Rees Rhythey Purchase

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	Rees Rhythey	5/10/1686	250a		Phila. A-150. It is not clear why this is a purchase and not a patent.
Rees Rhythey	John & Thomas David	8/3/1700	250a	£30	P-113

John, Thomas & Gwenllian David	Thomas Evans	11/5/1707	85a		Date quoted in F-8,alternatively 1719 (see The Early Settling of Tredyffrin by Robert Ward) – seems more likely
Thomas David		1715			tax
Thomas David		1718			tax
John, Elizabeth, Thomas & Gwenllian David	Thomas Martin	2/22/1718-9	155a	£69	F-16 see table J.2

Thomas David	Methusaleh Davis	5/27/1750	60a		H2-355 see table J.3

William McDowell		1883	Part of 194a		Breou

Table J.1 – Thomas Evans

South of Valley Creek

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John, Thomas & Gwenllian David	Thomas Evans	11/5/1707	85a		or 1719 (see The Early Settling of Tredyffrin by Robert Ward) – seems more likely
Thomas & Hannah Evans	David Evans	1/2/1720-1	85a	£60	F-8
Samuel Evans	Richard Pearne	1747	200a		Unrecorded
Richard & Mary Pearne	William Attwood	5/10/1749	200a	£250	G-469; mortgage
Richard & Mary Pearne	John Rowland	1751	200a		Unrecorded
David & Lucy Jones	Evan Evans	5/27/1762	200a in 2 tracts, Tredyffrin & Easttown		Unrecorded, quoted in W2-394; see Vanished Houses of the Great Valley by Sue Andrews, page 49
Evan Evans	Jonathan Evans, son of Evan	10/28/1765	200a	5s	W2-394; same description as D2-309
Jonathan Evans		1774	170a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1778	160a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1779	85a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1781	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1783	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1785	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1786	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans	Issacher Evans	12/6/1786	180a	£400	C2-117; agreement
Jonathan Evans		1787	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1788	80a		tax
Jonathan Evans of Tredyffrin	Issacher Evans of Philadelphia	2/5/1789	200a	£400	D2-309; Tredyffrin & Willistown

Issacher Evans of Philadelphia	Leah Evans & Eliz. Evans (sisters of Issacher)	2/6/1789	200a (Tredyffrin & Willistown)		C-228 Mortgage; see deed plan (same as D2-309). Not satisfied until 8/29/1898 [completion document].
Jonathan Evans		1789	84a		Tax; 85a in Willistown
Jonathan Evans		1791	84a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1795	80a		tax
Jonathan Evans		1798	79a		Glass Tax
Jonathan Evans	Leah Evans, daughter	1803			Will; no sign of Leah Evans will
Issacher Evans	Children, Robert, Issacher, & Sarah (only Robert reaching 21 years old)	7/13/1812	Estate to be divided among the children		died; quoted in I6-564
Robert Evans	Cedar Hollow Lime Company	3/6/1857	1a 37p	$184 68c	I6-564
Passmore Williamson, administrator of the estate of Robert T. Evans	William McDowell	3/30/1861	200.75a 3p	$13,256 51c	P6-396

William L. McDowell		1883	184a (Tredyffrin & Willistown)		Breou. Includes a section south of Conestoga Road unlike C-228
William L. McDowell estate		1897	165a (Tredyffrin & Willistown)		Atlas
Estate of William L. McDowell		1900			Atlas
George Graham	Andrew A. O'Daniel	1909			see Vanished Houses of the Great Valley by Sue Andrews, page 49
Andrew A. O'Daniel		1912	89.584a		Atlas
Daniel B. Frazier Corp.		1933	89.584a		Atlas

Cedar Hollow Lime Co.	David Craft				see Vanished Houses of the Great Valley by Sue Andrews, page 49
David Craft	William Hughes				see Vanished Houses of the Great Valley by Sue Andrews, page 49

Table J.2 – Thomas Martin

Middle section; North of Valley Creek

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John, Elizabeth, Thomas & Gwenllian David	Thomas Martin	2/22/1718-9	155a	£69	F-16; see Taylor Plan of tract.
Thomas Martin		1719			tax
Thomas Martyn		1720			tax
Thomas Martyn		1721			tax
Thomas Martin		1722			tax
Thomas Martin		1724			tax
Thomas Martin		1725			tax
Thomas Martin		1726			tax
Thomas Martin		1727			tax
Thomas Martin		1739			tax
Thomas & Martha Martin	John Gronow	8/30/1753	165a	£500	I-172
John Grono		1753			tax
John Grono		1760	165a		tax
John Gronow		1765	150a		tax
John Gronow		1767	165a		tax
John Gronow	Lewis Gronow (son)		165a
Lewis Gronow		1774	165a		tax
John Gronow		1776			Will proved.
Lewis Gronow		1778	165a		tax
Lewis Gronow		1779	367a		tax
Lewis Gronow		1781	367a		tax
Lewis Gronow	John Gronow Bull	Proved 12/2/1782	165a		Will dated 11/3/1782
No entry		1783,1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791			tax
John G. Bull		1795	140a		Tax; tenant Thomas Bones
John G. Bull		1797	140a		Tax
John G. Bull		1798	140a		Tax
	John G. Bull	1798	164a		1798 Glass Tax
John G. Bull		1799	164a		Tax



John Elliot, Lewis G. Bull, & William Henry, executors of the will of John G. Bull	Samuel Phillips	4/1/1850	111a 2r 23p	$10,606	M5-141
Execs of John G. Bull	Conrad Acker	4/1/1850	95a 3r 26p		L5-348

Conrad Acker		1883	95a		Breou
David Croft or Craft		1883	114a		Breou
David Craft	William M. Hughes	1895	114a
Conrad Acker		1897	95a 3r 26p		Atlas
Amanda H. Stauffer		1912	95a 146p		Atlas
William M. Hughes	W. Winfield & S. Edith Hughes	c. 1919			Will (son & daughter)
Frank A. Duckett & Amanda Stauffer		1933	95.912a		Atlas; known as Penn-Okla farm and Victoria Farm

Table J.3 – Thomas Martin

North section;

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas David	Methusaleh Davis	5/27/1750	60a		H2-355
Methusaleh Davis ux	James Davis	11/27/1750	60a		G2-390

James Davis	William Thomas	8/26/1767	60a		P-117 mortgage; same description as G2-390
James & Elizabeth Davis	Lewis Gronow	1770	60a		T-137; see deed plan & table F.2 for continuation

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Table J - Rees Rhythey Purchase

Table J.1 – Thomas Evans

Table J.2 – Thomas Martin

Table J.3 – Thomas Martin