Crewcorne [†] (no longer extant) was the name of the first English settlement in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1679 by about a dozen families, mostly English Quakers, on the present-day site of Morrisville.
This original village has completely vanished and its name no longer appears on maps. It was located "at the Falls" of the Delaware River, near what is now Trenton, New Jersey, but on the Pennsylvania side. The name is believed to have come from Crewkerne, a market town in Somersetshire, England, the home of William Biles, one of the prominent settlers.
Crewcorne served as the county seat of Bucks County until 1705, when the courts were moved to Bristol. The area later became known by other names like Covin's Ferry before being incorporated as Morrisville in 1804, named after Founding Father Robert Morris.
† gemini.google.com, accessed July, 2025.
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