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Table 12 John Jones tract

From	To	Date	Area	Cost	Reference

	John Jones	8/8/1705		340a	Partition of Charles Pickering’s land; court of Common Pleas for County of Chester 2
John Jones	Samuel Preston and Clement Plumstead	5/2/1708 (will)			Will; to pay debts
John Jones		1715	340a		Tax return; no Chester County will or administration; not in 1722 taxes
Samuel Preston and Clement Plumstead	David Jones	6/18/1720	340a
David Jones		1722	233a		Tax return
David Jones	Daniel Jones	2/12/1732-33	107.25a	£20	F-549; see Branch A

David Jones sr., of Charlestown	John Jones, carpenter, of Charlestown	2/25/1741-2	233a	£100	F-551

John Jones, carpenter, of Charlestown	David Jones, blacksmith, of Charlestown	5/6/1745	233a	£150	F-553
David & Jane Jones of Charlestown	George Emlen of Philadelphia	1748			G-234; mortgage
John Owen	George Emlin	1750	233a		G-547; Sheriff’s deed; neighbors Peter Gardener, Daniel Jones, Job Harvey, James John; same plan as F-551
George Emlen	Nathaniel Davies	1750?	233a		Deed not found
Nathaniel & Hannah Davis of Charlestown	George Emlen	2/8/1749-50	233a	£200	G-584; mortgage; neighbors Peter Gardener, Daniel Jones, Job Harvey, James John

Nathaniel Davis		1749 and 1750			Tax returns
Nathaniel Davis	Zephaniah Davis, eldest son				died; no Chester County will or administration; quoted in B2-543
Zephaniah Davis	Benjamin Thomas	3/7/1769			quoted in B2-543
Benjamin Thomas of Pikeland and Elizabeth his wife	John Price of Lower Chichester	1770		£200	R-131; mortgage
Benjamin Thomas		1770 - 1785	200a		Tax returns; sawmill then grist mill added
Benjamin Thomas of Vincent and Elizabeth his wife	Daniel Root of Charlestown	5/19/1787	233a	£1,812 10s	B2-543; with grist and saw mills
Daniel Root		1787 - 1796	230a		Tax returns
Daniel Root	Sebastine (Sebastian) Root	8/10/1792		£400	H2-10; Bill of Sale, see inventory
Sebastian Root of Coventry		11/16/1792 (will)- 12/17/1793 (probate)			died; remainder of estate to be divided among 5 sons (including Daniel)
Daniel Root		1799	233a		Tax return; Log Dwelling house 14' x 18'; Log Dwelling house 15' x 20'
Sheriff (debt of Daniel Root to John Umsted)	John B. Sartori	3/28/1801	233a and Grist Mill	£1,200	T2-333
John B. Sartori of Philadelphia	Benjamin Thomas of Charlestown	6/1/1801	233a	£1,600	T2-461; Messuage, Grist and Saw mills
Benjamin Thomas	Roger Davis, Physick	10/28/1811	233a + 2a	$8,000	I3-497
Roger Davis	Isaac & Roger Davis	11/20/1815			died. ‘All my real estate to sons Isaac & Roger’
Isaac Davis	Jones Davis	4/1/1816			Mortgage
Cromwell Pearce, Sheriff (debt of Isaac Davis)	Abraham Harley	5/12/1819	156a	$7,470	Sheriff’s deed 2-146; Grist & Sawmill
Jones Davis	Abraham Harley	7/18/1820	154a 24p + 2a	$1	R3-384

Sheriff (estate of Abraham Harley)	John Coffman	2/8/1825	156a	$3,985	Sheriff’s Deed 3-66; Grist & Saw Mill
John Coffman sr. of Charlestown	Daniel Coffman et al	1825			died intestate
John & Elizabeth Coffman of Charlestown	Thomas Llewellyn	before 1833	67a		Deed not found
John & Elizabeth Coffman of Charlestown	Lewis Emrey of Pikeland	3/9/1833	14a 135p	$4,000	G4-131
John Coffman jr. of Charlestown		1837			died
Lewis Emrey of Charlestown	Jacob Emery of East Pikeland	3/19/1842	14a 135p	$7,200	V4-258; Grist and Saw Mill
Daniel & Margaret Ann Coffman of Charlestown	Samuel Coffman, brother, of Charlestown	3/7/1843	47a 22p	$1,800	W4-293; see Branch A below
Abigail & Jacob Emery & John Yeager, administrators of the estate of Jacob Emery	James McCluen	10/1/1861	14a 3r 15p	$7,200	S6-75; Grist and Saw Mill
James & Catharine McCluen	Zimmerman Colehoven	4/5/1867	14a 3r 15p	$3,400	D7-546

P. Colehower		1883	14a 3r 15p		Breou’s Atlas; Grist mill
Coffman estate		1883	105a		Breou’s Atlas
Thomas J. Llewellyn		1883	67a 25p		Breou’s Atlas
Branch A
Daniel & Margaret Ann Coffman of Charlestown	Samuel Coffman, brother, of Charlestown	3/7/1843	47a 22p	$1,800	W4-293

Samuel & Rosanna Coffman	Elijah Pennypacker	4/1/1871	47a 22p		Miscellaneous Deed 14-303; assignment
Elijah Pennypacker, assignee of Samuel & Rosanna Coffman	Davis Miller	4/2/1872	47a 22p	$2,700	E8-99
Samuel Coffman of Charlestown		1879			Died intestate
Daniel Coffman		1883			Died
Davis Miller		1883	47a 22p		Breou’s atlas
Coffman estate		1883	105a		Breou’s Atlas; Grist mill
Branch B
David Jones	Daniel Jones	2/12/1732-33	107.25a	£20	F-549; see Branch A
Daniel Jones of Charlestown and Ann his wife	Samuel Martin of Charlestown, mason	5/25/1763	107.25a	£700	N-50
Daniel Jones of Frederick County, Virginia	Samuel Jones	1765			O-48; letter of attorney
John Hunter, Sheriff	James Cloyd	3/30/1767			quoted in E2-352
James Cloyd of Charlestown	Dieder Heckman of Bethel, Dauphan Co.	5/10/1790	116a	£1,000	E2-352

Detrick Heckman, farmer		1799	116a		Tax return; Frame Dwelling house 20' x 27'; Stone Outhouse 20' x 18'; Stone Kitchen 19' x 20'; Log/Stone Barn 20' x 53'
Dieder & Magdalen Heckman	Peter Young	4/21/1800	116a	£1,000	S2-321
Peter Young senior	Peter & George Young, sons	1827			Died intestate
Peter Young junior	John Young, eldest son	1830			Died intestate
George Young, administrator of the estate of John Young	John Sheldrake	4/1/1851	117a 78p	$10,000	P5-76

Charles Peck & Isaac Y. Saylor, administrators of the estate of Isaac Saylor	John Sheldrake	3/31/1855	142a 81p	$8,575	Y5-170; See Martha Durant tract for history
John & Jane Sheldrake	David Hartman	4/1/1858	124a 1p	$11,000	K6-68
Jane Sheldrake, Francis Hannah & David Hartman, Sarah Jane & John Bowen	William Sheldrake	3/20/1866	136a	$10,666 66c	D7-119; release
William & Kate Sheldrake	John Shoffner	4/1/1867	136 91p	$17,583 22c	I7-151

John Shoffner		1883	136a 2r 11p		Breou’s Atlas
David Hartman		1883	132a		Breou’s Atlas