. A history of Pennsylvania. eligious freedom in aland of plenty attracted these sufferers. The Welsh. — The Welsh colonists were foY the most partQuakers and wished, so far as possible, to carry their language,their customs, and their institutions to their new home, tosettle as a community by themselves. They secured fromPenn a large tract of land on the west side of the SchuylkillRiver, which came to be known as the Welsh Tract orBarony. The names of the towns,townships and villages—Merion,Hav-erford, Radnor, Uwchlan, Gwynedd,and others — still preserve the memoryof this settlement. These We
. A history of Pennsylvania. eligious freedom in aland of plenty attracted these sufferers. The Welsh. — The Welsh colonists were foY the most partQuakers and wished, so far as possible, to carry their language,their customs, and their institutions to their new home, tosettle as a community by themselves. They secured fromPenn a large tract of land on the west side of the SchuylkillRiver, which came to be known as the Welsh Tract orBarony. The names of the towns,townships and villages—Merion,Hav-erford, Radnor, Uwchlan, Gwynedd,and others — still preserve the memoryof this settlement. These Welshmenresented the coming of other settlers,but finally accepted the situation wil-lingly, and gave up the attempt tocontinue a separate community. Many of the prominent men of theearly days were Welshmen, such asThomas Lloyd, David Lloyd, Owen Jones, Thomas Wynne,and others. The best known and most influential wasThomas Lloyd, the younger son of a good family and agraduate of Oxford. He with his wife and nine children. Seal of David Lloyd WILLIAM PENN IN PENNSYLVANIA 41 came to Pennsylvania. His ability and his education weresoon recognized and for eleven years he was one of the mostactive and prominent men in the colony, being president ofthe council and acting governor for various periods. Hedied in 1699 having been for nearly eight years out of theeleven the highest officer of the province. The Germans; Pastorius. — The first Germans who camewere Friends, but afterwards Mennonites and others came. A
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