Weavertown is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Amity Township, Berks County,

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, United States. It is located approximately 3.6 miles north of Amity Gardens on

Pennsylvania Route 662 Pennsylvania Route 662 (PA 662) is a state highway located in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 422 (US 422) in Douglassville and its northern terminus is at PA 61 in Shoemakersville. The route is a t ...

(Old Swede Road) and is served by the

Daniel Boone Area School District The Daniel Boone Area School District covers the Borough of Birdsboro, Amity Township, and Union Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident popula ...

History

Weavertown was named after Colonel Jacob Roth Weaver (1751–1831), who commanded the local Pennsylvania Militia and fought the

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in the Revolutionary War. Montgomery, Morton L.
History of Berks County in Pennsylvania
', pp. 107, 147, 496, 533, 947, 951, 962, 1017. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886. His father Peter also resided in Amity. Peter was one of the seven sons of Pioneer Jacob Weaver (Weber), who was a member of the Kocherthal Party and arrived on the shores of the

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at Quassaic Kill, New York in January 1709. In 1725, he migrated to Amity Township with his family. Jacob (1678–1752) and his wife Anna Elisabethe (Parmentier) (1683–1769) are buried in St. Gabriel's Church (formerly known as the Molatton Church). Peter (1715–1779) and Jacob Roth Weaver are buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amityville. This general area (Oley Valley) was also settled by Daniel Boone's family (see the Daniel Boone Homestead) and the grandfather of

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References

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