Identifier: inoldpennsylvani00whar (find matches)
Title: In old Pennsylvania towns
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth, 1845-1928
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Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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forge, or of the workmenshouses, which were situated on the windingConestoga, the Crooked Creek of the Indiansof this region; but some remains are still to beseen of the cave or dugout in which the firstsettler, John Jenkins, is said to have lived untilhe was able to build a house for the shelter ofhimself and his family. Mr. Jenkins, with otherpioneers from Wales, first settled in ChesterCounty and later, tempted by a desire to furtherexplore this beautiful and fertile region, theypushed on westward and established themselvesin what is now Caernarvon Township, to whichthey gave its Welsh name. This was in the earlyyears of the nineteenth century, the mansionhouse and the forges were built later, some timein the forties, by William Branson, of Philadel-phia, who owned the property for some years,and not being disposed to belittle the importanceof his possession, named his residence after thepalace of the King of England. David Jenkins,a son of the original owner, bought back Wind- 40
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EN ROUTE TO LANCASTER sor Forges, with the mansion house, which hasbeen in possession of the family ever since. MissBlanche Nevin, the well-known sculptor, a great-granddaughter of the original settler, still makesher home during a portion of the year in thebeautiful old mansion. On the lawn is a substantial little stonehouse, which was built for the storing of foodand anmiunition in the event of an attack by theIndians. This house may not have been usedfor the purpose for which it was designed, asthe Indians in this neighborhood seem to havebeen friendly. Mrs. John W. Nevin, a directdescendant of the first Jolm Jenkins of WindsorForges, in her recollections, spoke of an Indiansettlement near Churchtown, and she said thather father, the Hon. Robert Jenkins, told her ofhunting and fishing, in his boyhood, with thesefriendly neighboring Indians. We passed through the pretty little villageof ChurchtowTi, so named after the church builtthere about 1730 by Welsh settlers, a charterinsuring

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