Excerpt from Rev. Jacob Johnson, M. A: Pioneer Preacher of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Pa;, 1771 1790; First Settled Pastor, First Presbyterian Church Merriman, one of the original proprietors of Wallingford, founded in 1670. The elder Jacob was a well-to - do farmer, who at his death in 1749 left an estate valued at about The inventory of the estate and its distribution to the heirs, recorded at New Haven, shows that Jacob received as his share a piece of land valued at and two slaves, the negro man Dick and the negro woman Deft, valued at 800. With the land was 1-3 part of the mines and miner als in the Hanging Hill woods farm. It is likely that these values were in the in ated currency of that time. In 1768 Rev. Jacob was so poor that it was difficult for him to clothe his family, then resident at Groton, Conn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."