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Table 1 Claypoole 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

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Penn	James Claypole	13 7^th month 1681 (OS)	5,000a		Futhey & Cope
William Penn	James Claypole	7/12/1684	1050a		Survey D61-181

James Claypole	Nathaniel, George, Joseph, Mary, Helena, & Priscilla Claypole	2/5/1688 (will)			Helena, & Priscilla Claypole died in minority (quoted in H2-205)
Francis Cook (husband of Mary Claypole) administrator, Nathaniel, George & Joseph Claypole (sons)	Adam Rhoads	4/5/1700 or 3/25/1700	1000a out of 1050a		H-405; James (1664 - 1706) not included, presumably he inherited the main real estate. Also John (1658 - September 1700)
Adam Rhoads	John Bethel	9/30/1702	500a	£50	Y-263 NW part; see table 1.1
Adam Rhoads					SE part; see table 1.2

Table 1.1 Northwest section

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John Bethel	Joseph Harvey	8/17/1705	500a	£175	quoted in Y-273
Joseph Harvey	Thomas Edwards	4/29/1714	500a	£162	Y-266
Thomas Edwards					See Tables 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 for dispositions

Table 1.1.1 Hughes / Wayne / Lantis tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas Edwards	Owen Hughs	3/25/1715	100a	£40	Y-264
Owen Hughs	Morgan Hughes, son	1727 (will filed)			Inheritance; quoted in Y-273
Morgan Hughes	Francis Wayne	5/16/1727	100a	£100	Y-273
Isaac & Elizabeth Wayne	Francis Wayne	2/19/1739	one half part of 100a	£50	P2-213
Francis & Elizabeth Wayne	Isaac Wayne	2/20/1739-40	0.75a	5s	Y-278

Frederick Landis		1803			Died intestate; land in Easttown & Tredyffrin
Children of Frederick Landis	Philip Landis	6/6/1803	90a 39p + 16a 60p		X2-24; Tredyffrin & Easttown

Philip & Catharine Landis	Daniel Baugh	4/15/1816	89.5a 17p	$6,612 83c	M3-221
Daniel & Amelia Baugh	James Elliot	4/1/1822	91a 45p	$4,000	U3-150
Jesse Sharp, sheriff, debt of James Elliot	Bank of Chester County	8/17/1824	91a	$2,800	Sheriff’s deed 3-45
Bank of Chester County	John Walton	3/30/1827	91a 45p	$2,600	Z3-386
John Walton, senior	John Walton, junior	9/30/1857 (will)			died
John Walton	Hugh Steen	12/28/1864	14a 102p	$1,171	X6-374
John Walton	Robert Glenn	3/26/1866	18a 2r 11p	$1,671 20c	Z6-565
William Morrison, sheriff	Elizabeth Walton	8/12/1875			Sheriff’s deed 7-387
Elizabeth Walton	Richard Graham	6/30/1879	58a 123p	$5,745 6c	F9-456
Richard Graham		1883	58a 10p		Breou

Table 1.1.2 William Griffiths tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph Harvey	Thomas Edwards	4/29/1714	500a		Y-266
Thomas Edwards	Richard Evans	3/26/1715	100a		Deed not found
Richard Evans	Joel Evans, nephew	1762	100a		Will
Joel Evans	William Griffiths				Deed not found
William Griffiths		1765	100a		County Tax
William Griffiths	Daniel McCahan (son in law)				Deed not found; quoted in Q2-278
William Griffiths		5/23/1785			Will proved 2/6/1790
Executors of William Griffiths	Henry Ruth	4/20/1793	101a	£450 5s	H2-390
Daniel McCahan	James Read				Deed not found; quoted in Q2-278
James & Sarah Read	David Alexander	4/1/1798	4a	£120	Q2-278

Table 1.1.3 David / Morris tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John Davis / David		1715			neighbor on Y-264
James Morris		1772	125a		tax return
Mark Morris	Captain James Morris, son	11/4/1773 (will)	125a		Inheritance, quoted in M3-434
James Morris		1796	125a		County Tax; Stone House, Barn, Spring House
James & Honoria Morris	Nathan Pawling	1/30/1816	28.75a 30p, part of 125a	$2,459 68c	M3-434
James Morris	William Walley	11/7/1816		5s	N3-328; water lease
James & Honoria Morris	Joshua Bowen	1820			R3-494
James & Honoria Morris	Joshua Bowen	1820			R3-495
James Morris		4/14/1821			died intestate
Honoria Morris et al, administrators of the estate of James Morris	William Hampton	9/28/1821	2a 22p	$168	S3-525
Honoria Morris et al, administrators of the estate of James Morris	Cheyney Williamson	11/7/1821	92a 35p	$3,319 31c	S3-498
Cheyney Williamson		1833			died intestate
Sarah Williamson, widow		1838	90a		tax return
William Williamson (trustee of the estate of Cheyney Williamson)	Henry Kaufman	1846	96a	$6,916 41c	K5-243; messuage
Henry Kaufman		1850	134a + 6a (unimproved)		Agricultural Census
Henry Kaufman		1883	120a 20p		Breou

Henry & Sarah Kaufman	Jonas Bowman	4/1/1857	77a 37p	$9,653 90c	P6-276
Joan & Eliza Bowman	John Kaufman	2/16/1860	77a 37p	$13,100	P6-270
John & Hannah Kaufman	John Hutchinson	8/26/1862	77a 37p	$9,816 80c	T6-428
John & Maria Hutchinson	Hiram Cleaver	11/12/1869	77a 37p	$11,566 80c	W7-41
I.A. and S.D. Cleaver		1883	77a 3r 10p		Breou

Sarina & Isaac Cleaver, Executors of the will of Hiram Cleaver	Thomas Whiteley	11/5/1886	77a 37p	$20,000	D10-362
Thomas Whiteley	Sarina & Isaac Cleaver	11/10/1886	77a 37p	$20,000	E10-221

Table 1.1.4 Waynesborough area

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Thomas & Elizabeth Edwards	Anthony Wayne	5/11/1724	386a		Y-269; South of Paoli; see deed plan
Anthony & Hannah Wayne	Isaac Wayne	5/8/1739	360a		Y-276; Articles of agreement for renting land
John Wayne, executor of Anthony Wayne	Isaac Wayne	5/5/1744	360a	£125	Y-280

Anthony Wayne	Francis Wayne, son	5/31/1729	40a	5s	P-522
Anthony Wayne	Francis Wayne, son	5/7/1739	20a		P-523
Francis Wayne	Michael Wayne, son	12/30/1762 (will)	60a		Inheritance
Michael Wayne	Hannah Havard	3/11/1768	60a	£50	P-265 (mortgage)
Michael Wayne	David Davis	2/2/1769	60a	£100	P-528
Michael Wayne	Isaac Wayne	3/4/1772	153.75a		S-123 (mortgage); Easttown & Tredyffrin
Michael Wayne	Anthony Wayne	5/4/1772	153.75a		S-42; power of attorney
Henry Hayes, sheriff; land of Francis Wayne, deceased	Frederick Lantis	1773	153.75a	£97 6s 11d	V-103 (Easttown and Tredyffrin) & Sheriff’s deed 1-1 Property of Francis Wayne deceased; Michael and Abraham Wayne executors. Writ of Evan Thomas for £80 (72s damages)

Frederick Landus/Lantis		1796	90a		County Tax, Easttown returns; Stone House, Barn, Spring House, Log Kitchen
Frederick Lantis		1803			Administration

Francis Wayne	Abraham Wayne	12/26/1754	50a		P2-210
Francis Wayne	Abraham Wayne	2/3/1761	23a	£40	P2-228
Abraham & Tabitha Wayne	Samuel Emlen	6/27/1763	50a + 23a	£100	N-138 (mortgage)
Abraham Wayne	Henry Good	5/5/1769	73a	£300	P2-233
Henry Good	Henry Fox	4/2/1771	73a	£315	V-100; east side of existing Wayne Property; see plan above
Isaac & Elizabeth Wayne	Anthony Wayne	5/10/1774	382.5a + 63a of land in Willistown	5s	D2-1
Anthony Wayne	Isaac Wayne	1796	500a		will
Isaac Wayne	Margaretta Attlee, sister		Lot & houses in Philadelphia		release
			382.5a + road allowance		Plan shown below; date not known, shows Henry Fox as landowner to the east.

Anothony Wayne		12/15/1796			Died
Henry Fox	Samuel King	1797	73a & 11a		P2-238
Isaac Wayne	Henry Ruth of East Whiteland	5/14/1798	10a part of 360a	£215	Q2-328
Samuel King	Isaac Wayne	1810			Q3-332
Isaac Wayne	William Walley	10/31/1816		5s	N3-328; water lease
Isaac Wayne	William Wayne Evans (sister’s grandson), aka William Wayne	1852			died
William Wayne & son		1883	500a		Breou’s Atlas
William Wayne	William Wayne jr., son	1901	341a west of 252		died
William Wayne	Mary Atlee Wayne Wirgman, daughter	1901	113a east of 252		Died
Mary Atlee Wayne Wirgman	Nellie Graff	1906	16+a		The Woods
William Wayne	Edward Roberts	9/8/1915	30a?		Y14-281; see Sycamore Farm

Table 1.2 SE section

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Adam Roads	Jane Jones	12/1/1721	125a		quoted in F-72; see table 1.2.3
Adam Rhoads	Adam Trehorn	4/4/1724	150a	£70	M-251
Adam Trehern	Mary Trehern	1744			L-498; deed of settlement
					see James Lockwood tract for further history
John Nichison & Samuel Rhoads, execs of Adam Rhoads	Anthony Wayne	12/6/1750	69a		Futhey & Cope; quoted in X-7; see table1.2.1
Remainder of Claypole tract not sold to Adam Rhodes

Nathaniel Claypole	Nathaniel Grubb	9/24/1751	1/8 part		H-208 (mortgage)
Nathaniel Claypole	Bernhard Vanleer	4/10/1761	238a		M-91 (mortgage)???
James and Mary Claypole of Philadelphia, William and Edith McCrea, James Claypole of Maryland, and William Claypole	Andrew Steel & Benjamin Junkin	12/13/1762	15/16 parts of Claypole tract excepting that sold to Adam Roads	£562 10s	R-463
Andrew & Mary Steel	Benjamin Junkin	11/12/1767	40a		D2-487; release
Benjamin & Margret Junkin	Andrew Steel	11/12/1767	120a		R2-60; release
Andrew Steel	Jonathan Worrall	10/14/1771	120a	£120	R-469; (mortgage)

Andrew Steel & Benjamin Junkin	John Griffith	6/21/1769	10.5a 28p	£45	S-416
Andrew Steel & Benjamin Junkin	John Griffith	11/27/1770	14.5a 20p	£65 16s	S-419
John & Sarah Griffith	John Butler	4/1/1774	26a	£182	S-414
John and Hannah Butler of Tredyffrin		1774			Mortgage Book A1-134
Ezekial Leonard, Sheriff (land of John and Hannah Butler)	Caleb Smedley	5/28/1789	26a	£105	E2-179
Caleb Smedley	Thomas Bishop	3/15/1806	13a 83p	$810	Z2-301; part of E2-179
Caleb & Sarah Smedley	Joshua Smedley	4/11/1817	13a 67p	$670 93c	P3-120

1.2.1 Leopard area

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Adam Rhoads		10/15/1740			Will; quoted in X-7
John Nichison & Samuel Rhoads, execs of Adam Rhoads	Anthony Wayne	12/6/1750	69a		Futhey & Cope; quoted in X-7
Anthony Wayne	John Nichison	10/1/1753	69a		IJ-122 (mortgage)
Sheriff (Execs. of Anthony Wayne)	Benjamin Weatherby of Tredyffrin, Innkeeper	5/24/1764	69a	£269	N-431 (Sheriff's deed)
Execs of Benjamin Weatherby (Whitehead Weatherby, Barnard Vanleer, Isaac Wayne)	Andrew Steel	5/4/1767	69a		quoted in Y-288
Andrew & Mary Steel	Whitehead Weatherby, Barnard Vanleer, Isaac Wayne	5/6/1767	69a	£236 13s 3.75d	Q-1 (mortgage)
Andrew & Mary Steel	John Evans	4/20/1768	51a	£227 10s	Y-288
Andrew & Mary Steel	Nathaniel Grubb	5/21/1772	144.5a	£715	Q2-214
Nathaniel & Sarah Grubb	Philip Sheaff	5/3/1775	144.5a	£944	R2-56
Philip & Mary Sheaff	John Taylor	12/4/1776	144.5a	£1200	X-7

John Taylor		1778	140a		County Tax
John Taylor	Thomas Bishop	3/26/1798	144.5a	£1,274	Q2-217
Thomas Bishop, farmer of Easttown		1846			Died

John & Edith Alexander	Mary Alexander	1825			Y3-365
John Alexander		1844			Administration
Mary Alexander & Henry Kaufman (administrators of John Alexander)	John Haley	3/21/1845	12a 33p	$1250?	B5-11
John Haley		1850	240a + 100a (unimproved)		Agricultural Census
John Haley of Easttown		1856			Died intestate



P. Bewley		1883			Breou
A Cathcart		1883			Breou
J. Still		1883	8a 1r 6p		Breou

Elijah Lewis (administrator)	James Porteus	1830			C4-544
James Porteus		1850	28a		Agricultural Census
James Porteus		1860	45a + 2a (unimproved)		Agricultural Census
James Porteus		1870	28a		Agricultural Census
Mrs Jane Porteus		1883	29a 28p		Breou

A.J. Nicholson		1883	6a 14p		Breou
J.W. Hayman		1883	5a 30p		Breou

James Clair		1870	56a + 6a (woodland)		Agricultural Census
James Clair		1883	52a		Breou

S. Bittle		1883	8a 17p		Breou
M. Bishop		1883	3a		Breou
J. Still		1883	2a 3r 19p		Breou

J.F. Sachse		1883	56a 10p		Breou; see Table 1.2.1a

Table 1.2.2 Southwest corner of Easttown

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

John & Sarah Ball et al (grandchildren of Adam Rhoads)	Isaac Wayne	6/10/1765	160.5a		quoted in W2-62
Issac Wayne	Thomas Massey	12/10/1766	140a 55p	£627 4s 5d	W2-62

Thomas Massey	Joseph Massey	3/14/1767	71.75a	£326 5s	K3-335
Thomas Massey		1784	70a		died; probate

Isaac Wayne	Nathan Lewis	1766	20a 25p		quoted in V-209?
Nathan Lewis	Azariah Lewis	1/24/1776	75a + 20a 25p		V-209

Azariah Lewis		1796	169a		County tax; Buildings: Stone House, Barn, Spring House, Log Stable

Jane S. Donnon		1883	83a 11p		Breou
John Ogden		1883	163a 3r 20p		Breou

Henry & Margaret Konkle	Nathan Lewis	3/30/1818	104a + 28a (G3-345)	$11,760 62c	P3-21; see Table 1.2.3 below
John & Mary Godwin	Nathan Lewis	7/22/1819	11a	$785.71	R3-429; see Hunter property for earlier history
Sarah & Robert Steel	Nathan Lewis	4/2/1844	16a 3r 2p	$1,600	F5-210
Nathan Lewis	Mary Pratt & Jane Garrett, daughters				died intestate
Mary Pratt, Joseph & Jane Garrett	Jonathan P. Yerkers	3/9/1869	134a 3r 2p	$18,866 75c	Z7-25
Jonathan P. Yerkers		1883	132a 1r 10p		Breou


John Ogden		1883	75a 22p		Breou

James A. Lockwood		1870	118a + 40a (woodland)		Agricultural Census
James Lockwood		1883	169a 1r 20p		Breou

Estate of Enos Williamson		1883	90a 1r 6p		Breou

Daniel H. Lewis		1880	90a		Agricultural Census
Daniel Lewis		1883	89a 1r 10p		Breou

William B. Sill		1870	66a + 10a (woodland)		Agricultural Census
William B. Still & son		1883	79a 1r 10p		Breou

John Yerkers		1883	3a 2r		Breou
R. Patterson		1883	6a 24p		Breou

Table 1.2.3 West of Leopard road

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Adam Roads	Jane Jones	12/1/1721	125a		quoted in F-72
Jane Jones	Humphrey Ellis	4/1/1723	125a	£50	F-72
Humphrey Ellis	Nathan Lewis	10/29/1740	125a	10s	In trust for Thomas Ellis, son; Messuage; F-462
Thomas Ellis		1727?			died
Humphrey & Jane Ellis	Margaret Junkin (nee Ellis), daughter	1742?			Inheritance
Benjamin Junkin, husband of Margaret Junkin (nee Ellis)		1784			Probate; Provided for his wife (Margaret); 40 acres purchased from James Claypole to son, David. 100 acres where he lived to son, John.
Margaret Junkin	John Junkin	4/29/1786	125a		Deed of uses; A2-486
David Junkin		1788	40a		Mortgage deed C3-235
John Junkin		4/5/1788 (will)			died; 100 acres to his mother, Margaret; other to Susanna Morris
Margaret & Samuel Junkin	Stephen LaMay	3/30/1789	27.75a 9p	£114 15s	E2-237
Margaret Junkin	Samuel Junkin	3/30/1789	101a	£50	E2-354

Samuel Junkin		1790	101a		Mortgage deed C3-351
David Junkin		1791	40a		Mortgage Deed E-66
Samuel Junkin of Easttown	James Low of Easttown	4/4/1792	101a	£500	G2-139; messuage
David Junkin	James Low	4/4/1792	40a	£221 17s	H2-205; messuage

Margaret Junkin		1804			died; estate to son, David
Samuel Junkin	Henry Kunkle of Pikeland	3/6/1805	70a part of 100a (quoted in Y2-556)	$200	A3-32; release, estate of John Junkin
Henry & Margaret Konkle	Rev. David Jones	2/17/1806	70a	$2,000	Y2-556
Rev. David Jones and Anne, his wife	Henry Konkle	2/18/1806	70a	$2,000	Y2-555; neighbors Rev. David Jones, widow Steele, James Low and others
Susanna Ramsey, widow, and Jesse Morris, son	Henry Kunkle of Easttown	4/1/1812	28a 3r 10p	$1,400	G3-345; quotes deed N-69 to Benjamin Junkin which does not exist.
Henry & Margaret Konkle	Nathan Lewis	3/30/1818	104a + 28a (G3-345)	$11,760 62c	P3-21
James Low		1818			died

Table 1.2.1.a Sasche Property

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Penn	James Claypole	13 7^th month 1681 (OS)	5,000a		Futhey & Cope
Penn	James Claypole	17 12^th month 1684 (OS)	1050a		Futhey & Cope; Holmes’ 1687 map shows a Claypole tract in Willistown, not Easttown.
Execs of James Claypole (Francis Cooke?)	Adam Roades	1700	1000a		H-405 deed pole
Execs of Adam Roades	Anthony Wayne		69a		Deed not found; Futhey & Cope
Execs of Anthony Wayne (John Fairlamb)	Benjamin Weatherby	1764			Sheriff’s deed; N-431
Benjamin Junkin?, Execs of Benjamin Weatherby	Andrew Steele	1767			R2-60
Andrew Steele	John Evans	1768	51a		Y-288
Andrew Steele	Thomas Mason	1778	26a 30p?		T2-617 placeholder, see D3-480
John Evans	Thomas B. Evans, brother				Will? Futhey & Cope
Thomas B. Evans	Hannah M. E. Kaufman				Will probated 1828
Execs of Hannah M. E. Kaufman	J.F. Sachse	4/1/1875	49a		Futhey & Cope; deed not found

Lydia Ellis					Deed not found; Futhey & Cope
Lydia Minshall (Isaac Minshall)	Thomas Henderson	1757			Y2-340
Thomas Henderson	Benjamin Weatherby	1762			D2-152
Benjamin Weatherby		1766			Probate
Benjamin Weatherby decd.	Mary Norris	1769			Sheriff’s deed, D2-154

Alexander Tod	James Budden	4/2/1779			T2-621
James & Frances Budden	Susanna Budden	1783			D2-21; deed in trust
Francis Budden	William Walley	1802			W2-71
William Walley	Isaac Wayne	1816			Q3-333

John Dickinson (husband of Mary Norris)	William Smith	1779			D2-159; part of Wood(west) tract
William Smith					Deed not found; Futhey & Cope
Rev. David Jones	Horatio Jones	1809			O3-361
Horatio Gates Jones					Deed not found; Futhey & Cope
Ann W. Haley					Deed not found; Futhey & Cope
John P. Lewis of Easttown admin.		1870
John P. Lewis	J.F. Sachse	10/26/1872	10a 6p

J. F. Sachse		1883	56a 10 p		Breou’s Atlas