HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
 

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CHAPTER  XIV.
 

WARM I NST E R.i
 

1T03.
 

The twin of Southampton.—One of the earliest settled.—.lohn Rush.—-John Hart.—
Bartholomew Longstreth.—Henry Comly.—The Nobles.—Their family mansion.
—Noble burying ground.—Cravens.—The Yerkes family.—Thomas B. Montanye.
—John Fitch.—Comes to Bucks county.—Mends clocks—Goes west and re¬
turns.—Model of steamboat.—Floats it on Arthur Watts's dam.—Cobe Scout.—
Vansant graveyard.—Doctor William Bachelor.—The Log college.—Johnsville.
—Hartsville.—Schools.—Public inn.—Horse racing.—No grist-mills.—Roads.—
African and Indian school.—Earliest enumeration of inhabitants.—Present
population.—First post-office.—Hatborough.—John Dawson.—David Reese.—
Battle of Crooked Billet.
 

Warminster is the twin township of Southampton, of which
lies immediately north-west and adjoining. The two elected but
one constable and overseer for several years, and they were not en¬
tirely separated in their municipal administration until about 1712.
On the three other sides it is bounded by Northampton, Warwick,
Warrington, and IMontgomery county, from wdiit-hit is separated by
public roads. It has the same limits as when originally laid out,
with an area of six thousand and ninety-nine acres.

1 The name is probably a compound of war and min'^ter, both of Saxon origin, the
first meaning a fortress, the latter the church of a monastery.