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Historical collections relating to Gwynedd, a township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, settled, 1696, by immigrants from Wales, with some data referring to the adjoining township, of Montgomery, also settled by Welsh,
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
The author,
1897.
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| Edition: | 2d ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The place: the scope of its history.
- Remarks upon the geology of the township.
- Traces of the Indians.
- Arrival of the Welsh settlers.
- Edward Foulke's narrative of his removal.
- Origin of the township's name.
- Number of the first settlers; growth of population.
- First settlers' homes: personal details.
- Establishment of the Friends' meeting.
- Details concerning the early Friends.
- Narrative of John Humphrey, of Merion.
- Early monthly meeting records of marriages; other lists of marriages & deaths.
- Evans family genealogy.
- Roberts family genealogy.
- Foulke family genealogy.
- The early roads.
- Early settlers in Momntgomery.
- Affairs before the revolution.
- Gwynedd in the midst of the Revolution: Sally Wister's journal.
- Revolutionary details.
- Taxables in Gwynedd in 1776.
- The Boones, Lincolns, and Hanks.
- St. Peter's Church.
- Social conditions among the early settlers.
- Agriculture, slaves, schools, hotels, stores, etc.
- Genealogical details concerning early families.
- Biographical notices.
- Additional chapter, 1897.