History of the Catholic Mission at Concord
The Catholic Mission at Concord, DELAWARE CO., PENNA. BY JOSEPH WILLCOX. SKETCH OF MARY BRACKETT WILLCOX OF IVY MII,LS, PRNNA. f,V SARA TRAINER SMITH. 1897: RBPRINTBD FROM: THB .. RSCORDS" OF 1'ltB AMBRICAN CATHOLIC Hlo1TORICAL SOCIBTY, PHILADBLPHIA. ,.. }' . J."!{,,( "l .- \- rw ~ 2 111111_11-,,--Ic:;;--. ~... _~- -"--=:==~~ J J1~ ":""\I~f: l, .-.... ~,_.... ~ ~ I~I =~!7 tJ(·~tI" , ".t}.,~ [-"1~ ~,~ ~ . llil( .. Liiq ...... -Z, __ . - .J ." THE WILLCOX MANSION AT CONCORD, PA. Erected prior to 1744 Torn down in ,837' In the room at the right on the first story. Mass was said during the XVIII century. From a !,alnllng rna'le oUh(' buuse. In lhe poue<doll or Jo.eph Wlilcor.) HISTOGRAPHY THE CATHOLIC MISSION AT CONCORD, DELAW ARB COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. BV JOSEPH WILLCOX. A limited amount of information only exists concerning the history ofthe old mission at Concord, in Pennsylvania, excepting through traditional evidence. From generation tog-eneration, in the Willcox family, the story has been transmitted that the station at the house of Thomas Will· cox, the first of the family, who came to the Colonies, was originally established soon after the time when he erected the paper mill, in the vicinity, in 1729. In connection with this subject the following account has been written by Rev. John A. Morgan, S. J., of Loyola College, Baltimore, at the request of the writer. cc CIvy Mills,' * so writes Dr. Oliver in his Co//ettt'oHs, was attended {rom Bohemia, Cecil County, Md., until St. Joseph's, Philadelphia, was established in 1733. Father Joseph Greaton and others were at Hohemia. cc , In some old papers bis travels from Bohemia to Phila delphia are mentioned, and the houses where he was wont to stay.
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