"Oletheho was the name given by native Americans of the Lenni Lenape tribe to the land situated between the northern bank of the Schuylkill River and Perkiomen Creek. It would represent the westernmost extent of the lands purchased by William Penn from the tribe in 1684 for the purpose of ensuring peace so that Europeans, and in particular Quakers, could permanently settle in southeastern Pennsylvania. It is on Oletheho land that the Neeber Lee house would be built 100 years later.In 1710, Bickley sold it to Joseph RICHARDSON, the brother of his wife, Elizabeth Bickley. Joseph was the second wealthiest man in the colony. and moved his family to Oletheho in 1714, and then built the 1st road to the area in about 1727 and it became...
William Penn was granted this land and other lands in what was to become Pennsylvania by King Charles II of England in 1681 in order to pay off debts owed to Penn’s father. Within six months of receiving this grant, Penn would parcel out 300,000 acres of this land grant to over 250 prospective settlers, mostly wealthy Quakers, in order to increase his own wealth and to encourage a Quaker migration. One of the areas Penn retained for himself in the new colony was a 60,000 acre parcel located on the northeastern bank of the Schuykill River, extending above and below Perkiomen Creek, thereby incorporating Olethelo... Penn named this parcel the “Manor of Gilberts” in honor of his mother’s family.
Penn claimed this land for himself by warrant in 1683. However, by 1687 he too had sold much of this land reducing the size of the Manor to 10,000 acres. In 1706, William Penn would sell off another 1000 acres of the Manor, a parcel that included most of Oletheho, to his good friend Abraham Bickley."
"...known as the “Great Road” and sometimes “Joseph Richardson’s Road”. It is now a busy thoroughfare that is called Egypt Road, so named for the rich bottom soils in the Perkiomen Valley that were said to be as rich as those of the Nile."This road would pass less than a mile from the Vanderslice Plantation. (See map below) Richardson died in 1745 in his home in Oletheho, but the name Oletheho would no longer mentioned in the historical records after he died. [2]
Present day location of the former Vanderslice / Custer Plantation and the Neebor Lee Home (Calculated with data from map created by Barbara Wentz [3] |
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