īetwen 1750 to 1850, industries developed throughout the watershed, using local waterways to provide power and carry away waste. It later became the property of Alvin Faust and the firm A. As the "Rose Valley Tannery", it is mentioned as being one of the oldest in the county. As of 1810, the tannery was sold by his son, David Thomas, to Joseph Rutter. : 32Īs of 1790, Jonathan Thomas purchased half an acre of land from Gilkinson and sited a tannery at the intersection, causing a nearby creek to be nicknamed "Tannery Run". After 1878, the area was known as "Rose Valley". It was first known as Gilkey's Corner, named for an inn which was built around 1778 and managed by Andrew Gilkinson (or Gilkeson). The area at the crossroads of Butler and Bethlehem Pike was roughly the village center. Butler Pike was created in 1739, and went through the town, which was known at that time as the Village of Wissahickon, named after Wissahickon Creek.
It went from Harmer's Mill to North Wales Road, which is now Bethlehem Pike. The first road built in Ambler, now known as Mt. Residents sought permission from The Crown to build roads in the area. After his death in 1731, the house, mill, and property were sold to Morris Morris and his wife Susanna Heath Morris.
He also built a stone dwelling with casement windows and diamond shaped leaded glass, near what is now the intersection of Butler Pike and Morris Road. William Harmer built a grist mill powered by the Wissahickon Creek, "the first commercial venture in the Ambler area". They are credited as the first landholders to actually settle in the area.
In 1716, William and George Harmer purchased a 408-acre tract from William Penn, an area including most of what now is Ambler Borough. William and George Harmer are listed among the Quakers who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1682. Harmer family The original grant of land from William Penn to William Harmer The Lenape established a peace treaty with Quaker William Penn in the 1680s. The area in the south, including present-day Philadelphia and nearby Ambler, was the home of Unami-speaking Lenape. The historical territory of the Lenape Native American tribe was in the Delaware Valley in an area spanning from Cape Henlopen in Delaware, north to the lower Hudson Valley in southern New York.
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