Moyamensing, Philadelphia
Moyamensing is an area of Philadelphia established as a Moyamensing Township during British colonial rule on the fast land of the Neck[clarification needed], lying between Passyunk and Wicaco.[2] The area was originally Lenape Nation land, and while one popular explanation given for the name Moyamensing is "place of pigeon droppings,"[3] linguist Raymond Whritenour links it to the Southern Unami word mwimënshink, meaning “place of wild black cherry trees.”[4] A tract identified by the stream Moyamensink Kill was granted in 1664 by the Dutch West India Company Lieutenant Alexander d'Hinoyossa, vice-director of New Amstel to Marten Roseman (aka Marten Cleinsmit), William Stille and Lawrence Andries,[5] and a 1680 survey identified the nearby swampy area as Moyamensic Marsh.[6] In 1684, when the land was turned over from the Dutch to the English, the title was given by William Penn to William Stille, Lassey Andrews, Andrew Bankson and John Matson.[9] By act of April 4, 1831, the township was divided into East and West Moyamensing.The township was one of the earliest created after the settlement of Pennsylvania, and became part of Philadelphia in 1854.
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