Shardlow (east) tract

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Table 5 Shardlow (east) 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.

Copy of deed obtained
Plan created 1777 land owner
1796 land owner
1777 and 1796 land owner

Table 5 Shardlow (east)

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

William Penn	William Shardlow & William Wood	12/5/1684 (surveyed)	3380a of 5000a quoted in B-25		Phila. Deed G-1-222?
William Wood	Joseph Wood	1690?	Half of 3380a		Inheritance; partition requested;
William Shardlow		1690?	Half of 3380a		partition requested;

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

JohnWightman et al (heirs of William Shardlow?)	Richard Harrison	6/6/1740			Phila. Deed GI-222
Richard Harrison	Samuel Harrison (son)	9/11/1746 (will)			Died, inheritance
Samuel Harrison	Cornelia Bridges	4/12/1747	1000a		G-237 (mortgage)

Table 5.1 Southeast Corner of Easttown

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Samuel Harrison	Humphrey Wayne	4/15/1748	150a		Deed not found; Quoted in F2-83
Humphrey Wayne	John & Abraham Wayne	5/22/1756	150a		Deed not found; Quoted in F2-83
John & Abraham Wayne	Isaac Wayne	6/22/1756			Deed not found; Quoted in F2-83
Isaac Wayne	Anthony, Hannah & Ann Wayne	1776			Died intestate
Anthony & Mary Wayne and William & Ann Hayman	Samuel & Hannah Van Leer	4/6/1776	150a	5s	W-280
Samuel & Hannah Van Leer	General Loan Office of PA	11/23/1785		£100	Philadelphia mortgage; defaulted on third payment
Sheriff	William Hayman	4/27/1789		£820	F2-80
Elizabeth Wayne	Samuel Vanleer	7/5/1790	150a	£100	F2-86; release of Dower
William & Ann Hayman	George Adams	7/5/1790	150a	£900	F2-83
George Adams		1796	150a		County Tax; Stone House, Spring House, Frame Barn
George & Margaret Adams	Mordecai Davis	3/7/1805	150a	$6,124 50c	Y2-305
Mordecai & Jennis Davis	Samuel Taylor	12/23/1806	75a 97p	$3,225 25c	A3-391
Sheriff (George Adams et al)	Alexander Kenedy	1811			F3-252
Rachel Miles nee Adams	Mordecai Davis	2/4/1811		$748 37c	E3-390; release
Samuel & Ann Taylor	Nathan Lewis	3/20/1813	75a 97p		H3-198. Actually 81a by description. Church lot in Newtown?
Nathan Lewis	George Phillips	3/18/1818	81a 67p		Q3-22
James McMonegle		1883	60a 16p		Breou
Estate of J. Rogers		1883	18a		Breou

Abraham Bittle	Samuel Griffith	1801			T2-625; no Chester County sale deed
Samuel Griffiths		1813			By H3-198
Hugh J. Brook	Zimmerman Suplee	1843			Y4-122
Zimmerman and Hannah P. Suplee	William Suplee	1845			I5-1
William Suplee		1850	50a + 6a (unimproved)		Agricultural Census
William Suplee		1860	57a		Agricultural Census
William Supplee		1883	53a 1r 17p		Breou

Zimmerman Suplee		1850	27a		Agricultural Census
Zimmerman Suplee		1860	28a		Agricultural Census
Zimmerman Supplee		1874			Died testate
Hannah Supplee		1883	23a 5p		Breou

Mordecai Davis		1813			By H3-198

Table 5.2 Northeast Corner of Easttown

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas & Mary McKean	Alexander Boyd, James Murdock, James Blair	6/6/1772			No Chester County deed found. No McKean purchase deed found.
Alexander Boyd, James Murdock, James Blair	Joseph Gilbert	7/6/1772			No Chester County deed found

Joseph Gilbert	Mary Nicholas	2/10/1779	6a 12p	£60	V-657; no sale deed; in 1787 tax records; not in 1791 tax records

Joseph & Euphemia Gilbert	Judith Rees	1779	5a 9p	£40	T2-596; West side of K3-76
Judith Rees		1807			Died intestate
Judith Rees decd.	Jacob Aden	1808			B3-239 deed poll, no sale deed, not in 1810 taxes
Dr. Okie		1883			Breou
J. M. Thompson		1883			Breou

Joseph Gilbert	Ann Brown	2/10/1779	109a	£2200	Z-171
Ann Brown	Benjamin Brown, son	1803			Died
Benjamin Brown	John Havard Davis	4/1/1814	109a		K3-76. Tredyffrin on 2 sides
Cromwell Pearce, sheriff, debt of John Havard Davis	Thomas & Nathan Lewis	10/18/1819	5a	$160	Sheriff's deed 2-166
Nathan Lewis et al	John Yerkes & Phineas Paist	9/15/1857	5a 12p		T6(141) - 184
Yerkers & Paist		1883			Breou, tip of NE corner
John Yerkes	Rush Beaumont	1/14/1887	Half part of 5a 12p	$300	D10-444

Sheriff (goods of John Havard Davis)	Alexander Finley	10/18/1819	93a 143p	$2779	N4-69; messuage
Sheriff (goods of John Havard Davis)	Alexander Finley	11/12/1819	96p	$551	N4-70
Mary Findley, administrator of the estate of Alexander Findley	John Leamy	4/1/1851	93a 143p	$2,887 23c	N5-243
Stephen Leamy and George Lewis, executors of the will of John Leamy, & Hannah Leamy, widow	Eber Beaumont	4/1/1865	88a 3r 7p	$5,238 82c	A7-90; messuage
Estate of Eber Beaumont		1883	104a 1r 17p		Breou
H. Brown		1883	15a 3r 14p		Breou

Rush & Martha Beaumont & Rush Beaumont as trustee of the estate of Eber Beaumont	R. B. Okie	6/29/1886	88a 3r 7p	$2,763 90c	D10-178; messuage
Richardson B. & Mary Okie	Rush Beamont	12/16/1886	0.181 a	$217 20c	E10-252; no buildings mentioned
R. B. & Mary Okie	G. Genge Browning	6/17/1887	2/3 part of 3.071a - 0.181a	$5,000	G10-105; buildings
Dr. R. B. & Mary Okie and G. Genge & Amy Browning	Ida Estelle Capp	6/10/1892	1.237 a	$3,166 66c (Okie) & $6,333 33c (Browning)	B11-15
Ida Capp		1912			Muller’s Atlas

Table 5.3 The Robert McClenachan tract and Glassley Commons

This follows Franklin Burns ‘the Story of Glassley Commons’, TEQ vol. 5, #3 but since I cannot understand most of the deed history at this stage I am omitting it.

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Samuel Harrison	Hannah Thomson (sister) and nieces Amelia McClenachan and Mary Mifflin (nee Harrison)	11/21/1770	780a		Will. Proved 3/23/1774
Jonathan Mifflin (husband of Mary deceased)	Robert McClenachan	9/13/1791	768a	5s	H2-368; release as tenant. + 2 other tracts in Novington township
Charles and Hannah Thompson	Robert and Amelia McClenachan and Jonathan Mifflin (husband of Mary – then dead?) and after his death to daughter Mary	9/18/1791	One third part of 780 acres
Mary Mifflin	Amelia McClenachan				Died
Robert Ralston (assignee of creditors of Robert McClenachan, bankrupt)	John Taylor	1/15/1789	one half part of 763a (Easttown), & 2 tracts in Norrington	£121	F2-286
John & Ann Taylor	Robert McClenachan	1/20/1789	one half part of 763a (Easttown), & 2 tracts in Norrington	£121	F2-288

Table 5.3.1 Mifflin Tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Robert McClenachan	Jonathan Mifflin, late husband of Mary who was Amelia’s sister	9/13/1791	160a	5s?	G2-91; southern section of the tract
Jonathan Mifflin	Adam Siters	5/2/1794	31a 146p	£270 13s	L2-62
Jonathan Mifflin	Richard Butler	5/2/1794	128.4a	£692 7s	L2-154
Richard Butler		1794			died; administration
Magret Butler		1796	120a		County tax; Stone House, Log Barn
Execs of Richard Butler	William Kenney	11/14/1809	80a	$1,400	B3-514
William & Lydia Kenney	Emmor & Eber Beaumont	4/1/1839	70a	$5,880	R4-305
Patrick Lowery		1883	70a		Breou

Table 5.3.2 Stirk – Scott tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Robert McClenagan	Frederick Houseman	12/1/1801	32.25a	£475	T2-832; from table J
Frederick Houseman	Robert McClenagan	7/1/1802			W2-110; altering road at side of tract
Frederick & Elizabeth Houseman	Samuel Stirk	3/15/1803	32.25a – 4a + to Watkin Watkins	£437 10s	X2-117; mentions buildings but no messuage
Cromwell Pearce, Sheriff, property late of Samuel Stirk deceased	Abel Rees	5/14/1819	30a		Sheriff’s Deed book 2-152. Mentions messuage
Execs of Abel Rees	Alexander Findley	6/17/1822	30a	$637 50c	N4-518
Admins of Alexander Findley	Henry Scott	3/31/1851	2a 4p	$400	O5-290
Admins of Alexander Findley	Henry Scott	3/31/1851	30a	$1,050	O5-292
Henry Scott	Charles Paist	2/8/1882			P9-40
Charles Paist	Lemuel Coffin and Joseph B. Altemus	3/17/1882	6.132a	$4,599	P9-432
Henry Scott		1883	10a 2r 7p		Breou’s atlas

Table 5.3.3 Other information

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference


Joseph C. Smith		1851			Various sources
Joseph C. Smith		1850	30a?		Agricultural Census
Joseph C. Smith		1873			Retired
F.L. and R.B. Smith		1883	123a 3r 39p		Breou