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Middletown was organized in 1692.
Middletown is the last of the original townships. Landowners in 1684: Walter Bridgeman, Thomas Constable, widow Crosdale, Robert Holdgate, Alexander Biles,
widow Bond, Robert Heaton, Thomas Stackhouse, Jr., Thomas
Stackhouse, James Dilworth, Widow Hurst
- (she is also found as widow Hairst - she actually was the
widow of Cuthbert Hayhurst), Richard Thatcher, John Scarborow (Scarborough), Nicholas Walne, Jonathan Towne, Joshua Boar, Thomas Marle, William Paxson, James Paxson, Jonathan Fleckne, William brian, Robert Carter, Francis Dove, Henry Paxson, William Wiggin and Edward Samway.2 |
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CHURCHES
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 | AME CHURCH
Founded 1809
215 N Pine St Langhorne 19047
(215) 757-5313
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| PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
First records are dated 1886
Bellevue & Gilliam Avenue Langhorne 19047
(215) 752-3200
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| BAPTIST CHURCH
Established 1914
Pine St & Richardson Ave Langhorne PA 19047
(215)757-4139
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| Originally Attleborough. In 1876 the citizens of Attleborough petitioned the borough council to change the name to Langhorne. Members of the first Langhorne boro council were: james W. Newbold, president; Dr. James B. Candy, secretary; Edward C. Neeld, treasurer; Mahlon Ridge, Ezekiel Tomlinson, Joseph H. Harding. Langhorne Historical Society
AME CHURCH
Founders:Edward Jackson, George Woodland, John Mefser, Samuel Anderson, Cuffey Williams, Sippe Brown, John Miller, Robbin Robbins, Isaac Gray, Stacy Amer, Joseph Eloy and Henry Thomas. Started in a small log cabin at the corner of McPherson and Cheeseman Streets. Four Lanes End, now known as Flowers Avenue and Pine Street.
MIDDLETOWN FRIENDS' MEETING
Middletown Friends meetings were first established at Middletown in 1683, and held at the houses of Nicholas Walne, John Otter, and Robert Hall. The first meeting-house was built in 1690, near Neshaminy creek, a mile west of Langhorne, whither it was removed in 1734, the present house in the town being the third.
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It was first called the Neshamina Meeting because of its location near the Neshaminy Creek. In 1692 that area was designated as Middletown Township, and what is now Langhorne was part of Middletown Township. By 1702 the Neshamina Meeting had changed its name to Middletown Meeting to adapt its name to its locality.
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