subjects: Big Conestoga Creek Bridge #12 (West Earl: Pa. township).; Bridges - Pennsylvanaia - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624.2 H673c

The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the eighth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1996?].

Call Number: 974.83 C748

Meeting: Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (8th : 1996 : Nanticoke, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Nanticoke, Pa

Publisher: Luzerne County Community College,

Date of Publication: 1996?].

Physical Description: ii, 93 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; "Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Lewis, Albert, - 1840-1923.; Lewis family.; Bear Creek Ice Company (Bear Creek, Pa.); Knox mine disaster of 1959.; Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lackawanna Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lackawanna County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 20th century.

Additional Corporate Author: Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Dept.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.83 C748

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]