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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.

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Plan created
1796 land owner

Table G Devon

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Shardlow(east) tract For the earlier deed history

Multiple (see below)

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

8/1881

Total 300a

 

A number of farms

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whitehead Weatherby

 

1796

100a

 

County tax; 2 Stone Houses, Log Kitchen and Shop; see Mrs Irester tract.

Whitehead Weatherby

Griffith Weatherby

5/19/1820

96a

 

died

Whitehead Weatherby

Joseph Weatherby

5/19/1820

4a

 

inheritance

Griffith Weatherby

Susan M. & George W. Waters

9/18/1869

3a + 35 to 40a

 

died

Griffith Weatherby

Griffith Weatherby Johnson

 

3a

 

inheritance

Griffith Weatherby

Harriet Irester

 

61.197a

 

inheritance

Sarah Ann Ivester et al

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

4/27/1886

61.197a

 

D10-43

D10-43

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert H. McClenachan (executor of the will of Robert McClenachan)

John Meredith

10/1/1832

bounds and area not defined, unsold remainder of Glassley tract

$30

F4-234

John & Mary Meredith

Charles M. Diehl

1/28/1847

Bounds and area not defined, unsold remainder of Glassley tract

$500

E5-247

Charles & Sarah Diehl

Laurence Courson

2/22/1849

~70a

$1,000

M5-328

Lawrence Corson

John Campbell

1/18/1851

2a 71p + 20a 40p

$200

M5-495

Admin of A. E. Finley

Eber Beaumont

3/31/1851

11a

 

P5-31

Lawrence & Mary Courson

Eber Beaumont

4/1/1851

11a

$100

P5-34 release

John Campbell

Joseph C. Smith

5/13/1851

2a 71p + 16a 72p

$322

P5-80

Joseph C. Smith

Alfred H. Allen

9/8/1875

6a

$6000?

S8-63

Alfred H. Allen

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

6/26/1881

6a

$2,100

H9-515

Eber Beaumont

 

12/18/1878 (will)

 

 

died

Trustees of Eber Beaumont

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

5/20/1882

7.59a

 

R9-200; see table G.5 for continuation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Campbell

 

 

 

 

Sheriff

Frank Hipple

1/30/1879

 

 

Deed Poll, land of John Campbell

Frank Hipple

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

11/15/1882

102.054a

$24,600

P9-464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert McClenachan

Jacob Johnson and Benjamin Warner

12/31/1813

251.5a

$20,120

N3-124; From table J - Glassley

Jacob Johnson & wife

Benjamin Warner

1/31/1816

 

 

N3-116?

doc 222 image not found
Village Record 6-19-1822
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary

 

Joseph Warner

5/7/1827

 

 

Deed poll; sheriff’s deed , docket #5, 147

Joseph Warner

Alexander Finley

4/10/1833

251.5a

$12,486 97c

G4-311

Execs of Alexander Finley

William P. Serrill

4/2/1851

 

 

N5-280

William P. & Rachel Serrill

Paul M. Elsasser

3/8/1864

 

 

W6-532

Paul M. Elsasser

Rachel S. Serrill

3/13/1864

251.5a

$13,150

W6-533

William P. Serrill

Thomas R. Petty

4/1/1868

150a

$22,500

M7-4

Thomas R. Petty

J Henry Ashin et al

10/13/1871

150a

$3608 23c

A8-436; bankruptcy

J Henry Ashin et al

Henry Pleasants jr.

4/11/1876

150a

$15,300

V8-21

Henry Pleasants jr.

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

9/5/1881

149.373a

$33750

J9-241

Rachel S. & William P. Serrill

Coffin & Altemus

8/21/1881

98.058a

$22,400

L9-336

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Musgrave

Robert Kennedy

5/8/1803

28a

$448

W2-459 ( purchased W2-485)

Robert McClenachan

Robert Kennedy

4/1/1805

100a

$4,000

A3-12

Admin. of Robert Kennedy

Samuel Hall

4/11/1834

127a 121p

$10,874 43c

H4-395

John & Mary Meredith

Samuel Hall

5/8/1838

111p

$32

R4-144

Admin. of Samuel Hall

Lewis Davis

4/1/1851

128a 82p + 111p

$8819 17c

N5-540

Admin. of Lewis Davis

Paist & Yerkes

4/3/1873

127a 131p

 

G8-314

Charles & S, Emma Paist & John Yerkes

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

9/13/1881

124.556a + 1.184a

$34,496

J9-242

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheriff

Joseph Weatherby

8/2//1821

82a 100p

 

Deed poll; not in Chester County deeds

Exec of Joseph Weatherby

(Stephen) Thomas Moore

5/16/1831

81a 100p

 

F4-300

Thomas & Sarah Moore

Rees Rambo

4/9/1840

81a 100p

$4,500

V4-236

Mifflin & Eliza Lewis

Rees Rambo

4/29/1841

6a 97p + 100p

$175

V4-237

Daniel Beitler

Rees Rambo

6/1/1844

49p

$10

Z4-385

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hughes, executor of the will of Rees Rambo

William Knight

4/13/1866

94a 135p

$8,061 72c

A7-584

A7-584

William & Jane Knight

Pennsylvania Railroad Company

9/21/1876

7.53a

$2,000 and other considerations

U8-106

Pennsylvania Railroad Company

William Knight

9/21/1876

Old railbed

$1

V8-589

U8-106

William Knight

Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus

11/10/1881

72.532a

$20,833 2c

L9-363

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Railroad

Coffin & Altemus

12/13/1886

0.383a + 1.192a + 0.118a

 

D10-442

Table G.1 Devon Inn

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffin & Altemus

 

1881

 

 

TEQ vol 22, #4. Building initiated.

Coffin & Altemus

Coffin & Altemus Company

9/14/1896

 

 

Misc. #26-584 and 586; all real estate

Edward Stotesburg and James Paul

Mary E. Simmons

8/18/1898

15.827a + 12.205a

$13,136 80c

T11-107; see also Devon Horse Show

John Souder Welsh, assignee of Coffin & Altemus creditors

Mary E. Simmons

8/18/1898

13.902a + Stables tract

$100,000

Y11-78

Mary Simmons

Ellen R.B. Simmons

1/26/1910

 

 

Died

John & Ellen Simmons Patton

William A. Hamilton

4/1/1914

13.902a + Stables + 15.827a + 12.205a + 1.44a + 0.756a

 

Q14-436

 

David C. Leech

1915

 

 

Deed poll

 

Devon Manor Corporation

6/1919

 

 

 

 

John Leech & heirs of William F. Leech

1924

 

 

Quit claim

 

Guy B. Wheeler, T. L. Latta, Thomas R. Latta and Edgar C. VanDyke, called the Devon Park Hotel Realty Corp

3/1926

 

 

 

Valley Forge Military Academy

 

1933

13.9a

 

Atlas; Devon Inn property only

Comm of PA Banking Merion Title and Tr(ust?)

Clifford Ricketson

10/11/1939

13.9a

 

G20-269

Clifford Ricketson

Comm of PA Banking Merion Title and Tr(ust?)

10/11/1939

 

 

Z11-112 Mortgage

Devon Homes, J. Robert Lenhard (developer), Clifford N. Ricketson (owner)

Easttown township

 

Subdivision plan

 

Document 7561712; Book 2, p. 20

Devon Homes plan

 

1950

 

 

Atlas

Table G.2 Devon Stables

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Souder Welsh, assignee of Coffin & Altemus creditors

Mary E. Simmons

8/18/1898

13.902a + Stables tract

$100,000

Y11-78

Mary Simmons

Ellen R.B. Simmons

1/26/1910

 

 

Died

John & Ellen Simmons Patton

William A. Hamilton

4/1/1914

13.902a + Stables + 15.827a + 12.205a + 1.44a + 0.756a

 

Q14-436

William A. Hamilton

David C. Leach, trustee of Estate of William F. Leach

4/1/1914

 

 

Mortgage

Sheriff (suit of David C. Leach)

Estate of William F. Leach

4/22/1915

13.902a + Stables tract

$7,000

Deed Poll, D13-324

Estate of William F. Leach

Arthur W. Drayton

6/14/1917

13.902a + Stables tract

$1

-176

Arthur W. Drayton

Rufus W. Miller and Francis R. Lowell

6/14/1917

 

 

B15-177?

Rufus W. & Katharine Miller and Francis R. & Blanche C. Lowell

Devon Manor Corporation

6/14/1917

13.902a + Stables tract

$1

B15-178

Devon Manor Stables

 

1920

1+a

 

Atlas

Sheriff (suit against Devon Manor Corporation)

Estate of William F. Leach

1/24/1924

13.902a + Stables tract

$200

D13-598

JohnW. Leech et al,

James H. Kays

1/18/1926

13.902a + Stables tract

$1

Y16-387

J.B. Kays, Devon Park Garage

 

1926

 

 

Atlas; plot #20

James H. Kays

Anna L. Schaffer

3/30/1928

Stables tract only

$1

U17-38

Sheriff (suit of William C. Alexander against Anna L. Schaffer

William C. Alexander, trustee of will of Samuel T. Kerr

6/9/1932

 

$1

Q16-493

Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. (will of Samuel T. Kerr)

Elizabeth M. Behm

6/30/1946

 

$7,000

R21-220

Elizabeth M. Behm

Richard D. Trainer

11/5/1947

 

$1

T23-160

Richard D. Trainer

Albert D. Monteith

6/4/1948

 

$1

S23-167

Albert D. Monteith

Martin Spinelli

7/28/1948

 

$1

P23-54

Martin Spinelli

Samuel Cohen

6/30/1949

0.714a

$1

Y23-230

Pennsylvania Railroad

Samuel Cohen

7/21/1949

 

 

W22-515

Samuel & Concetta Plombino

Samuel Cohen

8/10/1949

 

 

W23-177

Auto Sales (Studebaker)

 

1950

 

 

Atlas

Samuel & Rose Cohen

Stanton H. Freidman (5%), Aaron L. Friedman (25%), & Betty H. Schwartz (50%)

4/23/1951

3 tracts (see above)

$58,283 62c

G25-141

Betty H. Schwartz

Marvin J. & Linda Goodman

4/30/1962

50% interest

 

C34-310

Stanton H. &Aaron L. Friedman

Flora H. & Henry Friedman

9/6/1968

25% interest

 

K38-766

Friedman, Goodman, & Schwatz

Belar Electronics

6/26/1972

1 tract only

 

R40-801

Belar Electronics

119 Lancaster Partners

11/5/2014

 

$2,350,000

9011-386; 119 Lancaster Avenue

Table G.3 Sullivan Livery Stables

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel Coffin

George Earle and Richard Cook

8/5/1890

 

 

R10-498

George Earle and Richard Cook

Annie M. Sullivan

3/18/1897

1.578a

$2,500

M11-210

Dolan John F

Dolan John F – BTR, Quigley – TRU, Sullivan Dennis O. - TRU

12/11/1930

 

 

B55-137 Miscellaneous 5007885; document number 0002768-1930 (not relevant to Sullivan stables deed history)

Marie C. & Robert J. Doyle, Sullivan Annie M. estate

Eugene J. Sullivan

2/2/1934

1.578a

 

F19-104; #55 Lots 21 & 22

Eugene J. Sullivan

Marie C. & Robert J. Doyle

1/24/1936

1.578a

 

C19-577; #55 Lots 21 & 22

Marie C. & Robert J. Doyle

Hill Bert W., Perry Richard H.

10/10/1945

1.578a

 

X21-52; #55 Lots 21 & 22

Hill Bert W. & Mamie, Perry Richard H. & Hilda

Hill Bert W., Perry Richard H.

2/21/1946

1.578a

 

C22-105; #55 Lots 21 & 22

Hill Bert W. & Mamie, Perry Richard H. & Hilda

Beverlea Enterprises inc.

11/29/1954

 

 

V25-211; #55

Beverlea Enterprises inc.

Big Top Systems inc.

10/1/1965

 

 

Q36-403; #55

Big Top Systems inc.

Builders Holding Co.

6/16/1966

 

 

A37-697; #55

Builders Holding Co.

Polizzi Salvatore

1/20/1976

 

 

I47-5; #55

Polizzi Gianni & Pietro Franco

Roma Food Enterprises inc.

7/26/1979

 

 

P59-423; Mortgage; *55

Polizzi Gianni, Helen M. & Pietro Franco

Roma Food Enterprises inc.

7/13/1983

 

 

S61-111; sheriff’s deed; *55

Roma Food Enterprises inc

Eadeh Ernest C.

12/2/1986

 

 

B539-187; #55

Eadeh Ernest C.

Eadeh Ernest C. & Leslie W., his wife

8/10/1993

 

$1

B3610-1980; #55; this description agrees with M11-210

Table G.4 Devon Horse Show

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffin & Altemus

 

1887

 

 

Atlas. Plots 32 – 35, and 44 - 47

Polo Grounds

 

1897

 

 

Atlas

Edward Stotesburg and James Paul

Mary E. Simmons

8/18/1898

15.827a + 12.205a

$13,136 80c

T11-107; see also Devon Inn

Miss M. E. Simmons

 

1900

 

 

Atlas; race track and polo grounds

Miss Mary E. Simmons

 

1908

 

 

Atlas; polo grounds

Miss Mary E. Simmons estate

 

1912

 

 

Atlas; polo grounds

Mrs Ellen S. Patten

 

1913

 

 

Atlas; polo grounds

John R. Livezey

 

1920

 

 

Atlas; polo grounds

John R. Livezey

Devon Horse Show

4/14/1920

11.899a

$22,500

P15-421

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table G.5 Coffin & Altemus sales

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffin & Altemus

Charles Thorpe

7/29/1886

 

 

D10-197

Rush B., Frank L., and Joseph Smith

Charles Thorpe

4/13/1886

 

 

C10-222

Charles Thorpe

Coffin & Altemus

9/6/1887

0.2a

$180

G10-146

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lemuel & Armantini Coffin and Joseph B. & Martha Altemus

Adin Partridge

12/28/1885

1.44a

$2,160

B10-161

Adin & Euphemia Partridge

Edward J. Stotesbury

6/10/1898

1.44a

$6,000

E11-219

Edward J. Stotesbury

Mary E. Simmons

8/18/1898

1.44a

$1,500

T11-106

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lemuel & Armantini Coffin and Joseph B. & Martha Altemus

Nancy L. Partridge

12/10/1885

2.066a

$2,685

B10-159 (part of R9-200; see table G)