Descendants of William Hetrick
The first evidence I have found so far for William, is in the 1810 Philadelphia census. For the most part, the family remained rooted in Philadelphia. Parts of this family tended to migrate from just south of the old city to the Fishtown and Kensington areas. Another part moved to Port Richmond. I am descended directly from this family that more recently migrated from the Port Richmond area to Northeast Philadelphia.
Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Said to be the oldest street in the United States in continuous use, Elfreth's Alley was named after Jeremiah Elfreth, a blacksmith who came to Philadelphia in 1690, and whose family later owned all the properties in the street. It is located near the waterfront just north of Arch Street and runs one block west from Front Street to 2nd Street. Its houses date from 1713 to 1811. Now one of Philadelphia's showplaces, its early character has been carefully preserved, and Elfreth's house at 126, one of the oldest, has been opened as a museum. The view is toward the west and No. 126 is near the far end on the left. (It is not distinguishable in the picture.) --OPEP, p. 35.
Fitzgerald's grocery shop, with its firemark between the upper windows, stands in a group of Colonial buildings among the oldest in the river-front area. These buildings are just inside the northern boundary of the old city. --OPEP, p. 38.
Descendants of William Hetrick
