Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill . n the account of Ancient Germantown, it seems best to give some of themain points in Watsons Annals, which have not been before mentioned inthese papers, to complete the narrative. This is done by the courteous permis-sion of Edwin S. Stuart, the publisher of the Annals. In the third volume of the Annals, being Willis P. Hazards Continuation,there is a memoir of John Fanning Watson. He was an honest and attentiveman in business with good judgment. His historical work was his was born in 1779. His mother showed him the
Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill . n the account of Ancient Germantown, it seems best to give some of themain points in Watsons Annals, which have not been before mentioned inthese papers, to complete the narrative. This is done by the courteous permis-sion of Edwin S. Stuart, the publisher of the Annals. In the third volume of the Annals, being Willis P. Hazards Continuation,there is a memoir of John Fanning Watson. He was an honest and attentiveman in business with good judgment. His historical work was his was born in 1779. His mother showed him the Flag of Peace, hoisted onMarket street hill, when he was a babe. His father was named William, andhis mothers maiden name was Lucy Fanning. She was a noble and accom-plished woman. His father was a volunteer in the sea service in the Revolu-tion and also served in a land expedition. J. F. Watson was born, in Batsto,.N. J. He became a clerk in Philadelphia and afterward was a clerk in theWar Department at Washington. He was also a commissary in the army JOHN F. WATSON, THE ANNALIST,;BY PERMISSION OF EDWIN S. STUART,PUBLISHER. GERMANTOWN. 245 Louisiana. Then he embarked in pubUshing in Pliiladelphia, being publishei?of Dr. Adam Clarks Commentaries on the Bible. In 1812, he marrit-d MissCrowell, a descendant of Oliver Cromwell. The name was changed by heremigrant ancestors, because of Cromwells unpopularity in this was the faithful cashier of the Bank of Gerinantown for thirty-threeyears. Samuel Hazard printed some of Watsons notes in the Register ofPennsylvania. The Annalist delighted to collect the reminiscences of theaged. The Annals were first published in 1830. In the beginning of thesecond volume will be found an interesting description of the authors love ofantiquity and of his toil in collecting material and references to varioussources as to the great value and importance of such work. Watson also pre-pared a history of New York. The Historical Societ
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