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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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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


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?
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

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

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)