Fox Hunt Estates History

Although the neighborhood, Fox Hunt Estates, isn't that old, there is alot of rich history in this area. Legend has it that a daring band of Colonial brothers, the Doan Boys, were this region's version of the Wild Bunch, real life brothers whose daring exploits made them legends even in their own time.

According to various articles written about the Doan brothers, in 1769, the first of the Doans had moved into Bucks County and Israel Doan, the grandfather of the infamous Doan Boys, settled his family on Indian land in Plumstead township.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly declared in 1783 that the Doans brothers reign of terror throughout Bucks County had to cease. It described them as robbers, felons, burglars and traitors to the American cause.

Check out 'The Doans in Bucks County: The life and times of the Plumstead Cowboys!' at www.peterprints.com/doanes.htm

The photograph is the grave marker that still stands today, in the Friends Meetinghouse cemetary on Pt. Pleasant Pike at the top of Fox Hunt Estates. The graveyard is behind the Meetinghouse where Levi and Abraham Doan are supposedly buried. Because they were considered 'outlaws' they were buried outside of the fenced in cemetary. The 1752 Meetinghouse is still active today. (Go ahead, check it out!)

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