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Yardley was founded by William Yardley, who emigrated to America in July 1682 with his family. He made an agreement with William Penn, before leaving England, to buy 500 acres (2.0 km 2) for ten pounds. A survey was completed in October 1682, and the area William Yardley settled was called "Prospect Farm."
In March 1681, Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania as a primary refuge for persecuted English Quakers. Yardley was an uncle of one of Penn's most trusted friends and counselors, Phineas Pemberton. [1] With plans to leave England, Yardley made an agreement with Penn to buy 500 acres (2.0 km 2) for ten
Dutch settlements here were established as early as 1616. A number of colonists came to Falls Township before William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681, including William Biles. Fallsington is the only settlement of this period which has been in continuous use. Fallsington is an example of a crossroads village typical of the time.
The town was called Warminster Township as early as 1685, before its borders were formally established in 1711. It was originally part of Southampton Township, which was founded in 1682 by William Penn. [4] Warminster was named after a small town in the county of Wiltshire, at the western extremity of Salisbury Plain, England. [5]
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Yardley, PA and Titusville, NJ: Bucks, PA and Mercer County, NJ: Pennsylvania location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River leading up to the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, includes Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey
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Founded in 1969, Roman Catholic Saint Ephrem School serving Grades Pre-K to 8 has students from Bensalem and the surrounding area. Established 1920, and located in the Cornwells Heights section of Bensalem, St. Charles Borromeo School is a Catholic, MSA Accredited, modernized Elementary School serving Grades Pre-K to 8.