HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY
 

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WARWICK.
 

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First land seated.—James Clayton.—Bowden's tract.—The Snowdens.—Doctor
John Rodman.—The .Jamisons.—Middlebnry.—Township petitioned for.—Called
Warwiclv.—Area.—Quaint petition.—The Ramseys.—Robert Ramsey.—Andrew
and Charles McMichen.—Provisions of a will.—The Carrs.—Neshaminy church.
—]Mr. Tennent.—Old tombstones.—Colonel AVilliam Hart.—Robert B. Belville.
—James R. Wilson.—Change of hymn-books.—William Dean.—Andrew Long.—
Accident.—Roads and bridges.—AVell-watered.—Hamlets.—Post-offices.—Aged
persons.—Population.

Whex Warwick was organized all the townships immediately
around it had already been formed except Warrington. The or¬
iginal limits included part of Doylestown, and the line between
Warwick and New Britain ran along Court street. When the
county was settled, and for many years afterward, this section was
known as "The Forks of Neshaminy," because the greater part of
its territory lay between the two branches of this stream, which
unite in the south-east corner of the township.

Considerable land was seated in Warwick prior to 1684, but it is
doubtful whether there were any actual settlers at that date. Among
the orio-inal purchasers of land, before 169G, was James Clavton,
probably the ancestor of the numerous family bearing this name in