Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is located along Darby Creek 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Center City Philadelphia. The borough of Darby is clear from the approachable municipality of Darby Township.

Darby was settled in 1682 by seven Quaker families led by abolitionist & fair trade avocate John Blunston. The herald Darby is derived from the English city of Derby (pronounced “Darby”), the county town of Derbyshire (pronounced “Darbyshire”), the extraction of many further on settlers. Incorporated on May 3, 1853, it had 3,429 residents in 1900, 6,305 in 1910, 10,334 in 1940, and 10,687 at the 2010 census.

Darby founder John Blunston immigrated to Pennsylvania in October 1682. He was working in genuine estate, agriculture, and goods trading. An early Quaker settler, Blunston was a near associate of William Penn and an swift political figure in in the future Pennsylvania. He first served in the Colonial Assembly from 1683 to 1688. In this in advance stage of provincial government, Blunston became a mighty proponent for the rights of the Assembly. In 1685 Blunston was appointed to a committee that argued against the Provincial Council’s practice of enacting laws without legislative approval. In the similar year, Blunston led the Assembly in their attempt to impeach Chief Justice Nicholas More. Blunston returned to the Assembly for the 1695 term. During his second get older of assist in the Assembly, he was elected the 12th Speaker of the Assembly on May 10, 1697. He was re-elected Speaker upon May 10, 1699, and again upon May 10, 1700. During this mature he was instrumental in drafting a additional frame of admin for the Province. He retired from the Assembly after the 1701 term.

In adjunct to Blunston’s bolster in the Assembly, he served as a Provincial Councilor starting in 1700 and ending in 1723. He served as justice of the good relations for Chester County from 1684 to 1693 and again from 1695 to 1703. He was after that actively lively with Darby Quaker Meeting House in Chester County (now Delaware County), and was one of the Quakers who fought to cease the slave trade amongst Friends. He called on purchasers to boycott products made by slaves as stolen products, thus advocating what we would call today a “Fair Trade” policy. He represented the Chester Quarterly Meeting at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends 17 become old between 1688 and 1715.