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Note: in these deed histories distances are quoted in perches (p) of length 16.5 feet. Areas are quoted in acres (a) and square perches (p). There are 160 square perches to an acre. In a few cases roods (a quarter of an acre) are also used.
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Thomas Symons |
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1711 |
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Plan of deed L-42 shows Simons as occupying land. |
Patent |
Thomas Symons |
4/20/ 1718 |
222a |
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Warrant D82-185; Survey D77-267; Patent A, vol. 5, 298 |
Thomas Symons |
John Symons |
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Inheritance by grandson |
John Symons |
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1720 |
200a |
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County tax |
Patent |
John Symons |
1722 (Ward) |
222a |
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John Symons |
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1722 |
200a |
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County tax |
John Symons tract |
Thomas Robinson |
1742 |
222a |
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Phila. G-6, 24. Lease and release |
Patent |
John Roberts |
2/24/1753 |
200a |
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Patent A, vol. 16, 352 Adjoining Symons tract. See survey plan |
John & Jane Roberts |
Thomas Robinson |
8/30/1754 |
200a |
£180 |
D2-407; See The Early Settling of Tredyffrin by Robert Ward |
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Patent |
Thomas Robinson |
4/1/1755 |
274a 150p & allowance or 278a 138p |
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See Survey C176-123; |
Thomas Robinson |
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1760 |
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County tax. Blank entry |
Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson |
Abraham Robinson |
1/15/1774 |
365½a 18p |
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Orphans Court. See table S.1 |
Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson |
Sarah Robinson |
1/15/1774 |
344½a 18p |
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Orphans Court See table S.2 |
Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson |
Thomas Robinson jr. |
1/15/1774 |
146a 100p & other lands |
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Orphans Court |
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Table S.1 Abraham Robinson
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson |
Abraham Robinson |
1/15/1774 |
365½a 18p |
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Orphans Court. |
Abraham & Sarah Robinson |
Jacob Seigler |
12/12/1780 |
344½a 18p |
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34a sold to Benjamin Jones, Devault Beaver, & John Edwards |
Jacob Seigler |
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8/4/1781 |
278a 138p |
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Return and survey of 1/4/1751 patent. See Survey C190-7; (same as C176-123) |
Jacob Seigler |
Abraham Robinson |
1781 |
344½a |
£1397 8s |
Mortgage book A,457 |
Jacob Sickler |
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1781 |
271a |
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County tax. No mention of mill |
Jacob Sigler |
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1783 |
271a |
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County tax. Saw Mill |
Jacob Sigler |
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1786 |
270a |
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County tax. No Saw Mill |
Patent |
Jacob Sigler |
6/9/1785 |
274a 156p |
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Patent A3-321, Johnsbury |
John & Esther Sigler |
John Edwards |
6/10/1785 |
4a |
£28 |
Z-383 |
Jacob & Esther Sigler |
Devault Beaver |
5/3/1786 |
5a |
£30 |
P2-556 |
Jacob Sigler |
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1787 |
270a |
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County tax. Saw Mill |
Sheriff (Ezekial Leonard; estate of Jacob Seigler); |
Benjamin Rowland |
3/1/1788 |
344½a or
310a 18p |
£800 |
E2-451 & Sheriff’s deed books 1,31. Suit of Sarah Robinson & Thomas Robinson, Executors of Abraham Robinson dec’d. |
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Benjamin Rowland |
John Henry of Tredyffrin, blacksmith |
4/24/1788 |
34a 7p |
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E2-401 See table S.1.1 |
Benjamin Rowland |
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1788 |
300a |
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tax. Saw Mill |
Benjamin Rowland |
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1789 |
277a |
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tax. Grist & Saw Mill |
Benjamin Rowland |
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1791 |
220a |
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tax. Grist & Saw Mill |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
Nathaniel Davis |
8/31/1791 |
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See table S.1.2 |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin |
Devault Beaver |
11/3/1792 |
10a 15p |
£85 10s |
Q2-11; see table S.1.5 |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin |
John Henry |
11/20/1792 |
6a 1.5p |
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H2-419; see table S.1.1 |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin |
William Cooper, fuller |
3/30/1793 |
100a 25p |
£750 |
K2-287; see table S.1.4 |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
Robert Kennedy |
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38a 38p |
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Quoted in K2-91; see table S.1.6 |
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P2-556 Beginning at a heap of stones in the Valley Road, thence along line of Beaver’s other land N69°E 85.5p to a corner, thence S28°E 11.5p to a corner, thence along a line of marked trees S69°W 58.5p to the valley road, thence along road N28°W 13p to the place of beginning. Part of 274a 156p
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Table S.1.1 John Henry
For Biographical information see: John Henry Biography
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
John Henry of Tredyffrin, Blacksmith |
4/24/1788 |
34a 7p |
£115 |
E2-401 |
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John Henry |
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1789 |
32a |
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tax. |
John Henry |
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1791 |
32a |
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tax. |
Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
John Henry |
11/20/1792 |
6a 1.5p |
£22 10s |
H2-419 |
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John Henry |
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1795 |
34a |
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tax. Blacksmith |
John Henry |
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1797 |
52a |
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tax. Blacksmith |
John Henry |
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1798 |
52a |
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tax. |
John Henry |
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1798 |
59a |
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Glass tax. (log smithshop); also including 6a; see s.1.3. and 17a see P.1.5 |
John Henry |
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1799 |
60a |
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tax. |
John & Catharine Henry |
Hannah McClane |
4/17/1802 |
6a 1.5p |
£22 10s |
X2-243 |
John & Catharine Henry |
William Curll |
4/1/1811 |
34a 7p |
£850 |
F3-306 |
William & Sarah Curll |
Samuel Park |
3/31/1814 |
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$3,180 |
Not recorded |
Samuel & Mary Park |
George Rees |
4/26/1814 |
36a 129p |
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I3-516 |
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Sheriff (Jesse Sharp) |
John Elliot |
8/2/1824 |
75a |
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Sheriff’s deed #3,43; suit of John Havard Davis |
John & Sophia Elliot |
Jacob Clinger |
8/16/1824 |
75a |
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X3-278 |
Jacob Clinger |
Widow & children |
9/22/1840
probated 4/15/1844 |
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Will Book #18, 419 |
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Table S.1.2 Nathaniel Davis
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
Nathaniel Davis |
8/31/1791 |
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Nathaniel Davis |
Alexander McClun / McClean |
9/1/1791 |
Part of above |
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Alexander & Elizabeth McClean |
Thomas Pennington |
5/1/1793 |
2 lots: 4a & 2½a |
£65 |
I2-58 |
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Thomas Pennington |
Jonas Rambo |
9/24/1793 |
4a & 2½a
1 lot called Rambo’s wood |
£75 |
I2-62; see table S.1.2.1 for later history of the 4a tract |
Nathaniel & Catherine Davis |
Michael Bowman |
12/3/1795 |
71a |
£160 |
S2-422 |
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Nathaniel & Catherine Davis |
John Henry |
12/3/1795 |
2½a |
40 Spanish milled dollars |
X2-128; Not in 1798 glass tax return; no buildings? |
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Michael Bowman |
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1796 |
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tax |
Michael Bowman |
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1797 |
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tax |
Michael Bowman |
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1798 |
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tax |
Michael Bowman |
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1798 |
69a |
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Glass tax; log cabin |
Michael Bowman |
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1799 |
70a |
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Tax |
Jonas Rambo |
John Lewis |
3/30/1807 |
2.5a |
$50 |
A3-384 |
John & Susanna Lewis |
Benjamin Davis |
8/7/1811 |
2.5a |
$100 |
I3-316 |
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John Henry |
Alexander Kennedy |
3/28/1811 |
2.5a 30p |
$217 50c |
E3-479 (Same tract as X2-128) |
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Table S.1.2.1
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Thomas Pennington |
Jonas Rambo |
9/24/1793 |
4a & 2½a
1 lot called Rambo’s wood |
£75 |
I2-62; from above |
Jonas Rambo |
Samuel Priest |
4/2/1810 |
4a |
£120 |
E3-454 |
Samuel & Sarah Priest |
George Ludwick & Sullivan Hill |
4/5/1833 |
4a |
$905 |
G4-240 |
William Maule, trustee of the estate of Sullivan Hill |
Enoch Dickinson |
9/20/1855 |
½ part of 4a |
$190 |
A6-259 |
George Ludwick |
Enoch Dickinson |
9/15/1855 |
½ part of 4a |
$400 |
A6-262 |
Enoch & Anna Maria Dickinson |
Anthony Dickinsheet |
3/26/1857 |
4a |
$900 |
F6-69 |
D. W. Clinton Lewis, Sheriff, debt of Anthony Dickensheet |
John Quigley |
1/28/1869 |
3a 140p |
$1,625 |
Sheriff’s Deed 6-469 |
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Table S.1.4 William Cooper / John Sowder - Hammer Hollow
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
William Cooper of Coventry township |
3/30/1793 |
100a 25p |
£750 |
K2-287; Talks about improvements but no mention of mill |
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William Cooper |
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Not in Tredyffrin tax records; died 1793, probate 1794. |
John Sowder |
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1795 |
94a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
John Sowder |
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1796 |
100a |
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Tax; grist & saw mills |
John Sowder |
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1797 |
100a |
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Tax; grist & saw mills |
John Sowder |
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1798 |
100a |
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Tax; grist & saw mills |
John Sowder |
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1798 |
99a |
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Glass tax; log cabin & barn; grist, saw, and fulling mills |
John Sowder |
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1799 |
100a |
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Tax; grist & saw mills |
Mary Cooper & Daniel Maule (exrs. of William Cooper) |
John Sowder |
1/1/1801 |
84¾a 23p |
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V2-18 |
Mary Cooper & Daniel Maule (exrs. of William Cooper) |
Daniel Markley |
1/1/1801 |
12¼a 2p |
£147 3s |
T2-303 |
Daniel Markley |
Anna Hunt & Sarah Thatcher, daughters |
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Died; no Chester County will or administration |
James & Anna Hunt & Sarah Thatcher, daughters |
Abigail Moore |
2/5/1828 |
6a 21p part of 12a 42p |
$367 87½c |
A4-187 |
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Sarah McMurray, D. Markley & Anna Hunt, L. Emlen & Susan Hunt, & Sarah Serrard |
Edwin Pavitt |
10/28/1872 |
6a |
$500 |
G8-104 |
Edwin & Kate Pavitt |
John Groff & Morris Freeman |
5/5/1874 |
6a |
$450 |
N8-321 |
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John & Mary Sowder of Tredyffrin |
Zachariah Long of Tredyffrin |
1/3/1801 |
6a 95p |
£250 |
T2-300; saw & fulling mill |
Zachariah (yeoman) & Sarah Long of Tredyffrin |
Elijah Priest, Blacksmith of Tredyffrin |
3/6/1802 |
4a 10p |
£152 5s |
V2-238; sawmill & messuage, formerly a fulling mill |
Zachariah & Sarah Long of Lynn township, Lehigh County |
Thomas J. Paschall |
2/16/1814 |
2a 85p |
$550 |
I3-323 |
Elijah Priest |
Daniel Markley |
1804 |
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Y2-80 |
John & Mary Souder |
Miles & Mary Abbott |
4/16/1806 |
72a |
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Z2-430 |
Tract #1 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
Enoch Watkins |
4/1/1807 |
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B3-26 |
Enoch, miller & Hannah Watkins |
William Baker |
4/4/1808 |
12a (part of 72a) |
$1100 |
C3-537; grist & plaster mill; same plan as I6-350 #1 |
Tract #2 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
John Lewis |
1807 |
21a 140p |
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A3-385 |
John & Susana Lewis |
William Baker |
4/1/1809 |
21a 140p |
$1300 |
C3-538; same description as I6-350 #2 |
William & Sarah Baker |
Nicholas Custard & Abraham Haws |
4/7/1813 |
12a (tract #1) + 21a 140p |
$2,450 |
H3-179 |
American Republican 1/25/1814
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary
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Tract #3 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
John Priest |
1807 |
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C3-29 |
John Priest of Tredyffrin |
William of Tredyffrin |
4/24/1815 |
8a 101p |
$510 |
K3-524 |
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William Campbell |
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1838 |
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Will, #9650 |
William Campbell, merchant of Philadelphia |
Catharine Piercy, widow, of Philadelphia |
3/4/1857 |
8a 101p |
$950 |
E6-334 |
No Piercy sale or Frederick purchase found |
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Dr. C. N. Frederick |
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1883 |
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Breou’s atlas |
Tract #4 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
Michael Bowman |
1807 |
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C3-28 |
Michael Bowman |
John Havard Davis |
4/1/1813 |
66a |
$2,800 |
H3-183; see table S.1.4.1 |
Tract #5 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
Elisha Worrell |
1807 |
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A3-473 |
Feddy Worrall, ex. of Elisha Worrall |
Charles Lyle |
1831 |
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D4-498 |
Tract #6 |
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Miles & Mary Abbott |
Samuel Gamble |
1808 |
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B3-172 |
Sheriff’s Deed (Samuel Gamble) |
Alexander Kenedy |
1811 |
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F3-252 |
Exs. Of Alexander Kenedy |
Edward Parker |
1821 |
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W3-285 |
Edward Parker |
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3 possible sale deeds: James Faussett (W3-287; 1822), John Rees (1828, A4-492 & 3) |
Tracts #1 & #2 |
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William & Sarah Baker |
Nicholas Custard & Abraham Hause |
4/7/1813 |
12a & 21a 140p |
$2450 |
H3-179 |
Nicholas Custard |
Abraham Hause |
5/25/1816 |
12a & 21a 140p |
$1500 |
M3-497; Half part; mills |
Sheriff’s Sales
By virtue of writs to me directed, will be sold at Public Vendue the following real estate, viz - WILL BE SOLD on Monday the 22nd June, 1818, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house on the premises, a certain Messuage, Grist Mill, and tract or parcel of land, situate in the township of Tredyffrin, in Chester County; bounded by lands of Daniel Markley, of Dewalt Beaver and others, containing about 34 acres, more or less, with the appurtenances. Seized and taken in execution as the property of William Baker and wife.
Village Record 6/10/1818 |
Sheriff |
Elizabeth Markley |
1818 |
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P3-311; deed poll |
Elizabeth Markley |
Charles Thatcher |
1819 |
2 tracts 33a 141p in total |
$2000 |
P3-313; mill |
Charles Thatcher |
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1820 |
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Grist mill; County tax |
Charles Thatcher |
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1832 |
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Died (administration) |
Robert Findley, guardian of Joseph & Elizabeth Thatcher |
Robert Brocklehurst |
11/1/1833 |
12a & 21a 140p |
$1050 |
G4-309; mills |
Robert Brocklehurst |
Samuel Crewe |
2/7/1838 |
12a & 21a 140p |
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C4-47 |
Samuel & Emma Crewe |
Thomas Brown |
5/27/1847 |
12a & 21a 140p |
$3000 |
F5-211; mentions mills |
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Joel Bates |
Gershorn Howarth & Samuel Crieve |
1/5/1849 |
12a & 21a 140p & 4a 10p |
$2,876 |
W6-176 |
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Sheriff (estate of Howorth & Creive) |
Matthew Robinson |
7/28/1853 |
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Deed poll |
Matthew & Grace Robinson |
William Cundy |
9/20/1853 |
12a & 21a 140p & 4a 10p |
$2971 |
I6-350 |
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William Cundy |
John B. Newman |
6/4/1860 |
6a 157p eastern most part of 21a 140p |
$835 75c |
R9-199 |
John B. Newman |
Matthias Pennypacker |
4/19/1866 |
78a 11p (10 parts) |
$17000 |
B7-565 |
Matthias Pennypacker |
Coffin Colket |
5/4/1868 |
78a 11p |
$18000 |
P7-139 |
William Cundy |
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1876 |
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Dies intestate (#18208) |
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John Snyder |
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1820 |
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4a & tilt mill; County tax |
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James McHenry & James Hunt |
John Snyder |
12/27/1831 |
4a 5p |
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F4-79 |
John & Elizabeth Snyder |
Samuel Crewe |
1/30/1835 |
4a 5p |
$450 mortgage & $250 |
L4-261; mentions buildings, no mills; same deed plan as I6-350 tract #3 |
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Table S.1.4.1 John Havard Davis property
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Michael Bowman |
John Havard Davis |
1813 |
66a |
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H3-183; from above tract #4 |
Joseph Barnes |
John Havard Davis |
1812 |
60a? |
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G3-145; Charlestown |
Abraham Phillips |
John Havard Davis |
1812 |
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G3-303; East Whiteland |
John Havard Davis |
Hugh Long |
12/1/1813 |
8.75a |
$1,200 |
I3-392 |
John Havard Davis |
George Reese |
12/1/1813 |
21a 42p |
$1,050 |
T3-140 |
John Havard Davis |
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1819 |
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Bankrupt; see the article Spiritualism - and a Contested Will |
John Havard Davis |
Edward Siter, Israel Davis, Joshua Jones |
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In trust for creditors. |
Sheriff, Cromwell Pearce, land of William & John Havard Davis |
Samuel H. Davis |
10/18/1819 |
100a woodland in Charlestown |
$2000 |
R3-490; deed poll. Debt of $4000 to William Beale |
Sheriff, Cromwell Pearce, land of John Havard Davis |
William Davis |
10/18/1819 |
14a land & messuage |
$270 |
R3-491; deed poll; partially in payment of debt of $16,500 to Thomas Mifflin |
Assignees of John Havard Davis |
William Davis |
10/23/1820 |
36a 16p |
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S3-309 |
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Edward Siter, Israel Davis, & Joshua Jones, assignees of John Havard Davis |
William Davis |
11/18/1820 |
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$1 |
S3-117; assignment - all property of John H. & Eliza Davis |
William Davis |
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1848 |
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Died; intestate |
William David jr. |
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7/29/1856 |
170a |
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Samuel H. Davis |
Cyrus H., William jr., Rebecca, Mary & Hannah Davis, Sarah H. Ferree |
1860 |
37a & 60a (Charlestown) |
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Died |
Sarah H. Ferree |
William David jr. |
1865 |
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Will |
Hannah Davis |
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1876 |
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William David jr. |
Cyrus H., Rebecca & Mary Davis |
6/27/1879 |
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Died |
Cyrus H. Davis |
Rebecca & Mary Davis |
2/17/1880 |
170a & 36a 16p |
$1 |
Release G9-36 |
Rebecca Davis & estate of Mary Davis |
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1883 |
213a 1r 2p |
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Breou’s atlas |
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Table S.1.5 Devault Beaver
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
Devault Beaver |
11/3/1792 |
10a 15p |
£85 10s |
Q2-11 |
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Devault Beaver |
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1798 |
50a hill land |
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Glass tax; next to John Sowders |
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See table E.1.1 for disposition of part of property |
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Table S.1.6 Robert Kennedy
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Benjamin & Mary Rowland |
Robert Kennedy |
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38a 38p |
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Quoted in K2-91; |
Robert & Elenor Kennedy |
Andrew Garden |
8/17/1793 |
9a 1r 12p &
2a 2r 28p |
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K2-91 |
Andrew Garden |
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1798 |
11a |
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Glass tax; next to Paul Connard |
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Table S.1.7 John Edwards tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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John & Esther Sigler |
John Edwards |
6/10/1785 |
4a |
£28 |
Z-383; see table S.1 above for earlier history |
John Edwards |
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1/31/1794 (will) |
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died |
Daniel Cornog, executor of the will of John Edwards |
John Johnston |
7/28/1794 |
4a |
£52 10s |
C3-318 |
John Johnston |
Jane Shepherd (daughter) and grand children |
8/6/1800 (will) |
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died |
Jane Shepherd (widow), James & Susanna Shepherd, Ann McKeever, Elizabeth Shepherd |
Thomas Davis |
7/24/1815 |
4a |
$400 |
M3-329 |
Thomas & Esther Davis |
Alexander Kennedy |
11/23/1816 |
4a |
$420 |
N3-323 |
Alexander Kennedy |
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died |
Margaret Kennedy (widow) et al |
Currey Ganges |
4/4/1838 |
4a |
$600 |
P4-592 |
|
|
|
|
Table S.2
|
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson |
Sarah Robinson |
1/15/1774 |
344½a 18p |
|
Orphans Court |
Sarah Robinson tract, 1777
|
Richard & Sarah (nee Robinson) Peters |
Isaac Potts & Norris Jones |
4/8/1790 |
365.5a 18p |
|
U3-414. |
Norris Jones |
|
Will 9/2/1787 |
|
|
Died |
Isaac & Martha Potts & Execs of Norris Jones (Thomas Harrison & Isaac Lloyd) |
Joseph Conard |
4/11/1793 |
365.5a 18p |
|
H2-421 |
 |
Joseph & Martha Conard |
Casper Kitselman |
5/30/1793 |
20a |
£50 |
H2-417; see table K.5.1 |
Joseph Conard |
Paul Conard |
5/4/1795 |
100a |
£100 |
S2-151 |
 |
Joseph Connard |
|
1798 |
249a |
Glass tax;
House: Stone 24' x 18', 2 floors.
Windows: 6 windows with 12 panes;
2 windows with 8 panes;
1 window with 4 panes.
Other Buildings: Stone Springhouse 16' x 16'; Stone Kitchen 18' x 16'; Stone Barn 47' x 30'; D.? House 18' x 14'. |
Joseph Connard tract, 1798
|
Paul Connard |
|
1798 |
99a |
|
Glass tax |
Joseph Connard |
|
4/30/1833 |
|
|
Will dated 5/3/1821 probated |
Joseph & Daniel Conard, executors of the will of Joseph Conard senior |
Martha Conard |
8/1/1833 |
73.5a 14p |
|
Will Book I4(81)-180 |
|
David Wilson & James McPherson, assignees of John & Martha Patterson (nee Conard) |
Thomas Phillips |
4/1/1845 |
26.5a + 73.5a 14p |
$3,002 62c |
B5-369 |
Branch A |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nathan & Eliza Conard |
Jacob Huzzard |
3/30/1837 |
20a |
$680 |
O4-122; see Table S.2.1 for earlier history |
Jacob & Eliza Huzzard |
Samuel Bittle |
5/10/1844 |
6a |
$216 |
A5-456 |
Thomas & Martha Phillips |
Samuel Bittle |
4/26/1845 |
21.25a 25p |
$535 15c |
B5-370 |
Samuel Bittle |
Hugh McGinley |
4/12/1848 |
16a (6a from Jacob Huzzard) |
$1,100 |
G5-537 |
Hugh & Catherine McGinly |
Samuel Bittle |
11/30/1848 |
16a |
$1,400 |
I5-54 |
Samuel Bittle |
George White |
7/17/1851 |
10a |
$400 |
P5-251 |
George & Mary Jane White |
John Sharp |
5/7/1855 |
16a + 10a |
$2,200 |
Z5-192 |
John Sharp |
John Struthers |
11/22/1882 |
25.992a |
$4,900 |
P9-446 |
Huzzard estate |
|
1883 |
|
|
Breou’s atlas; corner of Gulph Road and West Valley Road |
John Struthers |
|
1883 |
26a 3r 36p |
|
Breou’s atlas |
 |
John & Virginia Struthers |
Nina H. Clark |
4/9/1887 |
25.992a |
$12,996 |
G10-53 |
N. H. Clark |
|
1887 |
26a |
|
Atlas |
Weld & Nina Clark |
John M. Kennedy jr. |
4/24/1891 |
25.992a |
$9,500 |
T10-235 |
John M. Kennedy 3rd et al, executors of the will of John M. Kennedy jr. |
V. Mae Miller |
8/16/1932 |
|
|
Quoted in Y18-47 |
Carl & V. Mae Miller |
Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia |
8/24/1932 |
1a |
$1 |
Y18-47; land and buildings |
Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia |
Biagio Paglone |
11/17/1932 |
1a |
$1 |
Y18-55 |
Biagio Paglone |
Agostina Caimi and Michele Scioscia |
6/1/1936 |
1a |
$1 |
S19-59 |
Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia |
Lillie Venning |
11/28/1936 |
|
$4,500 |
L19-57 |
Lillie Venning |
Hardie Scott, Russell James Raab, & Mae Scott Raab, trustees |
4/20/1944 |
1a + other land |
$1 |
G21-121 |
George Scott Raab, substitute for Hardie Scott, Russell James Raab, & Mae Scott Raab, trustees |
G. Edward & Gwyndolyn E. Wallis |
8/7/1951 |
1.491a + other land |
$22,999 |
B25-167 |
G. Edward & Gwyndolyn E. Wallis |
Albert & Phyllis Clark |
6/29/1956 |
1.491a + other land |
$27,000 |
Q28-62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branch B |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas & Martha Phillips |
William Sheaff |
3/30/1850 |
78a 109p |
$2,300 |
K5-502 |
William & Margaret Sheaff |
Sarah West |
3/4/1852 |
78a 109p |
$3,000 |
Q5-269 |
Sarah West |
Andrew Root |
10/6/1864 |
78a 109p |
$6,000? |
Y6-345 |
Andrew & Sarah Ann Root |
Anna Bolton Leeds |
5/9/1873 |
78a 109p |
$3,500 |
I8-65 |
Daniel & Anna Bolton Leeds |
James A. S. Wilson |
3/28/1874 |
62a 34p |
$3,500 |
N8-223 |
James A. S. & Margaret Wilson |
John E. White |
12/12/1876 |
|
$8,000 |
W8-178 |
Daniel & Anna Bolton Leeds |
Cornelia Baker |
7/21/1877 |
17a 133p |
$2,500 |
J9-288 |
Sheriff (property of John White) |
William Lambson |
2/1/1878 |
|
|
Sheriff’s deed 8-116 |
William Lambson |
George Stocker |
3/18/1878 |
|
$1,000 |
B9-179 |
George Stocker |
Cornelia Baker |
3/18/1878 |
62a 38p |
$1,000 |
A9-64 |
Cornelia Baker |
Elias Heiner |
4/8/1879 |
62a 38p |
$1,800 |
E9-328 |
Cornelia Baker |
Elias Heiner |
4/8/1879 |
17a 133p |
$1,200 |
M9-19 |
Elias Heiner |
Amelia Leeds |
10/26/1881 |
62a 38p + 17a 133p |
$10,260 |
J9-294 |
Amelia Leeds |
Robert Emott Hare |
12/2/1881 |
8.161a |
$3,264 40c |
L9-369 |
Robert E. Hare |
|
1883 |
acreage not given |
|
Breou’s atlas |
Amelia Leeds |
|
1883 |
acreage not given |
|
|
Amelia Leeds |
James Benge |
4/26/1886 |
40a + 6a 132p, part of 62a |
$13,000 |
C10-238 |
Amelia Leeds |
James Benge |
9/17/1891 |
25a |
$15,000 |
T10-289 |
 |
tract C - part of Ivycroft estae |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christian Workizer |
Peter Stidler |
4/10/1771 |
30.5a |
|
D2-40 |
Peter & Eve Stiller |
Casper Kitzelman |
4/24/1792 |
30.5a |
£200 |
G2-233 |
Joseph & Martha Conrad |
Casper Kitzelman |
5/30/1793 |
20a |
|
H2-417 |
Casper & Hannah Kitzelman |
Zacharias Long |
3/19/1795 |
50.5a |
£365 |
R2-195 |
Zacharias & Sarah Long |
William Davis |
3/7/1806 |
50.5a |
$1,800 |
B3-23 |
William & Mary Davis |
Benjamin Davis |
3/8/1806 |
5a |
$200 |
B3-22 |
Benjamin & Mary Davis, Owen Davis, Elwood Davis |
Samuel Bittle |
12/27/1852 |
5a |
$190 |
U5-245 |
Solomon & Mary Jackson |
Samuel Bittle |
4/4/1866 |
5a |
$350 |
F7-11 |
Samuel & Mary Bittle |
James McCone |
5/24/1867 |
15a comprising P6-123, F7-11, U5-245 |
$1,100 |
I7-165 |
James & Nancy McCone |
William S. Roberts |
4/1/1869 |
15a |
$2,000 |
W7-66; messuage |
William S. Roberts |
Jesse Gyger |
10/1/1873 |
15a |
$1,800 |
N8-216 |
Jesse Gyger |
William Burke |
4/1/1876 |
15a |
$1,650 |
T8-209 |
William & Eliza Jane Burk |
Mary McHenry Cox |
1/31/1883 |
14a 32p |
$3,250 |
Q9-315 |
tract D - a second part of Ivycroft estate |
|
|
|
|
|
B7-133 |
Leonard & Marion Bittle |
Henry A. Hogentogler |
3/26/1866 |
9a |
$1,500 |
B7-523 |
Henry & Mary Hogentogler |
Harry M. Cook |
3/17/1886 |
6a 62.8p |
$1,800 |
C10-254 |
Harry Montgomery Cooke |
Mary McHenry Cox |
6/4/1887 |
6a 62.9p |
$2,300 |
I10-48 |
Henry Laussat Gayelin and Pamela Bayley Tyler Eustis, trustees under the will of Mary McHenry Cox |
Robert Neeley |
1/29/1910 |
14.443a |
$1 |
R13-231 |
Robert & Elizabeth Neeley |
Florence M. Jones |
10/17/1910 |
14.443a |
$1 |
Y13-38 |
David Jones, Sheriff |
Wayne Bulding & Loan Association |
12/22/1913 |
14.443a |
$4,585 |
D13-285 |
Wayne Building & Loan Association |
Alba Johnson |
2/7/1917 |
14.443a |
$14,250 |
B15-145 |
tract E Jefferson Medical College & Hospital |
Charles Bittle |
Samuel Bittle |
12/6/1853 |
3a 37p |
|
N6-501 |
George Bittle |
Samuel Bittle |
4/28/1860 |
6a |
|
P6-123 |
Samuel & Mary Bittle |
Theodore Baker |
3/30/1872 |
4a 33p, part of the 2 lots above |
$2,700 |
C8-286 |
Mary Reeve, Josephine Baker, Alice Baker, children of Theodore Baker, and their heirs |
Alba Johnson |
5/1/1917 |
2.259a |
$1 |
C15-242 |
| |
Alba Johnson & Leah Goff, his wife |
Trustees of Jefferson Medical College & Hospital |
6/13/1919 |
14.443a + 2.259a |
$1 |
M15-269 |
|
Table S.2.1 Brookfern (Croton Road)
|
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph & Daniel Conard, execs of Joseph Conard |
Nathan Conard |
10/20/1835 |
111.25a |
$2,781 25c |
K4-418 |
Nathan & Eliza Conard |
Jacob Huzzard |
3/30/1837 |
20a |
$680 |
O4-122 |
Nathan & Eliza Conard |
John Patterson |
3/30/1837 |
26.5a |
$372 44c |
O4-123 |
Nathan & Eliza Conard |
Abner Hughes |
3/13/1837 |
64.75a |
$2,354 25c |
O4-124 |
Abner Hughes |
Daughters Mary Hughes and Sarah Owen |
12/9/1841 |
|
|
Will |
Mary Hughes |
Sarah Owens (wife of John Owen) |
4/26/1844 |
40a 29p |
|
Deed not found |
John Owen |
|
1883 |
40a |
|
Breou’s Atlas |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Samuel & Mary Bittle |
James McCone |
5/24/1867 |
15a |
$1,100 |
I7-165 |
James & Nancy McCone |
William M. Roberts |
4/1/1869 |
15a |
$2,000 |
W7-66 |
William Roberts |
Jesse Gyger |
10/1/1873 |
15a |
$1,800 |
N8-216 |
Jesse & Julia Gyger |
William Burk |
5/1/1876 |
15a |
$1,650 |
T8-209 |
William & Eliza Jane Burk |
Mary McHenry Cox |
1/31/1883 |
14a 32p |
$3,250 |
Q9-315 |
|
Table S.2.2 Conard - Pechin tract (Between West Valley & Old Eagle School Roads)
|
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph Conard |
Paul Conard |
5/4/1795 |
100a |
£100 |
S2-151; see Table S.2 above for earlier history |
|
Paul Conard |
widow Sarah, 3 daughters & Jesse Conard, son |
1800 |
|
|
died intestate |
Chester & Delaware Federalist 12-19-1817
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary
|
Joseph Conard, administrator of the estate of Paul Conard |
Jesse Conard |
4/1/1818 |
90a |
$5,737 |
N4-454 |
Jesse Conard |
Samuel Eastburn |
4/1/1818 |
6a |
$888 |
N3-456 |
Jesse Conard |
Benjamin Maule |
4/1/1819 |
10.25a |
$1,000 |
P3-428 |
Jesse Conard |
Robert Kennedy |
|
2a 36p |
|
Deed not found, quoted in P3-383 |
Isaac & Sarah Walker (previously Sarah Conard) |
Samuel Eastburn, Benjamin Maule, Robert Kennedy |
8/21/1819 |
|
$1 |
P3-383; release |
Jesse & Harriet Conard |
Andrew Leinace |
9/7/1822 |
73.5a |
$3,500 |
U3-419 |
Andrew & Hannah Leinace |
Francis Riddle |
6/22/1831 |
1a |
$50 |
E4-205 |
Andrew & Hannah Leinace |
Horatio Pennock |
6/15/1835 |
72.5a |
$1,700 |
K4-438 |
Horation & Elizabeth Pennock |
Marshall Attmore |
12/1/1835 |
72.5a |
$3,500 |
K4-439 |
Marshall Attmore |
Eli Kirk |
4/1/1836 |
72.5a |
$3,850 |
M4-437 |
Eli & Elizabeth Kirk |
John Kerr |
1/3/1838 |
72.5a |
$2,500 |
U4-183 |
John & Jane Kerr |
Robert Lowery |
6/23/1841 |
72.5a |
$4,000 |
U4-425 |
Robert & Susanna Lowery |
Joseph Lompart |
7/9/1842 |
72.5a |
$2,200 |
W4-108 |
Joseph Lompart |
William Pechin |
5/4/1843 |
72.5a |
$4,086 |
Y4-190 |
Robert Pechin |
|
1883 |
71a 1r 3p |
|
Breou’s atlas |
 |
Robert Pechin |
|
1901 |
|
|
died |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table S.3 Ivycroft tract
|
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
tract A |
Robert Bruce |
Maynard W. Poole |
8/7/1958 |
0.941a |
$5,000 |
K30-44 |
tract B |
Joseph V. & Dorothy Downs |
Maynard W. Poole |
10/15/1958 |
not quoted |
$5,000 |
P30-85 |
tract C |
John J. & Marie L. McCann |
Maynard W. Poole |
10/31/1958 |
2.0905a |
$4,180 |
Q30-7 |
tract D |
branch D.1 |
Zachariah Long tract, 1798
|
Zachariah & Sarah Long |
William Davis |
3/7/1806 |
50a |
$1,800 |
B3-23 |
William & Mary Davis |
Benjamin Davis |
3/8/1806 |
5a |
$200 |
B3-22 |
Benjamin & Mary Ann Davis, Elwood Davis |
Samuel Bittle |
12/27/1852 |
5a |
$190 |
U5-245 |
branch D.2 |
Heirs of Robert Kennedy |
Andrew Bowman |
4/11/1834 |
78a 50p |
$1,918 65c |
H4-394; see A4-392 below for Kennedy purchase |
William & Sarah Kennedy |
Andrew Bowman |
1/30/1836 |
6a 43p |
$100 |
M4-119 |
Mary Meredith, administrator of John Meredith |
Andrew Bowman |
4/3/1849 |
5.5a 10p |
$140 45c |
H5-607 |
Andrew Bowman |
Samuel Bittle |
3/28/1850 |
45.25a 25p |
$3,137 |
N5-367 |
Samuel Bittle |
Charles Bittle |
3/30/1850 |
3a 38p |
$215 |
M5-247 |
Charles & Sarah Bittle |
Samuel Bittle |
12/6/1853 |
3a 38p |
$250 |
N6-501 |
branch D.3 |
Jesse Sharp, Sheriff (Daniel Hiesle) |
Isaac Morris and Samuel Bettle, executors and trustees of Anne Attmore |
5/3/1823 |
10a |
$6 |
Sheriff's deed 3-1; no other Isaac Morris Chester County deeds found |
Isaac & Sarah Morris and Samuel & Jane Bettle |
Robert Kennedy |
1/29/1824 |
45.5a + 55a 59p - 0.75a |
$1,588 90c |
A4-392 |
Robert Kennedy |
Jesse Carver |
1/1/1828 |
14a 100p |
$731 25c |
A4-186 |
Jesse & Hannah Carver |
Edward Supplee |
10/21/1830 |
14a 100p |
$250 |
F4(75)-93 |
Edward & Rebecca Supplee |
William Bittle |
3/24/1840 |
not quoted |
$1,100 |
T4(91)-66 |
William & Margaret Bittle |
George Bittle |
8/17/1852 |
15a 23p |
$1,400 |
T5(116)-534 |
George & Anna Maria Bittle |
Samuel Bittle |
4/28/1860 |
6a |
$200 |
P6-123 |
|
Samuel & Mary M. Bittle |
James McCone |
5/24/1867 |
15a |
$1,100 |
I7-165 |
James & Nancy McCone |
William M. Roberts |
4/1/1869 |
15a |
$2,000 |
W7-66; messuage |
William M. Roberts |
Jesse Gyger |
10/1/1873 |
15a |
$1,800 |
N8-216 |
Jesse & Julia Gyger |
William D. Burk |
4/1/1876 |
15a |
$1,650 |
T8-209 |
William M. & Eliza Jane Burk |
Mary McHenry Cox |
1/31/1883 |
14a 32p |
$3,250 |
Q9-315 |
Harry Montgomery Cooke |
Mary McHenry Cox |
6/4/1887 |
6a 62p |
$2,300 |
I10-48 |
Mary McHenry Cox |
|
11/3/1906 |
|
|
died |
Henry Laussat Geyelin and Pamela Bayley Tyler Eustis, trustees under the will of Mary McHenry Cox |
Robert Neely |
1/29/1910 |
14.443a |
$1 |
R13-231; dwelling house, stable, and outbuildings |
Robert A. & Elizabeth W. Neely |
Florence M. Jones |
10/17/1910 |
14.443a |
$1 |
Y13-38 |
|
Wayne Building & Loan Association |
12/2/1913 |
|
|
Sheriff's deed D13-285 |
Wayne Building & Loan Association |
Alba B. Johnson |
2/7/1917 |
14.443a |
$14,250 |
B15-145 |
|
|
|
|
|
C15-242 |
Alba B. Johnson & Leah Goff |
Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital |
6/13/1919 |
14.443a + 2.259a |
$1 |
M15-269 |
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia |
James T. & Catherine D'Arcy |
5/24/1948 |
21.642a |
$22,000 |
B22-252 |
James T. & Catherine D'Arcy |
Helen D. Dewees |
10/18/1948 |
14.443a |
$22,000 |
U23-105 |
Alexander D. & Helen D. Dewees |
Maynard W. Poole |
11/3/1958 |
13.8805a - 1.568a |
$24,625 |
Q30-11 |
Maynard W. Poole |
John A. Scott |
5/4/1959 |
not quoted |
$83,000 |
B31-283 |
John A. & Anna L. Scott |
Blanche Kneeland Simpson |
4/12/1960 |
not quoted |
$39,000 |
Z31-496 |
Hardin C. & Blanche Kneeland Simpson Graham |
Richard C. & Virginia J. Harris |
9/20/1968 |
0.6228a |
$48,000 |
K38-842 |
branch D.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
L3-174 |
Emmor & Susanna Kimber |
Enoch Walker and Thomas George |
3/31/1817 |
90a 80p + 28¾a 13p + 44a |
|
O3-230 |
Enoch Walker and Thomas George |
James Carr |
3/31/1818 |
16a 58p |
$1,309 |
N3-499 |
Leonard Carr |
Caroline Leamy |
9/9/1868 |
not quoted |
$600 |
P7-301; see confirmation in X7-287 |
Leonard Carr |
Caroline Leamy |
|
|
|
X7-287 |
Caroline Leamy |
Isaac Carr |
5/13/1876 |
not quoted |
$800 |
I8-305 |
Isaac Carr |
Josephine Martin, wife of William Martin |
3/10/1897 |
0.498a |
$400 |
E11-292 |
John & Mary Bishop, Elwood & Hannah Rossiter, William Martin, husband and children of Josephine Martin |
Howard Martin |
12/30/1904 |
0.498a |
$1 |
R12-200 |
| |
Howard Martin and Ellwood & Hannah Rossiter |
Trustees of Jefferson Medical College & Hospital |
8/11/1920 |
2.682a |
$1 |
U15-250 |
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia |
James & Catherine D'Arcy |
5/24/1948 |
21.624a |
$22,000 |
B22-252 |
James & Catherine D'Arcy |
Helen Dewees |
10/18/1948 |
14.443a |
$22,000 |
U23-105 |
Alexander & Helen Dewees |
George & Jan Wood |
9/27/1968 |
not quoted |
$31,000 |
L38-254 |
George & Jan Wood |
George Wood |
6/9/1969 |
not quoted |
$1 |
Z38-111 |
George & Paige Wood |
W. G. & Judith Barker |
1/6/1970 |
not quoted |
$38,000 |
E39-306 |
W. G. & Judith Barker |
Wallace & Carol Clark |
2/1/1971 |
not quoted |
$45,265 |
T39-592 |
Wallace & Carol Clark |
Robert & Virginia McTeague |
11/6/1972 |
not quoted |
$54,500 |
Z40-745 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table S.4 Peter Gamble tract
|
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
John and Sarah Owens |
Mary Hughes |
4/26/1844 |
|
|
Miscellaneous deed 5-368 |
Mary Gamble nee Hughes |
James Gamble |
2/21/1882 |
45a 26p |
$1 |
P9-50 |
Croton Road area, Breou 1883
|
Heirs of James Gamble; Mary Gamble, widow of Peter Gamble |
Thomas Brown |
11/7/1885 |
43a |
$500 |
B10-180 |
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Table S.5 The Lincoln Institution
School see Ponemah: Land of the Hereafter by Robert Goshorn
Paoli Scout Troop 1, see Rev. Horace Walton in Promoters of Paoli
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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|
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|
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tract a |
Samuel Brooke and John B. Adams, administrators of the estate of John Brooke |
Joseph Abraham |
8/29/1842 |
12a 50p |
$389 86c |
Y4-280; no reference to previous deed |
David Adams, executor of the will of John B. Adams |
William Owen |
7/24/1876 |
4a |
$44 |
V8-417 |
William & Elizabeth Owen |
John Simes |
10/22/1885 |
4a |
$300 |
E10-268 |
John & Mercy Ann Simes |
George Simes |
9/12/1888 |
not quoted |
$500 |
I12-405 |
George Simes |
Mercy Ann Simes, wife of John Simes |
9/13/1888 |
4a |
$500 |
L10-107 |
John Simes |
Lincoln Institute |
6/24/1903 |
4a |
$1,800 |
S12-40 |
tract b |
Palmers |
Stanley Montgomery |
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|
|
deed not found |
Stanley Montgomery |
Hamilton Farrell |
4/24/1865 |
8a 54p |
$600 |
P10-413 |
Hamilton Farrell |
John Palmer |
12/20/1869 |
8a 54p |
$600 |
P10-414 |
John & Hannah Palmer |
The Lincoln Institution |
7/26/1890 |
8a 54p |
$1,250 62.5c |
T10-116 |
tract c |
Henry Martin |
The Lincoln Institution |
1/5/1886 |
10a 43.74p |
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Montgomery deed 294-460 |
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The Big Brothers Association |
Emily Exley |
7/11/1924 |
4a + 8a 54p + 10a 43.74p |
$13,000 |
K16-598 |
The Big Brothers Association |
Emily Exley |
7/11/1924 |
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|
Montgomery deed 926-444 |
John W. & Anna H. Henry, William J. Brown |
Emily Exley |
1/16/1926 |
0.188a |
$1 |
Z16-262 |
Emily Exley |
Wayne Title and Trust Co., trustee of Paoli Troop #1, BSA |
1/15/1954 |
not quoted |
$15,000 |
T25-270; only to be used by Paoli Troop #1, BSA |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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|
|
|
|
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tract d |
Richard Martin |
Lincoln Institute |
|
8a 112p |
$1,000 |
294-460 |
The Big Brother Association |
Emily Exley |
7/11/1924 |
4a + 10a 43.74p (Upper Merion) + 8a 54p (Tredyffrin)
|
$13,000 |
Montgomery 926-444; see 1200-366 and 367 for deed restrictions |
tract e |
John & Sarah Owens |
Mary Hughes(?) |
4/26/1844 |
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Misc. 5-368 |
Mary Gamble, nee Hughes |
Peter Gamble |
2/21/1882 |
45a 26p |
$1 |
P9-50 |
Breou's 1883 atlas
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Harriet Gamble et al, widow and children of Peter Gamble |
Thomas Brown |
11/7/1885 |
43a |
$500 |
B10-180 |
John & Anna Henry, William Brown, children of Thomas Brown |
Emily Exley |
1/16/1926 |
0.0188a |
$1 |
Z16-262 |
Emily Exley |
Wayne Title and Trust Company, in favor of Paoli troop #1, Boy Scouts of America |
1/15/1954 |
not quoted |
$15,000 |
T25-270 |
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