~ Springfield

Springfield was organized in 1743.

The earliest purchase of land that has met our notice, although there were settlers there several years before, was made in 1737, when the tract on which Houpt's mill stands was surveyed to Hohn Hughes, but it was patented to William Bryan in 1758.

Names of families living there in 1743, German and English, namely: James Green, Stephen Twining, William Crooks, Brien Conniulin, Hugh Orton, Joseph Blair, Richard Jonston, Jacob Mason, Jacob Abel, Samuel Hillborn, John Leister, Christian Levy, Conrad Fahr, Peter Lester, John McCoy, Thomas Folly, Thomas Adamson, Joseph Bond, Joseph Unthank, Conrad Flores, James Williams, Peter Ashton, Christian Shock, Michael Dort, Peter Ademose, Thomas Blair, Michael Gold, Thomas, Lloyd, Michael Dillard, Christian Spug, Peter leatherman, Simon carey, John Greasley, George Hazeley, Daniel Stout, Stephen Acorman, Henry Hornel, Philip Roup, Jacob Maure, Jacob Huber and Michael Gould.

Springfield is not only one of the largest, but one of the most populous, townships in the county. In 1784 it contained 979 inhabitants, and 160 dwellings.

 

BUCKWAMPUM MOUNTAIN PLEASANT VALLEY Village near central Springfield Township.  A very old settlement. Its first name was Schuckenhausen, a German word or combination of German words, seemingly a place name of some section in South Germany and Brought here by a German Family or families from that place.  Place Names of Bucks County Sleifer Valley ZION HILL CEMETERY Kindly submitted by Irv Kaufman	PASSER A town in Upper Bucks County on Richlandtown Pike between Hellertown and Richlandtown. Springfield Historical Society P. O. Box 211 Springfield, PA 19064 Springfield Township Knecht's Bridge
	Bucks County is a class 2A county comprised of 23 boroughs and 31 townships.
Allentown in the year 1895 Wednesday, October 16, 1895 Obituary William Frankenfield, aged 82 years, died Thursday at his home in Springfield, Bucks County. The following children survive: Mrs. David Walp, Hottelsville; Mrs. David F. Hess, Bethlehem, Mrs. David Fluck, Richlandtown and Tobias Frankenfield of Allentown. The funeral was held yesterday.
CHURCHES SPRINGFIELD MENNONITE CHURCH PLEASANT VALLEY (610) 346-8600 Churchyard off 212 onto Pleasant View Rd. halfway between 212 and Richlandtown Pike TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST PLEASANT VALLEY (610) 346-7114 SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ROUTE 412 (610) 346-6112 TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH	BEAN PICKERS ON A STRIKE A strike has been instituted among the string bean pickers of the H.S. MILL Canning Company, of Springtown, Bucks County. The Cannery is kept running by uprooting the bean vines and picking the beans therefrom inside of the factory. Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 30, 1904

Springfield Mennonite Church (Circa 1753) Surnames from a small graveyard contributed by: Donna Lindeman Cornerstone: J Moyer / A. Sliefer 1824 Ahlum Albright Bealer Beans Beidler Beihn, Beahn, Biehn Berge Bleam Boucher Bright Carty Denyer Dotterer Fretz Funk Gehman Geissinger Heft Hinkle Horn Hottle, Hottel Jacoby Kochersperger Koehler Kulp Landis, Landes Leatherman Lewis Matts McGourney Mease Miller Mindler Moyer, Mayer, Meyers Oliver Rauffman (Could be Kauffman) Renner Rosenberger Schaffer Schimmel, Shimmel Schleiffer Stauffer Stover Thomas Ungem (sp) Weierback Weikel Wiener Ziegler Zuck Zweier

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