Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-01-10
Z LOG CABIN.
LAND THAT ONCE BE-
TO WILLIAM PENN.

q It Is One OF thc OAu NA1-.~@
Was the birthplace Of Prom
es-Finding an English Coin
Ago.
western part of the pretty
Media, the county seat OF
unty, Pa, ON tract Of land
HStar Mount, owned by
Powell, is located genuine
the form of an old log
ich contains much to interest
marian. and to afford material
,storian. The structure meas
feet in length and is 20 feet
Is feet high. 1t is said to be
he original manor houses con
shortly after the arrival Of Viii
N and his colony on the banks
ware river. Circumstances
that belief, and prove the
EQUITY, which makes the
important link connect
1t past with the present.
is constructed of oak and
rs hewn from the primeval
ile standing beside 1t is q
<. the largest by all odds in the
ding country, which is a living
IF the age of the lowly dwell
h finds shelter beneath its huge
ling arms. Tree and honse are
complement of the other, and
timed to continue their intima-
2 succeeding years, and perhaps
year 1851 A. D., on the I'd
arch. Peter and William Tay-
sed the land upon which these
interest stand from William
'ngland, and on the 22d inst.
= took title to the land
house and tree stand
acts, and after numerous
inally came into the pos
r. Powell, who formerly
mis- city, but who now lives
,Fount, " in northwest Media
ring the historic value OF
he subsequently took
The objects Of a
Of logs, and
cold air they
ar. The small
ere hand made,
oak cut from the
ends of these logs
aced by exposure to
least two centuries,
~ the ravages Of the
.,e," but at heart are as
I'D as when first placed in
form a house for one Of
flowers.
resent owner, desiring to both
this ancient structure and to
We its surroundings, added some
or eight years ago several addi-
Il rooms to the original mansion,
outside the massive old chimney Ia
,osed to view, and inside the logs
.th their plastering, the windows and
.oors with their wooden latches and
strings may be seen, while the low cell
ing of homemade boards point to date
when the ak and saw were almost uni
versally used by our forefathers.
At the time when the additions above
entiOned were made an old English
in was found. Upon examination the
DIN proved to be a penny of the reign
4 King George I, and while the date is
almost illegible, it seems to be 1924, or
perhaps an earlier date. This old Eng
fish penny was lying under the old
wooden door sill, and had become i'm
bedded in the ground, and was only
brought to light by the use Of pick and
shovel. History and tradition unite in
the story in relation to this old house,
Beginning with the river Delaware
and reaching as far as portions Of Ches-
ter county, and bounded also by Ridley
and Crum creeks, were some two tracts
Of land decided to the Taylors, Powells
and others in 1851 by the proprietor
and founder Of our state, William Penn.
Upon each of these two tracts or parcels
Of land log houses were erected, and one
Of them was destroyed by fire. One OF
these houses, the one now owned by Mr.,
Powell in Upper Providence township,
the town Of Media, is the sole
survivor, and 1t is correspondingly
priced by him.
Tho house and old oak, together with
the curiosities connected with them,
are very antique, and there is no doubt
but that the claim of antiquity is we'll
founded. In 17l5 it was in the old log
cabin that John Powell changed from
the Quaker to the Baptist faith, and or
ganized the First Baptist church Of Del
aware county, known as the Brandy,
wine church. The congregation was
formed ON June IA, 1715, with 10 mem
bers, and among the delegates were
Abel Morgan of this city and James
Jones and Joseph Eaton Of Delaware.
Thus the old house, constructed by q
arst settler from the virgin forest, which
from far inland to the shores
of the Delaware river, has both a civil
and religious history, and has been
both the birthplace Of prominent fami-
lies and the habitation within whose
walls a prominent denomination Of this
and surrounding country first sprung in
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