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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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William Markham et al |
William Powell, cooper |
5/31/1688 (patent); |
500a |
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6/9/1684 (warrant) – not found. Patent A9-257 |
William Powell |
William Cuarton |
1701 |
200a |
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See table B.2 |
William Powell |
Thomas Jerman |
7/8/1701 |
300a |
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See table B.1 |
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Table B.1 Thomas Jerman tract & first Great Valley Mill
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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William Powell |
Thomas Jerman |
7/8/1701 |
300a |
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A-178, see plan. Built Great Valley Mill around 1710 |
Thomas Jerman |
Mary Walker, daughter |
6/3/1740 |
300a |
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Will dated 4/1/1740 |
Thomas Jerman |
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1747 |
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Died |
Enoch & Mary Walker |
Jerman Walker, eldest son |
6/15/1754 |
300a |
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W2-153 & Common recovery?
& V2.323? |
Jerman Walker |
Charles Willing |
6/17/1754 |
300a |
£200 |
I-196 Mortgage |
I-196 Mortgage. On 17 June 1754 Jarman Walker of Tredyffrin, yeoman, to Charles Willing of the City of Philadelphia, executor of the last will of Thomas Lloyd, late of the City, merchant, dec. Jerman Walker stands bound to Charles Willing for £400 conditioned on payment of £200 plus interest on 17 June 1755 (it being the proper monies & effects of Sarah Lloyd & Susannah Lloyd the children & devisees of the said testator who are minors under the age of 21 years). Now Jerman Walker to better secure said payment granted to Charles Willings a tract in Tredyffrin bounded by William Charton containing 300 acres & a water grist mill erected on said tract. Signed Jerman Walker. Delivered in the presence of Josiah Jackson, William Boddington & C. Brockden. Recorded 1754.
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Jerman Walker |
John Rowland |
4/23/1755 |
73a & ½ mill
Part of 300a |
£470 |
W2-508; see deed plan & table C.2 |
Jerman Walker |
Joseph Sims |
11/15/1760 |
123a & 104a |
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L-527 Mortgage |
L-527 On 15 Nov 1760 Jerman Walker of Tredyffrin, yeoman, to Joseph Sims of the City of Philadelphia, merchant. Jerman Walker stands bound to Joseph Sims for £200 conditioned on payment of £100 plus interest on 15 Nov 1761. Jerman Walker to better secure said debt granted to Joseph Sims 2 tracts of land lying in Tredyffrin, one tract bounded by land of William Cuorton, the other tract, land Jerman Walker sold to John Rowland containing 104 acres & the other tract bounded by the first tract & land of John Rowland containing 123 acres. Signed Jerman Walker. Delivered in the presense of James Humphrey and Henry Burnett. Recorded 9 Dec 1760. |
Jerman Walker |
David Jones |
12/1/1763 |
125a |
£645 |
A2-371 |
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Proprietors |
Enoch Walker |
12/14/1763 |
50a 20p |
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See Survey C234-296 and Patent book AA 5,418 |
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David Jones |
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3/5/1767 |
170a |
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Pennsylvania Gazette |
March 5, 1767 The Pennsylvania Gazette
To be SOLD, A Valuable plantation, containing 170 acres, situated in the Great Valley, Tredyfryn township, Chester county, about 20 miles from Philadelphia, 100 acres cleared, 40 acres of good watered meadow, by a creek called the Valley Creek; the whole in good repair, and under good fence; with a good stone dwelling house, a good new barn, and other out houses; there are quarries of lime stone on said plantation and lies within one mile of Lancaster road; the title is indisputable. For terms apply to the Subscriber, living on the premises DAVID JONES. |
David Jones & Lucy, his wife |
Adam Rickenbacker (aka Rickabaugh) |
8/15/1767 |
125a (part of 300a) and 50a 20p |
£1400 |
A2-374; see table B.1.1 |
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Adam Rickabaugh |
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1798 |
174a |
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Glass Tax |
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South of Swedesford Road |
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Jerman Walker |
Thomas Jerman Walker |
1/13/1770 |
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Will (less 125a sold off, the north end, i.e. 175a); see Thomas J Walker deed plan |
Will of Jerman Walker
Provides for maintenance of children Thomas J., Lydia, Mary & Sarah during childhood with his sister Mary. To son Thomas Jerman Walker plantation where I now dwell in Treyffrin, formerly known as Thomas Jerman’s plantation, at 21. Remainder to 3 daughters. |
Thomas G. Walker |
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1798 |
100a + unknown |
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Glass Tax; south of Swedesford Road |
Randal Evans |
Thomas J. Walker |
6/20/1812 |
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G3-199; resolution of boundary dispute |
Branch A |
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Thomas Jerman & Elizabeth Walker |
Daniel Baugh |
4/4/1814 |
5a 154p |
$600 |
M3-323 |
Daniel and Amelia Baugh |
Richard Kelly |
4/1/1815 |
5a 154p |
$385 |
M3-324 |
Richard Kelly |
William Henry |
12/14/1816 |
5a 154p |
$850 |
N3-320 |
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William and Hannah Henry |
Company of the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpikes |
12/16/1816 |
1.5 a |
$350 |
M3-326 |
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Hannah Henry et al (heirs of William Henry) |
Joseph McClure |
4/1/1854 |
4a 3r 8p |
$900 |
W5-258; see table V.3 |
Branch B |
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Thomas Jerman & Elizabeth Walker |
John Llewelyn |
4/22/1802 |
69a 24p |
£1296 7s 3d |
W2-145 |
W2-145 … also the full & entire liberty & privilege of ingress, egress & regress to pass to and through said Walker’s other land to a certain ditch or race of water which turns said Walker’s tilt mill, for the purpose of leading water from and along said ditch or race to a bank of meadow, purchased by said Llewelyn from said Walker, 2 nights in every week from sun set to sun rise on Monday night & Saturday night in each and every week without let, hindrance, or interruption of him said Thomas Jerman Walker his execs., administrators, or assigns.
Subject to the reservation and privilege of a certain watering place on the aforesaid tail-race in a corner of a field adjoining to the road leading from the Swedesford Road to the turnpike road 12 ft. wide up and down said race or ditch. |
John Llewelyn |
Rebecca & Elizabeth Llewelyn (daughters) |
4/20/1810 |
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Died (letters of administration) |
Rebecca & Elizabeth Llewelyn |
Lewis Reece |
4/22/1811 |
69a 24p |
$4,533 33c |
F3-457 |
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Thomas J. Walker |
John Henry, smith |
4/1/1811 |
50a & 10a |
£1800 |
F3-234 |
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Enos & Ann Reece |
Abner Cornog |
4/1/1818 |
64¼a & 15½a |
$7000 |
Y3-260 |
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John Henry |
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1823 |
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Will |
Peter Jaquett & wife, Hannah Henry, Mary Henry |
Abner Cornog |
3/28/1836 |
50a & 10a |
$5910 |
O4-211 |
Abner Cornog |
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1856 |
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Died; will |
E. G. Griffith |
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1860 |
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Kennedy’s Atlas |
Emmor G. & Martha (nee Cornog) Griffith |
Mordecai D. Cornog |
3/30/1861 |
Private road for 108p of land |
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R6-537 |
Emmor G. & Martha (nee Cornog) Griffith |
Lewis D. Cornog |
5/16/1871 |
60a |
$10,200 |
R6-539 |
Admin of Lewis D. Cornog |
Mordecai D. Cornog |
4/3/1871 |
55a 159p |
$10,005 |
A8-108 |
Mordecai D. Cornog |
Admin of Lewis D. Cornog |
4/3/1871 |
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$3335 |
Mortgage W2-53 |
Mordecai D. Cornog & wife |
William Templeton |
4/2/1874 |
55a 159½p |
$7160 & assumes mortgage |
M8-125 |
William Templeton |
Nathan Griffiths |
6/6/1874 |
55a 159½p |
$10,000 |
N8-222 |
William Templeton |
John M. Wilson |
1877 |
57a 106p |
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John M. Wilson |
Charles Lyman |
3/29/1880 |
57a 106p |
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G9-175; Mentions dam |
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Charles Lyman |
1883 |
33a |
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Breou; northern tract |
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Nathan Griffiths |
1883 |
77a |
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Breou; southern tract |
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Nathan Griffith |
4/24/1908 |
73.279a |
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Survey Plan; reduction in acreage probably due to railroad |
1912 Atlas
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1933 Atlas
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Table B.1.1 Rickabaugh tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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David Jones & Lucy, his wife |
Adam Rickenbacker (aka Rickabaugh) |
8/15/1767 |
125a (part of 300a) and 50a 20p |
£1400 |
A2-374 |
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Jerman Walker |
John Rowland |
4/23/1755 |
73a & ½ mill
Part of 300a |
£476 |
W2-508; see table C.2 |
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Jerman Walker ux |
John Rowland |
1762 |
½ mill |
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W2-505; See table C.2 for other Rowland purchase |
Adam Rickabaugh |
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1798 |
174a |
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Glass Tax |
William & Sarah Rowland |
Adam Rickabaugh sr. |
3/23/1799 |
31a 70p, part of 73a |
£471 11s 3d |
S2-194 |
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Adam Rickabaugh |
Sons Adam, Jacob, & David Rickabaugh |
3/22/1802 |
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Will |
John Penn et al |
Adam Rickenbaugh (aka Rickabaugh) |
12/5/1804 |
53a 75p |
$225 68c |
Y2-231 |
Executors of Adam Rickabaugh |
David Rickabaugh |
3/17/1808 |
55a 99p + 28a 150p (woodland) + 20a 91p (woodland - Charlestown) |
£1010 16s 5d |
C3-154 |
Executors of Adam Rickabaugh |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
3/8/1808 |
20a 48p + 32a 20p (Tred), 17a 121p (Charlestown) |
£1165 3s 11p |
C3-157 |
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Jacob Rickabaugh |
Adam Rickabaugh |
3/8/1808 |
53a 93p + 30a 106p (Tredyffrin) + 18a 29p (Charlestown) |
£1,764 15s 3d |
C3-160 |
Adam Rickabaugh |
Nephew Adam Rickabaugh |
2/23/1823 |
53a |
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Will |
Adam Rickabaugh |
George Clemens |
4/5/1839 |
53a 93p |
$7,250 |
Q4(88)-576 |
David Rickabaugh |
George Rickabaugh |
Died 2/7/1846 |
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Will |
George Rickabaugh |
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1855 |
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Died |
Heirs of George Rickabaugh |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
4/4/1862 |
32a 51½p & 17a 19p |
$4647.01 |
V6-153 |
Dr. Jacob & Anna Rickabaugh |
George Clemens |
4/4/1862 |
8a 46p |
$928.20 |
B9-152 |
George Clemens |
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1873 |
Saw mill |
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Witmer’s Atlas |
Heirs of George Clemens |
Jacob Clemens |
3/21/1878 |
53a 93p & 8a 46p |
$8500 |
B9-154; Mill & tract of land |
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Dr. Jacob Rickabaugh |
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1883 |
88a |
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Breou |
Jacob Clements |
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1883 |
53a |
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Breou; no mention of mill |
Joseph Jeanes |
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1883 |
98a |
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Breou; both sides of North Valley road and a section south of Swedesford Road |
Jacob Clements |
William Vance |
1890 |
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Mortgage? |
Sheriff |
Alfred P. Reid |
1890 |
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Docket #10, p 65 |
Alfred P. & Emma Reid |
William Steele |
4/1/1891 |
53a & 8a |
$4500 |
T10-210 |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
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1897 |
SW |
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Railroad atlas |
William Steele |
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1897 |
N |
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Railroad atlas; no mill |
Joseph Jeanes |
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1897 |
SE |
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Railroad atlas |
William C. Ferguson, trustee |
William Steele |
10/31/1898 |
4a |
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Y11-217 |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
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1900 |
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Died |
William & Mary Steele |
Joseph S. Neff |
4/5/1905 |
3 tracts |
$10,000 |
P12-566 |
Joseph S. & Clare Ludlow Neff |
Mifflin W. Huey |
11/20/1905 |
3 tracts |
$1 |
A13-146 |
Mifflin W. Huey |
David M. Turner |
11/28/1908 |
3 tracts |
$1 |
S13-91 |
David M. Turner |
Anna Rodman Huey |
11/30/1908 |
3 tracts |
$1 |
S13-94 |
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Table B.1.1.1 Joseph Jeanes tract
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Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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No Benjamin R. Evans purchase prior to 1830 |
Benjamin R. Evans |
James Latta |
4/4/1837 |
12a 141p |
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O4-473 |
James Latta |
Lydia Latta |
1837 |
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died |
Lydia Latta |
David Rickabaugh |
4/1/1842 |
12a 141p |
$3210 |
U4-473 |
David & Mary Rickabaugh |
Rebecca C. Bringhurst |
3/26/1869 |
2 tracts |
$6000 |
S7-15. Second tract from David Rickabaugh senior |
Sheriff (Estate of Rebecca C. Bringhurst) |
David Rickabaugh |
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$300 |
Sheriff’s Deed #7, 46 |
David & Margaret Rickabaugh |
Nathan Pawling |
3/5/1871 |
12a 141p + 12a |
$5450 |
Z7-79 |
Nathan & Mary Pawling |
Joseph Jeanes |
3/14/1881 |
12a 141p |
$3,300 |
H9-329 |
Joseph Jeanes |
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1883 |
98a |
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Breou; both sides of North Valley road and a section south of Swedesford Road |
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Table B.1.1.2 George Clemens tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Adam Rickabaugh |
George Clemens |
4/5/1839 |
53a 93p |
$7,250 |
Q4(88)-576 (from above) |
Elizabeth Clemens, David and Mary Louisa Clemens, John & Caroline Akins, Catherine Clemens, John & Caroline Clemens, Administrators of the estate of George Clemens |
George Fulmer |
3/28/1876 |
4a 107p |
$443 53c |
V6-463 |
Estate of George Clemens |
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1883 |
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Breou’s atlas |
David & Mary Louisa Clemens, William & Elizabeth Kipp, John & Caroline Akins, Jacob & Caroline Clemens |
David McFarland |
2/5/1891 |
25a 109p |
$2,209 45c |
A11-565 |
David & Mary McFarland |
John Akins |
2/20/1891 |
25a 159p |
$2,209 45c |
U10-293 |
John & Caroline Akins |
George W. Bean |
5/17/1893 |
25a 159p |
$275 |
Z10-189 |
George W. & Annie Bean |
Knickerbocker Lime Company |
9/25/1896 |
25a 159p |
$575 |
Y12-158 |
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Table B.2 – William Cuarton tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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William Cuarton |
1701 |
200a |
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Benjamin Smith map (Chester County Historical Society) |
William Cuarton |
Bertholomew Coppock (elder & younger), Jacob Simcock, Henry Lewis, George Maris, John Maris, Richard Maris, Isaac Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Peurson, Edward Daws, Daniel Williamson, Reese Henton, Even Lewis, George James, William Lewis, David Morris |
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Not effectively conveyed |
Proprietors |
David Powell |
3/30/1708 |
50a |
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In right of Thomas Wynn’s 5000a. Quoted by Benjamin Smith. |
David Powell |
James Parry |
10/28/1709 |
50a |
£8 |
F-68 |
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F-68 Deed. On 28 Oct 1709 David Powell of Philadelphia, yeoman, to James Parry of the Great Valley in the County of Chester, husbandman. David Powell for £8 grant to James Parry a tract bounded by land formerly of William Powell & land of Thomas David containing 50 acres being part of 539 acres sold to David Powell by Jonathon Wynn son & heir of Thomas Wynn, dec., being part of his fathers original purchase. Signed David Powell. Delivered in the presence of Lewis Williams, Thomas Lloyd & Griffith Pritchard. Recorded 9 July 1740. |
William Cuarton, Bertholomew Coppock et al |
Thomas Hubbert |
8/29-30/1712 |
200a |
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Lease & release. kept 100a; 100a to James Parry
South of Swedesford Road; see table B.2.1 |
Thomas Noland or Hobart (Hubbert?) |
James Parry |
1/20/1713 |
100a adjoining |
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James Parry |
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1715 |
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tax |
James Parry |
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1718 |
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tax |
James Parry |
John Parry, son |
10/1/1726 (probate) |
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Will A.198. Dated 12/28/1725 |
James Parry |
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1729 |
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tax |
James Parry |
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1730 |
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tax |
John Parry |
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1740 |
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tax |
John Parry |
David Parry (brother) |
8/6/1747 |
100a |
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Will dated 7/22/1747; proved Philadelphia |
David Parry |
Elizabeth Parry (wife, during her lifetime) Cabel Parry |
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100a |
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Will dated 2/22/1748 |
Cabel & Elizabeth Parry |
Sarah Havard |
6/23/1759 |
94a |
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L-324 Mortgage. |
L-324 On 23 June 1759 Caleb Parry of Tredyffrin, yeoman, & Elizabeth Parry, widow, to Sarah Havard of Tredyffrin seamstress. Whereas Caleb Parry & Elizabeth Parry stand bound to Sarah Havard for £200 conditioned on payment of £100 plus interest on 23 June 1760. Caleb Parry & Elizabeth Parry to better secure said debt granted to Sarah Havard a tract in Tredyffrin bounded by land of John Gronow, Valley Creek, land of Jerman Walker, John Rowland, the Presbyterian Society, & the Swede’s Ford Road containing 94 acres. Signed Caleb Parry & Elizabeth Parry. Delivered in the presence of Samuel Havard & David Havard. Recorded 12 Sep 1759. |
Caleb Parrey |
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1760 |
150a |
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tax |
Cabel & Elizabeth Parry |
Joshua Parry, Blacksmith |
2/9/1761 |
5a 25p |
£25 |
S533; see table B.2.2 |
Elizabeth Parry, widow of David, Cabel Parry |
John Maxwell |
8/6/1762 |
195+a Except 6a 105p |
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Deed not found |
Proprietors |
John Maxwell |
12/3/1762 or 3 |
60a |
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Patent AA 3-492 |
John Maxwell |
David & John Maxwell |
8/16/1781 |
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Will; vacant land |
John Maxwell |
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200a or 210a |
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Tax 1779 to 1791 |
John Maxwell |
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1798 |
208a |
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Glass tax |
John Penn |
David & John Maxwell |
1804 |
52a 14p |
$219 85c |
Y2-212 |
Jane Maxwell, widow of John, John Maxwell, and Elizabeth his wife |
James Sloan |
4/11/1806 |
125a |
£1818 15s |
Z2-425; see table B.2.3 for continuation |
John Maxwell |
David Maxwell (brother) |
1808 |
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Will dated 6/23/1807 |
David & Elizabeth Maxwell |
Samuel Jones of Pikeland, Blacksmith |
4/2/1810 |
Farm of 92a + 42a 119p |
$8,800 |
F3-152 |
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Samuel Jones |
Rachel (widow), Jonathan Jones (son), Mary Sloan & Ann Garber (daughters) |
9/1/1827 (letters granted) |
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Estate #8123. Died intestate 8/15/1827. Jonathan received mansion farm of 130 acres. |
Execs of James Sloan |
John W. McCurdy |
7/18/1836 |
105a 3r |
$8,460 |
G5-30; parts of Z2-425 and O3-183 |
Jonathan & Joanna Jones |
Joseph Davis |
4/1/1845 |
10a |
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B5-385 |
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Ann Garber |
John Beaver |
2/19/1851 |
108a - 6a |
$6,120 |
M5-539; see Table D |
Samuel Jones, trustee of estate of Jonathan Jones |
John Acker |
4/2/1860 |
92a 130p |
$12,529 |
N6-347 |
Heirs of Jonathan Jones, Joanna, Rachel, Amanda, Mary, Samuel, Jonathan, and Judson Jones |
Edward B. English of Philadelphia |
2/10/1869 |
25a 140.25p |
$2,540 44c |
X7-379 |
Jacob S. Acker |
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1912 |
92a 130p |
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Atlas |
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1958 aerial photograph showing redevelopment of the farm |
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Table B.2.1 – Hubbert tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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William Markham et al |
William Powell |
5/31/1688 |
500a |
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Patent A9-557 |
William Cuarton, Bertholomew Coppock et al |
Thomas Hubbert |
8/29-30/1712 |
200a |
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Lease & release. kept 100a; 100a to James Parry
South of Swedesford Road |
Thomas Hubbert |
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1715, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1729, |
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Tax |
Thomas Hubbert |
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1739 |
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Tax & Appears on survey |
Thomas Hubbert |
Stephen Hubberd, son |
6/8/1749 |
253a |
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Original owned by Jim Reis 7/12/2017 |
Thomas Hubbert |
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1753 |
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Tax |
Stephen Hubberd |
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1753 |
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Tax |
Stephen Hubberd |
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1760 |
100a |
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Tax |
Stephen Hubberd |
Thomas & Elizabeth Davis |
3/1/1762 probate |
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Will dated 12/30/1761 |
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Stephen Hubberd Will
… I give and bequest all and every plantation land and premises whereon I now live to my sister Elizabeth Davis and to her male heir forever, that is to say to her son Thomas Davis in case he should live to come of age as aforesaid, and enjoy it, but, if he ye said Thomas Davis should die before them then I will and order all the said estate to desend to my cuzen John Campble and his heirs forever…
I do further give and bequeath to my said sister Elizabeth Davis all that piece of land lately purchased from John Boggs. |
Elizabeth Davis |
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1765 |
100a |
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Tax |
Elizabeth Davis |
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1767 |
100a |
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Tax |
Thomas Davis |
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1773 |
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Died; will dated 11/17/1772 |
Elizabeth Davis |
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1778 |
150a |
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Tax |
Elizabeth Davis |
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1779 |
100a |
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Tax |
Elizabeth Davis |
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1780 |
100a |
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Tax |
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John Campbell |
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No purchase deed found; no Campbell in Tredyffrin tax record or Glass tax |
John Campbell |
Mary Campbell |
1/10/1780 |
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£10 |
X-32; no description |
Mary Campbell |
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No sale deed found. |
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Elizabeth Davis |
Elizabeth Smith |
3/27/1794 |
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Will; "… I give and devise all my real estate to my grand daughter Elizabeth Smith"; Smith not in tax record for this period as under age |
Elizabeth Smith |
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1798 |
100a |
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Glass tax (neighbor David Davis – incorrect?) |
William & Mary Cowen, daughter of Thomas Hubbert |
William Harris |
6/12/1801 |
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$1000 |
T2-779; rights to plantation previously owned by Stephen Hubbert |
Isaac & Elizabeth (nee Smith) Wayne & William & Mary Harris |
John & David Maxwell |
6/6/1808 |
166a 112p |
£3125 12s 6d |
C3-256 |
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John Maxwell |
David Maxwell |
1808 |
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Will dated 6/23/1807 |
Sarah Evans, Robert J. & Elizabeth Evans |
David Maxwell |
8/5/1815 |
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$100 |
L3-474; spring of water |
David Maxwell |
Wife Elizabeth & 6 children |
1818 |
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Administration |
Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
John Rickabaugh |
5/24/1819 |
12a 131p + 6a 35p |
$1,205 22c |
Q3-514 |
Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
John Courson |
5/24/1819 |
10a 154p |
$273 |
R3-400 |
Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
William Scholfield |
5/24/1819 |
5a 14p |
$264 55c |
R3-199 |
Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
John Dickinson |
8/27/1819 |
5a 14p |
$110 65c |
W3-456 |
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Cromwell Pearce, sheriff (John Maxwell) |
Elizabeth & other 5 children |
10/18/1819 |
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Deed poll; 1/6 part |
David & Letitia Maxwell |
Mary Maxwell |
9/1/1834 |
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J4-287; 1/5 part |
Thomas J. Maxwell |
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1834 |
167a |
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Advert for sale |
from the American Republican August 26, 1834
A first rate Valley Farm, at
PUBLIC SALE
Will be sold at Public Sale, on Thursday the 16th of October, A. D. 1834 at one o'clock P.M. on the premises, the following described property, situate in the township of Tredyffrin, in the County of Chester, and state of Pennsylvania, to wit, a certain messuage and plantation or tract of land, bounded by the Swedesford road on the North, and lands of David Rickabaugh and others on the east, Randall Evans on the south, Robert T. Evans and John G. Bull on the west, containing 167 ACRES
Divided into convenient fields by good fences, three hundred pannells of which are post and rails, lately set, twenty acres of said farm is of thriving timber, and ten of watered meadow. There are also thereon two hundred grafted apple trees, together with a variety of other fruit trees. The said farm is well watered by several springs, and by a little valley creek which passes through it. The buildings are a two story stone dwelling house, of good materials, well finished, 45 feet in front, by 35 in depth, with a nine foot entry on the ground floor, and five rooms on the second floor, with a good cellar under the whole. There is attached a good stone kitchen, 25 by 18 feet. The barn is of stone, well built, 70 by 40 feet, with an overshoot, and stabling under the whole, and barracks in the rear, there is a stream of water running through the barnyard. Also a stone chair house, stone hog house and stone springhouse, into which the water is conveyed by earthen pipes from an excellent spring, which does not flood by heavy rains. There is also on the said premises a good lime kiln, with an in exhaustible quarry of limestone of the best quality, at which an extensive business of burning lime has been done. The above premises are well adapted for either a grain growing, grazing or dairy farm, and is situated in a respectable neighborhood, convenient to the Pennsylvania rail road, places of public worship, schools and mills. The whole will be sold together, or in lots to suit purchasers. Two thirds of purchase money may remain in the property, if desired by the purchaser, secured by bond and mortgage on the same.
Purchasers wishing to view the premises previous to the day of sale will call on the subscriber residing thereon.
THOMAS J. MAXWELL. |
Elizabeth Maxwell & 4 children |
Abner Cornog |
3/6/1835 |
166a 112p |
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L4-75 |
Abner Cornog |
Mordecai Cornog |
1856 |
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Will |
Mordecai Cornog |
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1883 |
146a |
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Breou’s Atlas |
W. W. Davis |
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1897 |
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Atlas |
Harry W. Davis |
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1912 |
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Atlas |
Henry W. Davis |
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1933 |
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Atlas |
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Table B.2.1.1
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
John Rickabaugh |
5/24/1819 |
12a 131p + 6a 35p |
$1,205 22c |
Q3-514; see above for earlier history |
John & Margaret Rickabaugh |
Levi Hall |
4/10/1824 |
12a 131p |
$769 12.5c |
W3-490 |
Levi & Elizabeth Hall |
Edward Schofield |
3/21/1831 |
12a 131p |
$2,500 |
D4-466 |
Edward & Susanna Schofield |
Benjamin Rush Erwin M.D. |
4/1/1836 |
12a 131p |
$2,700 |
O4-169 |
Benjamin R. & Sarah Erwin |
James Latta of Philadelphia |
4/4/1837 |
12a 131p |
$2,700 |
O4-170 |
James F. Latta |
Lydia L Latta, widow |
8/7/1837 (will); 1842 (probate) |
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died |
Lydia L. Latta |
David Rickabaugh |
4/1/1842 |
12a 141p |
$3,210 |
U4-273 |
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Table B.2.1.2
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Robert T. Evans & Dr. William Harris, administrators of the estate of David Maxwell |
John Courson |
5/24/1819 |
10a 154p |
$273 |
R3-400; see above for earlier history |
Marple & Ellen Courson |
James Latta |
2/5/1839 |
2a 126p |
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deed poll not found; quoted in V4-558 |
Lydia L. Latta |
William Schofield |
4/16/1842 |
2a 126p |
$116 |
V4-558 |
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Table B.2.2 – Joshua Parry tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Cabel & Elizabeth Parry |
Joshua Parry, Blacksmith |
2/9/1761 |
5a 25p |
£25 |
S-533; see deed plan; included house |
Joshua Parry |
David Jones |
8/21/1762 |
5a 25p |
£160 |
S-536 |
David Jones |
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1765 |
10a |
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Tax; house & 10a; blacksmith, single man |
David Jones |
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1767 |
110a |
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Tax |
Lucy Jones, widow |
Samuel Davis |
10/7/1771 |
5a 25p |
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T-307 |
Samuel Davis |
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1778 |
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Death; administration |
Hannah Davis |
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1798 |
5a |
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One story stone house 30’ x 15’; tenant Jervis Hall |
John Roberts |
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1873 & 1883 |
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Witmer & Breou’s Atlases |
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Table B.2.3 James Sloan tract
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Adam Rickabaugh |
sons Adam, Jacob, & David Rickabaugh |
1805 |
Land divided into 3 tracts |
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died |
Jane Maxwell, widow of John, John Maxwell, and Elizabeth his wife |
James Sloan |
4/11/1806 |
125a |
£1818 15s |
Z2-425; from table B.2 |
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John Maxwell, David & Elizabeth Maxwell |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
4/22/1806 |
13a |
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A3-66 |
Executors of Adam Rickabaugh |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
3/8/1808 |
20a 48p + 32a 20p (Tred), 17a 121p (Charlestown) |
£1165 3s 11p |
C3-157; from B.1.1 |
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Adam Rickabaugh |
Adam Rickabaugh, nephew |
1823 |
Farm where I now live |
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died |
Jacob Rickabaugh |
David Ruth, Jacob Beitler, Henry Detwiler, trustees appointed by Mennonist Society |
8/5/1835 |
149p |
$6 |
K4-322 |
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John & Samuel Sloan, executors of James Sloan et al |
John McCurdy |
7/18/1836 |
105 3r |
$8,460 |
G5-30 |
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John McCurdy |
John Sloan |
9/1/1836 |
105a 3r |
$8,460 |
G5-25 |
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David McConkey & John Wersler, Executors of the will of Jacob Rickabaugh |
Edward Scholfield |
4/6/1846 |
109a 136p |
$7,735 63c |
D5-89 |
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Mary Sloan & James Parker, executors of the will of John Sloan |
James Sloan |
3/31/1857 |
105a 3r + 2a 30p |
$12,098 |
E6-336 |
James, Isabella, & Mary Sloan |
Christopher Garden |
3/30/1863 |
105a 3r + 2a 30p |
$11,880 |
U6-303 |
Edward & Hanna Scholfield |
Christopher Garden |
4/1/1863 |
109 136p |
$9996 35c |
U6-345 |
Christopher & Hannah Garden |
Henry Gray |
12/8/1866 |
105a 3r + 2a 30p + 109a 136p |
$25,000 |
C7-224 |
Henry & Wilhelmina Gray |
Archibold Russell |
4/25/1868 |
109a 136p + 68.6p |
$6,825 22c |
N7-236 |
Archibold & Letitia Russell |
Robert Tyson |
5/1/1874 |
½ part of 109a 136p |
$6,000 |
N8-817 |
Robert Tyson |
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1883 |
103a 3r 15p |
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Breou’s Atlas |
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