154 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1685. 



" I Heare Declare that they was Lafully Chosen and may freely 

 Appear to make up an Assembly according to Charter in witness 

 whereunto I sett my hand and seale the 10"" 3°'» 1684. 



"Th. Withers." 



Having established a Provincial Court, a Commission for the 

 sale and transfer of lands, and having al:j conferred the Execu- 

 tive power of the Province upon the Council, with Thomas Lloyd 

 as its President, Governor Penn sailed for England, on the 12th 

 of the 6th month (August) 1684, very much to the regret of 

 many of the inhabitants, and arrived in England early in Octo- 

 ber. His difficulty with Lord Baltimore was the cause of his 

 early return to his native country. 



On the 6th of February following (1685), King Charles the 

 Second died, and was succeeded by his brother James, the Duke 

 of York and Albany, who, on the same day, was proclaimed 

 King under the title of James II. This information was com- 

 municated by William Penn in a letter to Thomas Lloyd, who on 

 the 11th of May laid the same before the Council. On the day 

 following a formal proclamation was published by that body. 



As yet, the boundary line between Chester and Philadelphia 

 Counties had not been permanently established. This matter 

 was accomplished by the following Resolution of the Council, 

 adopted on the 1st of May, 1685, in pursuance of certain verbal 

 directions left by the Proprietary. 



" Whereas, the Governor in presence of John Symcock and 

 W™ Wood, was pleased to say & Grant That y® bounds of the 

 Countys of Chester & Philadelphia should be as followed, viz : 



" That the bounds should begin at the Mill Creek and slopeing 

 to y" Welsh Township, and thence to Schoolekill, &c. in obedi- 

 ence thereto and confirmation thereof. 



" The Councill having seriously Weyed & Considered the 

 same, have & doe hereby Agree and order that y^ bounds betwixt 

 the said Countys shall be thus ; That is to say : 



" The County of Chester to begin at y^ Mouth or Entrance of 

 Bough Creek, upon Delaware River, being the Upper end of 

 Tenecum Island, and soe up that Creek, deviding the said Island 

 from y^ Land of Andros Boone & company ; from thence along 

 the several courses thereof to a Large Creeke Called Mill Creek ; 

 from thence up the several courses of the said creek to a W": S: 

 W: Line, which Line devided the Liberty Lands of Philadelphia 

 from Severall Tracts of Land belonging to the Welsh & other 

 Inhabitance ; and from thence E: N: E: by a line of Marked 

 Trees, 120 perches more or less ; from thence N: N: W: by the 

 harford [Ilaverford] Township 1000 perches more or less: from 

 thence E: N: E: by y" Land belonging to Jno: Humphreis 110 



