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tbcir iron kettles hanging along the trees that brick houses replaced the simple log structures of the pioneers and the village began to as fringetl the shore. T he first children born in B erw ick were sume the aspect o f a town. T h e first fram e John and Anne Brow n, children o f Robert dw elling built at this period, by Rolicrt Brow n, Brown (A n n e w as the w ife o f Je sse B ow stood on Front street until 1902, when it was man, deceased, and the first person m arried tom down, although still in a fa ir state o f in B erw ick ). T h e first church built w as (he preservation. 'I'he first brick house erected Quaker, a log building, where C . C . E v a n s’ in the town, by H onteter Seybert, in 18 16 , residence now stands. T h e first law yer w as w as a tavern, named a fte r him self. It later named B a n c ro ft; first ju dge, Jo h n C oop er; received the name o f " S t . C lu rle s.’’ T he pres doctors, M oorcland and B e issw ick; post ent hotel o f that name is built on the site o f master. W illiam B r ie n; schoolmaster, Isaac the old one. H ollow ay; preachers, Carson and Painter. E.KLY INDUSTRIES ROADS AND URIOCES
A s time passed the necessity fo r adequate roads to attract the patronage of the traveler caused the founders o f Berw ick to apply to the State fo r help. In 178 7. E van O wen w as appointed to superintend the construction o f a State road from Nescopeck falls to the Lehigh. T w o years later the w ork w as com pleted and the Indian trail supplanted b y a passable road. On M arch 19, i«>4. the S u s quehanna & Lehigh T u rn p ike & R oad Com pany w as incorporated, and in 1805 the old road w as made o ver into a graded turnpike at a great expense, both to the State and to private capitalists. A nd rew Shancr, o f B e r wick. w as one of the contractors, and C h ris tian Bow m an w as the first traveler to make the journey through to Easton. T h e Su.squchanna & T io g a T urnpike R oad Com pany w as chartered in 1806 to build a road to the north ern line of the State. T h is road w as finally completed to T ow an da. P a., in i8 i8 . Among the projectors and stockholders w ere Nicholas Seybert. .Andrew Shaner, lessc Bowm an, tacob M ack. M cK inn ey Buckalew and John Bastian. William B rien ’s fe rry being Inadequate for the demands of the public, in i S i 3 a bridge company w as form ed, with the follow ing o f ficers: President, A bram M iller, S r .; treas urer. John B r o w n; m anagers, S ila s Engle, Thomas Bowm an. Elisha Barton. J r . T heo dore B u rr received the contract and completed the bridge in 18 14 . I l w as 1,260 feet long, with piers o f heavy pLinked timber, and cost S52435. 'fh e bridge form ed the connecting link for the highw ays, and a continuous route was thus e sta b lish ^ between T ow am la and Easton. T h e position o f Berw ick at the ju n c tion of these two roads w as o f immense ad vantage. and she dated her grow th and pros perity from the time of their construction. A n era o f building was inaugurated. Fram e and
'Lite force of the current In the Susquehanna induced E van Owen to build a gristm ill on the banks, in the hope o f utilizing the w ater power, but the attempt resulted In failure. Jo h n Jo n e s w as more successful in his estab lishment o f a limekiln on the banks of the river. H e obtained his raw m aterial fro m a ledge on the island that at that time existed in the river near the Berw ick side. T h e site is sim ply a sandbar now. T h e forge across the river on N cscopeck crcck added to the pros* |K.*riiy o f Berw ick somewhat du ring later years, as did the foundry o f G eorge M ack, located at Foundryvillc, about a mile north o f town. T h e first assessm ent list g iv e s these names of the founders of the respective industries and vocations in B e r w ic k : Jo h n and Peter Su it, co o p ers; Jo h n Brow n, carp en ter: Aquilla S ta rr, b acksm lth; Benjam in Doan, ta ilo r; A bel Dalby, chairm aker and p ain ter; Jonathan Cooper, m a s o n; Bush, d y e r; Ilc n ry T rau g h, t a n n e r; V allcrsham p, dentist: Herm an Inman, tinner; Sleppy & Co., gun sm iths; Jam e s E v an s, w h eelw righ t; -----M arshall, silversm ith; R oxan n a C artw riglil, m illiner; ------ Stackhouse, butcher; Polly M ullen, w e a v e r; Sam uel H errin, cabinet m ak er; Col. Jo h n Snyder, saddle and harness m ak er: lohn Jon es, lime burner. Paul Thom pson cam e to B erw ick in 1798 and crectcil the first pottery fo r the m anufac ture o f crocks, ju g s and other coarse uten sils, on the spot where the M ethodist church now stands. Me owned a flatboat and sold his goo<ls along the river. H is son H ugh enlarged the pottery and ran it till 1842. when his sons, Joseph D. and Richard, took c h a ise . Together they operated the pottery on an extensive scale until 18 53. and then Joseph D . Tliom pson continued it alone until 186 3. when he closed the business, ow ing to lack o f demand fo r that kind o f g o ^ .
