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made partakers of those privileges whicli the natural horn suhjects of Great Britain do 

 enjoy within this province; and it being just and reasonable, that those persons who 

 have bona fide purchased lands, and who have given such testimony of their affection 

 and obedience to the Crown of Great Britain should as well be secured in the enjoy- 

 ment of their estates, as encouraged in their laudable affection and zeal for the English 

 constitution ; 



Be it enacted by the Hon. Patrick Gordon, Esq., Lieut. Governor of the province of 

 Pennsylvania, &c., by and with the advice and consent of the freemen of the said pro- 

 vince, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That Martin Meylin, 

 Hans Graaf. Christian Stoneman, Jacob Funk, Francis Neiff, Francis Neiff, Jr., George 

 Kindeck, John Burkholder, John Burkholder, Jr., Abraham Burkholder, Micliael 

 Bowman, John Hess,, John Frederick, Christopher Preniman, ]\Iartin Harnist, Joseph 

 Buckwalter, Felix Landes, Jr., Adam Preniman, John Funk, John Bohman, John 

 Taylor, Henry Neiff, Michael Mire, Henry Bare, Peter Bumgarner, Melcor Huftbrd, 

 Melcor Erisman, John Brubaker, Jacob Nisley, Hans Snevely, Jacob Goot, John Wool- 

 slegle, Jacob Mire, Christopher Sowers, Joseph Stoneman, Ihiniel Ashleman, Christian 

 Peelman, John Henry Neiff, John Henry Neiff, Jr., Abraham Hare, John Ferie, Jacob 

 Biere, Peter Yordea, Peter Leamon, Hans Jacob Snevely, Isaac Coffman, Andrew Coff- 

 man, Woolrich Eodte/ Henry Funk, Boody Mire, John Mylin, Jacob Bheme, John 

 Coffman, Michael Doneder, Charles Christopher, Andrew Shultz, John Houser, Chris- 

 tian Preniman, Jacob Miller, black, Henry Carpenter, i Emanuel Cai'penter,2 Gabriel 

 Carpenter, Daniel Herma)], Christian Herman,^ Philip Fiere, Mathias Slaremaker,3 Big 

 John Shank, Jacob Churts, Jacob Snevely, Jr., John Woolrich llover, John Croyder, 

 John Leeghte, John Stampher, Martin Graaf, Peter Newcomat, Jacob Bare, Jr., John 

 Henry Bare, Jacob Weaver. Henry Weaver, John Weaver, David Longanicker, George 

 Weaver, Abraham Mire, Woolrick Houser, John Mire, Henry Musselman, JMichael 

 Shank, Jacob Miller, Jacob Miller, Jr., Martin Miller, Peter Abye, Hans Goot, Chris- 

 tian Staner, John Jacob Light, Adam Brand, Christoijher Franciscus, Casper Lough- 

 man, Frederick Stay, John Line, John Swope, Bastian Royer, Jonas Lei'ow, Simeon 

 King, John Abye, E verba rd Ream, all of Lancaster county, be, and shall be to all 

 intents and purposes deemed, taken, and esteemed. His Majesty's natural born subjects 

 of this province of Pennsylvania, as if they and each of them had been born within the 

 said province; and shall and may, and every one of them shall and may, within this 

 province, take, receive, enjoy, and be entitled to all rights, privileges and advantages 

 of natural born subjects, as fully, to all intents, and constructions and purposes 

 whatsoever, as any of his Majesty's natural born subjects of this province can, do or 

 onght to enjoy, by virtue of their being His Majesty's natural born subjects of His 

 Majesty's said province of Pennsylvania. 



London Lands. — In 1096, a company, called the London Company, owned 65,000 

 acres of land in Pennsylvania, usually known by the name of London Lands; of this, 

 there were 47, 800, in Lancaster and Berks, Part of these lands were rented at the 

 rate of £2 per 100 acres, with exception of some thousands of acres sold from 1718 to 

 1720, by the company to different persons. The rest remained in possession of the 

 company until 1762. At this time the heirs of those who originally constituted the 

 company had been considerably scattered, and many entirely unknown. An Act of 

 Parliament was therefore procured authorizing the sale of the land, and Dr. Fother- 



" IHenry Zimmerman or Carpenter arrived in Pennsylvania in tlie year 1698, and returned afterwards 

 to Europe for liis family, wliom he brouj<ht out in 1706, and settled first in Germantown, and removed 

 within the present bounds of Lancaster county, (then Chester) in 1717." His descendants are very 

 numerous and respectable. 



2. Emanuel Zimmerman or Carpenter, son of Henry Carpenter, was born in Switzerland, in the year 

 1702 and died 1780. His influence was salutary and great in the county. He had the unbounded con- 

 fidence of his fellow-citizens. 



3. The name was originally in German Schleicrmacher. 



