This site is dedicated to collecting and sharing information on
all the descendants of John Test
--
a cordwainer by trade -- who came to America in 1675. He was a land speculator, the first sheriff of Philadelphia, a merchant, and a tavern owner.
Painting by Peter Cooper.
The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia. ca. 1718.
John Test's Tavern--The Skales--is towards the center of the painting.
