Single men: Hugh Evans, John Jenkins jr., John Kidney, John Evans, Robert Roberts, David Harry jr., Reese Harry, Benjamin Harry, Joseph Lewis, John Johnson, Enoch Morgan, Joseph Long, John Williams, Evan Roberts, Eleazar Williams, Tilman Kolb, Griffith Edwards, Jacob Booz, William Smith, Reese Roberts, Robert Roberts, Henry Selser, John Selser, Christian Knipe, George Sperry, William Oman, Samuel Singer, Conrad Booz, George Ganger, Joseph Yost, Benjamin Gregory and Abraham Donnenhauer.

The list gives some miscellaneous information. It states that Jesse Foulke had a grist and saw mill, Thomas Evans and George Snider had each 1 servant, Amos Roberts had 9 children, so likewise had Henry Snider. Thomas Evans supports his mother, Barnaby Beaver had a grist mill, and Matthew Lukens a saw mill. William Dixey is marked "cripple", William Ervin "aged", Christian Dull "tavern", and Alexander Major "8 children".

Besides those in the list who have already been particularly alluded to in the genealogical or other preceding chapters, some details may be conveniently added here concerning a few others.

Jephthah and Enos Lewis were brothers, the sons of William Lewis. Their land was on the Wissahickon, between the present stations of Acorn and Lukens, on the Stony Creek railroad. Jephthah Lewis died in December, 1786. His wife's name was Ann, and he left a daughter Mary and a son Joseph. The last named lived a bachelor, very saving and rather eccentric, and died in February, 1828, aged 83. He was a justice of the peace for many years, well-known in his time and after his death long remembered as "Squire Joey" Lewis. His house was on the Thomas farm south-west of the creek. Among his peculiarities was his great care of his timber land, as he was anxious lest he should not have enough fire-wood to last him his life-time. Much of his famr was covered with woods, making a favorite resort for the "gunners" of the country about, though the 'Squire was chary of his permission to come upon his premises, especially after finding that somebody had "holed" a possum or perhaps a 'coon and had cut down the tree to make sure of the prize. After his death the woodland was laid off in lots by a survey made by Cadwalader Foulke, and the timber sold at public sale.

Enos Lewis (called Eneas, in the assessor's list) owned the land now [1884] Job Supplee's and John Nicom's. His house is presumed to have been Job Supplee's present house. His wife, married 1736, was Jane, daughter of Ellis Lewis, the elder, of Upper Dublin, and their children included a son Isaac, and a daughter Ellen. These two children inherited Enos's estate. Ellen having married Edward Roberts (son of Robert, of Gwynedd), her son Enos got the present Nicom place, by his grandfather's will; and the homestead was received by Isaac. Jephthah died August 20, 1778. Isaac married Sarah Jenkins, daughter of John , the elder of that name (the on named above as assessor), but died a comparatively young man (his will dated December 30, 1792), leaving three children, Enos, Ann, and Mary. Of these, Enos married Margaret Dewees of Trappe, but left no issue; Ann married Joseph Reiff of Upper Dublin and left five children: Enos L., Jacob, Isaac, Sarah and Mary; and Mary married Israel Bringhurst of Trappe and had a large family.

Rees Harry's land included the present farms of Hunter E .Van Leer, Thomas Layman, ant T. Peterson, on the Wissahickon, between Mumbower's Mill and North Wales. Rees Harry, here named, was the son of the Rees Harry who is named in the freeholder's list of 1734. The latter was the son of David Harry of Plymouth, and married 1727, Mary Price of Haverford. He (Rees the elder) died about 1739; his son Rees died 1788. In the latter's will six children are mentioned: Benjamin, John, David, Jane, Ann, Lydia. Benjamin Harry d. about 1810, unmarried, leaving a large estate, in which his sister Ann had a life right. After her death, in 1822, 228 acres of it were sold to Samuel Maulsby, who in 1833 sold it to Thomas Smith.

Isaac Kolb (now Kulp) was from Germany, and acquired (between 1759 and 1769) the land now or recently, Julius Schlemme's and Simon Kulp's farms, east of North Wales. He was, it is believed, a Mennonite. His son Isaac, jr., born December, 1750, married 1778, Rachel Johnson, and died 1828. He had seven children: Benjamin, Elizabeth, Catharine, Mary, Jacob, Sophia and John. Benjamin, born August 20, 1779, died May 16, 1862, married Ellen Hoxworth, daughter of Edward and Mary of Hatfield, and had eight children, including Isaac, Enos, Simon and Olvier, and Ann who married Asa Thomas.

Philip Heist's land lay on the hill, below North Wales, and included the farms of J.S. Zebley and Henry Ray. Heist died between 1776, in which year He made his will, and 1780, when his executors conveyed half an acre of land to trustees for the erection of St. Peter's church.

Thomas Shoemaker was the son of George, of Warrington, Bucks county, and married Mary Ambler, daughter of Joseph of Montgomery. He owned the farm north-east of North Wales, which remained many years in his family.

Wendel Fetter was a German, and bought, in 1773, the fifteen acre lot back of North Wales (adjoining Thomas Shoemaker), which Robert Roberts had left by his will, in 1760, to his daughter Ellen. The lot belonged from 1827 to 1852 to Christian Godfrey Speelman, a devout German Methodist, who sometimes held meetings in his own house, afterward to Abel Stockdale and later to Frank Jones.

Amos Roberts's farm included the Silas White and adjoining properties (the old home of Robert Evans, the first settler, was upon it.)

Martin Swink's land was on the turnpike, below North Wales, including the present farm [1896] of James D. Cardell (the home of Thomas Evans, the first settler). Swink sold it to George Heist in 1784.

Abram Dannenhower's land was the George W. Dannenhower place near Kneedler's now [1884] occupied by Frank Myers, --the home of William John, the first settler.

Jacob Heisler owned the farm on the Allentown road, afterward the Kneedler's, including the hotel.

The Troxells owned the property at Mumbower's Mill. John Troxell sold it in 1777 to Samuel Wheeler, of Philadelphia, a cutler, who is said to have made swords, etc., during the Revolution.

Barnaby Beaver, who had the grist mill, owned property east of North Wales, and his mill was that which still exists there [1884] on the Wissahickon.

John Jenkins's land in Gwynedd was at Lansdale, and below the township line.

Garret Clemens lived in the east corner of the township. The old abandoned stone house on the Welsh road was his place of residence. He was a religious man, a Dunker probably, and was heavily fined, as the preceding chapter shows, for not bearing arms. His wife was Keturah; their daughter Mary Charles Hubbs, on of the sons of John Hubbs and Jane Evans.

Christian Dull, described as having a "tavern", began to keep the hotel at Spring House in 1773, and continued there for many years. He was reputed a hard, and perhaps a grasping man; traditions were long maintained of some of his close dealings. Even more severe things were said about him, as appears by some advertisements in the Philadelphia newspapers.

Dull lived on into the present century (his death occurred about 1821), and Esquire John Roberts was one of the executors of his estate. He left a son, Christian Dull, jr., who was a person of education, at least, and was some time a school teacher. From papers left by 'Squire John, however, it appears that he was in debt, and harrassed by his creditors. A letter from him, in 1822, is written from the jail in Norristown, where he was confined for debt. It shows good penmanship and is clearly expressed.

Martin Raker, who is named as having fifty-seven acres, lived near where Lansdale now is, and his property is now in the possession of Charles S. Jenkins. He was a Lutheran, and on of the four first trustees of St. Peter's church, below North Wales.

George Snyder (probably George Adam Snyder) was a German, who owned the Isaac Ellis farm (now James Gillen's), on the Upper Dublin line, with other property. He got it in 1762, of Francis Titus, and died 1792, leaving three sons: Adam, Jacob and John.

John Everhart owned the farm now Charles Lower's (formerly John Devereux's), in the lower end of the township. He bought in 1762, of George Klippinger, of Upper Dublin (he having bought of Rowland Hugh, son of John, the first settler), and sold it in 1793 to David Lukens.

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