Byberry, Philadelphia
Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.Byberry had a strong abolitionist presence and may have been an original stop on the Underground Railroad.In 1675, four young, single brothers, Nathaniel, Thomas, Daniel and William Walton, arrived at Newcastle from England and, having first prospected the land in the neighborhood of the Delaware River, chose this area along the Poquessing Creek to settle.It contained very few villages at the time of consolidation, and was the most rural of all the townships of Philadelphia County.Byberry Crossroads, once called Plumbsock, and Knightsville were the principal villages.