Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Around and about the (Pidcock) Thompson-Neely House


Our family traditions, passed down from the 1700s ...


… tell us that John Pidcock built the central section of the Thompson-Neely House in Washington Crossing Historic Park, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The park is a property of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.


Pidcock cousins 
Karen Price, second from right, and John Moore, far right, are, respectively, genealogist and historian of the Pidcock Family Association.  Taken at the 2012 reunion last August, the photo shows the rear of the (Pidcock) Thompson-Neely House. Others pictured are Jane Moore, left,
and Greg Price. The red cedar tree on the left is nearly as old as the house. The sign on its trunk says:  “This tree was 27 years old when George Washington was here.”  



 Ancestoral accomplishment
"The central portion of the house 
was built by
John Pidcock 
      in 1702 and has been preserved as a 
type of earliest Pennsylvania  
architecture and masonry.
       Placed in 1934 
              by the Pidcock Family."

Open to the public
Many rooms of the house have been furnished with 
antiques that date to the American Revolution.

Historic waterway
The Delaware Canal crosses the Thompson’s Mill segment 
of Washington Crossing Historic Park.


Early Pidcock Graves


John Bowman, for whom Bowman’s Hill was named, was

both a contemporary and friend of John Pidcock. A number of
early Pidcocks are buried atop Bowman’s Hill. Here is the text
of the marker:


"Here lie buried

Jonathan Pidcock

1729-1812

A soldier of

The Revolution

Ankey his wife

And other early members

of the Pidcock Family


"Placed in 1938

By the descendants of

Jonathan Pidcock"


138-year-old structure
 Van Sant Covered Bridge spans Pidcock Creek 
to the west of the Thompson-Neely House.














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