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Table S - Thomas Symons Patent (Strafford)

Note: see deed search 1501F (Strafford)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Symons

 

1711

 

 

Plan of deed L-42 shows Simons as occupying land.

Patent

Thomas Symons

4/20/ 1718

222a

 

Warrant D82-185; Survey D77-267; Patent A, vol. 5, 298

Thomas Symons

John Symons

 

 

 

Inheritance by grandson

John Symons

 

1720

200a

 

County tax

Patent

John Symons

1722 (Ward)

222a

 

 

John Symons

 

1722

200a

 

County tax

John Symons tract

Thomas Robinson

1742

222a

 

Phila. G-6, 24.  Lease and release

Patent

John Roberts

2/24/1753

200a

 

Patent A, vol. 16, 352 Adjoining Symons tract. See survey plan

John & Jane Roberts

Thomas Robinson

8/30/1754

200a

£180

D2-407; See The Early Settling of Tredyffrin by Robert Ward

D2-407

Patent

Thomas Robinson

4/1/1755

274a 150p & allowance or 278a 138p

 

See Survey C176-123;

Thomas Robinson

 

1760

 

 

County tax.  Blank entry

Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson

Abraham Robinson

1/15/1774

365½a 18p

 

Orphans Court. See table S.1

Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson

Sarah Robinson

1/15/1774

344½a 18p

 

Orphans Court See table S.2

Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson

Thomas Robinson jr.

1/15/1774

146a 100p & other lands

 

Orphans Court

 

Table S.1 Abraham Robinson

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson

Abraham Robinson

1/15/1774

365½a 18p

 

Orphans Court.

Abraham & Sarah Robinson

Jacob Seigler

12/12/1780

344½a 18p

 

34a sold to Benjamin Jones, Devault Beaver, & John Edwards

Jacob Seigler

 

8/4/1781

278a 138p

 

Return and survey of 1/4/1751 patent.  See Survey C190-7; (same as C176-123)

Jacob Seigler

Abraham Robinson

1781

344½a

£1397 8s

Mortgage book A,457

Jacob Sickler

 

1781

271a

 

County tax.  No mention of mill

Jacob Sigler

 

1783

271a

 

County tax.  Saw Mill

Jacob Sigler

 

1786

270a

 

County tax.  No Saw Mill

Patent

Jacob Sigler

6/9/1785

274a 156p

 

Patent A3-321, Johnsbury

John & Esther Sigler

John Edwards

6/10/1785

4a

£28

Z-383

Jacob & Esther Sigler

Devault Beaver

5/3/1786

5a

£30

P2-556

Jacob Sigler

 

1787

270a

 

County tax.  Saw Mill

Sheriff (Ezekial Leonard; estate of Jacob Seigler);

Benjamin Rowland

3/1/1788

344½a or
310a 18p

£800

E2-451 & Sheriff’s deed books 1,31.  Suit of Sarah Robinson & Thomas Robinson, Executors of Abraham Robinson dec’d.

E2-451

Benjamin Rowland

John Henry of Tredyffrin, blacksmith

4/24/1788

34a 7p

 

E2-401 See table S.1.1

Benjamin Rowland

 

1788

300a

 

tax. Saw Mill

Benjamin Rowland

 

1789

277a

 

tax. Grist & Saw Mill

Benjamin Rowland

 

1791

220a

 

tax. Grist & Saw Mill

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

Nathaniel Davis

8/31/1791

 

 

See table S.1.2

Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin

Devault Beaver

11/3/1792

10a 15p

£85 10s

Q2-11; see table S.1.5

Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin

John Henry

11/20/1792

6a 1.5p

 

H2-419; see table S.1.1

Benjamin & Mary Rowland of Tredyffrin

William Cooper, fuller

3/30/1793

100a 25p

£750

K2-287; see table S.1.4

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

Robert Kennedy

 

38a 38p

 

Quoted in K2-91; see table S.1.6

 

P2-556 Beginning at a heap of stones in the Valley Road, thence along line of Beaver’s other land N69°E 85.5p to a corner, thence S28°E 11.5p to a corner, thence along a line of marked trees S69°W 58.5p to the valley road, thence along road N28°W 13p to the place of beginning.  Part of 274a 156p

 

Table S.1.1 John Henry

For Biographical information see: John Henry Biography


From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

John Henry of Tredyffrin, Blacksmith

4/24/1788

34a 7p

£115

E2-401

E2-401

John Henry

 

1789

32a

 

tax.

John Henry

 

1791

32a

 

tax.

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

John Henry

11/20/1792

6a 1.5p

£22 10s

H2-419

H2-419

John Henry

 

1795

34a

 

tax. Blacksmith

John Henry

 

1797

52a

 

tax. Blacksmith

John Henry

 

1798

52a

 

tax.

John Henry

 

1798

59a

 

Glass tax. (log smithshop); also including 6a; see s.1.3. and 17a see P.1.5

John Henry

 

1799

60a

 

tax.

John & Catharine Henry

Hannah McClane

4/17/1802

6a 1.5p

£22 10s

X2-243

John & Catharine Henry

William Curll

4/1/1811

34a 7p

£850

F3-306

William & Sarah Curll

Samuel Park

3/31/1814

 

$3,180

Not recorded

Samuel & Mary Park

George Rees

4/26/1814

36a 129p

 

I3-516

I3-516

Sheriff (Jesse Sharp)

John Elliot

8/2/1824

75a

 

Sheriff’s deed #3,43; suit of John Havard Davis

John & Sophia Elliot

Jacob Clinger

8/16/1824

75a

 

X3-278

Jacob Clinger

Widow & children

9/22/1840
probated 4/15/1844

 

 

Will Book #18, 419

Table S.1.2 Nathaniel Davis

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

Nathaniel Davis

8/31/1791

 

 

 

Nathaniel Davis

Alexander McClun / McClean

9/1/1791

Part of above

 

 

Alexander & Elizabeth McClean

Thomas Pennington

5/1/1793

2 lots: 4a & 2½a

£65

I2-58

I2-58

Thomas Pennington

Jonas Rambo

9/24/1793

4a & 2½a
1 lot called Rambo’s wood

£75

I2-62; see table S.1.2.1 for later history of the 4a tract

Nathaniel & Catherine Davis

Michael Bowman

12/3/1795

71a

£160

S2-422

S2-422

Nathaniel & Catherine Davis

John Henry

12/3/1795

2½a

40 Spanish milled dollars

X2-128; Not in 1798 glass tax return; no buildings?

X2-128

Michael Bowman

 

1796

 

 

tax

Michael Bowman

 

1797

 

 

tax

Michael Bowman

 

1798

 

 

tax

Michael Bowman

 

1798

69a

 

Glass tax; log cabin

Michael Bowman

 

1799

70a

 

Tax

Jonas Rambo

John Lewis

3/30/1807

2.5a

$50

A3-384

John & Susanna Lewis

Benjamin Davis

8/7/1811

2.5a

$100

I3-316

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Henry

Alexander Kennedy

3/28/1811

2.5a 30p

$217 50c

E3-479 (Same tract as X2-128)

Table S.1.2.1

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Pennington

Jonas Rambo

9/24/1793

4a & 2½a
1 lot called Rambo’s wood

£75

I2-62; from above

Jonas Rambo

Samuel Priest

4/2/1810

4a

£120

E3-454

Samuel & Sarah Priest

George Ludwick & Sullivan Hill

4/5/1833

4a

$905

G4-240

William Maule, trustee of the estate of Sullivan Hill

Enoch Dickinson

9/20/1855

½ part of 4a

$190

A6-259

George Ludwick

Enoch Dickinson

9/15/1855

½ part of 4a

$400

A6-262

Enoch & Anna Maria Dickinson

Anthony Dickinsheet

3/26/1857

4a

$900

F6-69

D. W. Clinton Lewis, Sheriff, debt of Anthony Dickensheet

John Quigley

1/28/1869

3a 140p

$1,625

Sheriff’s Deed 6-469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table S.1.4 William Cooper / John Sowder - Hammer Hollow


From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

William Cooper of Coventry township

3/30/1793

100a 25p

£750

K2-287; Talks about improvements but no mention of mill

K2-287

William Cooper

 

 

 

 

Not in Tredyffrin tax records; died 1793, probate 1794.

John Sowder

 

1795

94a

 

Tax; fulling mill

John Sowder

 

1796

100a

 

Tax; grist & saw mills

John Sowder

 

1797

100a

 

Tax; grist & saw mills

John Sowder

 

1798

100a

 

Tax; grist & saw mills

John Sowder

 

1798

99a

 

Glass tax; log cabin & barn; grist, saw, and fulling mills

John Sowder

 

1799

100a

 

Tax; grist & saw mills

Mary Cooper & Daniel Maule (exrs. of William Cooper)

John Sowder

1/1/1801

84¾a 23p

 

V2-18

Mary Cooper & Daniel Maule (exrs. of William Cooper)

Daniel Markley

1/1/1801

12¼a 2p

£147 3s

T2-303

Daniel Markley

Anna Hunt & Sarah Thatcher, daughters

 

 

 

Died; no Chester County will or administration

James & Anna Hunt & Sarah Thatcher, daughters

Abigail Moore

2/5/1828

6a 21p part of 12a 42p

$367 87½c

A4-187

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah McMurray, D. Markley & Anna Hunt, L. Emlen & Susan Hunt, & Sarah Serrard

Edwin Pavitt

10/28/1872

6a

$500

G8-104

Edwin & Kate Pavitt

John Groff & Morris Freeman

5/5/1874

6a

$450

N8-321

 

 

 

 

 

 

John & Mary Sowder of Tredyffrin

Zachariah Long of Tredyffrin

1/3/1801

6a 95p

£250

T2-300; saw & fulling mill

Zachariah (yeoman) & Sarah Long of Tredyffrin

Elijah Priest, Blacksmith of Tredyffrin

3/6/1802

4a 10p

£152 5s

V2-238; sawmill & messuage, formerly a fulling mill

Zachariah & Sarah Long of Lynn township, Lehigh County

Thomas J. Paschall

2/16/1814

2a 85p

$550

I3-323

Elijah Priest

Daniel Markley

1804

 

 

Y2-80

John & Mary Souder

Miles & Mary Abbott

4/16/1806

72a

 

Z2-430

Tract #1

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

Enoch Watkins

4/1/1807

 

 

B3-26

Enoch, miller & Hannah Watkins

William Baker

4/4/1808

12a (part of 72a)

$1100

C3-537; grist & plaster mill; same plan as I6-350 #1

Tract #2

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

John Lewis

1807

21a 140p

 

A3-385

John & Susana Lewis

William Baker

4/1/1809

21a 140p

$1300

C3-538; same description as I6-350 #2

William & Sarah Baker

Nicholas Custard & Abraham Haws

4/7/1813

12a (tract #1) + 21a 140p

$2,450

H3-179

doc409 not found
American Republican 1/25/1814
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary

Tract #3

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

John Priest

1807

 

 

C3-29

John Priest of Tredyffrin

William of Tredyffrin

4/24/1815

8a 101p

$510

K3-524

K3-524 not found

William Campbell

 

1838

 

 

Will, #9650

William Campbell, merchant of Philadelphia

Catharine Piercy, widow, of Philadelphia

3/4/1857

8a 101p

$950

E6-334

No Piercy sale or Frederick purchase found

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. C. N. Frederick

 

1883

 

 

Breou’s atlas

Tract #4

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

Michael Bowman

1807

 

 

C3-28

Michael Bowman

John Havard Davis

4/1/1813

66a

$2,800

H3-183; see table S.1.4.1

Tract #5

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

Elisha Worrell

1807

 

 

A3-473

Feddy Worrall, ex. of Elisha Worrall

Charles Lyle

1831

 

 

D4-498

Tract #6

 

 

 

 

 

Miles & Mary Abbott

Samuel Gamble

1808

 

 

B3-172

Sheriff’s Deed (Samuel Gamble)

Alexander Kenedy

1811

 

 

F3-252

Exs. Of Alexander Kenedy

Edward Parker

1821

 

 

W3-285

Edward Parker

 

 

 

 

3 possible sale deeds: James Faussett (W3-287; 1822), John Rees (1828, A4-492 & 3)

Tracts #1 & #2

 

 

 

 

 

William & Sarah Baker

Nicholas Custard & Abraham Hause

4/7/1813

12a & 21a 140p

$2450

H3-179

Nicholas Custard

Abraham Hause

5/25/1816

12a & 21a 140p

$1500

M3-497;  Half part; mills

Sheriff’s Sales

By virtue of writs to me directed, will be sold at Public Vendue the following real estate, viz - WILL BE SOLD on Monday the 22nd June, 1818, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house on the premises, a certain Messuage, Grist Mill, and tract or parcel of land, situate in the township of Tredyffrin, in Chester County; bounded by lands of Daniel Markley, of Dewalt Beaver and others, containing about 34 acres, more or less, with the appurtenances. Seized and taken in execution as the property of William Baker and wife.

Village Record 6/10/1818

Sheriff

Elizabeth Markley

1818

 

 

P3-311; deed poll

Elizabeth Markley

Charles Thatcher

1819

2 tracts 33a 141p in total

$2000

P3-313; mill

Charles Thatcher

 

1820

 

 

Grist mill; County tax

Charles Thatcher

 

1832

 

 

Died (administration)

Robert Findley, guardian of Joseph & Elizabeth Thatcher

Robert Brocklehurst

11/1/1833

12a & 21a 140p

$1050

G4-309; mills

Robert Brocklehurst

Samuel Crewe

2/7/1838

12a & 21a 140p

 

C4-47

Samuel & Emma Crewe

Thomas Brown

5/27/1847

12a & 21a 140p

$3000

F5-211; mentions mills

doc 540 not found

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joel Bates

Gershorn Howarth & Samuel Crieve

1/5/1849

12a & 21a 140p & 4a 10p

$2,876

W6-176

doc 582 not found

Sheriff (estate of Howorth & Creive)

Matthew Robinson

7/28/1853

 

 

Deed poll

Matthew & Grace Robinson

William Cundy

9/20/1853

12a & 21a 140p & 4a 10p

$2971

I6-350

I6-350

William Cundy

John B. Newman

6/4/1860

6a 157p eastern most part of 21a 140p

$835 75c

R9-199

John B. Newman

Matthias Pennypacker

4/19/1866

78a 11p (10 parts)

$17000

B7-565

Matthias Pennypacker

Coffin Colket

5/4/1868

78a 11p

$18000

P7-139

William Cundy

 

1876

 

 

Dies intestate (#18208)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Snyder

 

1820

 

 

4a & tilt mill; County tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

James McHenry & James Hunt

John Snyder

12/27/1831

4a 5p

 

F4-79

John & Elizabeth Snyder

Samuel Crewe

1/30/1835

4a 5p

$450 mortgage & $250

L4-261; mentions buildings, no mills; same deed plan as I6-350 tract #3


Table S.1.4.1 John Havard Davis property

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Bowman

John Havard Davis

1813

66a

 

H3-183; from above tract #4

Joseph Barnes

John Havard Davis

1812

60a?

 

G3-145; Charlestown

Abraham Phillips

John Havard Davis

1812

 

 

G3-303; East Whiteland

John Havard Davis

Hugh Long

12/1/1813

8.75a

$1,200

I3-392

John Havard Davis

George Reese

12/1/1813

21a 42p

$1,050

T3-140

John Havard Davis

 

1819

 

 

Bankrupt; see the article Spiritualism - and a Contested Will

John Havard Davis

Edward Siter, Israel Davis, Joshua Jones

 

 

 

In trust for creditors.

Sheriff, Cromwell Pearce, land of William & John Havard Davis

Samuel H. Davis

10/18/1819

100a woodland in Charlestown

$2000

R3-490; deed poll.  Debt of $4000 to William Beale

Sheriff, Cromwell Pearce, land of John Havard Davis

William Davis

10/18/1819

14a land & messuage

$270

R3-491; deed poll; partially in payment of debt of $16,500 to Thomas Mifflin

Assignees of John Havard Davis

William Davis

10/23/1820

36a 16p

 

S3-309

S3-309

Edward Siter, Israel Davis, & Joshua Jones, assignees of John Havard Davis

William Davis

11/18/1820

 

$1

S3-117; assignment - all property of John H. & Eliza Davis

William Davis

 

1848

 

 

Died; intestate

William David jr.

 

7/29/1856

170a

 

 

Samuel H. Davis

Cyrus H., William jr., Rebecca, Mary & Hannah Davis, Sarah H. Ferree

1860

37a & 60a (Charlestown)

 

Died

Sarah H. Ferree

William David jr.

1865

 

 

Will

Hannah Davis

 

1876

 

 

 

William David jr.

Cyrus H., Rebecca & Mary Davis

6/27/1879

 

 

Died

Cyrus H. Davis

Rebecca & Mary Davis

2/17/1880

170a & 36a 16p

$1

Release G9-36

Rebecca Davis & estate of Mary Davis

 

1883

213a 1r 2p

 

Breou’s atlas

RebeccaDavistract


Table S.1.5 Devault Beaver

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

Devault Beaver

11/3/1792

10a 15p

£85 10s

Q2-11

Q2-11

Devault Beaver

 

1798

50a hill land

 

Glass tax; next to John Sowders

 

 

 

 

 

See table E.1.1 for disposition of part of property

 

Table S.1.6 Robert Kennedy

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin & Mary Rowland

Robert Kennedy

 

38a 38p

 

Quoted in K2-91;

Robert & Elenor Kennedy

Andrew Garden

8/17/1793

9a 1r  12p &
2a 2r 28p

 

K2-91

Andrew Garden

 

1798

11a

 

Glass tax; next to Paul Connard

 

Table S.1.7 John Edwards tract

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

John & Esther Sigler

John Edwards

6/10/1785

4a

£28

Z-383; see table S.1 above for earlier history

John Edwards

 

1/31/1794 (will)

 

 

died

Daniel Cornog, executor of the will of John Edwards

John Johnston

7/28/1794

4a

£52 10s

C3-318

John Johnston

Jane Shepherd (daughter) and grand children

8/6/1800 (will)

 

 

died

Jane Shepherd (widow), James & Susanna Shepherd, Ann McKeever, Elizabeth Shepherd

Thomas Davis

7/24/1815

4a

$400

M3-329

Thomas & Esther Davis

Alexander Kennedy

11/23/1816

4a

$420

N3-323

Alexander Kennedy

 

 

 

 

died

Margaret Kennedy (widow) et al

Currey Ganges

4/4/1838

4a

$600

P4-592

image not found

 

Table S.2

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partition of estate of Thomas Robinson

Sarah Robinson

1/15/1774

344½a 18p

 

Orphans Court


Sarah Robinson tract, 1777

Richard & Sarah (nee Robinson) Peters

Isaac Potts & Norris Jones

4/8/1790

365.5a 18p

 

U3-414. 

Norris Jones

 

Will 9/2/1787

 

 

Died

Isaac  & Martha Potts & Execs of Norris Jones (Thomas Harrison & Isaac Lloyd)

Joseph Conard

4/11/1793

365.5a 18p

 

H2-421

H2-421

Joseph & Martha Conard

Casper Kitselman

5/30/1793

20a

£50

H2-417; see table K.5.1

Joseph Conard

Paul Conard

5/4/1795

100a

£100

S2-151

S2-151

Joseph Connard

 

1798

249a

Glass tax;
House: Stone 24' x 18', 2 floors.
Windows: 6 windows with 12 panes;
2 windows with 8 panes;
1 window with 4 panes.
Other Buildings: Stone Springhouse 16' x 16'; Stone Kitchen 18' x 16'; Stone Barn 47' x 30'; D.? House 18' x 14'.


Joseph Connard tract, 1798

Paul Connard

 

1798

99a

 

Glass tax

Joseph Connard

 

4/30/1833

 

 

Will dated 5/3/1821 probated

Joseph & Daniel Conard, executors of the will of Joseph Conard senior

Martha Conard

8/1/1833

73.5a 14p

 

Will Book I4(81)-180

David Wilson & James McPherson, assignees of John & Martha Patterson (nee Conard)

Thomas Phillips

4/1/1845

26.5a + 73.5a 14p

$3,002 62c

B5-369

Branch A

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan & Eliza Conard

Jacob Huzzard

3/30/1837

20a

$680

O4-122; see Table S.2.1 for earlier history

Jacob & Eliza Huzzard

Samuel Bittle

5/10/1844

6a

$216

A5-456

Thomas & Martha Phillips

Samuel Bittle

4/26/1845

21.25a 25p

$535 15c

B5-370

Samuel Bittle

Hugh McGinley

4/12/1848

16a (6a from Jacob Huzzard)

$1,100

G5-537

Hugh & Catherine McGinly

Samuel Bittle

11/30/1848

16a

$1,400

I5-54

Samuel Bittle

George White

7/17/1851

10a

$400

P5-251

George & Mary Jane White

John Sharp

5/7/1855

16a + 10a

$2,200

Z5-192

John Sharp

John Struthers

11/22/1882

25.992a

$4,900

P9-446

Huzzard estate

 

1883

 

 

Breou’s atlas; corner of Gulph Road and West Valley Road

John Struthers

 

1883

26a 3r 36p

 

Breou’s atlas

Huzzard

John & Virginia Struthers

Nina H. Clark

4/9/1887

25.992a

$12,996

G10-53

N. H. Clark

 

1887

26a

 

Atlas

Weld & Nina Clark

John M. Kennedy jr.

4/24/1891

25.992a

$9,500

T10-235

John M. Kennedy 3rd et al, executors of the will of John M. Kennedy jr.

V. Mae Miller

8/16/1932

 

 

Quoted in Y18-47

Carl & V. Mae Miller

Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia

8/24/1932

1a

$1

Y18-47; land and buildings

Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia

Biagio Paglone

11/17/1932

1a

$1

Y18-55

Biagio Paglone

Agostina Caimi and Michele Scioscia

6/1/1936

1a

$1

S19-59

Agostina & Laura Caimi and Michele & Gemma Scioscia

Lillie Venning

11/28/1936

 

$4,500

L19-57

Lillie Venning

Hardie Scott, Russell James Raab, & Mae Scott Raab, trustees

4/20/1944

1a + other land

$1

G21-121

George Scott Raab, substitute for Hardie Scott, Russell James Raab, & Mae Scott Raab, trustees

G. Edward & Gwyndolyn E. Wallis

8/7/1951

1.491a + other land

$22,999

B25-167

G. Edward & Gwyndolyn E. Wallis

Albert & Phyllis Clark

6/29/1956

1.491a + other land

$27,000

Q28-62

 

 

 

 

 

 

Branch B

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas & Martha Phillips

William Sheaff

3/30/1850

78a 109p

$2,300

K5-502

William & Margaret Sheaff

Sarah West

3/4/1852

78a 109p

$3,000

Q5-269

Sarah West

Andrew Root

10/6/1864

78a 109p

$6,000?

Y6-345

Andrew & Sarah Ann Root

Anna Bolton Leeds

5/9/1873

78a 109p

$3,500

I8-65

Daniel & Anna Bolton Leeds

James A. S. Wilson

3/28/1874

62a 34p

$3,500

N8-223

James A. S. & Margaret Wilson

John E. White

12/12/1876

 

$8,000

W8-178

Daniel & Anna Bolton Leeds

Cornelia Baker

7/21/1877

17a 133p

$2,500

J9-288

Sheriff (property of John White)

William Lambson

2/1/1878

 

 

Sheriff’s deed 8-116

William Lambson

George Stocker

3/18/1878

 

$1,000

B9-179

George Stocker

Cornelia Baker

3/18/1878

62a 38p

$1,000

A9-64

Cornelia Baker

Elias Heiner

4/8/1879

62a 38p

$1,800

E9-328

Cornelia Baker

Elias Heiner

4/8/1879

17a 133p

$1,200

M9-19

Elias Heiner

Amelia Leeds

10/26/1881

62a 38p + 17a 133p

$10,260

J9-294

Amelia Leeds

Robert Emott Hare

12/2/1881

8.161a

$3,264 40c

L9-369

Robert E. Hare

 

1883

acreage not given

 

Breou’s atlas

Amelia Leeds

 

1883

acreage not given

 

Breou’s atlas seems to be incorrect in only showing 2 small tracts as belonging to W. Leeds. The Bedford and Wilson tract shown on the map was owned by Amelia Leeds.

Amelia Leeds

James Benge

4/26/1886

40a + 6a 132p, part of 62a

$13,000

C10-238

Amelia Leeds

James Benge

9/17/1891

25a

$15,000

T10-289

Leeds image not found

tract C - part of Ivycroft estae

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Workizer

Peter Stidler

4/10/1771

30.5a

 

D2-40

Peter & Eve Stiller

Casper Kitzelman

4/24/1792

30.5a

£200

G2-233

Joseph & Martha Conrad

Casper Kitzelman

5/30/1793

20a

 

H2-417

Casper & Hannah Kitzelman

Zacharias Long

3/19/1795

50.5a

£365

R2-195

Zacharias & Sarah Long

William Davis

3/7/1806

50.5a

$1,800

B3-23

William & Mary Davis

Benjamin Davis

3/8/1806

5a

$200

B3-22

Benjamin & Mary Davis, Owen Davis, Elwood Davis

Samuel Bittle

12/27/1852

5a

$190

U5-245

Solomon & Mary Jackson

Samuel Bittle

4/4/1866

5a

$350

F7-11

Samuel & Mary Bittle

James McCone

5/24/1867

15a comprising P6-123, F7-11, U5-245

$1,100

I7-165

James & Nancy McCone

William S. Roberts

4/1/1869

15a

$2,000

W7-66; messuage

William S. Roberts

Jesse Gyger

10/1/1873

15a

$1,800

N8-216

Jesse Gyger

William Burke

4/1/1876

15a

$1,650

T8-209

William & Eliza Jane Burk

Mary McHenry Cox

1/31/1883

14a 32p

$3,250

Q9-315

tract D - a second part of Ivycroft estate

 

 

 

 

 

B7-133

Leonard & Marion Bittle

Henry A. Hogentogler

3/26/1866

9a

$1,500

B7-523

Henry & Mary Hogentogler

Harry M. Cook

3/17/1886

6a 62.8p

$1,800

C10-254

Harry Montgomery Cooke

Mary McHenry Cox

6/4/1887

6a 62.9p

$2,300

I10-48

Henry Laussat Gayelin and Pamela Bayley Tyler Eustis, trustees under the will of Mary McHenry Cox

Robert Neeley

1/29/1910

14.443a

$1

R13-231

Robert & Elizabeth Neeley

Florence M. Jones

10/17/1910

14.443a

$1

Y13-38

David Jones, Sheriff

Wayne Bulding & Loan Association

12/22/1913

14.443a

$4,585

D13-285

Wayne Building & Loan Association

Alba Johnson

2/7/1917

14.443a

$14,250

B15-145

tract E Jefferson Medical College & Hospital

Charles Bittle

Samuel Bittle

12/6/1853

3a 37p

 

N6-501

George Bittle

Samuel Bittle

4/28/1860

6a

 

P6-123

Samuel & Mary Bittle

Theodore Baker

3/30/1872

4a 33p, part of the 2 lots above

$2,700

C8-286

Mary Reeve, Josephine Baker, Alice Baker, children of Theodore Baker, and their heirs

Alba Johnson

5/1/1917

2.259a

$1

C15-242

 

Alba Johnson & Leah Goff, his wife

Trustees of Jefferson Medical College & Hospital

6/13/1919

14.443a + 2.259a

$1

M15-269

 

Table S.2.1 Brookfern (Croton Road)

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph & Daniel Conard, execs of Joseph Conard

Nathan Conard

10/20/1835

111.25a

$2,781 25c

K4-418

Nathan & Eliza Conard

Jacob Huzzard

3/30/1837

20a

$680

O4-122

Nathan & Eliza Conard

John Patterson

3/30/1837

26.5a

$372 44c

O4-123

Nathan & Eliza Conard

Abner Hughes

3/13/1837

64.75a

$2,354 25c

O4-124

Abner Hughes

Daughters Mary Hughes and Sarah Owen

12/9/1841

 

 

Will

Mary Hughes

Sarah Owens (wife of John Owen)

4/26/1844

40a 29p

 

Deed not found

John Owen

 

1883

40a

 

Breou’s Atlas

Breou-CrotonRoad

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel & Mary Bittle

James McCone

5/24/1867

15a

$1,100

I7-165

James & Nancy McCone

William M. Roberts

4/1/1869

15a

$2,000

W7-66

William Roberts

Jesse Gyger

10/1/1873

15a

$1,800

N8-216

Jesse & Julia Gyger

William Burk

5/1/1876

15a

$1,650

T8-209

William & Eliza Jane Burk

Mary McHenry Cox

1/31/1883

14a 32p

$3,250

Q9-315

 

Table S.2.2 Conard - Pechin tract (Between West Valley & Old Eagle School Roads)

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Conard

Paul Conard

5/4/1795

100a

£100

S2-151; see Table S.2 above for earlier history

S2-151

Paul Conard

widow Sarah, 3 daughters & Jesse Conard, son

1800

 

 

died intestate

doc 416 image not found
Chester & Delaware Federalist 12-19-1817
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary

Joseph Conard, administrator of the estate of Paul Conard

Jesse Conard

4/1/1818

90a

$5,737

N4-454

Jesse Conard

Samuel Eastburn

4/1/1818

6a

$888

N3-456

Jesse Conard

Benjamin Maule

4/1/1819

10.25a

$1,000

P3-428

Jesse Conard

Robert Kennedy

 

2a 36p

 

Deed not found, quoted in P3-383

Isaac & Sarah Walker (previously Sarah Conard)

Samuel Eastburn, Benjamin Maule, Robert Kennedy

8/21/1819

 

$1

P3-383; release

Jesse & Harriet Conard

Andrew Leinace

9/7/1822

73.5a

$3,500

U3-419

Andrew & Hannah Leinace

Francis Riddle

6/22/1831

1a

$50

E4-205

Andrew & Hannah Leinace

Horatio Pennock

6/15/1835

72.5a

$1,700

K4-438

Horation & Elizabeth Pennock

Marshall Attmore

12/1/1835

72.5a

$3,500

K4-439

Marshall Attmore

Eli Kirk

4/1/1836

72.5a

$3,850

M4-437

Eli & Elizabeth Kirk

John Kerr

1/3/1838

72.5a

$2,500

U4-183

John & Jane Kerr

Robert Lowery

6/23/1841

72.5a

$4,000

U4-425

Robert & Susanna Lowery

Joseph Lompart

7/9/1842

72.5a

$2,200

W4-108

Joseph Lompart

William Pechin

5/4/1843

72.5a

$4,086

Y4-190

Robert Pechin

 

1883

71a 1r 3p

 

Breou’s atlas

Robert Pechin image not found

Robert Pechin

 

1901

 

 

died

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table S.3 Ivycroft tract

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

tract A

Robert Bruce

Maynard W. Poole

8/7/1958

0.941a

$5,000

K30-44

tract B

Joseph V. & Dorothy Downs

Maynard W. Poole

10/15/1958

not quoted

$5,000

P30-85

tract C

John J. & Marie L. McCann

Maynard W. Poole

10/31/1958

2.0905a

$4,180

Q30-7

tract D

branch D.1


Zachariah Long tract, 1798

Zachariah & Sarah Long

William Davis

3/7/1806

50a

$1,800

B3-23

William & Mary Davis

Benjamin Davis

3/8/1806

5a

$200

B3-22

Benjamin & Mary Ann Davis, Elwood Davis

Samuel Bittle

12/27/1852

5a

$190

U5-245

branch D.2

Heirs of Robert Kennedy

Andrew Bowman

4/11/1834

78a 50p

$1,918 65c

H4-394; see A4-392 below for Kennedy purchase

William & Sarah Kennedy

Andrew Bowman

1/30/1836

6a 43p

$100

M4-119

Mary Meredith, administrator of John Meredith

Andrew Bowman

4/3/1849

5.5a 10p

$140 45c

H5-607

Andrew Bowman

Samuel Bittle

3/28/1850

45.25a 25p

$3,137

N5-367

Samuel Bittle

Charles Bittle

3/30/1850

3a 38p

$215

M5-247

Charles & Sarah Bittle

Samuel Bittle

12/6/1853

3a 38p

$250

N6-501

branch D.3

Jesse Sharp, Sheriff (Daniel Hiesle)

Isaac Morris and Samuel Bettle, executors and trustees of Anne Attmore

5/3/1823

10a

$6

Sheriff's deed 3-1; no other Isaac Morris Chester County deeds found

Isaac & Sarah Morris and Samuel & Jane Bettle

Robert Kennedy

1/29/1824

45.5a + 55a 59p - 0.75a

$1,588 90c

A4-392

Robert Kennedy

Jesse Carver

1/1/1828

14a 100p

$731 25c

A4-186

Jesse & Hannah Carver

Edward Supplee

10/21/1830

14a 100p

$250

F4(75)-93

Edward & Rebecca Supplee

William Bittle

3/24/1840

not quoted

$1,100

T4(91)-66

William & Margaret Bittle

George Bittle

8/17/1852

15a 23p

$1,400

T5(116)-534

George & Anna Maria Bittle

Samuel Bittle

4/28/1860

6a

$200

P6-123

 

Samuel & Mary M. Bittle

James McCone

5/24/1867

15a

$1,100

I7-165

James & Nancy McCone

William M. Roberts

4/1/1869

15a

$2,000

W7-66; messuage

William M. Roberts

Jesse Gyger

10/1/1873

15a

$1,800

N8-216

Jesse & Julia Gyger

William D. Burk

4/1/1876

15a

$1,650

T8-209

William M. & Eliza Jane Burk

Mary McHenry Cox

1/31/1883

14a 32p

$3,250

Q9-315

Harry Montgomery Cooke

Mary McHenry Cox

6/4/1887

6a 62p

$2,300

I10-48

Mary McHenry Cox

 

11/3/1906

 

 

died

Henry Laussat Geyelin and Pamela Bayley Tyler Eustis, trustees under the will of Mary McHenry Cox

Robert Neely

1/29/1910

14.443a

$1

R13-231; dwelling house, stable, and outbuildings

Robert A. & Elizabeth W. Neely

Florence M. Jones

10/17/1910

14.443a

$1

Y13-38

 

Wayne Building & Loan Association

12/2/1913

 

 

Sheriff's deed D13-285

Wayne Building & Loan Association

Alba B. Johnson

2/7/1917

14.443a

$14,250

B15-145

 

 

 

 

 

C15-242

Alba B. Johnson & Leah Goff

Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital

6/13/1919

14.443a + 2.259a

$1

M15-269

Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia

James T. & Catherine D'Arcy

5/24/1948

21.642a

$22,000

B22-252

James T. & Catherine D'Arcy

Helen D. Dewees

10/18/1948

14.443a

$22,000

U23-105

Alexander D. & Helen D. Dewees

Maynard W. Poole

11/3/1958

13.8805a - 1.568a

$24,625

Q30-11

Maynard W. Poole

John A. Scott

5/4/1959

not quoted

$83,000

B31-283

John A. & Anna L. Scott

Blanche Kneeland Simpson

4/12/1960

not quoted

$39,000

Z31-496

Hardin C. & Blanche Kneeland Simpson Graham

Richard C. & Virginia J. Harris

9/20/1968

0.6228a

$48,000

K38-842

branch D.4

 

 

 

 

 

L3-174

Emmor & Susanna Kimber

Enoch Walker and Thomas George

3/31/1817

90a 80p + 28¾a 13p + 44a

 

O3-230

Enoch Walker and Thomas George

James Carr

3/31/1818

16a 58p

$1,309

N3-499

Leonard Carr

Caroline Leamy

9/9/1868

not quoted

$600

P7-301; see confirmation in X7-287

Leonard Carr

Caroline Leamy

 

 

 

X7-287

Caroline Leamy

Isaac Carr

5/13/1876

not quoted

$800

I8-305

Isaac Carr

Josephine Martin, wife of William Martin

3/10/1897

0.498a

$400

E11-292

John & Mary Bishop, Elwood & Hannah Rossiter, William Martin, husband and children of Josephine Martin

Howard Martin

12/30/1904

0.498a

$1

R12-200

 

Howard Martin and Ellwood & Hannah Rossiter

Trustees of Jefferson Medical College & Hospital

8/11/1920

2.682a

$1

U15-250

Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia

James & Catherine D'Arcy

5/24/1948

21.624a

$22,000

B22-252

James & Catherine D'Arcy

Helen Dewees

10/18/1948

14.443a

$22,000

U23-105

Alexander & Helen Dewees

George & Jan Wood

9/27/1968

not quoted

$31,000

L38-254

George & Jan Wood

George Wood

6/9/1969

not quoted

$1

Z38-111

George & Paige Wood

W. G. & Judith Barker

1/6/1970

not quoted

$38,000

E39-306

W. G. & Judith Barker

Wallace & Carol Clark

2/1/1971

not quoted

$45,265

T39-592

Wallace & Carol Clark

Robert & Virginia McTeague

11/6/1972

not quoted

$54,500

Z40-745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table S.4 Peter Gamble tract

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

John and Sarah Owens

Mary Hughes

4/26/1844

 

 

Miscellaneous deed 5-368

Mary Gamble nee Hughes

James Gamble

2/21/1882

45a 26p

$1

P9-50


Croton Road area, Breou 1883

Heirs of James Gamble; Mary Gamble, widow of Peter Gamble

Thomas Brown

11/7/1885

43a

$500

B10-180

 

Table S.5 The Lincoln Institution

School see Ponemah: Land of the Hereafter by Robert Goshorn

Paoli Scout Troop 1, see Rev. Horace Walton in Promoters of Paoli

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

tract a

Samuel Brooke and John B. Adams, administrators of the estate of John Brooke

Joseph Abraham

8/29/1842

12a 50p

$389 86c

Y4-280; no reference to previous deed

David Adams, executor of the will of John B. Adams

William Owen

7/24/1876

4a

$44

V8-417

William & Elizabeth Owen

John Simes

10/22/1885

4a

$300

E10-268

John & Mercy Ann Simes

George Simes

9/12/1888

not quoted

$500

I12-405

George Simes

Mercy Ann Simes, wife of John Simes

9/13/1888

4a

$500

L10-107

John Simes

Lincoln Institute

6/24/1903

4a

$1,800

S12-40

tract b

Palmers

Stanley Montgomery

 

 

 

deed not found

Stanley Montgomery

Hamilton Farrell

4/24/1865

8a 54p

$600

P10-413

Hamilton Farrell

John Palmer

12/20/1869

8a 54p

$600

P10-414

John & Hannah Palmer

The Lincoln Institution

7/26/1890

8a 54p

$1,250 62.5c

T10-116

tract c

Henry Martin

The Lincoln Institution

1/5/1886

10a 43.74p

 

Montgomery deed 294-460

 

The Big Brothers Association

Emily Exley

7/11/1924

4a + 8a 54p + 10a 43.74p

$13,000

K16-598

The Big Brothers Association

Emily Exley

7/11/1924

 

 

Montgomery deed 926-444

John W. & Anna H. Henry, William J. Brown

Emily Exley

1/16/1926

0.188a

$1

Z16-262

Emily Exley

Wayne Title and Trust Co., trustee of Paoli Troop #1, BSA

1/15/1954

not quoted

$15,000

T25-270; only to be used by Paoli Troop #1, BSA

tract d

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Martin

Lincoln Institute

 

8a 112p

$1,000

294-460

The Big Brother Association

Emily Exley

7/11/1924

4a + 10a 43.74p (Upper Merion) + 8a 54p (Tredyffrin)

$13,000

Montgomery 926-444; see 1200-366 and 367 for deed restrictions

tract e

John & Sarah Owens

Mary Hughes(?)

4/26/1844

 

 

Misc. 5-368

Mary Gamble, nee Hughes

Peter Gamble

2/21/1882

45a 26p

$1

P9-50


Breou's 1883 atlas

Harriet Gamble et al, widow and children of Peter Gamble

Thomas Brown

11/7/1885

43a

$500

B10-180

John & Anna Henry, William Brown, children of Thomas Brown

Emily Exley

1/16/1926

0.0188a

$1

Z16-262

Emily Exley

Wayne Title and Trust Company, in favor of Paoli troop #1, Boy Scouts of America

1/15/1954

not quoted

$15,000

T25-270

tract f

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barney Cluff

J. Howard Mecke

3/22/1927

48.737a

$1

K17-256

Barney Cluff

J. Howard Mecke

11/28/1927

5a 116p

$1

M17-296

John & Katharine Dolan

J. Howard Mecke

5/14/1931

54.865a

$1

R18-118

J. Howard & Mary McClatchy Mecke

Merion Title & Trust Company

6/22/1931

48.737a + 5a 116p + 54.865a + 3.114a + 53.663a - 2.167a - 1.651a

$1

E18-412

William D. Gordon, Secretary of Banking, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Helen G. Burke

4/7/1933

48.737a + 5a 116p + 54.865a + 3.114a + 53.663a - 2.167a - 1.651a

not quoted

F18-280

Helen G. Burke

Delaware-Montgomery Counties Company for Guaranteeing Mortgage

12/29/1939

53.663a - 2.167a - 1.651a

$1

N19-45

Delaware-Montgomery Mortgage Company

Valley Forge Council, Boy Scouts of America

1/21/1972

not quoted

$1

K40-795

Valley Forge Council, Boy Scouts of America

Mary Eleanor Corte

5/1/1978

not quoted

$5,000

U52-179

BBC Investments

 

10/30/1986

 

 

500-73

Tredyffrin TWP

 

4/20/1989

 

 

1505-406

Tredyffrin township

 

7/12/1989

2.4a (quoted on GIS map)

 

1612-15