Editing Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
{{See also|Pennsylvania in the American Revolution|Pennsylvania in the American Civil War}}
The area of Bensalem Township appeared on the Holme Map of 1682, though not yet with a name. On January 2, 1685, the boundary was fixed between Bensalem and [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia County]] along the [[Poquessing Creek]]. At the September 1692 session of [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] Court, a jury of thirteen men was formed to define boundaries of divisions that had been created up to that time. The report submitted in December states that "All the lands between Neshamineh and Poquessin, and so to the upper side of Joseph Growden's land in one and to be called 'Salem.'"

The first name of the township was Salem. The minutes of the Board of Property of the Province on November 19, 1701, at [[Philadelphia]] noted the name of the area as Bensalem. The population of the area was first a few [[Dutch people|Dutch]] and [[Swedes]], then later a larger influx of English, and then additional Dutch settled the area.<ref name="MacReynolds" />