History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 57

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162

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HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

TREDYFFRIN.

Tredyffrin township is situated in the Great Valley, in the most easterly part of the county. It is part of a large tract which was surveyed for the Welsh, and was principally taken up and settled by them. The name is Welsh, and signifies " valley town or township." Tre or Tref is the Welsh for " town" or " township," and Dyffrin is a " wide, cultivated valley," hence the compound, Tredyffrin, the town or township in the wide, cultivated valley,-a very appro- priate name. The township is sometimes called Valleytown or Valleyton in old writings,-an evident effort to Anglicize the name. In a deed of conveyance from Lewis Walker to Llewellyn David, in 1708, the grantor is recited as " of the township of Valleyton, in the county of Chester." The name Tredyffrin has been said by some historical writers to signify " stony valley," but this is not correct. In the assessment for taxes made in the year 1722 the name is spelled " TRE : YR : DYFFRYN."

The date of the organization of the township is not cer- tainly known, but it was prior to the year 1707, as in that year Thomas David represented the township as constable. In the assessment of 1722, referred to, the following names of resident laud-owners are given, viz. :

James Abraham, Morris David, Hugh David, James David, Sr., John David, Henry David, Thomas David, James Davies, William Davies, Timothy Davies, Stephen Evans, Lewis Evans, William Evans, Thomas Godfrey, John Howell, Mark Hubbert, Thomas Hub- bert, Griffith Jones, Griffith Jones, Jr., Thomas Jerman, Thomas James, Jenkin Lewis, James Parry, John Robert, Owen Roblyn, Thomas Martin, Samuel Richard, John Richard, Daniel Walker, and Lewis Walker.

These persons were nearly all Welsh, as their names in- dicate.

A rule scems to have been adopted at an early period that the land-owners should serve in the office of constable by turns. The following is a list of those who filled that office from 1707 to 1753, taken from a memorandum which appears to have been made by Samuel Havard about the latter year, viz. :

Thomas David, Griffith John, Rowland Richard, John David Thomas, Owen Gethen, Stephen Evans, John Roberts, Lewis Walker, Thomas Martin, Thomas Godfrey, Llewellyn David, James Abram, James David, James Parry, John David Griffith, John Howell, Ed- ward Haes (Ilewes ?), Christopher Ottey, Griffith John, Thomas Hab- bard, Daniel Walker, Griffith Jobn, Timothy David, Thomas Lloyd, Jenkin Lewis, John Havard, Richard Evans, Thomas James, John Thomas Taylor, Nicholas John, James David, Abel Walker, James Gilchrist, David Evans, William Evans, William Sharp, John Mitch- ell, Enoch Walker, John Rowland, William Rowland, Thomas John.

The following persons, as appears by the same memoran- dum, were supervisors of roads between the years 1725 and 1753, viz. :

David John, Thomas Jaines, John David, Thomas Martin, Stephen Evans, Thomas Godfrey, James Abram, Owen Rodger, Isaac Walker, Jenkin Philip, Enoch Walker, Thomas Walter, Isaac David, James David, Jr., Griffith John, John Parry, Stephen David, Samuel Rich- ard, Humphrey Wayne, Edward Powell, Jenkin Lewis, Timothy David, Daniel Walker, Joseph Mitchell, John Havard, Richard Evans, William Sharp, and Thomas John.

The memorandum referred to also contains the names of the overseers of the poor of the township from 1720 to 1753, two persons being elected to that office each year, but it would prolong this article too much to give them

here. Many of them are the same persons whose names have been already given as having filled the offices of con- stable and supervisor.

The population of the township, as this list of names indicates, was in early times largely Welsh. Gradually, however, its character in this respect changed, as people of other nationalities settled in the township, until at the pres- ent time very few of the surnames of the original settlers are to be found on the map of the township.

"TREYEDIFFRYN RATE," 1715.

£ a. d.

£ s. d.

Thomas Jarman, Seor .... 0 I II

Thomas Jarman, Jur. 0 3

Lewis Walker

0 2 0

James Parry.

00 6

Stephen Evans 0 1

Henry John.

00 10

Rowland Richard.

0 David Evans.

0 0 10

Griffith John. 0 1

Thomas David.

0 1 10

John Robert. 0 1

Thomas Martin

01 0

James David.

0 2

Margaret Watters.

0 1

Non-resident Land.

John David ..

0 1

Capt. Nordant. 0 4

Thomas Godfrey

0 I

Benjamin Davies 0 3

Thomas Rees.

0 0 10

Owen Gethen

0 1 0

John Dd Griffith. 0 1

Thomas Hubbert. 0 0

Total. 22 3

Llewellin David.

0 1

TAXABLES IN 1753.

Thomas Waters, Stephen Evans, William Currey, Thomas Godfrey, Isaac Walker, Samuel John, Daniel Walker, Samuel Richerd, William Malcher, James David, David Jones, Joseph Mitchell, Isaac Davis, Rowland Richerd, John Davis (minister), John Kinkead, John Row- land (miller), Elizabeth Parrey, James David (tailor), Israel David, Hannah Davis, John Grono, Stephen Hubbert, Thomas Hubbert, Jar- man Walker, Richard Evans, William Evans, Conrad Young, Evan David, William Sharp, John Jones, Sampson Davis, Isaac Lewis, James McKan, Thomas Jones, John Havard, John Havard, Sarah Davis, Samuel Lowns, Ben. Robison, John butler, Joseph bundox, Sam1 Havard, Michel Wills, Frederick Lawrence, Jacob Kitinger, Hance Rigler, Jacob Ilouser, Evan Thomas, Thomas Hubbard, Thomas Rowland, Thomas Martin, Margaret Glascow, William Hayes (?), Sam. Dankin, David John, Joseph Tucker.

Freemen .- Jacob Sliter, Elexander McDowel, Ben. Jones, John Thomas, John Darby, Thomas Tucker, Joshua Evans, John Evans, Richd Kelly, John Mckinley, James Thomas, John Hutchin.

LAND-OWNERS, 1774.

Henry Bear, John Brown, William Barnes, John Beaver, John Baker, Jacob Baugh, Rich'd Carrie, Sarah Christie, William Clayton, John Cloyd, Henry Castlebury, Isaac Davis, Benj'n Davis, Dr. John Davis, Rev. John Davis, James Davis, David Davis, Samuel Davis, Joel Evans, Jonathan Evaos, Josiah Evans, Jacob Friok, Adam Gider, John Gronow, John Havard, David Havard, Abram Hate, David Howel, Jacob Huzzard, Samuel Havard, Rich'd Horton, David John, Samuel John, Esler James, Stophel Kittleman, John Keok, William Potts, Abel Thomas, Alexander Logan, Peter Mather, Anthony Moore, Joseph Mitchell, James Miles, Richard Miles, Enos Miles, Dewees & Potts, John Peck, Thomas Penington, Judith Rees, Samael Richard, Abel Reesc, John Rowland, Jonathan Rowland, Michael Reed, Adam Rickabaugh, Rev. John Simonton, Jacob Sypher, Paul Sharaddin, Abijuh Stephen, Peter Stikoler, Daniel Showalder, Felty Showalder, Jobo Showalder, Conrad Snider, Benj'n Thomas, Philip Upright (Epright ?), Thomas Walter, Joseph Walker, Jacob Walker, Joel Watts, John Wilson, Christian Workizer, Ilannah Wetherby, Thomas IIampton, Mary Pugh, John Maxfield, Levi John, Caleb Smedley, Charles Ramsay, Charles Pennington, John Nailer, James Aspin, Lewis Gronow.

"TURPEHOCKIN."

The rate for 1725 was as follows :

Leonard Steak, Jacob Perker, Peter Torn, Jery Shimp, Hannas Moore, Michaell Miser, Jacob Cobb, Adam Leth, Phillip Brown, Nicholas Shaffer, Godfry ffidlor, Jacob Covall, Peter ffeak, Peter Reet, Johannes Cons, Hans Jery Heine, Michaell Shaffer, Abram Lowk, ffrederick Shaffer, Martin Sberva, Michaell Emris, Juhn ffurr, Leonard

John Davd Howell 0 0

Mordecai Moore. 0 4 2

William Evans 0 1 3

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THE GREAT CHESTER VALLEY.

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Reed, Palsus Anspach, Poston ffisher, Jasper Reed, Cynrad Tiffihach, Jery Reed, Hans Adam Sheets, Stefull Stump, Jery Lesh, Adam Wall- pum, Cynrod Culpman, Hans Jery Say, Jacob ffragmen, Michaell Eruff.

Tulpehocken township became a part of Lancaster County in 1729, and of Berks County in 1752.

UWCHLAN AND UPPER UWCHLAN.

The name Uwchlan is Welsh, and signifies "upland," or "higher than or above the valley." It is spelled in old writ- ings Ywchlan. These townships were principally settled by Welsh Friends about the year 1712, and later, under the auspices of David Lloyd, of Chester, who took up large tracts of land, which he sold to settlers. John Cadwalader purchased 250 acres from him by deed, June 2, 1715, and on Jan. 16, 1716, he sold the same lands to Thomas Fell, " excepting a small piece of ground on the side of the King's road, which the said John Cadwalader allotted for a burying-ground, and to set a meeting-house for the use of the people called Quakers." In 1722 this property (then owned by William Harvey) was conveyed to Evan Evans, and the same reservation madc. This piece - of ground thus reserved is that now occupied by the Friends' meet- ing-house and graveyard at Lionville.

Among the early settlers were Griffith John and Samuel John, both ministers in the society, neither of whom could ever speak English free from a strong tincture of their native dialect. They were sons of John Philip, or Philips, and Ellen, his wife, taking their father's Christian name for their surname, as was the custom among the Welsh.

A large tract of land in Uwchlan was purchased by Evan Evans, who came from Treeglws, in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1722. His grandson, of the same name, was a member of Assembly from this county from 1780 to 1783, both inclusive, and his descendants are among the promi- nent citizens of these townships at the present day.

Among the early settlers of Uwchlan were David Cad- walader, John Evans, James Pugh, Cadwalader John, or Jones, Robert Benson, John David, Morris Rees, James Rees, David Evans, Humphrey Lloyd, David Lloyd, Grif- fith and Samuel Jolin, Joseph Phipps, Noble Butler, Rees Jones, David Davies, Evan Evans, Thomas John, and the Philips family.

The reader will notice on the map of Upper Uwchlan that on the eastern side of it there is an extension of the township into West Vincent, the latter township surround- ing that part of Upper Uwchlan on three sides. That portion of Uwchlan originally formed a part of the lands belonging to Sir Mathias Vincent, Dr. Daniel Cox, and others, now constituting the Vincents, and which were orig- inally known as " Cox and company's 30,000 acres." The taxes on this land remaining unpaid from the 29th of Sep- tember, 1687, until the 29th of September, 1715, suit was brought for their recovery by John Simcock, clerk of the county courts, in the name of William Penn, and a writ of execution was granted by the court Aug. 30, 1717, and a portion of the tract of 30,000 acres, containing 467 acres, was seized, and sold by Nicholas Fairlamb, sheriff, to David Lloyd, of Chester, for £50, and confirmed to him by deed of Feb. 24, 1717-8. This tract thus sold for taxes is that part of Upper Uwchlan to which reference is made as

being surrounded on three sides by West Vincent, and which thus passed to the ownership of David Lloyd.

About the year 1738 the boundaries of Uwchlan were (rather loosely) defined by the court, as is shown by the following record in the office of the clerk of the courts :

"Upon the petition of the inhabitants of the township ef Uwchlan, praying that the limits of the said township may be fully determined; its ordered that the said township includes all the lands surveyed or taken up on the east side of the North Branch of Brandywine Creek, with the lands of Richard Webb and Nathan Evans, on the said Branch, and all the lands surveyed or taken up (on this side the mountain behind the land of William Philip) from the said Branch to the upper corner of a tract of land laid out to one Dr. Daniel Cox & Company, and then the said township to be bounded by the line of the said tract to the land now or late ef David Lloyd, formerly taken in execution and cut off from the said tract laid out te the said Dr. Cox & Company, and then by the lines of the said land now or late of the said David Lloyd, round to the aforesaid line of the land of the said Dr. Cox & Company, and then by the said Cox's line te the land of Joseph Pyke, (Pike) and by the said Pyke's line to his south- east corner, and then extending the said Pyke's line to the top of the Valley Mountain, and along the top of the said mountain, including all the lands surveyed, taken up or settled in Ihe said mountains to the said Branch of Brandywine creek."

It will be seen from the above record that in defining the bounds of Uwchlan that part of Vincent township then known as Cox and company's lands, which had been sold for taxes and purchased by David Lloyd, was included within the limits of Uwchlan, and thus became part of it. This was probably donc at the instance of David Lloyd, who had large interests in Uwchlan, or of whoever had then become the owner of the lands. The associations of those residing thereon were probably more with the inhab- itants of Uwchlan than of Vincent, and hence the desire to have those lands attached to the former township.

There is evidence that David Lloyd tried to get posses- sion of this land several years before, and it is quite possi- ble he may have suggested what part of Cox's tract it would be well to seize for taxes.

In 1728 he sold to John Vaughan 200 acres, which afterwards became the property of his son, Jonathan Vaughan. The latter, with his wife Ann, on Sept. 21, 1761, conveyed the same to Dennis Whelen, with the brick house thereon, known as the " Red Lion." Whelen also purchased other lands adjoining, and had the following ad- vertisement inserted in a Philadelphia newspaper of 1762 : .

hereas, DENNIS WHELEN, at the sign of the RED LION, in the county of Chester, hath purchased a considerable Interest in Lands at the Place aforesaid, which is so situate on the Provincial Road leading from Philadelphia te Harris's Ferry, where several other considerable Roads also meet and join the same at and near Uwchland Meeting-house, as to render the Situation very suita- ble for a Town, and a number of Persons having applied for Lots for that purpose; in consideration whereof the said Dennis Whelen hath laid out a Number of Lots to accommodate the Appliers, where the conveniences are so large that several Hundreds of Builders or Ten- ants may be served with dry and wholesome Lots. Those of them now Isid out are 60 feet wide and 250 deep ; proposed to be lett at three Dollars per Annum yearly Rent, or the Value thereof, with a Condition that the Tenants may purchase when they please, upon paying 20 Years Rent. The said Tewn to be named WELSH-POOL, after a place in Wales, from whence the late Judge David Lloyd come, who had been formerly Owner of this Place. It is proposed that when 20 Tenants come and enter, then the said Dennis Whelen, for himself and his Heirs, shall enter into the necessary Articles to secure the Tenants in their Possessions, with the Streets, &c .- It may be further observed that the Place aforesaid proposed for the Town, is

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situate in a populous Part of the Country, numerous Travellers daily passing and repassing, and many saw-mills and Merchant-mills on every side of the same, not far distant, with Stone, Timber and other Materials for Building, &c .- Persons of one religious Society, to the Number of 20, taking so many several Lots in said Place, shall have one Acre of Ground freely given for a Place of Worship, Bury- ing-ground and School-house, provided they make timely Application. A Plan of the Beginning of the Allotment is to be seen on the Premises, where the Provincial Road is to be the Main Street, and enlarged to 80 feet wide .- It is further proposed, that upon the Tenants taking up two hundred of said Lots, they shall he entitled to 10 Acres of Ground for a Common, clear of any Rent.

"DENNIS WHELEN."

The expectations of Mr. Whelen were not realized, and instead of the large and populous town of Welsh-Pool we have the pleasant village of Lionville.

In 1827 the line between the southwestern part of Charlestown and the townships of East and West White- land and Uwchlan was altered, the former survey having been defective or incorrectly reported, and in 1828 the line between West Whiteland and Uwchlan was altered, and run from the southwest corner of Charlestown, as estab- lished the year before, south 71 degrees west 1100 perehes to the reputed northeast corner of East Caln. In 1853 the line between Wallace and Uwehlan was altered so as to include in Uwehlan a part of Wallace which extended down between East Brandywine and Uwehlan.

The township of Uwehlan was divided in 1858, and a new township formed from the northern part, to which the name of Upper Uwchlan was given. In this case we have a name made up of two words belonging to different tongues but meaning almost the same thing,-a pleonasm arising from not adverting to the signification of the word Uuchlan, that word, to the people at large, no longer con- veying a clear and definite meaning.

The present inhabitants of the Uwchlans are largely the descendants of the early settlers, and a glance at the map will show that a considerable number of the land-owners are of Welsh extraction. This is indicated by the fact that many of the surnames are ordinary given or Christian names. Persons bearing such surnames as Thomas, Lewis, Wil- liams, James, Richards, Roberts, Philips, Davis, John or Jones, Owen, Griffith, and others of like character, are al- most always of Welsh extraction. The reason why this is so may be thus briefly explained :

In early times a single name was given to each individ- ual, and that name was generally invented for the person, in allusion to the circumstances attending his birth, or to some personal quality he possessed, or which his parents fondly hoped he might in future possess. In process of time the love of imitation led persous to adopt nanies which had been and were borne by others, and in order to obviate the inconveniences resulting from the difficulty of distin- guishing contemporaries designated by a common appella- tive, some additional name or names became necessary, and onr présent system of surnames grew gradually into use.

In Wales persons bearing the same name were distin- guished from each other by being known as the son of a particular person. Thus if a person bearing the name of Thomas had a son William, and a person called Lewis had a son William, the sons would be respectively known as William, the son of Thomas, and William, the son of Lewis,

or, as it was briefly expressed in the Welsh language, Wil- liam ap Thomas, and William ap Lewis, the particle ap signifying " the son of." If it so happened, as it frequently did, that fathers bearing the same name had sons of the same name, so that they could not be distinguished by the appel- lations of their fathers, they were distinguished by the names of the grandfathers, thus : William ap Thomas ap Richard, and William ap Thomas ap James; and the list of names was run farther back, if necessary, to effect a dis- tinetion. It was not unusual in Wales, even as late as the middle of the seventeenth century, to hear of combinations carried up through several generations ; so that a man might be said to carry his pedigree in his name.

Until a comparatively recent period no subnominal ad- junct beyond this partiele ap was used in Wales. This mode of distinguishing persons from each other becoming, with the increase of population and intercourse, very in- convenient, it became necessary to effect a change, which was done in this wise : The particle ap was dropped, and the personal name theretofore borne became what we know as the Christian name, and the distinctive appel- lative became what we call the surname. Thus Richard ap Thomas became Richard Thomas, and William ap Lewis became William Lewis. Thenceforward the children were given the surname of the father; thus the children of Richard ap Thomas, or Richard Thomas, bore the surname of Thomas, and the children of William ap Lewis, or Wil- liam Lewis, bore the surname of Lewis.

This accounts for a thing very noticeable in Welsh com- munities, and in places where Welsh names are prevalent,- that of many families bearing the same surname, and yet standing in no degree of consanguinity to each other. When the change in the mode of naming took place, and the appellative by which they were distinguished from each other became the surname, there were, from the very nature of the case, many families bearing the same appel- lative, but not in any manner related to each other. All those whose fathers bore the name of Thomas, under the old system, were called Richard ap Thomas, Joseph ap Thomas, or any other Christian name which they happened to bear. Under the new system the particle ap was dropped, and they were respectively called Richard Thomas, Joseph Thomas, etc., although belonging to different families, and bearing no relation to each other. In consequence of this custom, and of the fewness of personal or Christian names, their adoption as surnames became common to so many families that Wales to this day suffers under the incon- venience and confusion of a paucity of names.

Before the change took place in Wales many Welsh families had emigrated to this country. Here the old sys- tem was at onee dropped, and the children bore the same ap- pellative which distinguished their fathers from each other.

UWCHLAN RATE, 1715. £ 8. d.

£ 8. d.

Davd Lloyd, of Chester .. 0

Charles Gatlive ..

0 10

Joseph Phipps.

Thomas Held.

James Pugh

John Beusent 0

John Cadwnlader

6 Jeremiah Jarman 0

6 Rees Jones.

Samuel Jones

John David

Cadwalader Jones

Robert Williams. 0

Joseph Ilclsby

(

Thomas David 0

6 Total 0 14 0

6 Jenkin David

Griffith Joncs.

Thomas Jones [John ] ... 0

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TAXABLES IN 1753,

Edwd Goff, Jnº McClure, Jnº Lewis, Jnº Phips, David Davis, Clam- ent Rigg, Jos Wilkinson, Joº Vaughan, Jos Phipps, Juar, David Owen, Jonathan Pugh, Isaac Lewis, Jun", Isaac Lewis, Sear, Jos Jackson, Thos Thomas, Jnº Bowen, Evan Jones, Robert Mcclure, Jnº Reese, Jaª Benson, Jnº Sherridan, Jnº Benson, Wm Benson, Jnº Jen- kins, David Evans, Wm Scarf, Noble Butler, Alex" Ramsey, Griffith John, Daa' Joha, Jos Phipps, Sen", Robt Allison, Jonathan Evans, Wm Denny, David Phillip, Phillip Davis, Humphrey Lloyd, Jnº Ja- cabs, Ruth Roberts, Jas MeClure, Evaa Thomas, Thos Guest, Wm Poor, Jas Talbert, Jaº Bell, David Roberts, Jun", David Roberts, Sen", Tho" Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Benj" Elliot, David Thomas, Jno Bell, Cadwalader Jones, Eaoch Meredith, Nathan Cadwalader, Jas Reese, Thos Evans, Thos Martia, Archihd McHenery, Eliza Davis, Na- than Phipps, Jnº McCord, Morris Reess, Jnº Smith, Robert Beaty.

Inmates .- Robt William, Abraham Griffith, Wm Nowland, Jus Jobn, Richard Evans, Henery Boyl, Jnº Ingram, Jas Ruly, Jas Hicky, Jas Pollick, Frederick M'Cashey, Alex" Kenny.

Freemen .- Abel John, Thos Wright, Hugh O'Neal, Enoch Butler, Richd Bradley.

LAND-OWNERS, 1774.

William Denney, Joseph McClure, John McClure, Richard Evans, Robert Carson, John Lewis, John Evans, Matthias Keely, Wm. Mill- house, Miles Davis, Robert Alison, Charles Reede, Wm. Byers, Elia- zer Evans, Peter Wills, Thomas Guest, David Pugh, William Owen, Joseph Philips, Wm. Dillins, John Smith, Robert Smith, Ruth Rob- erts, Robert Beaty, Robert Beaty, Jr., David Beaty, Jacob Moses, Joba Whelan, Israel Whelan, Daniel Evans, William Butler, Noble aad Benjamin Buller, Enoch Butler, John Baler, David Lloyd, James Packer, John Benson, Jr., James Benson, James Benson, Jr., Joha Miles, William Griffith, Stephen Philips, Joseph Bentley, Thos. Evans, William Hiddings, Christian Treat, Jacob Necler, Dennis Whelan, John Young, David Philips, James Adams, Elizabeth Davis, Evan Jones, John Philips, Thomas Thomas, Jacob Haines, Christian King, Cadwalader Jones, Samuel Bond, Samuel Griffith, Reuben John, Dan- iel John, Griffith John, George Phipps, Aaron Phipps, John Phipps, Jonathan Phipps, Peter Ashifeler, Jonathan McVeagh, Dugal Cam- eron, Rief Gatlive, Jacob Tianey, Thomas Martin, John Hoskins, Richard Thomas, David Owen, David Davis, Robt. McMinn, David Evans, Edward Owen, Richard Downing, Isaac Lewis, Esther Crosby, David Evans, Jr.

VALLEY.

Valley township was formed in 1852, by decree of court, from parts of the townships of West Caln, West Brandy- wine, East Caln, and Sadsbury, the larger part of its ter- ritory being taken from the last two townships, with the village of Coatesville in about the centre of it. It was re- duced in size first by the incorporation of the borough of Coatesville in 1867, and next by the erection of the new township of Caln in 1868, which latter included all of Valley township east of Coatesville. The township is now only about one-half of its original size.

EAST VINCENT AND WEST VINCENT.

On Holme's " Map of the Improved Parts of Pennsyl- vania," constructed by Thomas Holme, surveyor-general of William Penn,-the earliest map of the province,-the territory now constituting the Vincents is given in the names of "S" Mathias Vincent, Adrian Vrouzen, Benja Furloy, Doct" Daniel Cox." It appears that Benjohan Furly, of Rotterdam, in Holland, as agent for William Penn, on March 7, 1682, conveyed 5000 acres of land in Pennsylvania to Burgomaster Adrian Vroesen, of the same place, who on June 10, 1704, conveyed the same lands to Benjohan Furly, merchant, son of the first named. By letters from Furly to Thomas Penn, as late as 1736, it seems that nothing had been done towards a confirmation

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 57

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts Number of Pages: 1162

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162