Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-09-13
SIGHTS CENTURIES OLD.
A Trip Through Concord township, Del
aware County.


Special Correspoudeneeof Of the STATE JorRNAL
WEST CHESTER, Sept. 4th, 1878. -Huy-
ing failed TO piocure any items worthy Of
inserting in the EVERY EVENING in and
around the 81 Loderu Athens" sour cor.
respondent hied ufl fer roam through
Delaware county. TIE objective point
Concord township. Anera very pleasant
drive through the wales and 0yei Tie hills
of this township, We arrived at the vii
lage of Concord, which has a population
Of between 800 and 400, one Old hotel.
since Local Option reigns supreme, has
been closed to the wants OF the weary
wayfarer. There is the old Friends bury
| ing grounds of 1885. The first meeting
! house was erected in the gear l69s, hut
wa- destroyed by tie in 1887. The ground
WAS conveyed, or rather leased by John
Mendenhan with the following singu
lar condition "I, j. Mendenhall
do lease this property to the Society
Of Friends for religious purposes, they
paying one pepper corn yearly forever" "
This old edifice was used for hospital
purposes At the Bat .e Of Braudywine,
September 1ilh, 1171, and the present
structure Was built in l7s9. Another old
site is on the sOuth side of the village
st. Johns Episcopal Church and grave.
yard. The present church was erected
In 1887. There was, however, up to that
time portion of an old log building
which was erected in l727. The property
was purchased from John Ilannum, and
consisted OF one acre, which was sold fol
twenty shillings to the association. TherI
was an old Jog building erected by th'
Swedes in II %, which was used fol
general purposes, aud in 1t were held ser
vices according to the Episcopal ritual
The first clergyman's name upon thl
records is that of the Rev. Evan Evans
who preached in 1900 About the yea
, ITO, Queen ARne made a donation of {
communion service to the church, whicl
, is still in use. The lrst person who wa
buried in the graveyard was JOhu San
dcrten ar Sanderson Ga Scotch man) il
1872. The next point of interest wa
, an old mill, now the property Of NJ
John Hill, who is Il hale and heart
old gentleman of five and seventy
He Is a descendant of the Newlin'
who were the first proprieiors. There
=, a tablet in the stone work of the mi
bearing the following inscription;
!, Nathaniel Mary New lin, i7Ol.'
!. This mill is the second in the countr
h in point of age. Nathaniel Newlir can
. from Monlmelick, Tyrone coult!
Ireland, in 1858. He was Quaker On
a represented Chester county, (Delawal
= was then included in that couuty,) in Il
Colonial Assembly, thirteen tint
Il between the years, 1893 and 1922. Oh
?. of his def cendents, Annesley Newlin, Is
a resident of Whining on.
/. From this point We visited the y
?, Paper Mills, the property Of Mark W
h cox. This mill was the second erected
'e the State and first in the county, Thorn
Wilcox being the proprietor. His d
Il scendants have ever slnce continued
the manufacture Of paper. Years az
p. Joseph Wilcox made paper for the 90
q ernm, Mt, and Messrs. Mark aud jose
Wilcox now have the contract for mau
~ featuring all the legal tender, bank nc
10 and revenue paper used by the Cover
A. ment. This paper Is manufactured
n. them at their new works, Glen Milis.