The Borough Of Upland.

toral Duties; Rev. George R. Bliss, D.D., LL.D., professor of Biblical Interpretation; Rev. John C. Long, D.D., professor of Church History; Rev. Elias H. Johnson, D.D., professor of Christian Theology; Rev. James M. Stiffler, D.D., professor of New Testament Exegesis; and Rev. Barnard C. Taylor, A.M., assistant professor of Biblical Interpretation.

Upland Lodge, No. 428, K. of P. - This lodge was instituted May 21,1874, with twenty charter members, and at present contains one hundred and twenty-four members. The Past Chancellors are here given: George Booth, Mark W. Allen, Jefferson W. Chalfant, James West, James Holme, John Gilston, B. F. Pretty, Samuel J. Lee, Lewis J. Smith, John W. Allen, George Phillips, John O. June, Thomas O. Bryan, William Hardman, William Miller, William Burns, Alexander McEwen, John Hepworth, John Nichols, Albert Chowish, George E. Forsythe, Henry O. Bryan, A. F. Alexander, Robert S. Bentley, G. A. McDaniel, and Bristol R. Lord. The present secretary is Lewis J. Smith.

South Chester Borough.

The whole of the territory now included within the municipal boundaries of South Chester was part of the enormous tract granted by Queen Christina, of Sweden, on Aug. 20, 1653, to Capt. Hans Ammundson Besk, which extended from Marcus Hook Creek to Chester Creek. Besk, it seems, never entered into possession of this land, and after the British power acquired title to the province, and previous to Nov. 25, 1679, Albert Hendricks had received a patent from the English Governor for a tract containing five hundred acres, lying between Lamokin Run and Haeryck Kill (Hendricks' Run, and now known as Harwick Run). The land thus patented to Hendricks was known as "Lamoco," or, as now written, Lamokin. On this tract were located the farms of James Laws and John Jeffrey, along the river, while that part of the farm of John W. Ashmead west of Lamokin Run, all of Jeremiah W. Fleckwir, Jennie Carr, Crossman Lyons, the Taylor lands, and that part of the farm of Daniel Robinson lying east of his house on a line running northwest to intersect with Highland Avenue, a short distance above the Frick mansion, were also included therein. The remainder of the territory was part of a patent of five hundred and fifty acres surveyed July 30, 1675, to John Johnston, James Justason, and Peter Hendrickson, "adjoining to the said River side between two creeks, the one called Marrity's Creek dividing this from y^e land of Marityes Hook, and the other called Harwick's Creek, which at the mouth thereof divideth this from the land Called Lamokey."¹ Within this tract on the river were the farms of John J. Thurlow, Dr. Hayes, and Erasmus Morton, and above the post road was the Daniel Robinson farm, other lands of John J. Thurlow, and Erasmus Morton.

The eastern boundary of the present borough of South Chester, as it had been the western boundary of the old borough of Chester since the act of incorporation, March 5, 1795, and is still that of the city of Chester, was Lamokin Run.

At the court held at Upland, on Tuesday, Nov. 25 and 26, 1679, occurs the first mention of record of the name Lamokin. Before the justices at the time stated:

"Albert Hendrix of Lamoco Apearing in Court, declared to Transport and make ouer unto John Test of Upland all his Right Tytle and Interest to a Certayne small parcell of Land, Lying and being at y^e head of Upland Creeke beginning att Robberd Waedes markt beetch tree standing att y^e syde of the Creeke, and soe up along the Creek syde to a small gut or Run, and soe up along the s^d run to a markt whyte oake tree and soe stricking downwards againe w^th a Lyne of markt Trees to the place of beginning, itt being a narrow slipe alongst the run or Creeke syde and Contaynes about fourthy acres of Land; This Land being part of a greater quantity Granted unto him y^e s^d Albert by Pattent from y^e Governo^r and Called Lamoco; and hee y^e s^d albert declared to have Received full satisfaction for the same.

"John Test of Upland, declared in Co^rt to Transport and make ouer unto Richard Boveington and John Grub all and singular the slip of Land here abovementioned, made ouer unto him the s^d John Test by albert Hendrix of Lamoco and declares to have Received full satisfaction of them y^e s^d Richard and John for ye same."²

Although the land thus conveyed is in Chester township, being part of the Green and Carter farms lying along Chester Creek, the record is interesting, as therein occurs, as before stated, the first reference to Lamokin, which is traditionally asserted to be an Indian word signifying "the Kiss of the Waters." The accuracy of this derivation we have no means of ascertaining.

The country lying between Chester and Marcus Hook was, early in the last century, very thinly settled, and the public duty of maintaining the King's highway through that section pressed so heavily upon the people that at court held Aug. 28, 1707, was presented an "application of the overseers and Inhabitants of the West side of Chester Creek, that the road there are very burdensom and chargable to them in regard to their small number, and requesting the Court would appoint the inhabitants on the East side of the s^d creek to aid and assist them in mending and repairing the Bottoms and low grounds in the Road to Chichester, so far as their township goes, promising them to maintain and hereafter to keep all the s^d road.

"Its Ordered by the Court that Jno. Hoskins, supervisor, do summon the inhabitants of his precinct to meet Guyan Stephenson, with the inhabitants on the West side, and repair the bottoms & low ground aforesaid, & that afterwards the inhabitants of the West side do always repair & support the s^d Road."