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- An 8.2 square mile area, a north/south diamond of rolling hills in the extreme eastern portion of Chester County became Easttown Township in 1704. Originally settled by Welsh Quakers, the township drew English, Scots, French, Swiss, Dutch and Swedish immigrants, most subscribing to the Episcopal, Baptist and Presbyterian faiths.
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Originally settled by Welsh Quakers, the township drew English, Scots, French, Swiss, Dutch and Swedish immigrants, most subscribing to the Episcopal, Baptist and Presbyterian faiths. The oldest surviving church, St. David’s Protestant Episcopal, was established in 1715.
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Easttown Township, where the Devon development took place in the nineteenth century, is celebrating its tercentenary year in 2004. The first known reference to Easttown appeared in records of the Chester County court when William Thomas was appointed its constable on December 27, 1704.
Adjacent to Tredyffrin, also settled in 1682 as part of the Welsh Tract, is Easttown Township, incorporated in 1704. A prolific farming community in the 18th century, Easttown became an important military site during the Revolutionary War.
History. The land that eventually became Easttown Township was once part of the Welsh Tract, a large expanse of land promised by William Penn to a group of Welsh Quaker settlers in which they would be able to speak and conduct business in the Welsh language.
However, the earliest settlers of Easttown Township were primarily Welsh Anglicans who settled Easttown Township in 1704, seeking religious freedom and a place to practice their faith and speak their native Welsh.
Mar 13, 2002 · The most important distinction between Easttown and its neighboring portions of the wilderness was the Welsh who settled there weren’t Quakers but Anglicans. The initial Anglican congregation was the area’s best known, St. David’s.
It was doubtless so named on account of its position. Its territory was included in the original survey made for the Welsh, and was settled by them. The township is most noted as the home of the Wayne family, the founder of which, Anthony Wayne, first appears in the tax assessment of 1724.
