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Table AT - North Valley Hills

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.

For a discussion of the story of the acquisition of land on the North Valley Hills see The Land that Nobody Wanted.

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/19/1739

 

 

See Survey B3-112 for original extent of Proprietary land.

Israel Davis

 

2/13/1765

40a (James Davis tract)

 

Chester County Warrant D-63

Francis Alison

 

2/23/1765

50a

 

Warrant, Chester County, A-37; Survey B11-122

 

 

2/26/1765

210¾a

 

Survey D92-89

Board of Property allocation of Israel Davis warrant

James Davis, John Maxwell, David Jones, Francis Allison

5/26/1766

210¾a (quoted in Y2-253)

£50 per 100a & 4s 2d quit rent

Land opposite their properties up to the Welsh line. See Minutes of Board of Property Book #1, page 30

 

 

12/29/1766

35a 2p (James Davis); 52a 14p (John Maxwell); 58a 1r 35p (David Jones); 70a 3r 30p (Francis Allison) plus allowance

 

Survey B23-248 same as D92-89 but with allocations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Jones

Adam Rickenbaugh

5/26/1768

 

 

Not recorded; confirmed in Y2-231

Adam Rickenbaugh

 

2/9/1796

58.75a

 

‘Mansfield’ tract; Patent P27-346

John Penn et al

Adam Rickenbaugh

12/5/1804

53a 75p

 

Y2-231

Penn estate

Adam Rickabaugh et al

11/2/1819

53a 75p

$13 50c

P3-469; receipt for quit rent

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Davis

Lewis Gronow

 

 

 

Quoted in Y2-253

Lewis Gronow

Mary Robinson (nee Bull), Isabella Peirce (nee Bull) nieces

11/3/1782

 

 

Will

Mary & Isabella Bull

 

6/16/1791

35.116a

 

Widow’s Lot; Patent P18-159

John Penn et al

Cromwell Peirce

12/5/1804

35a 36p

 

Y2-253.  Description as in Y2-256

Richard & Mary Robinson

Cromwell Peirce

11/5/1804

Moiety of 35¼a 36p

$1

Y2-254

Cromwell Pearce and Isabella, his wife

John Maxwell

11/3/1804

35¼a 36p

 

Y2-255

John Maxwell

Cromwell Pearce (innkeeper)

1804

35¼a 36p

 

Y2-256

Y2-256

Cromwell & Isabella Pearce

Jacob Kurtz

6/25/1805

16a 245p

$1000

Z2-86

Z2-86

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maxwell

 

 

 

 

No patent found

John Penn et al

David & John Maxwell

12/5/1804

52a 14p

 

Y2-212

John Maxwell

David Maxwell

1808

 

 

died

David Maxwell

Samuel Jones

4/2/1810

42a 119p, part of 52a

$8,800

F3-152

Joanna P. Jones and other heirs of Jonathan Jones, son of Samuel Jones

Edward B. English

2/10/1869

25a 140.25p

$2,540 44c

X7-379

X7-379

 

 

 

 

 

 

State

Heirs of William Rowland (Charles, Jonathan and Ann Todd)

3/3/1817

12a

 

See Survey C2-170 and Patent H15-380

John Penn et al

Thomas Rowland

8/3/1819

 

$3

P3-461; receipt for quit rent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth

Sarah Christie

5/25/1785 (survey)

31¼a + 29a 120p

 

See Survey B8-240.  In right of Francis Allison

Commonwealth

Sarah Christie

4/4/1787

31¼a

 

Magne Stone; Patent P16-447; South of previous plot

Commonwealth

Caleb North, Charles Jolly, & Robert Porter

3/24/1800

29a 120p

£42 8s 7d

S2-280 Bounded by lands of Matthew Neely, township line.  See deed plan, same description as survey –Eastern part of Francis Alison tract.  No patent found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Neilly, in right of Francis Alison

 

5/25/1785

13a  38p & 24a 14p

 

Survey A82-12

Penn

Robert Todd & David Wilson (in trust for 5 Neely minors)

8/1/1801

24a 14p

£35 16s 3d

W2-471; Along Welsh line, at top of hill; see survey plan.  In right of Francis Alison

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Martha Neily & Samuel Sloan

4/3/1803
5/25/1785 Warrant

13a  38p

 

Patent #51-58. Between Neely tract & 24a 14p; see patent plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel & Elizabeth Davis

James Sloan

4/16/1817

21a 126p

 

O3-182

Jane Sloan, widow of James Sloan & children

Daniel McCindy, John W. McCindy, Jospeh Criley, Samuel P. Levis, William Few, James Hixon, and William Umpleby, trustees

7/5/1832

88p

 

S4-193; Salem Church deed