The Simpsons of Rye Top, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
The Simpsons of Rye Top, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
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He endowed a churchyard near Harrisburg known as the ** Paxtang Churchyard," and there a great many of his kindred lie buried.
He started the ferry known as Simp- son's, below Harrisburg, securing from the State riparian rights ; belonged to various societies ; married twice, had many children, and left an estate worth only $2000 when he died. This prob- ably did not include the realty, and the records of various county court houses show numerous tracts at one time owned by him. His descendants... moved to Huntingdon, Bellefonte, and more northern counties.
The distribution of estates in early days in the Cumberland Valley was peculiar; often the children got their portion when they married and set Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF RYE TOP. 17 out for themselves. Thus it was cus- tomary for the father to build for his eldest son a house and bam ex- actly like his own, with its due com- plement of land, and it came to pass that the youngest son frequently inherited the homestead. Many of these old homesteads, or, as they are called, "mansion houses," still re- main, the stability of their construction having defied the storms of more than two hundred years.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He endowed a churchyard near Harrisburg known as the ** Paxtang Churchyard," and there a great many of his kindred lie buried.
He started the ferry known as Simp- son's, below Harrisburg, securing from the State riparian rights ; belonged to various societies ; married twice, had many children, and left an estate worth only $2000 when he died. This prob- ably did not include the realty, and the records of various county court houses show numerous tracts at one time owned by him. His descendants... moved to Huntingdon, Bellefonte, and more northern counties.
The distribution of estates in early days in the Cumberland Valley was peculiar; often the children got their portion when they married and set Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF RYE TOP. 17 out for themselves. Thus it was cus- tomary for the father to build for his eldest son a house and bam ex- actly like his own, with its due com- plement of land, and it came to pass that the youngest son frequently inherited the homestead. Many of these old homesteads, or, as they are called, "mansion houses," still re- main, the stability of their construction having defied the storms of more than two hundred years.
What to read after The Simpsons of Rye Top, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elizabeth Simpson Bladen to read onlineMoreLess
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