Berwyn (post 1796)

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Berwyn 1796 onwards

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.

See Table 4 Wood(east) for the earlier deed history of the Berwyn area.

1796 Status

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Daniel Richards		1796	10a
Henry Ruth		1796	32a 117p
Samuel Bittle		1796	22a 100p
Ann Llewelyn		1796	23a
James Brown		1786	43a		Alexander Templeton renting?
John Lewellyn		1796	50a (2 tracts)		County tax; William Reed renting
David Llewellyn		1796	73a (2 tracts)		County Tax; Stone house, Dwelling House, Log Barn
Henry Fox		1796	11a		Exact location of this tract unknown at present; Additional 72a next to Waynesborough

Berwyn1796
Berwyn Land Ownership in 1796

Table A - Daniel Richards Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Daniel Richards		1796	10a
Daniel Richards	Abel Reece	4/1/1801	4a 20p	£59 16s	H3-290

Abel Reece / Reese	Benjamin Weatherby	4/2/1813	4a 20p		H3-291

Table B - Henry Fox Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Henry Fox		1796	11a
Henry & Mary Fox	Samuel King	4/15/1797			P2-238
Samuel & Catharine King	Jacob Detwiler				F5-350
Jacob Detwiler					died
John Kolb &Henry Detwiler (admin. of Jacob Detwiler)	Peter Burn & Mifflin Lewis	1849		$1,540	H5-605
Peter and Elizabeth Burn & Mifflin and Eliza C. Lewis	John Kugler	1854			A6-247

Table C - James Brown Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

James Brown		1796	43a
James Brown	William Neil	1805	29a 58p		A3-34
See Mary A. Lewis tract for further details.

Table D - Torbet-Kugler Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Samuel & Margaret Bittle	John Llewellyn	2/7/1797	4a	£36	T2-40
John & Ann Llewellyn	Christian Houseman	4/1/1797	15a & 4a	£445	T2-114; Fox Inn (see Henry Fox and the Fox Inn in Easttown)

Fox Inn (located on the 15 acre tract)
Henry & Mary Ruth	David Llewellyn	1801	9a		T2-523
Christian Houseman	William Neil	3/29/1802		£431	W2-19
David Llewellyn	William Torbet	1804	4 tracts: 35 acres (see Table 4.1 Wood(east)), 9 acres (see above), 34 3/4 acres (see Table 4.1 Wood(east)), and 23 acres (see Aiken tract)	£2200	Y2-176
Springhouse Inn, probably built by William Torbet; reference: The Fox and Springhouse Taverns
William Neil	Elizabeth McCullough	1804			Y2-131
William Neil	William Torbet	1806	14a 60p		B3-140
Jesse John, Sheriff (property of Elizabeth McCullough)	William Torbet	1807			C3-20
William & Jane Torbet	John Smith	1808	2a	$600	B3-455
John & Ann Smith	Mordecai Moore	1811			G3-26
William Torbet		1812			Died intestate leaving widow and 6 children. Land awarded to Alexander Torbet
Mordecai & Sarah Moore	Evan Roberts	1813	2a + 17a 115p		H3-250; for disposition see Joseph Williams tract
Alexander & Elizabeth Torbet	John Kugler	1814	100.75a		I3-489
John Kugler jr.	John Kugler sr.	5/7/1820	100.45a		R3-434; Tredyffrin & Easttown

John and Mary Kugler of Tredyffrin	William Sloanaker	4/3/1829	2a	$400	B4-498; Easttown and Tredyffrin; see Local titles in Easttown and Tredyffrin : Article VI : The Stephen D. Hunter tract, TEQ vol 3, #2

William Sloanaker of Easttown	Griffith Weatherby et al	1830			C4-526
William and Eliza B. Sloanaker	Abes Beaumont of Radnor	3/31/1836	2a	$1810	M4-4
Emmor Beaumont	Stephen D. Hunter	4/1/1842	2a	$250	W4-31; Messuage or tenement store house
Stephen D. & Elizabeth Hunter	Joseph C. Smith	4/8/1848	105p	$700	F5-539; messuage
Stephen D. & Elizabeth Hunter	James Brooke	1/28/1879	1a 55p	$2,500	A9-188; frame tenement or store house
James Brooke	Frank Stauffer	10/13/1879	1a 55p	$2,500	E9-16; frame tenement or store house
Frank & Etta Stauffer	Pennsylvania Railroad	5/1/1880	0.313a	$100	G9-478

Benjamin & Valentine Kugler (execs of John Kugler)	Samuel B. Thomas	3/29/1845	97.75a	$1543 75c	E5-444; Easttown & Tredyffrin
Samuel B. Thomas	Benjamin Kugler	3/29/1845	97.75a	$1543 75c	E5-443
Benjamin & Susanna Kugler	John Kugler	3/27/1847	66a 66p	$55	G5-242
John & Hannah Kugler	Thomas Matthews	4/1/1859	17a 2r 17.5p	$1,584 84c	K6-480; see John Frick tract for continuation
John & Hannah Kugler	Pennsylvania Rail Road Company	8/12/1859	1a 3p	$150	L6-397; station tract
John Kugler	John McLoed	3/9/1861	59a 3r 7.8p	$5,082 90c	O6-567
John & Elizabeth McLoed	William Clark	9/13/1862	9a 1r 8.7p - 15,000ft²	$1,000	T6-478; see table D.8
John McLoed	Henry Fritz	8/4/1866	1.75a 22p	$2,000	C7-287; Fritz Lumber tract; see table D.9
John & Elizabeth McLoed	Charles Clark	2/3/1870	1a 8.5p	$500	Y7-37; see table D.8
John & Elizabeth McLoed	Martha Stetson	8/31/1871	54p	$2,300	B8-223
John & Elizabeth McLeod	Henry Freeman	10/31/1874	1a 23.6p	$1	O8-136; see table D.1 below for continuation
John & Elizabeth McLeod	Mary R. Kauffman	7/1/1878	41.7p	$1	A9-42; see table D.10 below for continuation
John McLoed	George Tobler	12/7/1882	1.4a	$1,500	M9-498
Rev. John McLoed		1883	46a 2r 30p		Breou’s Atlas
Table D.1
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference


John & Elizabeth McLeod	Henry Freeman	10/31/1874	1a 23.6p	$1	O8-136
Henry & Susan Freeman	John Simes	10/6/1875		$7,500	S8-103
John & Matilda Simes	John Freeman	12/9/1875		$9,000	S8-148
Henry & Susan Freeman	S. Jones Garber	7/3/1876		$6,500	V8-207
S. Jones & Sarah Garber	George Tobler	6/4/1879		$7,000	D9-214
Table D.2
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Elizabeth McLoed	Isaac Cleaver	5/2/1872	148.5p	$1,000	C8-262
Cleaver house and store
I. A. Cleaver house & store, Lancaster Avenue from History of Chester County by Futhey & Cope, 1881
Table D.3
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Elizabeth McLeod	Henry Freeman	10/31/1874	1a 23.6p	$1	O8-136
Henry & Susan Freeman	Samuel Jones Garber	5/16/1877	113p	$500	W8-317
Samuel Jones Garber	Isaac Cleaver	1/2/1878	113p		Y8-193
Table D.4
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Annie Wertz	Isaac Cleaver	5/30/1887	(2a 75.6p - 0.25a) + 0.722a + 0.272a + 0.384a + 0.21a	$1	I10-178
Table D.5
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Samuel Kromer, assignee of the goods of Henry Harrison	Isaac Cleaver	5/15/1889	0.108a	$2,525	N10-423
Table D.6
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph Sharp	Isaac Cleaver	7/8/1888	0.227	$2,200	L10-61
Table D.7
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph Sharp	Isaac Cleaver	7/8/1888	0.264	$2,000	L10-118
Table D.8 - Between Waterloo & Main Avenues
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Elizabeth McLoed	William Clark	9/13/1862	9a 1r 8.7p - 15,000ft²	$1,000	T6-478; see table D for earlier history
William Clark	John McLoed	9/26/1864	9a 1r 8.7p - 15,000ft² (Trinity Church)	$4,000	X6-296
John & Elizabeth McLoed	Eliza Clark	1/17/1866	1a 3r 6.92p	$2,500	A7-399; buildings, no messuage
William & Eliza Clark	Charles Thompson	3/16/1867	1a 3r 6.92p	$2,500	E7-398
Charles & Margaret Thompson	J. Morton Thompson	2/25/1869	1a 3r 6.92p	$3,000	R7-45
J. Morton Thompson	Margaret Thompson	2/26/1869	1a 3r 6.92p	$3,000	R7-44
William Clark		1873			Witmer’s atlas
Margaret Thompson	J. Morton Thompson	5/22/1875	1a 3r 6.92p	$5,500	Q8-259

J. Morton Thompson	Dr. Theodore L. Adams	5/9/1883	0.22a	$450	S9-148
J. M. Thompson		1883			Breou’s atlas
Dr. T. Adams		1883			Breou’s atlas

Breou’s atlas, 1883
Table D.9 - Fritz Lumber
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John McLoed	Henry Fritz	8/4/1866	1.75a 22p	$2,000	C7-287; Fritz Lumber tract

Henry Fritz	John Maurice Lewis	4/2/1867	Lot 55' x 135'	$1,000	H7-94; See The Maurice Lewis House
Henry Fritz		1870			Died
Hugh Steen, guardian of the estates of William and Henry Fritz, minor children, & Mary Steen (previously Fritz)	Pennsylvania Railroad Company	10/28/1878	0.628a - 0.364	$600 + $1	C9-164
Hugh and Mary (previously Fritz) Steen & Henry Fritz	William H. Fritz	6/3/1892	1.043a	$6,000	Y10-534
Table D.10
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Elizabeth McLeod	Mary R. Kauffman	7/1/1878	41.7p	$1	A9-42
Mary R. Kauffman	Pusey Pernack	5/20/1889	41.7p	$2,000	W10-104
Pusey & Ann Pernack	Henry O. Garber	4/16/1894	41.7p	$3,000	D11-452

Table E - Henry Ruth Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Henry Ruth	David & Jacob Ruth & Barbara Ruth Coffman	1823			Died; administration & partition into 3 parts. #2 David Ruth
David & Jacob Ruth	Barbara Coffman	5/22/1824	32a	$1000	X3-44 No Coffman sale deed found in Chester County

Table F - Samuel Bittle Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Samuel Bittle		1796	22a 100p
Samuel & Margaret Bittle	John Llewellyn	2/7/1797	4a	£36	T2-40; see Torbet-Kugler tract
Samuel & Margaret Bittle	Whitehead Weatherby	2/22/1797	18a 100p	£95	P2-30

Table G - Aiken Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Ann Llewellyn		1796	23a
Ann Llewellyn	David Llewellyn	4/18/1801	23a	£100	T2-261
David Llewellyn	Alexander Templeton	1801	18a 57p		V2-243
Alexander & Ann Templeton	James Morris	4/16/1802	18a 57p	£110	W2-166

James Morris	William Neill	1813	18a 57p	$1,500	I3-48
William & Margaret Neill	James Gamble	4/1/1814	10a 50p		I3-409
Peter Osborne, Sheriff (premises of James Gamble)	William Gamble	1833	10a	$1970	H4-81
Sheriff (premises of William Gamble)	Samuel White		10a 52p		D6-206; messuage two tenements
Samuel White	Thomas Aiken	1870	10a 126p	$6150	U7-267

Aiken		1883			Breou
Thomas Aiken	Thomas J. Aiken, Claire Aiken (wife of James Aiken), and Mary J. Wells	8/15/1896	2.386a + 0.842a + 0.481a + 0.374a + 0.115a + 0.109a + 0.386a + 0.186a + 0.082a		R11-199; Sub-division Plan (2.85 Mb)
Clara A. Aiken estate		July 1925			Sub-division Plan (1.87 Mb)
Table G.1
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference


Thomas Aiken	Charles Weaver	11/17/1886	0.094a	$1,700	E10-581, part of U7-267
Charles Weaver & wife	Henry O. Garber	3/30/1893	0.094a	$2,600	C11-366


Thomas J. Aiken & wife	Henry O. Garber	9/17/1898	0.082a	$1,500	V11-406; tract #9 in R11-199

Henry O. Garber, widower	Edna Garber Burns and Elizabeth G. Pyle (daughters)	4/21/1934	0.094a + 0.082a	$1	I21-118; 2 messuages; Reserving the right of occupancy
Raymond & Edna Garber Burns	Elizabeth G. Pyle	10/30/1943	½ part of 0.094a + 0.082a	$4,000	Q21-31
Table G.2 Alleva tract
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas Aiken
Peter J. Trego		1883 - 1894	Lot & buildings		Taxes
Margaret Jennie Trego		1895 - 1900	Lot & buildings		Taxes (no 1901 taxes available)

Edna Creeley	Karl & Anna Lichtenfeld	6/28/1940			H20-167; incorrect, quoted in D52-345
Samuel Lichtenfeld, executor of the will of Anna Lichtenfeld	Louis J. & Mary L. Alleva	11/30/1977	0.235a	$25,500	D52-345
Mary L. Alleva	Eadah Family Limited Partnership	4/29/2004	0.235a	$135,000	B6152-1660
Table G.3 Henry Garber tracts
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas Aiken	Henry O. Garber	10/10/1889	0.114a	$320	S10-238; part of U7-267
Thomas Aiken	Phenes Garber	10/10/1889	0.114a	$320	S10-241; part of U7-267
Thomas Aiken	Henry O. Garber	6/25/1891	0.131a	$368	Y10-85

Thomas Aiken	Charles Weaver	11/17/1886	0.094a	$1,700	E10-581
Charles & Ella Weaver	Henry O. Garber	3/30/1893	0.094a	$2,600	C11-366

Frederick Pile, trustee	Lindley, Ida, & Humbolt Garber of Philadelphia	6/5/1886	Lot on Spring Garden Street + 4a 25p + woodlot (both in Tredyffrin)		L11-24
Pusey & Ann Pernack	Henry O. Garber	4/16/1894	41.7p	$3,000	D11-452; see table D.10

Thomas Aiken	John Dunn	3/12/1885	0.082a	$1,500	A10-315
John & Elizabeth Dunn	Thomas Aiken	2/16/1892	0.082a	$1,500	I11-78
Thomas Aiken	Thomas J. Aiken, Claire Aiken (wife of James Aiken), and Mary J. Wells	8/15/1896	0.082a		R11-199; see above, part of a larger tract
Thomas & Susan Aiken, Claire Aiken (wife of James Aiken), and Mary J. Wells	Henry O. Garber	9/17/1898	0.082a	$1,500	V11-406

Table H - John Keller Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

David Ryan	John Keller	4/1/1881			L9-208
John & Elizabeth Keller	William H. Fritz	8/31/1886	0.788a	$1,000	L10-27

Fritz & Keller properties shown in 1897 atlas; north to the right

Table I - Preston Lobb House

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Eliza McLeod	Preston Lobb	11/13/1877	1a 32p	$900	Y8-248

Preston Lobb house, Berwyn and Woodside Avenues, demolished 1988 from History of Chester County by Futhey & Cope, 1881

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Berwyn 1796 onwards

1796 Status

Table A - Daniel Richards Tract

Table B - Henry Fox Tract

Table C - James Brown Tract

Table D - Torbet-Kugler Tract

Table D.1

Table D.2

Cleaver house and store

Table D.3

Table D.4

Table D.5

Table D.6

Table D.7

Table D.8 - Between Waterloo & Main Avenues

Table D.9 - Fritz Lumber

Table D.10

Table E - Henry Ruth Tract

Table F - Samuel Bittle Tract

Table G - Aiken Tract

Table G.1

Table G.2 Alleva tract

Table G.3 Henry Garber tracts

Table H - John Keller Tract

Table I - Preston Lobb House

References from the Quarterly