John Test: 1651-1706 Before the founding of Philadelphia, the main settlement was located about 15 miles down the Delaware River at Upland. John Test was the second sheriff of Upland. William Markham had been commissioned Deputy Governor of the province in April of 1681.
"In September [1681] Upland Court appears ot have been organized under [Capt. William] Markham's instructions and jury trials instituted. The justices present at the meeting of this newly organized court were William Clayton, William Warner, Robert Wade, William Byles, Otto Ernest Cook, Robert Lucas, Lasse Cock, Swen Swenson, and Andreas Bankson, five of them being members of Markham's Council. The clerk of the court was Thomas Revell, and the sheriff's name was John Test."
Thomas Scharf and Thomson Westcott, History of Philadelphia: 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1884), p. 95.
"The first session of the new court was ... at ... Upland, where, no doubt, Governor Markham had fixed his residence. The record commences thus:
Province of Pennsilvania: At the Cort at Vpland, September 13th, 1681--
Mr. William Clayton Mr. Robert Lucas Mr. William Warner Mr. Lassey Cock Mr. Robert Wade Mr. Swan Swanson Mr. Otto Ernst Cock Mr. Andreas Bankson Mr. William Byles Justices present Mr. John Test Sheriffe Mr. Tho: Revell, Clerke
J.Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881), p. 18.