now the Bethlehem turnpike. This was in 1786. He was a man of quick and clear perception, of ready utterance, and a powerful disputant; he was eminently gifted in conveyancing, and in drawing instruments of writing. "Historical Collections of Gwynedd" by H. M. Jenkins (1897) References 1762 births 1841 deaths People from Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania American people of Welsh descent Pennsylvania Whigs 19th-century American politicians Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Politicians from Philadelphia