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.