Griffith John 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

Proprietors	David Powell	4/16/1701	1000a		Patent A3-70
David Powell	Henry John	12/24/1714	100a	£20	S-384
		5/17/1715			Receipt for £20 signed by David Powell and witnessed by John Cadwalader. – Frances Ligget's article on Stirling's Quarters.
Proprietors	Griffith John	4/13/1739	176a		Survey C89-104; also see Griffith John Warrant for smaller area dated 1/20/1737

Proprietor – patent	Griffith John	5/13/1740	100a		Phila. A10-111; see plan
John Jones					Shown as owning the land on Taylor deed plan;
Henry John	Griffith John	11/20/1737	100a		S-349 (brothers)
Griffith John	Thomas John	12/8/1752	100a	5s	S-350
Griffith John senior	Griffith John junior	7/31/1753	100a		To grandson on achieving maturity. This contradicts previous deed. Perhaps there was a swap with land in Charlestown. See deed E-520
Griffith John	Thomas John	11/29/1753	176a		Estate #1510a Will. Thomas owned 276 acres in 1760 tax list
Thomas John	Joseph Williams	12/7/1754	176a	£368	I-269a Mortgage
Thomas John	Joseph Walker, Joshua Evans, William Curry, John Davies, Thomas Waters, & Daniel Walker	12/31/1759	100a	£80	L-408 Mortgage; see deed plan (problematic)
Thomas John	Jos. Williams	12/7/1764	176a		O-43 Mortgage
Thomas John	Estate	6/8/1766			Estate #2326 a
Sheriff (Adm. Of Jos. Williams)	William Currie	9/28/1769	176a	£500	P-132; see deed plan
Sheriff	William Currie	5/28/1767	100a	£214	P-129

Patent, Commissioners of William Penn to Griffith John, dated 5/13/1740

Beginning at a post a corner of Henry John, thence by same WSW 216 perches to a black oak, thence by vacant land NNW 160 perches to a black oak in line of Bilton line, thence by same NE 221 perches to a post, thence by vacant land SSE 117 perches to place of beginning.

I-269 Mortgage. On 7 Dec 1754 Thomas John of Tredyffrin, carpenter, & Hannah his wife to Joseph Williams of Lower Merion of the County of Philadelphia, tanner. Thomas John stands bound to Joseph Williams for £400 conditioned on payment of £200 plus interest in yearly payments to be paid in full on 7 Dec 1757. Thomas John to better secure said payment granted to Joseph Williams a tract in Tredyffrin bounded by the Manor of Bilton & vacant land containing 176 acres, it being the tract which the Proprietors by deed dated 13 May 1741 granted to Griffith John, the father of Thomas John, which Griffith John by his will dated 31 July 1753 devised to his son Thomas John. Signed Thomas John & Hannah John. Delivered in the presence of Joseph Richards & Morton Morton. Recorded 23 Dec 1754.

P-129 Beginning at a post near a white oak a corner of John Havard, thence by same E20ºN 250 perches to a white oak, another corner of Havard, thence NNW 10? Perches to a post, W23ºN 360 perches to a post, SSE 80 perches to place of beginning.

P-132 Beginning at a post at a corner of Henry John’s land, and extending thence by same WSW 216 perches to a Black Oak, thence by vacant land NW 160 perches to a Black Oak in the line of the Manor of Bilton, thence by the same E by N 220 perches to a post, thence by vacant land SSE 117 perches to the place of beginning.

Table R.1 William Potts Farm

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William Currie & wife Margaret	David & Samuel John	4/7/1767?	200a	£550	F2-358

David & Samuel John	William Currie	4/7/1767	200a	£300	P-116 Mortgage
David & Samuel John	Edmund Physick	12/5/1767	200a		V-521; Physick attorney to John & Richard Penn
David & Samuel John	Jesse Jones	12/30/1773	200a & messuage	£400	T-171 Mortgage; paid off by Edmund Physick 1/4/1777; deed description as G2-338
Edmund Physick	William Potts	5/23/1792	200a	£1300	G2-338; messuage

William Potts		1798	199a		Glass tax
William Potts	Ezekial & William Potts (sons)				Estate #4972. To wife Hannah in her lifetime.
William Potts excrs. (Nathan Potts, Thomas Rowland, Ezekial Potts)	William, Anna, & Hannah Potts	5/3/1817	200a		F4-293. Interest due to Ruth Potts.
William Potts	Martha (Evans, then Yeagar), Thomas P., Ezekiel, Hannah II Potts	12/17/1838 (probated)			Estate #9793 Will, dated 4/8/1837, 1/12 shares to 4 children
Hannah II Potts	Martha (Evans, then Yeagar), Thomas P., Ezekiel Potts	5/6/1846 (letters of administration granted)			Estate #10961. Will. i.e. Martha (sister), Thomas and Ezekiel (brothers) now hold 4/36 = 1/9 shares
Anna Potts	Hannah Potts (sister)	1/5/1843 (probated)			Estate #10390 Will dated 12/28/1842
Hannah Potts	Thomas P. Potts	4/7/1848	200a	$1500	Q5-224. 1/3 interest. Thomas now has 4/9 interest.
Hannah & Susanna Potts, Martha Evans, Thomas P., & Isabella R. Potts	Ezekiel Potts	4/10/1848	114a 131p	$6188 43¼c	G5-414; messuages
Hannah Potts	Ezekiel Potts	12/30/1848		$1	W16-127
Susanna, Thomas P. (and Isabella, his wife), Ezekiel Potts (and Joanna, his wife) & Martha Evans	Joseph B. Walker	3/30/1852	64¾a		R5-270
Advertisement repeated on the 11/29/1853 (American Republican; 2/7/1854 (Village Record); 10/31/1854 (American Republican); and 11/7/1854 (Village Record).
Ezekial & Hannah Potts	Joseph B. Walker	4/4/1855	114a 131p	$11,000	Y5-433
Joseph B. Walker	Tredyffrin School Board	10/5/1863	72p		W6-200
Joseph B. Walker		8/2/1879			Died. Executors spilt property into 23 lots for sale. table R.2 Lots 4,5,6,7 table R.2.3 Lot 2, 8 - 12, 14, 16 - 20 table R.2.4 Lot 15 table R.1.5 Lots #15, #22 Lot 3 John Groff, deed not found

G5-414 Messuage and tract of land in Tredyffrin beginning at a stone, a corner of David Havard, thence by same N68¼ºE 131 perches to a stone, thence by Joseph Walker’s land N26ºW 168.4 perches to a post, thence by other part of this tract S70ºW 100 perches to a post, thence S26ºE 61.2 perches to a post, S45ºW 4¾ perches to a post, S32¼ºE 33.9 perches to a post, N71¾ºE 9¼ perches to a post, S25ºE 21.6 perches to a post, S72½ºW 34.9 perches to a post, S22¼ºE 54 perches to the place of beginning.

Part of Nathan Potts et al, execs. deed in F4-293 to Ann, Hannah, & William Potts, and the said William and Ann having since died, their interest in above mentioned premises became vested in grantors above named.

R5-270 Beginning at a stone in line of Joseph Funk, a corner of grantors, thence along Funk’s land N24½ºW 70.3 perches to a black oak, thence by Samuel H Davis’ land N76ºE 119.26 perches to a heap of stones, thence by grantee’s land S26¾ºE 87.64 perches to line of grantee’s land, and a corner of Ezekiel Potts, thence by same S70ºW 80.3 perches to line of Ezekiel Potts, and along same N69ºW 38.6 perches, thence S84½ºW 14 perches to the place of beginning.

Table R.1a

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Peter Klahr & Mary A., his wife	M.J. Pennypacker & Annie R., his wife	7/3/1857	0.5a		H6-585
M.J. Pennypacker & Annie R., his wife	Ezekiel Bowen	3/30/1850
Ezekiel Bowen & Elizabeth his wife	H. & B.F. Bean	2/1/1871	0.5a	$75	Z7-240

Z7-240 Beginning at a stake set at a corner of Richard Rhoda’s land, thence by land of Nicholas Bean N27ºW 15.57 perches to a stake set for a corner in a pile of stones in the welsh line, thence along said Welsh line N73ºE 5.21 perches to a heap of stone a corner of M.J. Pennypacker’s land, thence S273ºE 15.57 perches to a stake set for a corner in a line of Richard Rhoda’s land, thence by said Richard Rhodda’s land S73ºW 5.21 perches to the place of the beginning.

Table R.1.1 Groff tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

	Jno. Groff	1883	15-0-0 (part)		Breou’s Atlas
Execs. of John Groff	Mary Jane Bean	1/5/1888	5a woodland; Tredyffrin		M10-316 See A12-22 for sale
Michael Towers (assignee of Mary Jane Bean)	Mortimer Bickley	9/12/1899	3) 5a Tred.(see M10-316)	$8,350	A12-22 (see Bean transactions for descriptions of all the tracts)
Milton & Mary Bickley, Walter & Josephine Bickley, Mary & Henry Robinson, heirs of Mortimer Bickley	Francis M. Bean	4/1/1913	3) Tredyffrin 5a	$25,100	K14-312 (see Bean transactions for descriptions of all the tracts)

Table R.1.2

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph B. Walker excrs.	George Fulmer	4/16/1880	20a		R9-92 Lots #4, 5, 6, 7
George Fulmer & Hannah, his wife	Edward B. English	4/12/1882	20a		M9-467 English partner in Cedar Hollow Lime
	Cedar Hollow Lime Co.	1883	22-1-13		Breou’s Atlas
Edward B. English					Died
John A. Stambach & Marian E., his wife	William C. Ferguson (trustee of Cedar Hollow Lime)	6/22/1898	17 tracts, #7 being 4 lots of 20a. Tredyffrin #1 9a 57¼p #2 6a 101p (see table I.2) #3 4a 18p #4 25a 140¼p #5 10a (JW #15) #6 8a 78p (JW #1) #7 20a (JW #4,5,6,7) Charlestown #10 1a #11 3¾a 17p #12 35a 85p #13 5a #14 11a 50p #15 3a 58p Schuylkill #8 3a 147p #9 5a 152p #16 5a 81p #17 4a	$1	Y11-33 Marian, daughter of Edward B. English.

R9-90 Beginning at a stake a corner of lot #8 sold to William Stephens in line of lot #23 sold to Henry Wismer, known as the Potts farm, thence by same S72º 12’W 35.5 perches to a stake, a corner of lot #3, thence along same N24º 50’W 92.35 perches to a stake in line of Bilton Manor, thence by same N76¼ºE 35.88 perches to a corner of lot #8, and along same S24º 50’E 89.9 perches to the place of beginning.

Table R.1.2a

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William C. Ferguson (trustee of Cedar Hollow Lime)	John Dunn	2/6/1889	10a + 20a	$250	A12-50 See table R.2.4
John Dunn & Elizabeth, his wife	C. Arthur Fisher	5/8/1899	10a (Joseph Walker plot #15) 20a (Joseph Walker plot #4,5,6,7)	$1	T11-196
C. Arthur & Annie Fisher	Charles Hires	9/23/1918	10a 11p	$1	L15-67

Table R.1.3 - retired

Table R.1.4

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Jeremiah H. & Martha Yeager, Thomas P.,& Isabella Potts, Ezekiel & Joanna Potts	Philip Kirk	4/3/1860	30a	$3000	R6-56
Philip Kirk		1883	41a		Breou’s Atlas

R6-56 Tract of land with buildings thereon situated in Tredyffrin, beginning at a post in the public road, thence by Jos. B. Walker N72½°E 34.9 perches to a post, thence by same N25°W 21.6 perches to a post, S71¾°W 9.25 perches to a post, N32¼°W 33.9 perches to a post, N45°E 4.75 perches to a post N26°W 61.2 perches to a post, N70°E 19.7 perches to a post, thence N69°W 38.6 perches to a post, N84½°W 14 perches to a post, thence by land now or late of Valentine Kugler S23½°E 107 perches to a stone, thence along middle of public road S22°E 46.75 perches to the place of beginning. Contain 30 acres; part of F4-293.

Table R.1.5

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William H. & William S. Walker (execs of Joseph B. Walker)	Henry Wismer	4/16/1880	113a 6p + 10a (lot #13)	$8105	G9-402
Henry Wismer		1883	113.6a		Breou’s Atlas, lot #23? See table R.2.1
Henry & Elizabeth Wismer	Martha Jane Bean	5/14/1891	10a	$700	Y10-278
William Turner, sheriff, debt of Martha Jane Bean (widow of Benjamin Franklin Bean)	Francis M. Bean	4/26/1900	... + 40a woodland in Tredyffrin ...	$207	Z11-412; see table R.2.3 for 5, 10, and 15 acres

Table R.1.6 Part of William Potts Farm

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Valentine Kugler	John Ely and Abraham Weaver	6/21/1854			Deed not found; quoted in X8-151
John & Salome Ely	Seyfert McManus & Co.	6/23/1854	½ part		Deed not found; quoted in X8-151
Abraham Weaver	John Ely	3/14/1855	½ part		Deed not found; quoted in X8-151
John & Salome Ely, & Seyfert McManus & Co.	Philip Kirk	3/23/1867	5a 140p	$550	X8-151
Wilmer & Charles H. Kirk, executors of the will of Philip Kirk	Jacob Rickabaugh	10/24/1896	30a + 6a + 5a 140p	$3,000	R11-226
Jacob Rickabaugh & wife	Charles H. Kirk	12/9/1896	30a + 6a + 5a 140p	$3,000	Q11-89
T. Rushton Griffith & wife	Charles H. Kirk	5/27/1912			F14-467
Charles H. Kirk	Ethel M. Hershey	8/21/1913	15a		Will 40-382
Herbert T. Hershey & wife	Mary L. Dewees	5/29/1925	41a 140p		W16-121

Miscellaneous Vol. 47 p. 89 Petition of Mary L. Dewees & Ethel M. Hershey for release of charge due Ruth Potts in F4 293. Mary’s land bounded by that of Joseph Walker, John N. Sanderson estate, land late of Valentine Kugler, Ethel M. Hershey, Samuel Toner, A. A. Golder, and A.J. Cassatt. Ethel lands bounded on E & S by those of Mary Dewees, N land now or late of, Phoenix Iron Co., W land now or late of Samuel Toner.

Table R.2 William Currie / Stirlings Quarters

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William Currie	Thomas Forrest	1789	240a		Mortgage Book C-271
William Currie	Thomas Walker	10/25/1791	200a		G2-53
Thomas Walker	Joseph Walker	4/13/1839			Estate #9829
					Split in property with Joseph B Walker’s death (see Table R)

Table R.2.1

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William S. Walker	Henry Evans	4/16/1880	163a 33p	$13,260 50c	G9-423a
Henry L. Evans	Pedro Salom	9/30/1899	130.61a		E11-293
	Henry Wismer	1883	113.6a		Breou’s Atlas, lot #23?
John H. Sanderson		1912	113a 6p		Mueller’s map
Pedro Salom	Robert Ligget	4/8/1926	113a 6p		E17-137
Robert Ligget	Ethel Ellison	9/14/1934	A tracts - Philadelphia; B - Lower Merion; C - Waynesborough farm; Tredyffrin D1 - 113a 6p; D2- 130.061a; D3 - 2.988a + 0.432a; D4 72p.	$1	T18-8
Ethel Ellison	Robert Ligget	9/14/1934	as above	$1	T18-14
Audrey Snyder and Fidelity Bank, co-trustees, Frances Ligget	United States of America	2/22/1978	65.49	$670,000	T52-393; special warranty deed
		2022	45.4a		GIS database tax parcel 43-5-2.1
		2022	20a		GIS database tax parcel 43-5-12.1

G9-423 Beginning at a hickory tree in the middle of a public road thence by land of Peterson N22½°W 147.61p to a corner of woodland of the said Joseph B. Walker deceased thence by said woodland S76¼°W 172.41p to a corner of other land of the said Joseph B. Walker deceased known as the Potts Farm thence by said Potts Farm S24°50’E 168.41p to a stone a corner in the line of David Havard’s land, thence by said land and land of Edward Wilson N69½°E 161.41p to the place of beginning.

Table R.2.1.1 Far Fields Farm aka Echo Valley Farm

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Audrey & Robert C. Ligget, trustees	Jean & Theodore Kesting	1/2/1957	25.582a		X28-349
T & J.M. Kesting			25.2a		1963 Franklin map
Theodore (Ted) Kesting	Mary & Ralph Claypoole	1/10/1968	25.582a		Z37-7
Carol Claypoole & Nathan Margulies, executors of the estate of Mary & Ralph Claypoole	King’s Grant Holdings (Jeff King)	11/21/2003	25.582a	$3,000,000	5995-1021

Table R.2.1.2 Argyle House

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Audrey & Robert C. Ligget, trustees	Froelich Rainey	8/18/1950	5.53a	$38,000	P24-176
Froelich Rainey	Penelope Rainey	9/19/1973	5.53a	$1	T43-39
Penelope Lewis, formerly Penelope Rainey	Philip & Claire Eitzen	2/13/1981	5.53a	$225,000	A58-4
Philip & Claire Eitzen	Daniel Piazza	1/3/2004	not quoted	$1,345,000	6054-115
		2022	5.5a		GIS database tax parcel 43-5-1

Table R.2.1.3

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Audrey Snyder & Fidelity Bank, trustees	United States of America	9/27/1982	60.69a	$407,000	M60-109; special warranty deed
		2022	30.6a		GIS database tax parcel 43-5-2.2
		2022	30a		GIS database tax parcel 43-5-12.2

Table R.2.2 - retired

Table R.2.3

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph B. Walker excrs.	William Stephens	4/16/1880	a) 5a 41p, lot #2 b) 30a, lots #8 - 12 c) 10a, lot #14 d) 53a 57p, lots #16 - 20		K9-190
William Stephens	William H. Walker	5/4/1881	15a, 10a,10a, and 53a 57p (4 lots)	$942 25c	J9-224a
William H. Walker	Martha Jane Bean	1/13/1882	15a	$325	M9-84
W. H. Walker		1883	10a		Breou’s Atlas
W. Stevens		1883			Breou’s Atlas
William & Mary Stephens	Martha J. Bean	1/8/1885	5a, lot #11	$500	V9-300; see table R.1.5 above
William H. & Charlotte Walker	Martha J. Bean	5/22/1885	10a	$325	V9-299; see table R.1.5 above
William H. Walker	B.J. Fisher	8/13/1894	15a, 10a, 10a, and 53a 57p (4 lots)	$1500	M11-34a
Mary, Catherine & William M.Stevens, heirs of William Stevens	John Ritenhouse	7/8/1900	5a 43p, lot #2	$341 60c	D12-305
B.J. Fisher’s excrs.	Charles E. Hires	9/17/1918	Total Fisher plot	$1

K9-190 Tract #3: Beginning at a stake in line of tract purchased by Henry L. Evans, a corner of lot #15, sold to George Fulmer, thence S76º 4’W 18.66 perches to a stake, thence N24º 50’W 87.4 perches to a corner of lot #13 sold to Henry Wismer and in Bilton Manor line, thence N76¼ºE 18.66 perches to a stake in Bilton Manor line a corner of lot #15, thence by same S24º 50’E to the place of beginning. Lot #14

Tract #4: Beginning at a corner of the farm sold to Henry L. Evans, thence S76¼ºW 97.76 perches to a corner of farm tract and also a corner of lot #15, thence N24º 50’W 87.4 perches to a stake in Bilton Manor line, thence N76¼ºE 101.36 perches to a stake, thence S22½ºE 87.4 perches to the place of beginning.

J9-224 Beginning at a stake corner of lot #11 sold to William Stephens and in line of farm of Henry Wismer, thence S72.2ºW 27.23 perches to a stake corner of land sold to George Fulmer, thence N24º 50’W 89.9 perches to a stake in Bilton Manor line, thence N76¼ºE 27.56 perches to a stone corner of land of William Stephens, thence Lots #8,9,10.

Beginning at a stake in the line of the farm sold to Henry L. Evans thence S76¼ºW 18.66 perches to the corner between Evans and Henry Wismer, thence N24º 50’W 87.4 perches to a stone, thence N76¼ºE 18.66 perches, thence S24º 50’E 87.4 perches to the place of beginning. Lot #12

Beginning at a stake in the line of land of Henry L. Evans thence S76¼ºW 18.66 perches, thence N24º 50’W 87.4 perches to a stake, thence S76¼ºE 18.66 perches, thence S24º 50’E to the place of beginning. Lot #14

Beginning at a stone corner of farm tract of Henry L. Evans thence S76¼ºW 19.76 perches to a stake corner of lot #15 sold to George Fulmer, thence along Fulmer’s land N24º 50’W 87.4 perches to a stake in Bilton Manor line, thence N76¼ºE 101.36 perches to a marble stone in Bilton Manor line, thence S22½ºE 87.4 perches to the place of beginning. Lots #16,17,18,19,20

Table R.2.4 (branch 15 of 2327)

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph B. Walker excrs.	George Fulmer	4/16/1880	10a	$55	R9-92
George Fulmer and Hannah, his wife	Edward B. English	4/12/1882	10a	$55	M9-469, lot #15
	Cedar Hollow Lime Co.	1883			Breou’s Atlas
John A. Stambach & Marian E., his wife	William C. Ferguson (trustee of Cedar Hollow Lime)	6/22/1898	17 tracts, #5 10a (JW #15)	$1	Y11-33 Marian, daughter of Edward B. English. Also see table R.2
William C. Ferguson	John Dunn	2/6/1899	#1 10a		A12-50 See table R.1.2a
John Dunn & Elizabeth, his wife	C. Arthur Fisher	5/8/1899	10a (Joseph Walker plot #15) 20a (Joseph Walker plot #4,5,6,7)	$1	T11-196
C. Arthur Fisher	Benjamin F. Fisher	9/23/1901	10a. Tract #5		G12-435

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