As this year is our country’s 250th anniversary, the semiquincentennial, we thought it would be interesting to hear from Molly Jobson, Executive Board Secretary, about upcoming events at the house and perhaps set up a tour.

The Morgan Log House, located at 850 Weikel Road, in Lansdale – is right around the corner from most of us, and only 2.7 miles from the ESC where we typically hold these branch meetings. It stands on land that was originally deeded to the Commissioners of William Penn, who granted it as part of a 600-acre patent to a merchant named Griffith Jones in February 1702. Six years later, in 1708, a Welsh immigrant named Edward Morgan purchased 309 acres of land from Griffith Jones. Morgan and his family became the first settlers of the property. The Morgan Family was among the earliest Welsh settlers in the Towamencin area. Among the descendants of Edward Morgan and his wife Elizabeth are the frontiersman Daniel Boone, journalist and broadcaster Lowell Thomas, and mutual fund industry pioneer, Walter L. Morgan.

NOTE: This will be a Zoom meeting only. A Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event.