Si46 HISTORr OF 



to Pequea at the moutli of Beaver creek, thence down 

 Peqviea to the place of beginnmg. * 



Hempfield. — Tlie township of Hempfield, beginnmg 

 at the mouth of Conestoga, thence up Sasquelianah to 

 Chickasakuigc, thence up the said creek to Peters' Road 

 by the Log Cabins, thence to Little Conestoga, and 

 down tlie same to the Manor hne, and thence down the 

 said line to Great Conestoga, and down the same to the 

 place of beginning. 



Donegal. — The township of Donegal, beginning at 

 the mouth of the Chickasalunge, thence up the East 

 Branch to Peters' Road, thence (taking in the present 

 inhabitants) on a northerly coiu'se to Concwago, thence 

 by the same and the said river to the place of beginning. 



DERPtV. — The township of Dcrry, beginning at the 

 mouth of Conewago, thence up Sasquehanah to the 



Avhich they had made, and actually kept their word, and ap- 

 peared as witnesses at the trial which afterward occurred. 

 James subsequently stated his case to Robert Ellis, Esq., of 

 Philadelphia, who compassionately heard his case, procured a 

 passage for him to Admiral Vernon, then in the West Indies, 

 by whom he was afterwards landed in England. But shortly 

 after James had arrived in London, he unfortunately killed a 

 man, fur which he had to stand a trial. He was acquitted not- 

 withstanding the clforts of his unnatural uncle to have him 

 convicted. An action was then brought against the uncle. 

 Lord Altham, and went to trial in November, 1743, and the 

 verdict was given in favor of James, our redemptioner. The 

 uncle appcaled^to the house of Lords; and while the case was 

 pending James died, leaving his uncle in quiet possession of 

 his ill-gotten estate, and who while he continued to live, which 

 was not long, c.\hil)ited the spectacle of the finished villain m 

 the Iriiih nobleman." — Columbia Spy, vol. 2(1, No. 3o. 



•NoTF,. — ConfHogn was originally organized, about 1712 — 

 prior to 171!), it was divided into East and West Conestoga. 

 David Fcrrcc was the first Constable of East Conestoga, and 

 James Hendricks, of West Conestoga. 



