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to Pequea at the mouth of Beaver creek, thence down 

 Pequea to the place of beginmng.* 



Hempfield. — The township of Hempfield, begmning 

 at the mouth of Conestoga, thence up Sasquehanah to 

 Chickasakmge, thence up the said creek to Peters' Road 

 by the Log Cabins, thence to Little Conestoga, and 

 down the same to the Manor line, and thence down the 

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

 place of beginning. 



Donegal. — The township of Donegal, begimiing at 

 the mouth of the Chickasalunge, thence up the East 

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

 inhabitants) on a northerly course to Conewago, thence 

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



Derry. — The township of Derry, beginning at the 

 mouth of Conewago, thence up Sasquehanah to the 



which 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 Pwobert 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, for which he had to stand a trial. He was acquitted not- 

 withstanding the efforts 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 appealed^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, exhibited the spectacle of the finished villain m 

 the Irish nobleman." — Columbia Spy, vol. 2d, No. 35. 



♦Note. — Conestogu was originally organized, about 1712 — 

 prior to 1719, it was divided into East and West Conestoga. 

 David Ferree vras the first Constable of East Conestoga, and 

 James Hendricks, of West Conestoga. ^ 



