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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
 


 

CHAPTER  XXI.
 

NORTHAMPTON.
 

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Third group of townships,—Original settlers.—William Buckman.—John Penning¬
ton.—Thomas Walmsly.—Anthony Tompkins.—The Corsons.—The Blakers.—
The Wynkoops.—Henry Wynkoop, Colonel F. M. Wynkoop.—The Dungans.—
Kroesens et al.—Township organized.—Names of petitioners.—Roads opened.
—Holland settlers.—Old house.—Villages.—Dutch Reformed church.—William
Bennet.—Population.—Cuckold's manor.
 

Our third group of townships, comprising Northampton, Hill-
town, New Britain, Plumstead, Warwick and Warrington, lying
contiguous to each other, was organized between 1722 and 1734.
Northampton and Warwdck Avere formed of surplus territoiy re¬
jected in the organization of surrounding townships. In this group
Ave are introduced to a new race of settlers, and the Avaves of civili¬
zation carry immigration above the present centre of the county.

The territory of Northampton was largely seated, in the first in¬
stance, by English Friends, who came to America with the founder
of the commonwealth, or about that time. According to the map
of Thomas Holme, the following were original land-owners in North¬
ampton : Benjamin East, Thomas Atkinson, William Pickering,
John Brown, Bobert Turner, Anthony Tompkins, John Pennington,
Christopher Taylor, Daniel Wharley, vSamuel Allen, Peter Freeman,