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both capable and honest. The space allowed us, we 

 regret, will not admit of details. He closed his eventful 

 life, July 13, 1760 — his remains were interred July 15, 

 near Wommelsdorf, Berks county. He left seven chil- 

 dren and numerous relatives to lament his departure. — 

 Weiser was a man of strong mind — cultivated in the 

 never failing school of experience. His poetical effu- 

 sions, a few of which only remain, are said to be well 

 written. The following is a concluding verse of a hymn 

 furnished by W. at a church dedication: 



FuerFeuer, Krieg und Wassers-Noth 

 Wollst du dis Haus bewahren ! 

 Damit nach unserm selgen Tod 

 Die Nachkommen erfahren, 

 Dasz wir dich, wahren Gott, geliebt 

 Und uns in deinem Wort geuebt, 

 Um deines Namens willen. 



Notes. — Hatvvel Varnon was a native of Wrexford, Ireland. 

 In 1728, he settled in Lancaster county, now Leacock town- 

 ship. It is said he was a man of rare endowments ; and ac- 

 tive and useful Friend — died 1747, 1 mo. 1 day. — Friend'' s Mis- 

 cellany ^ Vol. IV. 25. 



Quakers were numerous in Lancaster county, as early as 

 1730. " The Quakers extended their settlements to the Susque- 

 hanna, one thousand families of the Society of Friends, settled 

 in Chester county, before 1700. A thousand families of 

 Friends were settled in Lancaster county, at the time or shortly 

 after its erection. The meeting house in Lancaster city, was, 

 for a length of time, numerously attended." — R. C. Lan. Jour. 



In the spring of 1729, John and James Hendricks made, 

 under the authority of Government, the first authorized settle- 

 ment on the west side of the Susquehanna, now called York 

 county. They were soon followed by other families. 



The following mills had all been erected in Lancaster 

 county, prior to 1729: Christian Stoneman's, Hans Graff's, 

 Samuel Taylor's. 



