Samuel Clift
Samuel Clift(ca. 1610 - 1683) was an early English settler in theProvince of Pennsylvania.
Background
[edit]Clift obtained a grant of 262 acres (106 ha) fromEdmund Andros,Provincial Governor of New York,for a plantation across the river fromBurlington,New Jersey. Clift established the ferry service betweenBristolinPennsylvaniaand the New Jersey settlements.[1]He built theKing George II Innin Bristol to service the ferry business. In 1682 he deeded his land and ferry to his son-in-law Joseph English, Jr.[2]
He died in 1683.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Marshall, Jeffrey (2013-03-13)."Bristol".Bucks County magazine.
- ^abThompson, Margaret Drody."Samuel Clift".Descendants of Founders of New Jersey.Retrieved2020-04-27.
Further reading
[edit]- MacReynolds, George (1942).Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.Doylestown: Bucks County Historical Society.
External links
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