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Sep 6, 2024 · The site was purchased in 1704 by Isaac Norris and William Trent from William Penn, Jr. (son of Pennsylvania’s founder), and was organized as a township in 1730. The land was acquired in 1776 by the College and Academy of Philadelphia.
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Norris purchased the land directly from William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, as a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the growing city center of Philadelphia. When a collection of communities decided to form Montgomery County in 1784, Norristown was named the county seat of government.
Pennsylvania proprietor William Penn (1644-1718) bought the land that became Norristown from the native Lenni Lenape. On October 2, 1704, Penn gave his son William Penn Jr. (1681-1729) a 7,482-acre tract that he called the Manor of Williamstadt.
Present-day Norristown was originally owned by the family of Isaac Norris. Along with William Trent, Norris purchased the land on October 7, 1704, for 50¢ per acre. In 1712, Norris acquired Trent's share and established a gristmill at the foot of present-day Water Street. [5]
Montgomery County was created on September 10, 1784, from part of Philadelphia County, and named for General Richard Montgomery. Norristown, the County Seat, was laid out in 1784, and incorporated as a Borough on March 31, 1814. It was named for Isaac Norris, who owned land there.
Mar 30, 2017 · The next owners were Isaac Norris and William Trent, who set up a plantation and reaped the profits. Trent sold his share to Norris so he could go off to New Jersey to found Trenton. Norris passed his land down to his sons. His son Charles got the 500+ acres that’s now Norristown’s downtown.
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Norristown, the county seat, was laid out in 1784 and incorporated as a borough on March 31, 1812. It was named for Isaac Norris who owned land there. Settled since 1685, the first residents were Germans, mainly pietists, in Germantown.
