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Conyngham is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,914 at the 2010 census. == History == The Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike traveled through the middle of modern-day Main Street in Conyngham, and at least one of the tollgates was situated near the village. In 1815 Redmond Conyngham served a term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Luzerne County, and in 1820 served a term in the State Senate. Captain Gustavus Conyngham was a cousin of Redmond Conyngham. He was an unsung hero of the Revolution. He commanded a privateer and was the first to carry the American flag into the English Channel. Conyngham Village was named in honor of Captain Conyngham. As the story has been told by Henry Martens on Conyngham, Pa., the townspeople suggested naming the village after Redmond Conyngham, but he replied that the town should be named in honor of his cousin, Gustavus, who frequently made trips to England to obtain military supplies for revolutionary colonists, of which he was one.〔The Conyngham Borough Centennial Committee, "A Centennial History of Conyngham Borough 1901-2001, Citizen Publishing Company, Hazleton, Pa.2001, p.8〕 The first settler (late 1700's) of Conyngham was George Drum 〔 Hazleton Standard Speaker publication, Hazleton, Pa. Oct. 10, p.23〕 who served in the American Revolution and was elected justice of the peace in 1811, based in Conyngham. His son; George 2nd, grandson; George W. Drum (elected 1860 and also elected as Pa. state legislator from 1879-1882),〔Helman, Laura, "The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family", 1927, Press of Berkmeyer, Keck & Co. Allentown, Pa., P.23〕 and great grand daughter; Susan (Drum) Walters, were also elected justices of the peace (Lucerne County) based in Conyngham, up until when Susan died in 1973.〔Hazleton Standard Speaker publication, Aug. 29, 1973〕 ... from 1811 to1973. George Drum was an entrepreneurial businessman and was a large landowner who also owned the Drums Hotel, a shoe shop, tavern, and the Drums Post Office. He and his family developed the adjacent village of Drums, Pennsylvania, of which the village is named after the family, along with helping the development of Conyngham.. Drums is a sister village to Conyngham. The George Drum residence remains standing in impeccable condition on Conyngham's Main Street after over two centuries and is noted in the Conyngham history book there. 〔The Conyngham Borough Centennial Committee, "A Centennial History of Conyngham Borough 1901-2001" , Citizen Publishing Co., Hazleton, Pa. 2001, p.95〕 On April 10, 1826, President John Quincy Adams appointed Jacob Drumheller to his first term as Conyngham's postmaster. Drumheller was also a businessman, owning a hotel, harness shop, tailor shop, a store, several town lots and a farm. In fact, he built the first building business enterprise that became the town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The year 1828 saw a new postmaster in Conyngham by the name of William Drum - a son of George Drum 1st. The earliest copies of contracts for delivering mail from Easton, Pa. to Beaver Meadows covers five years of Drum's tenure in office.〔The Conyngham Borough Centennial Committee, "A Centennial History of Conyngham Borough 1901-2001", Citizen Publishing Co., Hazleton, Pa. 2001, P.16〕 The Sugarloaf Massacre of September 11, 1780, was one of a series of bloody engagements fought in the frontier of northeastern Pennsylvania between Iroquois (allies of British troops) and settlers loyal to the cause of American independence. Today, this event is commemorated by a historic monument with a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fifteen men who lost their lives during the massacre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conyngham, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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