Archive Record
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Collection |
White Horse Tavern |
Archive Number |
WHTTXT6 |
Title |
Timeline of Innkeepers at the White Horse Inn |
Description |
Series of two digital pages outlining the progression of a few of the known Innkeepers at the White Horse Inn. In addition research conducted by Phil Pendleton has also identified the following innkeepers of record, with their dates: INNKEEPER TIMELINE 1750, 1751: Public House License issued to Philip Cresman [also called Philip Balthasar Craessman in a 1751 advertisement offering the inn for sale, still in the old Huling residence, together with his entire "plantation, which lies on the road by the Swedes"]. 1754: Valentin Marter, a servant indentured to innkeeper Martin Fritz, advertised that he was then "with" Fritz "in Manatawny{n}, at the White Horse, with the Swedes." {n} Spelled "Mahanatawny" in a February 1, 1721 Commissioners Report concerning Philadelphia County taxpayers in the Amity region [Cremers and Shenk, p. 3], and "Monotony" on the Revolutionary War era "Seat of War Map" by "Tho. Kitchin Sen’r", London. 1758: Berks County Court list of tavernkeepers included Samuel Cookson [Amity], who conveyed the property to George Douglass in c. 1762. 1765: Tax assessment list included innkeeper Philip Cole, who rented from George Douglass. 1789-1791: William Witman{1} 1792-1796: John Witman 1798-1805: Tax list name Abraham Butz [also spelled "Boots" and "Putz" in some tax lists]. 1814, April 1: George Douglass II and wife Mary conveyed inn, "messuage," and 40 acres to Adam Spang of Cumru Township. 1818: Spang conveys to Sheriff to satisfy debt to George Merkel, who deeds via Sheriff to George Douglass II 40 acres including a tavern stand, a tenant house, and outbuildings. 1833: George Douglass II’s 1832 Will conveys acreage and "Tavern stand" to family members, with conditions. FOOTNOTE {1} In 1789 Berks County had been divided into 5 Election Districts; electors in the 5th District [Amity, Colebrookdale, Douglass, Earl, and Union] were directed to vote "at the public house of William Witman--called the White Horse" [Montgomery, History of Berks County (1886), page 475]. Tax lists record Witman as White Horse innkeeper from 1789 through 1791, and his son John Witman from 1792 to 1796. ^Added Note: Louis Richards, early 20th century historian and President of the Berks County Historical Society from 1902 to 1917 read a paper to the Society on September 12, 1911 entitled "The Ancient Swedish Settlement At Morlatton". This address was published in 1923 in Volume III of the "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County." Included is the statement that "The region for many miles surrounding was known in provincial history as Manathanim, derived from the Indian name of the Creek…The name Morlatton, by which this church has been known for nearly a century and a half is, I have no doubt, a corruption of Manating, a later version of the name Manathanim…subsequently …employed to designate the locality." |
Date |
Unknown |
Object Name |
Typescript |
Catalog Number |
1007.01.071 |
Search Terms |
WHTTXT WHTXT White Horse Tavern Tavern Inn White Horse Tavern Text Innkeepers Rockland Township Greenwich Township Amity Township Tax Records Tax Collector Shoemaker Sheriff Madeira Wine Manatawny Mahanatawny Monotony |
Creator |
Unknown |
People |
Douglass, George Haffa, Henry Haffa, Melchior Haffa, Johannes Moore, Allen Shippen, William Jr. Weaver, Jacob Col. Haffa, Marie Salome Haffa, Margaret Haffa, Philip Haffa, Abraham Haffa, Jacob Haffa, Isaac Haffa, Mary Haffa, Salome Haffa, Elizabeth Cresman, Philip Craessman, Philip Balthasar Marter, Valentin Fritz, Martin Cookson, Samuel Cole, Philip Witman, William Witman, John Butz, Abraham Boots, Abraham Putz, Abraham Spang, Adam Douglass George II |
Notes |
Please note the Trust only has access to the digital files located in this archive. Original typescript hard copies are part of a private collection. |