Samuel Clift (ca. 1610 - 1683) was an early English settler in the
Province of Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn after receiving a land grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania ("Penn's Woods") refers to W ...
.
Background
Clift obtained a grant of from
Edmund Andros,
Provincial Governor of New York, for a plantation across the river from
Burlington
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* Burlington, Nova Scotia
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, New Jersey. Clift established the ferry service between
Bristol
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in
Pennsylvania
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and the New Jersey settlements.
He built the
King George II Inn
The King George II Inn, located in Bristol, Pennsylvania, is believed to be the oldest continuously operated inn in the United States. It was first established in 1681 as the Ferry House by Samuel Clift. The inn was a main stopping point on the ro ...
in Bristol to service the ferry business. In 1682 he deeded his land and ferry to his son-in-law Joseph English, Jr.
He died in 1683.
References
Further reading
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External links
History of Bucks County
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1610 births
1683 deaths
People from Bristol, Pennsylvania