Coventry the Skool Kill District : a basic history of the three Coventry Townships, 1700-1850 / by Estelle Cremers and Pamela Shenk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cremers, Estelle.

Contributor:

Shenk, Pamela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Coventry (Pa. : Township)--History.

North Coventry (Pa. : Township).

Chester (Pa.)--History.

Chester (Pa.).

East Coventry Township (Pa.)--History.

East Coventry Township (Pa.).

South Coventry Township (Pa.)--History.

South Coventry Township (Pa.).

Physical Description:

xiii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, Pa : Masthof Press, 2003.

Summary:

This well-documented and illustrated history traces the settlement, growth, and migration of the first Europeans who settled in these three townships in northern Chester Co., Pa. How the land was paid out and to whom, the formation of villages with the homespun industries that generated jobs, the Mennonites and Brethren as early settlers, all include surnames as Benner, Cochenour, Detwiler, Frick, Halterman/Holderman, Hoch/High, Hunsberger, Kolb/Kulp, Latshaw, Longacre, Longenecker, Miller, Pannebecker, Rinehart, Root, Saylor, Souder, Stauffer/Stover, Stoner, Wagner, and Wenger.

ISBN:

1930353723

9781930353725

OCLC:

51894124