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Table 11 Griffith Pritchet tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Joseph Wilcox	Griffith Pritchard	8/20/1715	350a	£94	F2-18
Griffith Pritchet		1715	340a		Tax return; no Chester County will or administration
Griffith Pritchet	Anthony Pritchard	1740 - 1/5/1747 (probate in Philadelphia)	216a		died; quoted in X2-289
Anthony Pritchard		1798			died intestate; Administrators Hezekiah Davis & James Bodley
Anthony Pritchard		1799	233a		Tax return; Stone Dwelling house 20' x 32'; Stove room & Kitchen 23' x 34'; Milkhouse with room over it 15' x 18'; Log Kitchen 15' x 16'; Stone Barn 100' x 36'
Anthony & Hannah Pritchard of Charlestown	James Bodley of Coventry, carpenter	12/21/1803	70a, part of 216a	£840	X2-289; see Branch C for continuation

Anthony Pritchard		1805			died intestate; Administrators John Phillips & James Bodley
James Bodley and John Phillips (sons-in-law of Anthony Pritchard), administrators of the estate of Anthony Pritchard	David Todd of East Whiteland	5/11/1807	215a 92p	$8,245 55c	A3-358

David & Margaret Todd	Edward & James Roberts	6/6/1811	215a 92p + 10a	$9,000	F3-150; see Zook tract for history of the 10 acre plot
Esther Roberts and Abraham Darlington, of Thornbury and Thomas Hoopes of West Goshen, administrators of the estate of James Roberts, & Joseph Roberts, executor of the will of Edward Roberts	Henry Rixtine of Vincent	4/1/1824	215a 92p	$8,600	X3-6

Henry Rixtine senior	Henry Rixtine junior	4/8/1830	69a 46.7p	$4,163 35c	I4-295

Henry Rixtine	Samuel & Jacob Rixstine	1834			will
Jacob & Rachel Rixstine	Samuel Rixstine	5/17/1842	140a	$3,000	V4-571; release
Samuel & Catharine Rixstine	Jacob Rixstine	5/17/1842	46.5a 34p		V4-572
Samuel & Catharine Rixstine	Henry Rixstine	4/4/1850	15a 90p, part of Henry Rixtine’s tract	$855 93.75c	M5-108
Jacob Rixstine, attorney for Samuel & Catharine Rixstine	David Heistand	4/4/1851	70a	$4,650	O5-231
Henry & Rachel Rixstine	David Heistand	2/17/1852	7a 53p part of 15a 90p	$549 84c	U5-178
David & Catharine Heistand	Jacob Rixstine	3/29/1860	77a 53p	$6,396	Q6-139
Jacob Rixstine		1883	140a		Breou’s Atlas

W. J. E. Davis		1873			Witmer’s Atlas
W. J. E. Davis		1883	98a		Breou’s Atlas
Frank B. Foster		1933	Many farms		Atlas
Branch A
From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

Griffith Pritchard of Pikeland	Llewellyn David of the Great Valley	1/10/1718	150a	£40	K-151; This is probably Llewellyn "the hammer" David who had children in Charlestown in the 1720s and 1730s. Died 1756.

Llewellyn & Ann David	Llewellyn David, son	1722	150a	£65	K-153; gives location as Pickering
Llewellyn David of Charlestown	Isaac David, son	1756			Will
Isaac Davis		1764?			Died intestate? No Chester County will or administration
Roger Davis of Charlestown, doctor and Sarah his wife	Llewellyn David of Charlestown	2/2/1795	1/3 part of 263a (3 tracts; inheritance from father Isaac Davis)		I2-401; release. Neighbors Abraham Holderman, Anthony Pritchard, Pikeland & others.
Llewellyn Davis (Major)		1799	250a		Tax return; Stone Dwelling house 33' x 21'; Stone Room & Kitchen 54' x 37'; Stone Smokehouse 12' x 14'; Stone Springhouse 15' x 17; Frame Carriage house 12' x 14; Log Dwelling 12' x 14'; Log Barn 22' x 48'
Llewellyn Davis	Thomas J. & Isaac Davis, administrators	1803 or 1806			died intestate
Thomas J. & Isaac Davis	John G. Bull & Jacob Neilor	4/1/1818	239a (lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)	$15,354	U3-164
John G. & Sarah Bull & Jacob & Mary Neilor	Jacob Nyce / Nice	4/30/1818	160a + 15a 104p	$13,852	Q3-432; see Branch B.1 below
Thomas J. & Isaac Davis	Samuel Davis of Robeson township	3/12/1822	33a (lot #8)	$1,110	U3-161
Samuel Davis	John G. Bull & Jacob Neilor	3/13/1822	33a	$1,110	U3-163
John G. Bull and Sarah, his wife & Jacob Neilor and Mary, his wife	George Thompson	3/14/1822	83a	$2,490	U3-166;
John G. Bull and Sarah, his wife & Jacob Neilor and Mary, his wife	Thomas Davis	3/16/1822	11a	$300	U3-445
Joseph Evans, William Yardley, and James Nevins, all of Phildelphia, assignees of Jonah and George Thompson	Benjamin Reeves and James Whitaker of Philadelphia and David Reeves and David Whitaker of New Jersey	9/22/1827	137a + 7a + 17a + 9a + 5a + 83a	$25,978	A4-64; including Grist Mill, Rolling & Slitting Mill, Nail Manufactory; see French Creek Mills for deed history of other deeds.
Branch B.1
John G. & Sarah Bull & Jacob & Mary Neilor	Jacob Nyce / Nice	4/30/1818	160a + 15a 104p	$13,852	Q3-432; from above
Jacob & Catharine Nice	Davis Adams, Hezekial Davis, Robert McClure, & Robert Hughes, on behalf of United Presbyterian Congregation	2/4/1832		1c	D4-366; Meetinghouse lot
William Little, trustee of the children & grandchildren of Richard Nyce	Benjamin & Joseph Funk	3/31/1876	163a 77p	$16,076 36c	R8-454
Benjamin & Joseph Funk		1883	160a		Breou’s atlas
Branch B.2
Joseph & Grace Whitaker	John Clevenstine	12/1/1848	52a 123p	$1,682 35c	L5-50
John & Sarah Ann Clevenstine	Levi Prizer & Alexander Kennedy	10/5/1869			S7-344; deed of trust & assignment
Levi Prizer & Alexander Kennedy, trustees of John Clevenstine	Casper Friday	3/31/1870	52a 123p	$3,380	X8-357
Casper & Rebecca Friday	Henry Clevenstine	6/8/1877	52a 123p	$1	W8-297
Casper Friday		1883	52a		Breou’s atlas
Branch B.3
Elizabeth Strutton	Benjamin Strutton	4/4/1851	6a (East Pikeland) + 15a 116p (Charlestown)	$1,450	O5-127
Benjamin Strutton	William Miller	4/4/1854	6a (East Pikeland) + 15a 116p (Charlestown)	$1,466 66.66c	X5-60
William Miller		1883	46a		Breou’s atlas
Branch B.4
William Little, trustee to sell real estate of Jacob Nyce, deceased	Henry Clevenstine	3/27/1876	2a 21p, part of 15a 136p		V8-161, part of Q3-432

Woodlots		1883	15a?		Breou’s atlas
Branch C
Anthony & Hannah Pritchard of Charlestown	James Bodley of Coventry, carpenter	12/21/1803	70a, part of 216a	£840	X2-289; see above for earlier history

James Bodley	Thomas Bodley & Jonathan Morgan	11/22/1809	70a		In trust
James Bodley & Sarah, his wife, Thomas Bodley, & Jonathan Morgan	Benjamin Rapp of Charlestown, blacksmith	4/13/1810	70a	£1,000	D3-170
Benjamin Rapp		1823			Died intestate
John & Esther Rogers, John & Elizabeth Rapp, John & Mary Hampton, Samuel & Edith Sloanaker, Samuel & Sarah Hursh, Benjamin, Amos, & Harriet Rapp	Samuel Sloanaker	3/21/1838	76a	$2,903 20c	X4-239
Robert Hughes & Major McVeagh, assignees of Samuel & Edith Sloanaker	Joseph Himes	4/4/1844	76a	$4,250	A5-44
Joseph & Catharine Himes	Daniel Kenny	4/10/1849	76a	$5,500	K5-24
Daniel Kenny	Sarah Smedley	3/22/1873	76a	$8,500	H8-22
C. Wesley Talbot, assignee for the creditors of Caleb & Sarah Smedley	John Senior	3/30/1877	76a	$7,970	V8-545
John Senior	Eliza Senior	4/4/1878	76a	$8,000	Z8-106
Eliza Senior		1883	76a		Breou’s atlas