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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
 

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CHAPTER   XXXIX.
 

HAYCOCK.
 

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Formed of "odds and ends.'^—Why organized.—John Anderson.—The McCartys.—
William Bryan.—Baptist congregation.—Stokes family.—Joseph Dennis.—
George Emig.—Jacob Allem.—First movement for township.—Names of peti¬
tioners.—Petition, from Lower Saucon and Springfield.—Township organized.
—Petitioners.—Boundaries.—First constable.—Bryan graveyard.—Methodist
church.—The Applebachs.—German and Irish Catholics.—Saint John's church.
—Thomas Garden.—Catholics in 1757.—Early baptisms and deaths.—Father
Stommel and new church.—Convent.—Reverend Samuel Stahr.—Stony garden.
—Haycock mountain.—Bridge over Tohickon.—Roads.—Applebachsville.—Gen¬
eral Paul Applebach.—Population.
 

Haycock was termed of territory that may be called the " odds
and ends" left after all the surrounding townships had been organ¬
ized. The organization of Bichland, Bockhill, Bedminster, Tini¬
cum, Nockamixon and Springfield left a large tract of country
lying between them, and containing considerable population Avith¬
out local government. The difficulty in keeping the roads in repair
and collecting taxes appears to have been the leading motive
to the organization of both Springfield and Haycock. The Old
Bethlehem road ran four miles through the former towmship and
five through the latter, and in the absence of township organizatior.
there was no local authority to keep them in repair.