Montgomery County PA History + Bonus Books

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A History and Geography of
Montgomery County, PA
By J. K. Harley, 1891
456 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus -
Historical Collections
Relating To
Gwynedd
A Township of Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
Settled 1698, By Immigrants from Wales
With Some Data Referring to the
Adjoining Township of Montgomery,
Also Settled By Welsh
456 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus -
Lives of the Eminent Dead
And Biographical Notices
Of Prominent Living Citizens
Of Montgomery County, PA
By M. Auge, 1879
771 pages, Indexed, searchable
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Bonus -
The Centennial Celebration of
Montgomery County, PA
1784-1884
456 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus -
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of
Montgomery County, PA
Containing Portrait and Biographical Sketches of Prominent
and Representative Citizens
456 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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The Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania settled largely by Welsh-speaking Quakers. It covers 40,000 acres to the west of Philadelphia. The original settlers, led by John Roberts, negotiated with William Penn in 1684 to constitute the Tract as a separate county whose local government would use the Welsh language, since many of the settlers spoke no English. Notwithstanding this agreement, by the 1690s the land had already been partitioned into different counties, despite appeals from the Welsh settlers, and the Tract never gained self-government.
The area is now part of Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties. Many towns in the area still bear Welsh names. Some, such as North Wales, Lower Merion, Upper Merion, Bala Cynwyd, Radnor and Haverford Township, are named after places in Wales. Others, such as Tredyffrin or Uwchlan, have independent Welsh names.
Some communities in the area that formerly comprised the Welsh Tract were subsequently given Welsh names. Among these were Gladwyne, formerly "Merion Square" (which was given its new name in 1891 in order to imitate the stylish Welsh names of adjoining towns, although the name is meaningless in Welsh), and Bryn Mawr, formerly "Humphreysville" (which was renamed in 1869).
LIST OF CONTENTS.
I. The Place : The Scope of Its History, i
II. Remarks upon the Geology of the Township, ... 1 1
III. Traces of the Indians, 15
IV. The Arrival of the Welsh Settlers, 21
V. Edzvard Foulke's Narrative of his Removal, , . . 33
VI. The Origin of the Township's Name, 40
VII. Number of the First Settlers : Growth of Popu-
lation, 50
VIII. The First Settlers' Homes: Personal Details, . . 55
IX. Establishment of the Friends' Meeting, 73
X. Details Concerning the Early Friends, 83
XI. Narrative of Jo] in Humphrey, of Merion, .... 94
XII. Early Monthly Meeting Records of Marriages ;
Other Lists of Marriages and Deaths, . . . .108
XIII. Evans Family Genealogy, 147
XIV. Roberts Family Genealogy, 196
XV. Foulk Family Genealogy, 233
XVI. The Early Roads, 282
XVII. Early Settlers in Montgomery, 298
XVIII. Affairs Before the Revolution, 304
XIX. Gwynedd in the Midst of the Revolution : Sally
Wister's Journal, 312
XX. Revolutionary Details, 349
XXI. Taxables in Gwynedd , 358
XXII. The Boones, Lincolns, and Hanks, 369
XXIII. St. Peter's Church, 375
XXIV. Social Conditions Among the Early Settlers, . . . 383
XXV. Agriculture , Slaves, Schools, Hotels, Stores, etc., .392
XXVI. Genealogical Details Concerning Early Families, . 410
XXVII. Biographical Notices, 427
XXVIII. Additional Chapter — , 445
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