The corporation continued until January 11, 1707. Newcomers were required to pay £1 for the right of citizenship.
On June 28, 1701, a tax was laid for the building of a prison, erection of a market, and other objects for the public good. The prison preceded the school house, but the interval was not long.
December 30, following, “it was found good to start a school here in Germantown.”[Germantown.”] Pastorius was the first pedagogue.
As early as January 25, 1694, stocks were erected for the punishment of evildoers.
February 10, 1702, three square perches of land were given to the Mennonites for a church, which edifice was built 1708.
Little did the industrious German of that day think, as he tilled the soil, or worked at his trade, that in after years the countrymen of Penn would be fighting the Quakers and others in that very town, that the streets of Germantown would be reddened by English blood, as it was on that eventful day, October 4, 1777.
The government of Germantown lasted fifteen years. Today this old town is one of the most delightful sections of the old city of Philadelphia.
Colonel Richard McAllister, Soldier, Statesman
and Citizen of York County,
Died October 7, 1795
