Lewis James Heatwole

“ Where once were long lines of residences, stores, taverns, and mills there is nothing left but a few old wells, some broken down walls, and embankments to mark the spot. Cherry trees now grow wild in the woods that have overgrown the place, while the growth and size of the timber would indicate that the place has been abandoned for more than a hundred years. ”

“ It is also mentioned that as early as 1663, one Cornelius Plockhoy, himself a Mennonite from Amsterdam, Holland, established a settlement here with forty-one of his followers. This colony had not been established for much over twelve months before English vessels arrived, and finding that the residents were of Dutch nationality, the place was plundered and the colonists deported to English settlements in other states, and thus meeting the same fate as the Acadians, when households were broken up and members of families scattered to regions unknown to each other. ”