Philip Howell Patent

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.

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Penn	Philip Howell	7/16/1705	200a		Survey D65-145, 3/20/1704 (also shown in Survey D65-103, 3/2/1705); Patent A3-97
Philip Howell	Hugh William	9/20/1705	200a
Hugh William	Stephen Evans	2/6/1709
Stephen Evans Sr.	Stephen Evans Jr.	12/12/1722	200a		R-443
Stephen Evans Jr.		2/21/1754			Phila. Will #117
Execs. of Stephen Evans	William Godfrey	2/12/1770	200a		R-444
William Godfrey	Abijah Stephens	2/13/1770	200a	£850	R-447
Abijah Stephens	Devault Beaver	4/7/1796	51a 130p	£776	N2-115 Part within VFNHP. West of Thomas Road

Devault Beaver		1798	50a hill land		Glass tax
Abijah Stephens		1798	147a		Glass tax
Stephen Stephens					Glass tax, son, tenant
Edward Woodman					Glass tax, son-in-law, tenant
Abijah Stephens	Wife & children	12/4/1802			Estate #4974 Remainder of property (house)
will of Abijah Stephens	Stephen Stephens?		41a 43p		bequest
	Edward & Sarah Woodman		15a		bequest
	4 daughters: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Anna Stephens		11.5a		bequest; see table M.2 below
Devault Beaver	Samuel Beaver (son-in-law)	6/2/1835	52a		Estate #9608
Samuel & Elizabeth Beaver	Daniel H. Beaver	4/2/1841	51a 130p + 3a 123p + 5¼a (see Table P1.4 (South)	$6000	T4-461
Daniel Beaver	David Walker	3/24/1842	51a 130p	$6200	W4-38
Stephen Stephens		1845			died intestate; see table M.1 below for continuing deed history.

William & Abisha Woodman (Execs. of Sarah Woodman)	Stephen Phipps (in trust for Sarah P. Morgan)	3/23/1853	30a 73p	$3,350 18.75c	S5-135; Tredyffrin & Upper Merion

Stephen Phipps	Richard Rue	1862			U6-23
Lewis Piersol		1883	33a 33p		Breou’s atlas
David Walker		2/2/1889			Estate #22473
Execs. of Daniel Walker	J. James Richards	10/9/1901	51a 130p	$5000	G12-438
J. James Richards	Hannah S. Walker	11/3/1902	51a 130p	$5000	E11-570
Hannah S. Walker	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	10/12/1903	3.304a	$660 80c	Q12-14
extract from Mueller's 1912 atlas
Heirs of Hannah S. Walker	Elliot J. Thomas	12/26/1906	48a 81.36p	$5,600	E13-411; Orphans Court 8225 & 239
Elliot J. & Sue R. Thomas	William S. Garnett	6/9/1911	1.71a	$600	E14-182
William S. & Margaret W. Garnett	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	11/13/1919	1.14 a	$850	P15-86

Elliot J. & Sue R. Thomas	Adolf T. Kohn	9/25/1917	not quoted	$1	B15-199; part of E13-411
Adolf T. Kohn	John R. K. Scott	9/25/1917	not quoted	$1	M15-127
John & Nellie Scott	Sidney Holloway	5/10/1922	13.365a	$1	Z15-574
Siney & Marie Holloway	Irene Mather	4/17/1925	13.365a	$1	T16-591
John & Irene Mather	Clayton Hagy	11/24/1926	13.365a	$1	D17-471
Clayton & Ethel Hagy	Gordon Anderson & Margaret Turner	5/4/1927	13.365a	$1	M17-110
extract from 1933 atlas
Gordon Anderson	Ethel Royal Hassrick	11/30/1945	13.365a	$45,000	R22-73
Fidelity-Philadelphia trust and Kenneth Hasrick, executors of the will of Ethel Royal Evans	William & Diana Goff	6/6/1960	12.211a	$94,000	D32-371
William & Diana Goff	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	5/13/1963	9.663a	$40,500	E35-136

Executors of Ethel Royal Hassrick	William & Anne Wittaker				R32-328
William & Anne Wittaker	U.S.A.	6/29/1977	1.02a	$105,000	G51-43

Heirs of Hannah S. Walker	Comm. Of PA	8/4/1919	35.91a		Misc. 4-592
John R. K. & Nellie H. Scott	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	8/4/1923	35a	$10,000	I17-101
William S. & Margaret W. Garnett	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	11/13/1919	1.14a	$850	P15-86

Patent A3-97 Beginning at a corner post in the line of Letitia Penn’s manor, thence by same SSE 100 perches to a post, thence by James Abram ENE 320 perches to a stake, thence by vacant land NNW 100 perches to a stake, thence by Lewis Walker and John Roberts WSW 320 perches to the place of beginning.

N2-155 Messuage and tract in Tredyffrin. Beginning at a stone, a corner in the county line, thence along said line by land of Richard Moore N62°E 81.3 perches to a stone at a turn in the road, S27¼°E 103.7 perches to a stone, thence by land of Benjamin Jones S63°W 81.3 perches to a stone, thence by said land and land of John Havard N27¼°W 101 perches to the place of beginning.

Table M.1 – Stephen Stephens tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Stephen Stephens		1845			died intestate; see above for earlier deed history.


Stephen Stephens & Cyrus Radcliff, administrators of the estate of Stephen Stephens senior	Joseph Walker	4/7/1846	41a 43p	$824 37½c	E5-130

Stephen & Hannah W. Stephens	Charles Wells	4/1/1857	92a	$12,500	E6-104; part of inheritence from Stephen Stephens, senior

Joseph Jones	Abraham Fisher	4/25/1865			B7-141
Abram Fisher		1883	103a		Breou's atlas
Daniel Fisher	Francis T. Maquire	4/30/1907	92a	$2,000	A13-428
F. T. Maquire		1912	92a		Atlas
Extract from 1912 atlas

Table M.2 – Elizabeth Reese, nee Stephens

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

	4 daughters: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Anna Stephens		11.5a		bequest; see table M.2 below

See Henry Lewis tract for the history of the 3 acre plot
Elizabeth Reese	Charles Radcliffe	3/30/1850	11.5a	$475 plus payment to other heirs	G6-468

Table M.3 –

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference


Trustees under deeds of trust of J. K. Scott	Albert Monteith	6/3/1957	73.184 a	$182,960	H29-475
Albert & Clair Monteith	Frank & Thomas Fanelli	4/25/1958	Lots #1, 45, 28, 29, 60, 59	$41,000	B30-504
Frank & Thomas Fanelli	Walter & Gertrude West	6/12/1959	not given	$40,050	E31-331; lot #28
William & Jean Hickey	Walter & Gertrude West	4/29/1968	not quoted	$50,500	D38-158; lot #28
Walter & Gertrude West	William & Suzanne Snyder	5/19/1972	2.544a	$54,000	P40-894
William & Suzanne Snyder	U.S.A.	8/24/1978	2.53a	$227,180	O53-52; includes grant to sellers to use property for 25 years

					M17-110
Gordon Anderson	Ethel Royal Hassrick	11/30/1945	13.352	$45,000	R22-73

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Table M- Philip Howell Patent

Abijah Stephens Farm

Table M.1 – Stephen Stephens tract

Table M.2 – Elizabeth Reese, nee Stephens

Table M.3 –