Henry Stauffer was born in Ibersheim, Germany on 1724 and died November 27, 1777. He immigrated to

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on September 9, 1749, and settled in Bedminster on , purchased of

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, June 12, 1762. The purchase of this land was recorded in the history of Bucks County,

. Please see below this recording.

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

We quote from W. W. H. Davis ''The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania'' published in 1876 (2nd edition 1905):

History of Henry Stauffer Homestead

We quote from a web page with the title ''Descendants of Henry Stauffer'', seemingly quoting from Fretz, A. J. ''A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Stauffer''. Milton, NJ, 1899:

History of Ralph Stover State Park

Tohickon Creek was named by the

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some of the first inhabitants of the area. "To-Hick-Hanne" means "Deer-Bone-Creek". Ralph Stover State Park was the site of an 18th-century

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that was built on Tohickon Creek by the park's namesake, Ralph Stover. Remnants of the mill and

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can still be seen near Tohickon Creek,

. The Stover family gave their land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1931. The recreational facilities were built during the

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by the Federal

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created by U.S. President

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to provide work for the unemployed. Author

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donated the High Rocks area to the park in 1956. Although "

High Rocks State Park Ralph Stover State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Plumstead and Tinicum Townships, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a very popular destination for whitewater kayaking on Tohickon Creek and rock climbing on High Ro ...

" is listed in the

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and the coordinates given in USGS GNIS are located here, it was never an official name according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or a separate park.

Literature

* Fretz, A. J. ''A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Stauffer''. Milton, NJ, 1899.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20061209081458/http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/Penn/Penn_family_Index.html - Penn Family History {{DEFAULTSORT:Stauffer, Henry 1724 births 1777 deaths German emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People of colonial Pennsylvania People from Worms, Germany