Northampton County Pennsylvania
Bethlehem 1758
Bethlehem Land Map March 31, 1758
(Bethlehem on the Lehigh, page16)
Bethlehem, PA
The Pond
This small pond is located on the original homestead
of John Jacob Buss. He was the son of the first immigrants to Northampton County
from Germany, Johannes Jacob Buss. This site is not mentioned by name in the
will. John Jacob Buss property abuts the "Pond" which is a prominent
feature of this area at the edge of Bethlehem Township, Northampton County,
It was rediscoverd on May 20, 1929, approximately 250 years after John Buss
took up his residence in the Drylands of Northampton County.
John Buss Homestead
This old stone house is located on the original
land grant of John Buss. It was one of several land grants issue by William
Penn's sons and is documented in "The Penn Patents on the Forks of the
Delaware" by A.D. Chidsey, Jr. , President of the Northampton County Historical
and Genealogical Society," Easton, PA, 1937.