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The following are the names of the inhabitants of Penns Neck who paid quit-rents :
Matt Neilson, Fopp Neilson, Peter Onson, 1040 acres, 2s. 1d .; Steven Yearneans, Stacy Hendrickson, Matthias Spack- lesson, 1,040 acres, 3s .; Evick Yearneans, 300 acres, 3d. ; John Yearneans, 300 acres, 3d .; Matt Joanson, 150 acres, 3d .; An- drew Anderson, 150 acres, 3d .; Stacy Corneilinson, 250 acres, 5d. ; Ann Hendricks, 150 acres, 3d .; Andrew Seneca (now Sin- nickson) 226 acres, 1s .; Hance Shershell, 100 acres, 3d .; Claus Joanson, 100 acres, 3d .; Jones Scoggin, 200 acres, 2s .; Woley Woolson, 200 acres, 20 shad, or 2s .; Roger Pedrick, 140 acres, 1s .; Barce Jacobson, 200 acres, 4s. ; Peter Halter, 200 acres, 2s. ;
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A. C. Bronson, 250 acres, 1s .; Jarvis Bywater, 200 acres, 2s. 2d ; Richard Tindall, 230 acres, 3d. ; Thomas Waltson, 200 acres, 1s .; James Vickory, 300 acres, 2s. 1d .; Peter Wilkinson, 400 acres, 1s. 1d .; Andorcas Barleyson, 400 acres, 1s .; Richard Marcy, 150 acres, 1s .; Renier Vanhyost, 400 acres, 3s .; John Cullin, 200 acres, 1s. 2d .; Barnard Webb, 250 acres, 2s .; Mary . White, 500 acres, 5s .; John Perkins, 300 acres, 3s .; George Garrett, 300 acres, 3s.
Lands in Pilesgrove township: Richard Tindall, 195 acres, . 1s .; Mary Holman, 2,000 acres, £1; Nicholas Winton, 500 acres, 2d. ; John Derickson, 500 acres, 2d .; Thomas Potter, 500 acres, Is .; Richard Lippincott, 1000 acres, 1s. 1d .; William Shotlock, 500 acres, 1s .; William Worth, 500 acres, 1s .; Thomas Smith, 250 acres, 1s .; William Jonson, 250 acres, 2s .; Lewis Morris, 1,000 acres, 2s.
Lands in Alloways Creek subject to quit-rents: Edward Wade, meadow 100 acres, 1s .; John Hancock, 100 acres, 1s .; Thomas Smith, 300 acres, 5d.
Lands at Cohansey : Obadiah Holmes, 4 acres, 1d .; Anthony Woodhouse, 80 acres, 5d. ; Samuel Hunter, 80 acres, 5d .; Rich- ard Tindall, 100 acres, 2s .; John Clark, 16 acres, 2d .; Alexander Smith, 16 acres, 2d. ; Thomas Watson, 16 acres, 2d .; Mark Reeves, 16 acres, 2d .; John Mason, 16 acres, 2d .; Thomas Smith, 16 acres, 2d .; William Bacon, 32 acres, 4d .; Joseph Bronson, 16 acres, 2d .; John Bacon, 16 acres, 2d .; Edward Hurlbert, 32 acres, 4d .; Job Holines, 22 acres, 4d .; Joseph Dennis, 32 acres, 4d; Enocli Moore, 16 acres, 2d .; Francis Alexander, 32 acres, 4d .; Peter Craven, 2 acres, 1d. ; Thomas Stuthem, 2 acres, 1d .; Joseph Bacon, 16 acres, 2d.
The quit-rents of Salem town were as follows: William Mil- ton, 10 acres, 1d .; Thomas Smith, 6 acres, 1d .; Christopher Saun- ders, 10 acres, 1d .; William Wilkinson, 8 acres, 3d .; C. Lumbley, 10 acres, 1d .; Richard Daniel, 10 acres, 1d .; Joseph White, 10 acres, 1d. ; R. Johnson, 10 acres, 1d .; Anthony Dixon, 10 acres, 1d .; James Nevil, 20 acres, 3d .; Thomas Woodruff, 10 acres, 1d .; John Harden, 16 acres, 1}d .; John Snooks, 10 acres, Id .; Edward Champneys, 10 acres, 1d .; John Rolph, 10 acres, 1d .; William Wilkinson, 10 acres, 1d .; Thomas Johnson, 10 acres, 1d .; Thomas Kent, 10 acres, 1d .; Thomas Woodruff, 17 acres, 12d .; John Snooks, 16 acres 1gd .; 2d lot of William Wilkinson, 10 acres, 1d. ; Joseph Canloyd's lot, 20 acres, 2d .; John Wor- ledge, 20 acres, 2d .; Thomas Yorke's lot, 5 acres, 4d .; Eleazar Dovberry, 2} acres, 2d.
It appears the emigrants that came with Fenwick, and a number
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of others, that did not arrive until two or three years afterwards, who had purchased land of him before he left England, were exempted from paying quit-rents to the proprietor, or his heirs. Such men as Robert Windham, John Pledger, Samuel Nichol- son, Isaac Smart, Robert and Edward Wade, James Sherron, the two John Smiths, Richard Guy, Christopher White, Ed- ward Bradway, William Hancock, and several others, together with William Penn, who bought sixty acres of the proprietor at the same period. The said land was surveyed for him by Rich- ard Hancock, in 1676. It was situated within the precincts of the town of Salem. The reader will perceive by the role of the quit-rents that were collected by Samuel Hedge, about the year 1690, for the heirs of Fenwick, it being eight years after Wil- liam Penn purchased the so much talked of twelve mile circle of land and water of James, the Duke of York. There is no reliable evidence that William Penn ever attempted to claim any lands in West New Jersey except by purchase of the Jersey proprietors. It would be derogatory to his great name to think otherwise.
Lands disposed of and surveyed by order of John Fenwick's executors ; Richard Tindell and John Worledge, surveyors :
5th month, 1684 .- A warrant to survey 400 acres of land for Ranier Van Hirst, near Cranberry Point, Mannington.
5th month, 6th .- A warrant to lay out for Charles Angelo 10 acres of land for town lot, on Nevel street, town of Salem.
5th month, 27th .- A warrant to lay out for John Jacobson 200 acres of land, near Peter Johnson's plantation, on Salem creek.
2d month, 7th, 1685 .- A warrant to lay out for John Hard- ing 16 acres, a town lot on Nevel street, in Salem.
3d month, 5th .- A warrant to lay out for James Clark 16 acres of land for a town lot at Cohansey.
3d month, 25th .- A warrant to lay out for Alexander Smith 16 acres of land for a town lot at Cohansey.
3d of 4th month .- A warrant to lay out for John Clark a town lot in Cohansey.
18th of 11th month, 1685 .- A warrant to lay out 32 acres of land for town lots at Cohansey for Joseph Brown and John Mason.
3d month, 10th, 1685 .- A warrant to lay out 16 acres of land, town lot in Cohansey, for Thomas Smith.
4th month, 1685 .- A warrant to lay out 16 acres of land at Cohansey for Richard Danger, of Cohansey town.
10th of 5th month, 1684 .- A warrant to lay out 500 acres for
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Richard Tindell, to be next to Thomas Pyle's 2000 acre tract, it being a legacy.
1685 .- A warrant to lay out 2000 acres for Samuel Jennings, of Burlington. Said lands lay at the head of Mannington creek.
5th month, 1684 .- A warrant to lay out 500 acres for San- uel Hedge, to lie next to Richard Tindell, it being a legacy.
2d month, 1686 .- A warrant to lay out 500 acres for John Smith, of Smithfield. Land to be in Alloways Creek. A leg- acy. And a warrant to lay out three town lots for John Smith, of Smithfield, of 16 acres each, in the town of Cohansey, it being a legacy.
A warrant to lay out 200 acres for James Vickery, next to James Webb.
2d month, 1685 .- A warrant to lay out one town lot in Co- hansey, to contain 16 acres, for Mark Reeve.
13th of 6th month .- A warrant to lay out a lot of 16 acres for Thomas Watson, in Cohansey.
A warrant to lay out a lot of 16 acres, a town lot in Co- hansey, for John Nichols.
A warrant to lay out for Roger Smith 10 acres of land in the town of Salem.
A warrant to lay out for Thomas Johnson 10 acres of land in the town of Salem.
26th of 6th month .- A warrant to lay out for John Snooks a town lot containing 10 acres in the town of Salem.
28th of 6th month .- A warraut to lay out 10 acres of ground for Thomas Kent, in Nevell street, in the town of Salem. The street is now known as Kent street. It extended in a straight line to Nevell's landing on the branch of Fenwick creek known at the present day as Keasbey creek ; it was navigable up to James Nevell's land. The said land was recently owned by Joseph Test. It originally contained 29 acres. On that property James Nevell lived. Perhaps he disposed of more land than any other man who ever lived in Salem county. He was Wil- liam Penn's agent.
In the year 1690 there appeared some dissatisfaction among some of the Swedish inhabitants of Penn's Neck, they doubting the right of William Penn to the lands in that township. He, accordingly, directed James Nevell to prepare a public dinner at his house in Salem, and invite them on a certain day to meet him there, and he would endeavor to explain to them his legal rights. They accepted the invitation and generally attended. He made a speech to them, and they were well satisfied with
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his statements, and went home contented after enjoying a boun- tiful dinner at the Governor's expense. On that occasion is the only reliable account that I have ever seen of William Penn visiting the town of Salem.
In the Autumn of 1682 John Fenwick sold all his lands in the Salem Tenth, which had been previously disposed of, to Willim Penn, proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania, except 150,000 acres. Penn, soon after the purchase, appointed James Nevell, of Salem, to be his agent in disposing of said lands. Nevell belonged to the Society of Friends, and was a lawyer, and a man in whose ability and integrity John Fenwick appears to have had implicit confidence. I presume on that account the great law-giver, William Penn, chose such a man as James Nevell to the responsible office, and Richard Tindall was continued surveyor-general, and John Worlidge his deputy. The following are the names of the persons that purchased differ- ent tracts of land in the Salem Tenth :
1684, 7th month, 10th .- A warrant to lay out for Isaac Pe- terson 100 acres in Penn's Neck. Signed, Richard Tindall.
16th of 9th month .- A warrant to survey for Isaac Saroy 125 acres, allowing two acres for roads adjoining John Hen- driekson's land in Penn's Neck. Signed, Richard Tindall.
A warrant to lay out for Abraham Vanhest 100 acres, ad- joining lands of Michael Barron, on Finn's Point, Christiana Neck. Signed, Richard Tindall.
A warrant from William Penn to survey 300 acres of land, swamp and marsh for Fopp Johnson, the said land being on the Delaware river. Signed, Richard Tindall.
1684 .- A warrant from James Nevell to survey for Michael Barron 500 acres of land on one of the branches of the Allo- ways creek, in lieu of 500 acres purchased from John Maddox, contracted for Governor William Penn.
1685, 27th of 3d month .- A warrant to survey a tract of land in Penn's Neck for Wooley Jonson, lying between Andre Jonson and James Seaugin's plantation, being 178 acres on the Delaware river. Subscribed by Richard Tindall. Examined by James Nevell.
6th of 9th month .- A warrant to lay out 100 acres of land for John Erigson and Powell Lawson, the said land lying ad- joining Bonttown in Penn's Neck. Richard Tindall, surveyor.
24th of 1st month, 1686 .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to survey and lay out for Henry Jeans, of Swart Hook, 540 acres of land, marsh and swamp, lying in Penn's Neck.
16th of 7th month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to survey
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for Joshua Gillett 100 acres of land adjoining Andrew Sen- nick's plantation.
A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out 110 acres of fast land marsh on Oldman's creek, for William Hughes, as part of 500 acres granted by Governor Penn to William Fleetwood. There was at the time $100 due for quit rent on the 500 acre tract.
Same date .-- A warrant to Richard Tindall, surveyor-general, to lay out 110 acres of fast land and marsh on Oldman's creek, for William Fowler, as part of William Fleetwood's 500 acres granted by Governor Penn.
1686, 18th .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out or survey for Thomas Naisitar, at Oldman's creek, 300 acres of fast land and meadow, being part of the land granted by Wil- liam Penn to William Fleetwood.
6th month, 19th .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out 20 acres of marsh for the widow Vanhuyst, lying next to Mich- ael Barron's marsh, so as to be convenient for the purchaser and not prejudicial to the proprietor, and make a return within a month at my office at Salem. James Nevell.
1687, 1st month, 27th .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out for William White 200 acres of land adjoining Hance Oul- son's land at Oldman's creek, not already taken up, and not predudicial to the proprietor, make a return within three months after date hereof at my office in Salem. James Nevell.
2d, 14th .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out that par- cel of marsh adjoining Samuel Wade's fast land, to begin where Edward Wade's marsh ends, to 37 acres running to a small creek to Nathaniel Chambless' land, and to make a return to me in three months. James Nevell.
2d month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall and John Wor- lidge, his deputy, to lay out for Edward Bradway, at Alloways Creek, 100 acres of marsh, not already taken up, nor prejudicial to the proprietor, and make a return within three months from date hereof. James Nevell.
5th month, 10th, 1686 .- A warrant to Richard Tindall and John Worlidge, his deputy, to lay out 100 acres of land for Hance Shahara and Martin Shahara, to commence at a crooked tree between Fopp Johnson's and Michael Barron's and adjoin- ing lands of Andrew Sennick.
A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out 150 acres of land for Joel Bailey, next to William Flowers, on Oldman's creek, and 10 acres of marsh, convenient as may be, but not predudi- 63
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cial to the proprietor, and make a return to me within three months at my office in Salem. James Nevell.
1687, 15th of 8th month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall and John Worlidge to survey for Richard Wilkinson 50 acres of fast land, lying between Hance Sahara and Andrew Sennaker's plantation, not prejudicial to the proprietor, and make a return of the doings at my office in Salem six weeks from the date. Signed, James Nevell.
1687, 2d of 2d month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall and his deputy to lay out for Benjamin Goodman, (for non-payment is now sold,) to William Handley 150 acres of land, lying and being bounded by lands of John Jonson and Henry Ivans' plan- tations, and make a return within three months. James Nevell.
1688, 2d of 4th month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to survey all of the parcels of land lying between the little creek next above Fopp Johnson's plantation, and to lay out one moiety or half thereof for the orphan children of Dirk Albertson, and make a return within three months from date. James Nevell.
Lands disposed of and surveyed by order of John Fenwick's executors. Each of his executors was to have 500 acres of land as a legacy, and all of them accordingly had that quantity of land surveyed to them by John Worlidge, by order of Richard Tindall, the Surveyor General, excepting Gov. William Penn, who did not accept the legacy.
1684, 5th month, 5th .- A warrant from Richard Tindall to John Worlidge, Deputy Surveyor, to survey 400 acres of land and marsh for Ranier Vanhist, lying between Quietly Point and Richard Mazey's line, taking in the small point by the Cran- berry Swamp.
8th month, 6th .- A warrant to lay out for Charles Angelo 10 acres of land, a town lot lying in Nevil Street, Salem.
8th month, 27th .- A warrant to lay out for John Jacobson 200 acres of land near Peter Johnson's plantation, on Salem creek.
1685, 2d month, 7th .- A warrant to lay out for John Hard- ing 16 acres for a town lot on Nevil street, in Salem.
3d month, 1st-A warrant to lay out for James Clark 16 acres of land for a town lot in the town of Cohansey.
25th .- A warrant to lay out for Alexander Smith 16 acres of land for a town lot at Cohansey.
3d month, 1st-A warrant to lay out 16 acres of land for a town lot for John Clark at Cohansey.
11th month, 18th .- A warrant to lay out 32 acres of land for
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two town lots at Cohansey (now Greenwich) for Joseph Brown and John Mason.
1685, 3d month, 11th .- A warrant to lay out 16 acres of land for a town lot at Cohansey for Thomas Smith.
4th month, 8th .- A warrant to lay out 16 acres of land for Richard Danger, at Cohansey Town.
1684, 10th month, 5th .- A warrant to lay out 500 acres of land for Richard Tindall, to be next to Thomas Piles' 2,000 acres, a legacy.
Same date-A warrant to lay out 500 acres for Samuel Hedge, to lie next to the above mentioned tract of land, it being a legacy.
1686, 2d month, 4th .- A warrant to lay out for John Smith, of Smithfield, 500 acres of land, to lie next to Mark Elgar's land at Alloways Creek, a legacy.
1684, 1st month-A warrant to lay out three town lots for John Smith, of Smithfield, to lie at Cohansey; 32 acres left to him by John Fenwick as a legacy ; one lot of 16 acres which he purchased whilst he resided at Smithfield, England.
2d month, 18th-A warrant to lay out for Mark Reeve 16 acres for a town lot in Cohansey, the said lot to lay on Cohan- sey River.
1685, 23d of 5th month .- A warrant to lay out to James Vickory 200 acres of land next to Edward Web's.
5th month, 18th .- A warrant to lay out for Thomas Watson 16 acres of land at Cohansey, a town lot.
6th month, 12th .- A warrant to lay out for John Nicholas 16 acres of land at Cohansey, a town lot.
6th month, 13th .- A warrant to lay out for Roger Smith 10 acres of land in New Salem, a town lot.
6th month, 26th-A warrant to lay out for Thomas Johnson 10 acres of land in Salem Town for a home lot.
Same date-A warrant to lay out for John Kylett 10 acres of land in Salem, a town lot.
26th-A warrant to lay out 10 acres of land in the town of Salem for William Wilkinson, a town lot.
Same date .- A warrant to lay out 10 acres for John Snooks as a town lot in Salem.
26th .- A warrant to lay out 10 acres of land in Salem Town for Thomas Woodruff.
28th .- A warrant to lay out 10 acres of land for Thomas Kent in Nevil street, where he now lives, in the town of Salem.
1685, 7th of 2d month .- A warrant to survey to James Ne- vil the plantation in the town of Salem where he then dwelt,
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containing 29 acres. (The said property was recently owned by Joseph Test, of Salem.)
1687, Jan. 9tlı .- A warrant to Richard Tindall reserving the 500 acres of land called White's Vineyard, at that time belong- ing to Thomas York and Mary White.
1688, 5th month, 2d-A warrant to Richard Tindall to sur- vey for George Prond 16 acres of land for a town lot at the town of Greenwich.
Same date .- To Richard Tindall and John Worlidge, his Deputy, a warrant to lay out for Joshua Barkstead two 16 acre lots at the town of Greenwich.
16SS, 12th of 2d month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall and John Worlidge, his Deputy, to lay out two town lots in the town of Greenwich for William Bacon. The said lots, or part of them, is where the Presbyterian Church and cemetery is.
When John Fenwick directed that there should be a town laid out on the Cohanzici river, in 1678 or 1679, he gave it the name of Cohansey, and it continued to be called by that name until the year 1668, about four years after his death. About that date there was a considerable emigration to Cohansey from Connecticut, and many of them were men of influence and wealth, who changed the name to Greenwich, after their native town in Connecticut.
1685, 14th of 12th month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out 16 acres of land in the town of Cohansey for Roger Canary for a town lot, part of John Adams' 2,000 acre tract.
1686, 14th of 2d month .- A warrant to lay out 2,000 acres of land for Samuel Jennings, of Burlington, purchased of John Fenwick by Thomas Beekbane. The said land lay at the mouth of Mannington creek, adjoining lands of Rynear Vanhyest in Mannington.
26th of 2d month .- A warrant to Richard Tindall to lay out 2,000 acres of land for Thomas Hutchinson of John Fenwick's, to be laid out in some convenient place not already taken up.
100 acres to John Eaton, in the year 1734, £30; 135 acres to Martin Shere, £40; 200 acres to Garret Vanneman, £50; 100 acres of marsh to Margaret Bilderback, £25; 50 acres to Timothy Rain, £12 10s.
1735 .- 282 acres to William Vanneman, £70; 70 acres to Sinnick Sinaker, £11 15s .; 120 acres to Harmenus Alricks, £24 ; 12 acres to Sinick Sinaker, £3 15s .; 270 acres to John Wilder, £67 10s; 100 acres to William Philpot, £25; 150 acres to Erick Shere, £45.
1736-1737 .- 100 acres to Thomas Proctor, £25; 100 acres
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to Archibald Taylor, £25; 60 acres to Thomas Miles, £12; 61 acres to John Urison, £17 15s .; 162 acres to Andrew Boon, £40 10s .; 200 acres to Paul Camp, £50; 50 acres to James Butterworth, £12 10s .; 120 acres of marsh to William Mecum, £30.
1737, Gloucester county -- 1,370 acres on Mantua creek sold to Thomas Spicer and Alexander Morgan for £220, but on ex- amining the lines and boundaries the quantity found was but 1,100 complete, whereupon the proprietors were pleased to abate £20 in the deed, £200; 120 acres of land near Mantua creek to Matthew Tonkins, £30; 244 acres of land in two tracts in the forks of Mantua creek to John Hashen and D. Worth- ington, £73 4s. Salem county-102 acres of land in three parcels to John Eaton, £25 12s. 06d .; 117 acres to Thomas Miles in two parcels, £23 08s .; 90 acres of land and swamp to Dobson Wheeler, £25 ; 40 acres of land and marsh to William Mecum, £10; 200 acres of land and marsh near Oldman's creek, to Thomas Miles, £45.
1738 .- 403 acres in Penn's Neck to Jonathan Helms, £29; 131 acres in Penn's Neck to Samuel Linch, £32 15s. ; 55 acres of land and swamp in Penn's Neck to Thomas Gilchrist, £13 15s,; 50 acres of land in Penn's Neck to James Butterworth, £12 10s.
1739-20 acres of land in Penn's Neck to Daniel Bilderback, £5; 100 acres in Penn's Neck to William Philpot, £25; 156 aeres in Penn's Neck to Thomas Miles, £31 04s .; 100 acres in Penn's Neck to Samnel Linch, £25; 28 acres in Penn's Neck to John Eaton, £7 02s. 06d .; 87 acres in Penn's Neck to Cor- nelius Corneilnson, £21 17s. 06d.
William Penn purchased, in 1674, sixty acres of land of John Fenwick, and it was accordingly laid out within the bounds of Salem township by Richard Hancock in 1676. The land was re-surveyed by Richard Tindall in 1686, together with 25 acres of the town marsh that William Penn subsequently purchased. His heirs sold the land, together with other lands, making in all 120 acres, called the Cow Neck Farm, to Isaac Saterthwait, in 1737, for £200. J. Eldridge and Edmund Warner, of London, loaned John Fenwick money for the purpose of aiding the es- tablishing of his Colony, for which he gave them a lease, or would be considered a mortgage, which gave rise to a consider- able trouble to the proprietor and uneasiness to a number of persons who had purchased lands. Warner finally came to this country to try to effect a compromise, and purchased 32,000 aeres of land in lieu of the debt. He sold 10,500 acres out of
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the 32,000 to the following named persons : Edward Gibbon, 500 acres ; William Tarrent, two separate deeds, 500 acres each ; Edward Bradway, 1,000 acres joining Henry. Salter's lands on the south, known at the present day as Stoe Neck ; John Smith, Esq., 1,000 acres; John Mason, Esq., 5,000 acres ; Roger Pedrick, of Oldman's creek, 1,000 acres, Edward Mat- thews, 500 acres ; Richard Morgan, 500 acres. All of the said land, excepting Edward Bradway's, was laid out in what is now Cumberland county. When, 1682, Penn purchased the right and title of all the lands in Fenwick's Colony which had not already been sold, (Fenwick reserving for himself and heirs 150,000,) it appears he assumed the debt Eldridge and Warner held against the Salem Tenth. In the settlement of James Nevell with William Penn, 26th of 5th month, 1686, Penn was credited with the amount that the 10,500 acres had brought, although it was sold by Eldridge and Warner previous to Penn's purchase.
2d of Sth month .- An order from James Logan to Benjamin Acton, to survey to Joseph Gregory a point of vacant marsh, lying between his 100 acre lot of Michael Barron and a small creek, for which he is to pay at the rate of 20 pounds a hun- dred, clear of quit-rents.
There follows an account of James Nevell of what he received for the different tracts of land he sold for Gov. William Penn in Salem county, and in parts of Gloucester county, and what he paid.
1685-William Penn, Dr., to Nathaniel Lumly, £23; to Roger Canare, £2 1s; to Isaac Savoy and David Hendrickson, £30; to Maughhauskey Indian chief and sixteen other Indians when they expected to meet Gov. William Penn here to purchase their lands, 11s; to James Atkinson, by a bill on J. Smith, £12; to James Adkinson, for 1977 lbs. of beef, £20 11s. 10}d .; to two bushels of salt, 10s .; for bringing a cask of meat from Elsin burg, 8s .; to James Atkinson, for 87 lbs. of pork, 18s. Izd .; to John Grub, by order of James Harrison, £2; to George Emly, for two cows, ESs .; and driving them to Philadelphia, 18s .; to James Williams, at New Castle, order from James Harrison, of Philadelphia, £3; to 42 1bs. of fresh beef, received by Thomas Holme, £4; to one hogshead of beef, 738 1bs., and 480 1bs. of pork, at 20 shillings per hundred, £12 3s. 7d .; to freight by Ilenry Grub, £1 11s. 6d .; to seven barrels of pork, 1726, 1bs. £17 5s. 3d .; to four bushels of salt, 16s .; freight to Pennsbury, by Seth Smith, £2 6s. Sd .; to thirty skepples of Indian corn and ten fletches of bacon, £14 1s. 6d .; to carriage to Pennsbury, by
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Seth Smith, £1 17s. 4d. ; to Griffith Jones, 14 bushels of Indian corn, £1 17s.
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