First Know Settlers in Old Mauch Chunk

The first settlers of Ol' Mauch Chunk were members of the work crew that came here with White & Hazard in the fall of 1818.  The "charter" citizens of old Mauch Chunk, besides White and Hazard, were:

Wilson, John, Coppersmith
Lamon, James, laborer
Ward, Thomas, laborer
Taylor, Thomas, machinist
Fulton, John, laborer
Jenkins, John, carpenter        
Spear, James, laborer
Spear, William, laborer
Spear, Robert, laborer
Mitchell, Hezekiah, saddler
McCrea, James, wheelwright
Briggs, William, mason
Nowlan, Francis, white washer
Zane, William, carpenter
Cameron, James, laborer
Flood, John, teacher
Watt, James, laborer
Buzby, Samuel, blacksmit

These settlers were soon followed by others, including Nicholas Brink who brought his wife and children here in early 1819.  Margaret Brink was the first woman in MC and in April 1819 the first child born in MC was born to the Brinks. 

Most of these settlers only lived here a short time - most were gone by the mid 1820s.  The Spears were in MC for a while, but had relocated to other places by time of the Civil War.  James McCrea is the most interesting since he remained in MC the rest of his life.  He had the wheelwright shop which occupied the site of what is now the Marion Hose Co. building.  He's buried in the MC Cemetery.