Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mendenhall came to America on the Liver of Liverpool in 1683, he from Ireland with his parents, she with her brothers from England. After their marriage, they established a grist mill along the West Branch of Chester creek, downstream from two mills owned by his father, and a third mill owned by Mary‚Äôs brother. Thirty-five years later, their grandson, also named Nathaniel, doubled the…

Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mendenhall came to America on the Liver of Liverpool in 1683, he from Ireland with his parents, she with her brothers from England. After their marriage, they established a grist mill along the West Branch of Chester creek, downstream from two mills owned by his father, and a third mill owned by Mary‚Äôs brother. Thirty-five years later, their grandson, also named Nathaniel, doubled the…

Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mendenhall came to America on the Liver of Liverpool in 1683, he from Ireland with his parents, she with her brothers from England. After their marriage, they established a grist mill along the West Branch of Chester creek, downstream from two mills owned by his father, and a third mill owned by Mary‚Äôs brother. Thirty-five years later, their grandson, also named Nathaniel, doubled the…

Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mendenhall came to America on the Liver of Liverpool in 1683, he from Ireland with his parents, she with her brothers from England. After their marriage, they established a grist mill along the West Branch of Chester creek, downstream from two mills owned by his father, and a third mill owned by Mary‚Äôs brother. Thirty-five years later, their grandson, also named Nathaniel, doubled the…

Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mendenhall came to America on the Liver of Liverpool in 1683, he from Ireland with his parents, she with her brothers from England. After their marriage, they established a grist mill along the West Branch of Chester creek, downstream from two mills owned by his father, and a third mill owned by Mary‚Äôs brother. Thirty-five years later, their grandson, also named Nathaniel, doubled the…

43 Thornton Road Joseph Shortlidge founded the Maplewood Institute in 1862, an early coed boarding school, perhaps the one of the first in the area. The student list in 1877 included many local names: Darlington, Hannum, Hoopes, Phipps. By 1909, it had become a school for young men and boys only. The Gymnasium was built in 1898 and featured one large room with upper windows. The lower windows…

Concord and Thornton Road Concord Friends Meeting was erected in 1728, replacing a log structure built in 1710 on a site leased from John Mendenhall in 1697 for‚ “one peppercorn yearly forever.” It was rebuilt and enlarged after a serious fire in 1788. The meeting itself (the congregation) was organized prior to 1697, and was the sixth such organized in what is now Delaware County. The meeting seems…

Bush Hill Palmer-Poole and Wilson Palmer Garnet Mine Road and 40 Bethel Road Bush Hill was named by the Rose Tree Hunt Club, because of the low growth foliage, called “bush”, that provided cover for the fox. Concord Township was prime hunt country from as early as 1715 until well into the 1960’s. Moses Palmer bought a large parcel from an original 1681 tract, in 1787. His son…