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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, by Howard M. Jenkins
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Mt F 159.G9 J46 1897
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Howard Malcolm, 1842-1902.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roberts family.
- Faulk family.
- Evans family.
- Welsh--Penn.
- Welsh.
- Quakers--Penn.
- Quakers.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery Co--Gwynedd--Genealogy.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery Co--Gwynedd--History.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery Co--Gwynedd--Vital records.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery Co--Montgomery--Genealogy.
- Pennsylvania--Montgomery Co--Montgomery--History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 456 p. : ill., plates, ports., plan. ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- 2d ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : The author, 1897.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Inscription: J.G Lester.
- Gift of Frederic R. Kirkland.
- Bookplates: Frederic R. Kirkland and Princeton Univ. Library.
- Newspaper clippings pasted at end.
- OCLC:
- 1296398
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