Panhandle

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.

Table AB.1

East of King of Prussia Road

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Penn	John Weale & Henry Jones	10/1/1684	200a		Phil. A1-61. Part of 500a covering Tredyffrin, Radnor & Upper Merion
John Weale	Priscilla Bentall Bland				Inheritance
Priscilla Bentall Bland	Elias Bland		300a?		Eldest Son; held in 1776
Elias Bland	John Bland	1782			Inheritance by brother or son
John Bland	Margaret Bland	10/2/1784			P2-107; Inheritance by wife & daughter
John Bland		1789			P2-390 Probate of will
Margaret Bland	Phineas Bond	1/20/1789			Atty. Book A-298; Power of attorney
Margaret Bland, Charles and Priscilla Hanbury (daughter of John Bland)	Phineas Bond	12/19/1794			Atty. Book C-62; Power of attorney
	Phineas Bond		60a + 62a + 150a rented out		See Glass tax 1798
Phineas Bond	Thomas Cadwallader	6/4/1811; 6/5/1811; 3/9/1816			Atty. Book C-68; Transfer of power of attorney
Thomas Cadwallader (for Charles and Priscilla Hanbury)	Davis Henderson	9/15/1816	25a 14p	$476.70	O3-55

Thomas Cadwallader (for Charles and Priscilla Hanbury)	John Busby	10/21/1816	37a 96p		M3-308

Thomas Cadwallader	George W. Holstein	1/1/1818, 3/20/1820, 7/10/1820, 7/13/1831	4 adjoining lots		Not recorded
George W. Holstein	Thomas Cadwallader	11/1/1820	54a 120p	$1100	Mortgage Q-126; see deed plan
John & Jane Busby	John Suplee	5/1/1819	8a 55p	$125.15½	Z3-529 (tract A)
John & Jane Busby	Richard Sands	5/1/1819	13a 25p (part of 37+a)	$197.71	S3-149 (tract B); see deed plan
Richard & Matilda Sands	Richard Sands jr.	1/29/1833	6a 159p	$170	H4-126
Richard & Matilda Sands	William Priest	3/30/1833	6a 159p	$570	H4-127


Richard Sands		4/15/1836 (probated)			Will 17-51
Execs of Richard Sands	Theodore Cornog	4/1/1839	30 2/4a 29p		S4-14
Theodore & Terissa Cornog	Eli Roberts	4/1/1842	30 2/4a 29p		W4-134

See The Early Settling of Tredyffrin by Robert Ward

M3-308

Beginning at the SW corner of a large tract of 300 acres, and running thence N28½°W along land of Geo. W. Holstein and others 140p, thence N61¼°E 55p to the west side of Elliott’s road; thence along said road S18½°E 142p to a marked chestnut tree; thence S62°W 31.1p to the place of beginning.

Mortgage Q-126

Beginning 82.7p from east corner of tract thence N30½°W 107.8p to the line of John Shinlin’s land, thence S60¾°W 81.5p to corner of land sold to Jacob Ramsey and John Cain, thence S30½°E 107.3p to C. Griffiths, thence N62°E 81.5p to the place of beginning. Lot #17?

S3-149

Beginning at a stake and running thence N28°W 57p along lands of George W. Holstein, John Supplee, and John Busby; thence N57¾°E 41.3p by land of John Busby; thence S18½°E 61p along Elliott’s new road; thence S62°W 31.1p to the place of beginning.

Table AB.2

Between Radnor Road and King of Prussia Road

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Penn	Henry Jones	10/1/1684	200a		Phil. A1-60. Part of 500a covering Tredyffrin, Radnor & Upper Merion
Henry Jones	Children	8/19/1688			Will
Children	Henry Jones jr.
Henry Jones		1718			County tax
Henry Jones		1719			County tax
Henry Jones	Samuel Lewis	3/1/1759	200a		No Chester County deed found
Samuel Lewis		1760	200a		tax
Samuel Lewis	Thomas Maule	6/6/1763	200a		No Chester County deed found
Samuel Lewis		1765	100a		Tax; 90 acres cleared; mason
Thomas Maule	Wife & children	8/21/1765			Will
Daniel Mawl		1778	120a		tax
Joshua & Zilla Brown (widow of Thomas Maule), Daniel Maule, John & Susannah Maule, Benjamin & Ann Maule	Thomas Maule	6/12/17?	56a		Unrecorded. North side of Gulph Road
Joshua & Zilla Brown (widow of Thomas Maule), Daniel Maule, John & Susannah Maule, Benjamin & Ann Maule	John Maule	6/12/1784	122a	£245	A3-425; see deed plan
Joshua & Zilla Brown , Daniel & Thomas Maule, John Maule, Benjamin & Ebenezer Maule	Lewis Maule	12/27/1785	40a		Unrecorded. Cited in H2-33
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule		1785	80a		tax
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule		1786	80a		tax
Ebenezer Maul	John Head & William Sansom	9/27/1787	44a	£100	Mortgage C-180.
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule		1787	80a		tax
John Maule		1787	100a		tax
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule		1788	80a		tax
John Maule		1788	100a		tax
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule		1789	96 or 196a		tax
John Maule		1789	100a		tax
Sheriff (Charles Dilworth)	John Head & William Sansom	5/28/1790	44a		Sheriff’s Deed 1:57. See deed plan
John & Susannah Maule	Peter Egar	7/24/1790	1a 16p	£10	F2-4; see deed plan
John Maule		1791	100a		tax
John & Susannah Maule	Jonathan Clever	12/20/1791	6a 57p	£38	S2-142; see deed plan
Lewis Maule	Thomas & Ebenezer Maule	1792	40a		Unrecorded
Thomas & Ebenezer Maule	John Drinker, Ellis Yarnall, & Thomas Wister	6/7/1788			Bankruptcy. Deed of trust.
John Drinker, Ellis Yarnall, & Thomas Wister	Abijah Stephens	6/30/1792	56a + 40a	£242	H2-33;see deed plan
Abijah & Priscilla Stephens	Mordecai Moore	5/12/1793	42a 148p + 2¾a 35p	£121	W2-280; see deed plan
Susannah Maul		1795	67a		tax
John McAfee		1796	40a		tax
Daniel & Elizabeth Maule	Rudolph Huzzard	1/20/1797	25a		Q2-356; see table AB.2.2
Susannah Maul		1797	67a		tax
John McAfee		1797	40a		tax
Mordecai Moore		1797	50a		tax
Susannah Maul		1798	67a		tax
John McAfee		1798	40a		tax
Mordecai Moore		1798	50a		tax
Mordecai Moore		1798	45a		Glass tax tenant Isaac Harrison
Susannah Maule		1798	99a		Glass tax; tenant Nathan Horton
John McFee/McAfee		1798	39a		Glass tax; neighbor Mordecai Moore
Susannah Maul		1799	67a		Tax; tenant Nathan Horton
John McAfee		1799	40a		tax
Mordecai Moore		1799	45a		Tax; tenant Isaac Harrison
Mordecai Moore	Children	Before 1803			Died
William Moore	John Suplee	1/17/1803	42a 148p	£429 5s	W2-282. Description as in W2-280
John Head	Susanna Sansom & Ann Stewardson (sisters)				Died
William & Susanna Sansom & Thomas & Ann Stewardson	John McFee	3/10/1804	44a		X2-526; Messuage & lot

A3 – 245

Beginning at a line of land of Penrose at the corner of the land late of Jonathan Davis; thence N27½°W 144p to the Gulph Road; thence along said road E 268p to a stone, and line of the land of John Weal; thence by said land S27½°E 22p to the line of Radnor township, thence along said line S62½°W 236p to the place of beginning.

S2-142

Beginning at a heap of stones near the Gulph Road being a corner of Lewis Maule’s land, and in the line of John Weal’s land; thence by the same S28½°E 22.6p to a heap of stones, being a corner of Evan Lewis’ land; thence by the same S61¾°W 36.9p to a stake by the corner of the fence, thence by land of John Maule N17°W 39p to a stake; thence by land late of Lewis Maule S89½°E 33.5p to the place of beginning.

H2-33

North side of Gulph Road. Beginning at a stone heap in Jacob Huzzard’s land; thence N62½°E 134 perches to a marked hickory; thence (S27½°)E 102 perches to a chestnut tree by the Gulph Road; thence along said road West 152 perches to a stone; thence N27½°W 32 perches by land of said Huzzard to the place of beginning. 56 acres.

North side of Gulph Road. Beginning at a ? on the side of Gulph Road, being the corner of Thomas Maule’s land; thence N27½°W 48.2 perches to a corner stone, being also a corner of land late of the said Ebenezer Maule; thence N77°E 107 perches by the said land to a stone in a line of land formerly of John Weal; thence S27½°E 76.2 acres by said John Weal’s land to a stone, being a corner of John Maule’s land on the side of said Gulph Road; thence West 116 perches along said Gulph Road to the place of beginning. 40 acres.

W2-280

Beginning at a stone being a corner of Abijah Stephen’s land and land of John McAfee, thence by said John McAfee’s land N75°E 117½ perches to a stake near a marked chestnut oak; thence by land of Phineas Bond S28°E 76 perches to a heap of stones, being a corner of John Cleaver’s land; thence by the same and land of John Maule N89¾°W 151.2 perches to a stake, thence by Abijah Stephen’s land N15’E 34.6 perches to the place of beginning. 42 acres 148 perches

Beginning at a heap of stones, being a corner of Peter Eager’s land, thence by land of John Huzzard N35¾°W 30.4 perches to a heap of stones, being a corner of Benjamin’s Jones land; thence by the same N62¼°E 13.2 perches to a stake, thence by land of Abijah Stephens S36¾°E 38 perches to a stone near said Eager’s house; thence by said Eager’s land N89¾°W 15 perches to the place of beginning. 2¾ acres 35p

Table AB.2.1 St. Davids Golf Club

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Drexel & Childs		1883	41a		Breou; both sides of Radnor Road
Jonathan Henry		1883	65a		Breou; south of Gulph road
Alexander Anderson		1883	11a		Breou; north of Gulph Road. Mont. & Chester counties
Estate of James McComb		1883	41a		Breou; north of Gulph Road.
A.J.D. Paul	E.D. Mills	7/1/1914			Q14-500
Paul D. & Ellen Drexel Mills	St. Davids Golf Club	7/31/1925	82.009a		W16-218 south of Gulph Road
	St. Davids Golf Club		47.658		E17-76 north of Gulph Road. Mont. & Chester counties

Table AB.2.2

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Daniel & Elizabeth Maule	Rudolph Huzzard	1/20/1797	25a		Q2-356
Rudolph Huzzard	John Blaney or Bolany	5/5/1797	16a	£132	P2-76; see deed plan

John Blaney		1798	15a		Glass tax; neighbor Susannah Maule
William Thompson		1798	1a		Glass tax; neighbor Michael Bolany
John Blaney	William Thompson	3/21/1799	1a		R2-370; see deed plan

Table AB.2.3 - John Maule tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John Maule	Daniel Maule, administrator	11/7/1793			died intestate
Jacob Maule	Samuel Thomas	5/8/1809	1/6 part of 97a	$250 67c	B3-379
Samuel & Mary Thomas (nee Maule)	Jonathan Thomas	3/3/1810	2/6 part of 97a	$700	E3-535
George & Sarah Tyson (nee Maule)	Jonathan Thomas	2/13/1811	1/6 part of 97a	$300	E3-537
Ebenezer Maule	Jonathan Thomas	5/5/1813	(1/6 part of 90a 80p)	$350	H3-169
Jonathan & Zilla Thomas (nee Maule)	Samuel Volans	12/21/1813	90a 80p	$7,000	L3-172
Samuel & Mary Volans	Emmor Kimber	2/23/1815	90a 80p	$6,500	L3-174; messuage
Emmor & Susanna Kimber	Enoch Walker & Thomas George	3/31/1817	90a 80p + 28¾a 15p + 44a	$12,243	O3-230
Enoch Walker & Thomas George	Joseph Ridgeway	4/1/1817	55a 59p	$4152 65c	O3-212

Sheriff (debt of Joseph Ridgeway)	Isaac Morris & Samuel Beetle	3/14/1823	45½a + 55a 59p	$1,450	A4-390

Tredyffrin History Digital Archives

Table AB - The Tredyffrin Panhandle

Table AB.1

Table AB.2

Table AB.2.1 St. Davids Golf Club

Table AB.2.2

Table AB.2.3 - John Maule tract