Samuel_Clift

Samuel Clift

Samuel Clift

English settler in Pennsylvania (c. 1610–1683)

Samuel Clift (ca. 1610 - 1683) was an early English settler in the Province of Pennsylvania.

Background

Clift obtained a grant of 262 acres (106 ha) from Edmund Andros, Provincial Governor of New York, for a plantation across the river from Burlington, New Jersey. Clift established the ferry service between Bristol in Pennsylvania and the New Jersey settlements.[1] He built the King George II Inn in Bristol to service the ferry business. In 1682 he deeded his land and ferry to his son-in-law Joseph English, Jr.[2]

He died in 1683.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Marshall, Jeffrey (2013-03-13). "Bristol". Bucks County magazine.
  2. [2]
    Thompson, Margaret Drody. "Samuel Clift". Descendants of Founders of New Jersey. Retrieved 2020-04-27.

Further reading

  • MacReynolds, George (1942). Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Doylestown: Bucks County Historical Society.
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