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Phineas and Charles Paist Tract
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.
For the earlier deed history see Shardlow(west) tract
Green Bank Farm
From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
| Edward Hunter | 1815 | 165a | |||
| Edward Hunter of Newtown | Thomas R. Hunter | 4/8/1817 | 75a 25p | $6,300 | O3-434; 75a released to Thomas R. Hunter |
| Thomas R. Hunter | 1835 | 180a | |||
| Thomas R. Hunter | c. 1848 | died; Thomas Hunter of Spring Garden Street | |||
| Phineas Paiste | 1848 | Orphan’s Court sale; no Chester deed record | |||
| 1850 | 150a improved; 4.5a unimproved | Census | |||
| Phineas Paiste | 1873 | Atlas |
Orphan’s Court Sale
Two properties of Thomas R. Hunter, in Easttown, 16 miles from Philadelphia, on the road from Lewis’ store in Delaware County to Reeseville in Chester County, 1 mile from the Leopard tavern, 2 miles south of the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad.
#1 150 acres of first rate land in high state of cultivation, recently limed, ... divided into fields of convenient size ... a stream passing through and several other streams in the barnyard.
A large dwelling house, stone barn with corn crib, chairhouse, wagonhouse, good stone springhouse over a never-failing spring.
Also a stone tenement lately built.
A large proportion of heavy valuable timber.
Village Record, December 5, 1848
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| Property of Phineas Paiste, 1888 | ‘Green Bank’ From Futhey & Cope, History of Chester County, 1881; drawn by R. Stopfen, Eng. | ||||
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
| Phineas and Charles Paist | 1883 | 195a | Breou’s Atlas; both sides of Newtown Road | ||
| James Pyott | 1884 | Rented property | |||
| Estate of Phineas Paist | 1887 | Atlas | |||
| Estate of Phineas Paist | Isaac Paschall | 11/1887 | 150a | $17,805 | |
| W.N. Wilbur | 1894 | 44a | west side Newtown Road; ‘Idlewood’ | ||
| Isaac Paschall | 1897 | 150a | Atlas; east side Newtown Road | ||
| Isaac Paschall | Roger Comly | 1902 | sold property | ||
| Roger Comly | 1912 | 151a | Atlas; ‘Lyndon’ | ||
| Luther M. Tavener | 1918 | ||||
| Theodore M. Harrison | 1919 | ||||
| A. T. Baker | 1928 | ||||
| Brenton G. Wallace | 1933 | 64a | Atlas; SW portion | ||
| A. C. Shand | 1933 | 51a | Atlas; north portion | ||
| Phillipus Miller | 1933 | 19a | Atlas; SE portion including house. Missing 15a railroad row? | ||
| T. Lester Haws | 1938 | ||||
| Girard Trust Co. | 1950 | 64.211a | Atlas; Lyndon farm | ||
| Thomas Bradley estate | 1950 | 52a | Atlas | ||
| T. Lester Haws | 1950 | 19a | Atlas; Lyndon farm | ||
| Girard Trust Co. | Alfred M. Campbell & Son | 7/12/1950 | 64.271a | Z23-174 | |
| H. Lester & Lois Lee Haws | Alfred M. Campbell & Son | 7/13/1950 | 38.122a | Z23-178 |
Hilltop (east side of Newtown Road)
| W.N. Wilbur | 1894 | 44a | west side Newtown Road; ‘Idlewood’ | ||
| W.N. Wilbur | 1897 | 44a | Atlas; west side Newtown Road; ‘Idlewood’ | ||
| Samuel Curtis | 1933 | 43.401a | Atlas; west side Newtown Road; ‘Hilltop’ | ||
| Industrial Trust Co. | Thaddeus Trout | 10/3/1941 | 39.697a | N20-272 | |
| Thaddeus Trout | Industrial Trust Co. | 10/3/1941 | H13-439; mortgage | ||
| Thaddeus Trout | 1950 | 39.697a | Atlas | ||
| Thaddeus Trout | Dr. W. H. Sterg & Frances O'Dell | 1/17/1962 | 39.697a | V33-74 | |
| Dr. W. H. Sterg & Frances O'Dell | Easttown township | 1996 | 20+a | Donation | |
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