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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.
David Meredith purchased 1500 acres of land. This area was surveyed as 2 disjoint tracts of 1340 acres and 160 acres.
The area covered by this patent seems to be larger than the quoted 160 acres.
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Penn |
David Meredith |
4/16/1706 |
1340a & 160a |
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Patent A3-270; see table G for 1340a. |
David Meredith |
David Powell |
11/15/1706 |
1340a & 160a |
£150 |
B-81 |
David Powell |
Lewis Walker |
4/28/1708 |
400a [see table G.1] & 160a |
£161 |
B-214 |
Executors of Lewis Walker (Mary Walker & Daniel Walker) |
Abel Walker |
11/13/1737 |
160a |
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Abel Walker |
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1739 |
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County tax |
Abel & Sina Walker |
William Melchoir |
10/7/1746 |
160-a |
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First sold off 9p to extend Baptist graveyard |
William Melchoir |
Trustees of General Loan Office |
11/4/1747 |
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Mortgage |
Trustees of General Loan Office |
Richard Bull |
4/15/1761 |
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Default on mortgage |
Richard & Elizabeth Bull |
James Davis |
1/23/1762 |
167a |
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Deed not found; quoted in O-547 |
Table AU.1 |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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James Davis |
William Currie |
1/25/1762 |
80a |
£150 |
O-547 see table E.1.1 Other portions sold to John Duffield & Benjamin Davis |
James Davis |
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1765 |
420a |
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Tax; 80a woodland |
James Davis |
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1767 |
150a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
William Currie |
John Bieber (Beaver) |
4/15/1767 |
200a & 80a & 16¼ |
£1600 |
O-550; see also table E.1.1 |
James Davis |
James Hamilton |
5/23/1771 |
352a + 167a |
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R-348 mortgage (also see table AO) |
James & Mary Davis |
Dr. John Davis |
10/1/1782 |
100a |
£550 |
E2-183 |
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Margaret Beaver |
George Beaver |
2/23/1784 |
60a |
£5 |
P2-562 |
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George Beaver |
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1798 |
89a |
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Glass tax; see table E.1.1 for remainder of land |
Devault Beaver |
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1798 |
50a hill land |
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Glass tax; see table S.1.5 |
Dr. John Davis |
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1798 |
123a |
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Glass tax; Log Cabin 26’ x 17’; stone barn 60’ x 32’ ; stone wagon house 37’ x 17’ |
Dr. John Davis |
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1816 |
#1: 156½a & mansion house; #2: 162¾a; #3: 57½ woodland; #4: 32¼a woodland;#5: ½ part of lot N of turnpike.
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Died, intestate.
See table AO for history of tracts #2, 3, and 4 |
American Republican 1816-12-03 (See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary |
Cadwallader E. Davis, Joshua Jones, Matthew Arnold, admins. of estate of Dr. John Davis |
Enoch & Elijah Davis |
4/1/1817 |
156½a & 8a 36p (tract #11, see table OA.4) |
$17,253 87c |
O3-277; original tract resurveyed and found to be 200, rather than 100 acres. |
Sheriff (Cromwell Pearce), debt of Enoch & Elijah Jones |
Joshua Jones & Joshua Evans |
10/18/1819 |
156½a + ⅔ 7a 122p + ¼ 162a |
$10,415 17c |
Sheriff's Deed 2-160 |
Joshua Jones & Joshua Evans |
Dr. William & Matilda Harris |
5/1/1820 |
155½a |
$9,322 |
R3-293 |
William Harris |
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11/19/1833 |
156½a |
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Ad in American Republican |
Dr. William & Matilda Harris |
Isaac & Mary Ann Richards |
4/3/1834 |
77a |
$6,103 |
I4-297; Greenwood Farm |
Isaac Richards |
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dies |
Heirs of Isaac Richards |
Mary Ann Richards (widow) |
5/2/1860 |
77a 3p |
$7,122 |
P6-106 |
Mary Ann Richards |
William C. & Mary Eliason |
2/17/1864 |
77a |
$5,692 |
Y6-151 |
William C. & Mary Eliason |
Benjamin Shank |
3/28/1870 |
77a 3p |
$,9420 |
W7-140 |
Benjamin & Annie Shank |
George Hoopes |
1/29/1874 |
77a 35p |
$9,725 54c |
Assignment for creditors, Miscellaneous deed book #15-319 |
Benjamin Shank |
J.G. Richard Hecksher |
5/18/1874 |
79a |
$16,000 |
N8-183, including mansion house |
George Hoopes, assignee |
J.G. Richard Hecksher |
4/1/1875 |
79a |
$16,000 |
P8-435 |
Richard Hecksher |
August Hecksher |
6/10/1881 |
79a 113p + 77a 35p |
$30,000 |
J9-262 |
August Hecksher |
Lucrecia L. Hecksher, wife of Richard Hecksher, coal miner |
10/10/1881 |
79a 113p + 77a 35p |
$30,000 |
J9-263 |
Richard Hecksher |
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1883 |
156a 3r 38p |
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Breou’s farm atlas; West Valley Road |
Matthias Walker |
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1883 |
111a |
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Breou’s farm atlas; between Swedesford & Walker Roads |
George H. Beaver |
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1883 |
117a |
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Breou’s farm atlas; east of Valley Forge Road |
J.G. Richard & Lucretia L.Hecksher |
Lucretia Stevens Hecksher (daughter) |
5/20/1885 |
79a 113p + 77a 35p |
$1 |
W9-267 |
Lucretia Stevens Hecksher |
Lucretia L.Hecksher |
4/12/1886 |
79a 113p + 77a 35p |
$1 |
C10-201 |
Estate of Lucretia L.Hecksher |
Radcliffe Morris Urquart |
1/17/1942 |
4.05a |
$1,000 |
D21-5 |
Estate of Radcliffe Morris Urquart |
William Chanoff, Donald S. Cohan, and Richard J. Fox, trading as Greenwood Realty Company |
4 or 5/1/1969 |
54.304a |
$575,000 |
T38-1020 |
Estate of Radcliffe Morris Urquart |
F.C. & C. Inc |
5/9/1969 |
31.378a |
$268,000 |
T38-1030 |
William Chanoff, Donald S. Cohan, and Richard J. Fox, trading as Greenwood Realty Company |
F.C. & C. Inc |
8/26/1971 |
3.323a |
$124,000 |
D40-908 |
F.C. & C. Inc |
Carol & John Giegerich |
11/3/1971 |
lot #38 |
$75,000 |
G40-251; parts of T38-1030 and D40-908. |
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Eva G. Beaver |
Ida E. Beaver |
1906 |
60a (P2-562 above) + 30a (P2-559, Table E) + 34a (G3-221, Table N) |
$6,700 |
Y12-126; 3 continguous tracts |
Extract from 1913 atlas
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Eva Grace Blackwood (nee Beaver), trustee of the estate of Ida Emily Beaver |
J. James Cancelmo |
6/9/1926 |
21.575a + 56.751a |
$40,000 |
B17-60 |
J. James & Mary A. Cancelmo, James T. J. Mellon, Horace & Estelle Roebuck |
Philadelphia Electric Power Company |
12/5/1928 |
21.575a |
$33,500 |
X17-299 |
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B32-551 |
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Patent A3-270
Beginning at a corner post, thence by line of Griffith John WSW 206p to a post, thence SE (should be SSE for closure) by James Atkinson 124p to a post, thence ENE 206p by Thomas Simons, thence by Henry Lewis NNW 124p. 160a SW corner Baptist Church
E2-183
Beginning at a corner post in Levy Jones’ land, and other lands of James Davis; thence SW 159½p by lands of Levi Jones and Griffith Jones to the middle of a stream of water; thence south along several courses of said stream 215p to a heap of stones on the west side of said stream of water; thence ENE by land formerly of Thomas Robeson decd. 130½p to a post; thence NNW 192p by other land of James Davis to the place of beginning.
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Table AU.2 |
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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James & Mary Davis |
Dr. John Davis |
10/1/1782 |
100a |
£550 |
E2-183 |
Cadwalader Davis, Joshua Jones, & Matthew Roberts, administrators of the estate of Dr. John Davis |
Thomas Walker |
4/1/1817 |
8a 43p |
$1,645 48c |
O3-464; lot #13 |
Thomas & Margaret Walker |
William Walker |
3/12/1832 |
90a + 8a 43p |
$7,037 |
H4-132 |
William Walker |
Matthias P. Walker |
8/2/1872 (will) |
131a + 4a + 8a |
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died |
Nathan & Sarah S. Walker, Athalia Kendall, John S. & Elizabeth B. Walker, Matthias P. Walker jr., Winfield W. & Anna T. Walker, and Anna B. McFarland; heirs of Matthias P. Walker |
William M. Anderson |
1/15/1923 |
90a + 12.97a + 8a 43p |
$1 |
E16-307 |
William M. & Wilhelminna G. Anderson |
J. Edgar Hires |
7/14/1943 |
15a |
$1 |
F21-251 |
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