. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . he Wakefield Mills, and was succeeded as superintendentby his son, the late Aaron Jones, who engaged in business on his ownaccount in 1839; was succeeded in the employ of Mr. Fisher by his brotlierJohn, now a resident of this city, from whom these facts and dates wereobtained. Thomas Jones and the late John Button commenced the manufacture ofhosiery at Gerraantowu about the beginning of April, 1831 : having, eachof them, moved to that place on the first day of that month, the formerfrom Nicetown, and the latter from South Third Street belo
. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . he Wakefield Mills, and was succeeded as superintendentby his son, the late Aaron Jones, who engaged in business on his ownaccount in 1839; was succeeded in the employ of Mr. Fisher by his brotlierJohn, now a resident of this city, from whom these facts and dates wereobtained. Thomas Jones and the late John Button commenced the manufacture ofhosiery at Gerraantowu about the beginning of April, 1831 : having, eachof them, moved to that place on the first day of that month, the formerfrom Nicetown, and the latter from South Third Street below ShippeaStreet; and having, each of them, arrived in this country from Leicester-shire, England, in April, 1830. They are entitled to the credit of havingbeen the pioneers of the hosiery industry at Germantown as it is now carriedOQ in mills; thouirh the manufacture of stockings on ^mes in thehomes of the people was coincident with the settlement of Germantown bythe Mennonites in 1G84. Yours truly, Philadelphia, March G, 1882. W. R. V>. K.)lAr^rV )YA- A KH ^. THE PENNSYLYANIA MAGAZINE OP HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Vol. YI. 1882. No. 2. THE GERMANTOWN KOAD AXD ITS ASSOCIATIONS. BY TOWNSEND WARD. (Continued from page 20.) Part Sixth. In the beginning of the last Walk, p. 2,1 gave the loca-tion of the Moravian School as on YYagner^s grounds, almostopposite Fishers Lane. One of those copious and minutediaries, kept by the Moravians, says, under the date of 22dof May, 1747, John Bechtels house, which we use for aschool, is next to Theobald Endts house, and also near to oldJohn Stephen Benezets. Endts house is that occupied byJ. Handsberry, Xo. 4638. The Endts are mentioned indeeds of 1729 and 1745 as saddlers. In the Eegister at Beth-lehem, January, 1742, Endt is given as a clockmaker, but itis not probable that he did much in this line. In the earlypart of this century the properties, No. 4630 to Xo. 4638 in-clusive, belonged to a well-known family named Forb
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