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1703, 3d. 1mo. Paying for work on House for the addition to it.
Presented accts of
Richard Thomas, due him for work £1. 12. 0. 10
Received from Margaret Thomas
Richard Thomas
Bal. £1 02. 0.
Robert Thomas for work on meeting House
05. C
Moses Roberts ..
03. 9.
Evan Griffith .€
01. 8. All paid. (7. 3mo. 1703).
It seems that Griffith John who was continued as col- lector of "slow" subscriptions, in Feb. 1702-3, was replaced by Thomas Jones, as the latter reported, on 3. 10. 1703, "he hath fully paid what remains in his hands of the subscrip- tion monies he was appointed to receive." This balan. is not stated. It was probably paid to John Roberts, as treas- urer, as he endorsed, "the accounty viewed."
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Messrs. Buck and Smith, and others following them, de- cided, as above said, that "the first meeting house was of wood, built in 1695." This, by the extracts from the extant minutes of the Merion men's monthly meeting, we can see was wrong, for there was a Merion meeting house long before 1695. They also held that this wooden meeting house was "used till 1713, when the present one [of stone] was built." As to "1713," anon. As to the wooden build- ing being the meeting house in 1695-1713, it does not seem probable in the face of some data of record. We shall see that the date "1713" was at the wrong end of the life of the stone house, for that was the year in which it was entirely finished.
From the items I have furnished, and from some yet to give, I am of the opinion that the stone meeting house of Merion was begun as far back as in 1691, when it was pos- sible for the Merion Friends to begin building on land they owned; that the date "1695" was only presumed as the building date, because that was the year in which this meet- ing had its deed for the burial ground, as we shall see; that the stone house was built slowly, and as the money was contributed, we have evidence; that about 1695, it was so far advanced that it could be used under favorable condi- tions; that up to this time, a one-story log building was "our public place of meeting," as was the case in other parts of the country; that the "addition" to the meeting house, in 1702, was either the kitchen, or addition meant to build some more of the house under construction ; that "securing" the meeting house, in 1703, meant roofing. what was fin- ished; that in May, 1703, it was far enough progressed to put in the benches, and floor the loft. But that it was then far from finished, may be seen by the following items, in the following year, and up to 1713.
From the minutes of the Merion men's monthly meeting. 1703-4, 2mo. 7, and 4mo. 2. "Edward Rees, Edward Jones, Owen Roberts, Evan Harry, Rowland Richard,
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Robert Jones, and John Roberts, ordered to see for stones to build a meeting house, and to get workmen to dig for them."
This is the first reference of stone in connection with the new building. "To build a meeting house," looks at first reading as if there was meeting house to be built elsewhere, or as if M. ion meeting was now about to begin building one for itself, but it was only the scribe's awkwardness of expression.
1704, 9mo. (Nov.), 3. "The workmen employed by this meeting to dig stone, desiring to be paid, Edward Rees, and Griffith John are desired to answer them untill friends have an opportunity to collect them." That is, the committee must see the workmen and tell them to wait till the meeting could collect the money. This shows the money was col- lected as the work progressed, and that payments were made as they came due.
1704, 10mo. 8. It was ordered to collect money "to pay workmen for digging stone to the Meeting house." Here we have the definite article for the indefinite.
1704, 11mo. 5. John Roberts, as the treasurer, reported that he has a balance in hand of 13s. 2d, after advancing money to pay "for digging the Stone to ye meeting House." till it could be collected. He also reported that "a legacy of £6. 2. 8. to the use of the Merion meeting." He had laid it out at interest he reported.
During its building operation, the Merion meeting seems to have but little difficulty in raising money to carry it on, but it is notable that contributions were not asked till after work was done, and to be paid for. There is no evi- dence. that the meeting had any assistance with money from other meetings while paying workmen in early years; but then the men's records are not complete. There is evidence, however, that the Merion meeting helped the Haverford meeting materially towards building its meeting house, in 1701, and that Haverford subsequently replied in kind .*
*The names of some of the members of the Merion meeting, during
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these years, are preserved in the extant marriage certificate of Jona- than Jones and Gainor Owen, whose wedding took place in the Merion meeting house, in 1706 as follows:
Griffith Owen.
John Gwen. (3).
Robert Lloyd. Catharine Humphrey.
Martha Owen.
Rebecca Humphrey.
Sarah Owen.
Daniel Humphrey.
Evan Owen.
Hannah Humphry.
Owen Owen.
John Cadwalader.
Robert Owen.
Martha Cadwalder.
Joshua Owen.
Joshua Salkeld.
Elizabeth Owen.
David Meredith.
Robert Jones.
Edward Rees.
John Jones. (2).
Rees ap Edward.
Richard Jones.
Thomas Evan.
Gainor Jones. (2).
Robert Evan.
Jane Jones.
Jonathan Wynne.
Anne Jones.
John Moore.
Ellen Jones.
Edward Griffith.
Edward Jones. (2).
John Griffith.
Mary Jones.
Evan Griffith.
Evan Jones.
Hugh Griffith.
Elizabeth Jones.
Griffith John.
Catharine Jones.
Robert John.
Rees Thomas.
Mary Orme.
Martha Thomas. Caleb Pusey.
Owen Bevan. (2).
Cadwalader Roberts.
Eleanor Bevan.
Edward Roberts. (2).
William Edwards.
Robert Roberts.
Rees Priee.
Rebecca Roberts.
Jane Price.
Anne Roberts.
John Williams.
Gainor Roberts.
Sarah Williams. |
Elizabeth Roberts. John Roberts. Jane Roberts.
Robert Ellis.
C Iwalader Evan.
Thomas Lloyd. Gainor Lloyd. Elizabeth Lloyd.
Rowland Ellis.
Mary Badcock. (2). Elizabeth Badcoek. Jane ab Edward.
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On a single sheet of writing paper, partly burned and badly frayed, and almost illegible, which was found in the oldest minute book of the Merion Women Friends' monthly meeting, there is preserved John Roberts's personal account (somewhat complicated) of the cach contributed towards finishing and furnishing the Merion Meeting House, and "e expenditure of the same, up to 10. 4mo. 1717, as below. it will be noticed that stone was not bought, nor masons paid, but that boards were bought and carpentering paid for, and for this reason it seems the work was on the interior, for partitions, gallery, &c., excepting for some shingling. The collections were continued to be taken in 1712 to 12mo. 1713-14, and later. The decipherable figures n this ancient account show that at least £267 were subscribed in money, labor, and materials, but the standing of the account cannot be determined because of the incompleteness of the entries. 1712/13. Merion Meeting House. Dr
To John Moore bill for work done £2. 17. 9
To Edw'd Jones acct for diett, Liquor, board, and other things (?) ( ?)
41/4
To Richard Hains acct for 14200 sh [ingles] ( ?)
( ?) (?)
To Ellis Pugh acct for 216 at 3/10 pr ( ?) (?) 8
To James Thomas acct for lime (?)
11%
To John Knowles acct for carpenter work 47. 10. 71/2
To Richard Jones bill for sawing
27. 8. 10
To Wm & Edw'd Rob'ts acct for ditto
2.
13. 8
To 28 bas lime & cartage yt Owen Thomas brought
1.
19. 8
To Rob't Jones acct for sundries
5.
9.
21%
To Daniel England acct for boards &c
1. 17. 10
To Rob't Evan for ditto
7.
To John Conor for 46 bus of lime
1. 14. 6
To John Rob'ts acct for naills &
11.
16.
21/4
To Edw'd Rees acct for sundries
25. 10.
2
To Hinges had at Jno Caddw [alader's]
14.
8
To Rob't David for D. Tho acct
16.
To Owen Rob'ts
2
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To Geo Claypoole acet To John Jones carpenter acc To Thomas Kendall acct To Owen Rogers acct To Thomas Lassells acct
2.
10
G. 10
Meeting House Subscriptions.
John Roberts
Dr
To Wm Edw'd
£3.
0.
0
To Thomas Jones
3.
1. 2
To Jno Thomas
1. 1.
To Geo Scolym
1.
0. 0
To Rob't Evan
9.
10.
0
To Abel Thomas
1.
3. 10
To Robert David
4.
4. 0
To David Price
2.
9. 91/5
To Jonathan Cogshall
10.
8
To Robert Lloyd
10.
3
To Robert Evan-
1.
5.
1
To Wm Edward
1. 1. 9
To Thomas Jones
2.
18 91/2
To Rob't Evan
1.
4. 11
To Jno Rob'ts
5.
0.
0
To A Th mas
( ?)
11.
11
[Co]gshall
( ?)
9.
4
for R Evans acct
2.
4.
61%
wen acct
3.
15. 0
[Ro]b'ts
3.
12.
01%
To John Griffith
1.
4.
8
To John Roberts
3.
16.
6
Pugh
2.
1. 1134
To Rob't Evan
1.
4. 3
To Rowland Ellis for R. P acct
1.
12.
01/4
[R]ob'ts
(?)
15. 0
2.
2.
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1.
5. 4
41%, 17.
To Ro To Jno Thomas
aid
1.
1. 9. 4
To John Roberts
1.
3. 4
To Rob't Evan
1.
5. 51/2
To Owen Thomas for his mothers acct 1. 10.
To Moses Roberts
1
To David Price
2.
7. 8
To Abel Thomas &c
1.
16. 4
To Rob't David
4
[Roberts' total] £107. 8. 414
Dr
Meeting House Subscriptions
1713.
6mo. 6. To Ball due Ellis Pugh
18.
5.
8
To Rich'd Jones acct
4.
6.
7
To Wm & Edw'd Rob'ts
2.
13.
To Ball due to Edw'd Jones
6.
3.
41/2
To John Moore
19.
3
To Edw'd Rees acct
10.
10.
2
To Jno Rob'ts
13. 3.
11
To Tho Jones
4. 13.
0
To Sundrie persons
32. 7. 2
24. 13.
£179.
15. 0
subscriptions not rec'd
36.
19. 71/2
Subscriptions allready Rec'd 142.
15. 41%
Cadd Morgan
10.
0.
0.
Hugh Tho Bond and interest 17.
8. 0
£170.
1.
41/2
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$41. 18. 81%
£74 17. 11%
1713. 6mo. 6. Amounting to
10. 8. 0
WELSH SETTLEMENT OF PENSYLVANIA
John Roberts continued
Dr
To David Price
2.
To Robert Evan
1.
15.
To Owen Rob'ts
1.
To Rowland Ellis
2.
5. 10.
To Rob't David
1.
10.
To Jona Cogshall
1.
To Rob't Roberts
1.
To Edw'd Roberts
5.
To Abell Thomas
10.
0
To Haverford Meeting
16.
2.
To Rees Howell
3.
15.
Sum
34.
10.
1
1713/4. 12mo. 12. The amt of ye other
107.
8. 41/4
£141.
18. 51/2
Cr.
£
S
d
By Rich'd Jones
5.
By ditto
4
By cash for shingles &c
15.
1.
6
By naills
1. 0
10
By Jno Knowles Carpenter
11.
0.
93/4
By James Thomas
5. 7. 6
By naills
10.
By ditto
3.
18.
41%
By James Thomas
2.
19.
10%
By Tho Rees on ditto acct
8.
4.
By naills
3.
16.
6
By Ellis Pugh & to his order
8. 7.
43/4
By Jno Knowles carpenter
27.
3.
1034
By Francis
5.
8
By Board [s] from D [aniel] Eng [land]
1. 15.
4
By naills
2.
4
By ditto
17.
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To Rachel Rob'ts
WELSH FRIENDS' MEETINGS
By Boa [rds and] naills By /46 c ( ?) / By
1. 11.
21%
1. 14. 6
1.
1.
£103. 17. 10
Ey Edw'd
10.
By naills
4.
By Boards & naills
14. 7
By ditto
8.
8
By Jno Jones carpenter
6.
2.
111%
By Jno
14. 8
By Th
6.
7.
6
By Ge
1. 9
By Lap ( ?)
6.
10.
By Edward
8.
By cash lock
2
By John
[carpe]nter 10.
10. 8
By Wm
5.
12 mo. 12. 1713/4
£158. 15. 234
1713/14. 1mo. 12. Dr. John Roberts. £. S.
d.
To John Rob'ts cash [sub] scription
1 1.
To Robt lloyd
9. 9
- mo. 14. 1714. To cash of his son being
7.
6
- mo. 8, 1715. To David Harry for 2 years interest
- mo. 13 To Wm * * * * [in-
terest on] Bond
4.
To Rees Wms acct for do 2 yrs int 5.
- 4mo. 3.
To Matthew Rob'ts acct 2.
2.
1715/16. 12mo. 22. To David Price acet 2.
0. 1
1716. 6mo. 9. To Jane Bedward Husbands legacy 2.
1716/17. 12mo. 2. To Row'd Ellis
1.
21. 15.
4
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1717. 4mo. 10. Ball without or beyond in- terest to Jno Rob'ts by the above acct 4. 7. 0
£26.
2.
4
1713/14. 12mo. 12.
Cr.
By Ball of our acct settled then as by the
other side
16.
16.
914
1714. 2mo. 7. By Edw'd Jones Jun'r for
[B]all acet
1.
4.
By Evan Owen for [Bal]] acct 15.
By Jno Jones acct ca [sh in]
full
10.
91/2
By John Moore acct 16.
7mo. 4. By Daniel England
for
boards 1. 15,
9mo. 2. By Owen Rogers acct
1.
3.
4
By Moses
[Roberts]
for
Tho Ball 3.
6
By Tho Pugh in full 5. 1
10mo. 15. By naills 11 1/2 lb @ 10d pr
9. 7
1714/5. 11mo. 15. By 2 lb do at 9d pr
1.
6
1715. 6mo. 20. By 11 1b naills
8.
3
6mo. 27. By 193 foot boards
15. 6
1716/7. 1mo. 30. Dy Josiah Lawrence
18.
£26. 2. 33/4
"Memorandum to Enquire if there is not 1. 0. 11d. of Jno. Rob'ts subscription not paid towards the interest."
It appears from the following entries in the minutes of the Radnor monthly meeting that the Merion meeting called in its loans to be used in paying its building bills.
1713, 3. Smo. "Merion friends having proposed to have some money that was formerly lent to Rees Howell, which is £5, old currency, £4 thereof belonging to the Merion
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Friends. Also £10 tha was lent to Joseph Evans, which is now at interest. Monthly Meeting agreed that Merion Meeting shall have these sums to be used towards finishing their meeting House."
And from the same minutes, of the Monthly Meeting "held at the Merion Meeting House, 12, 9mo. 1713," "Five pounds, old currency, formerly lent to Rees Howell, trans- ferred to the Merion Mecting, towards finishing their meet- ing House. Paid to John Roberts."
Now, as to the acquisition of the lands where the Mer- ion graveyard is located, and where the meeting house stands. Briefly, it may be seen from the following abstracts from deeds, that the deed for the oldest portion of the grave- yard was dated 20 August, 1695, eleven years after .Tugh Roberts and Robert David selected a site for the M. on burial lot, and that the deed for the meeting house lot was dated 20 March, 1714, twenty-five or more years after the erection of the stone meeting house was begun, and appar- ently in the year it was finished and paid for.
Exempli. cation deed, dated 20, 6mo. 1695, (Phila. Co. Book VII, p. 156).
"Edward Rees, of the Welsh Tract, yeoman," for five shillings, sold and conveyed to Robert Owen, Edward Jones, . Cadwałader Morgan, and Thomas Jones, all of Merion, "in trust for the use of ( Merion preparative meeting," "one- half acre and six square perches of Land," thus described,
"Running, Westward, by Hugh Roberts's land, 111% perches; Southward, by the said Edward Rees's land, 7 perches, and about 12 feet; Eastward, by the same land of Edward Rees, 11 perches, and Northward, by the said Edward Jones's land, 71/2 perches. Being a part of said Edward Rees's land."
The grantor gives and guarantees "free liberty of ingress, er ess and regress in, to, and from said piece of ground," and stipulated that it is to be only "to the use of the people of God, called in scorne Quakers, who are members of the Haverford monthly meeting in the Welsh Tract, for only
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a burying place, and for no other use whatsoever." Witness to the signs'ure of Edward Rees, who marked E R, were John Roberts, Robert . ones, David Hugh, and Griffith John. This deed acknowledged in open court, Philadelphia, 11 Dec. 1697, Recorded 6. 2mo. (April), 1698.
It may be noticed from this description, that there was no "road to the ford" at this time, along the north side of the "old graveyard," and over Hugh Robc ts's property. Some- time in the last century, ten feet were added to the west end of the graveyard from the meeting house lot.
Some think that the date of this deed, the earliest con- nected with the Merion meeting, is what suggested to the meeting trustees of 1829, when they repaired the build- ing, to put up the date tablet: BUILT IN 1695.
It appears by the Monthly Meeting books, that there was a graveyard near the Merion Meeting House, which was older than the oldest part of its private burial ground .-- "Rees' Gift," as there are entries of burials, stating that certain interments were made in "the ould grave yard, Owen Roberts." This as late as in 1716. And, that before 1700, there are entries of removals of bodies "from ye ould grave yard, Owen Roberts," to the grounds now used.
This "ould grave yard" is a mystery now. It may have been either a private burial lot on his father's, Hugh Roberts, and sub. quently his plantation, which they per- mitted outsiders to use, and from which all bodies were eventually removed, because the Roberts' deeds never men- tion any lot reserved for a graveyard, as was the custom. This, Owen Roberts, 1677-1733, was the Friends' minister's third child, and the land he received from his father, with a dwelling house, lay along the "road to the ford," and near the meeting house, and adjoined Rees' land.
Or, this may have been the site for the Merion Meeting's graveyard selected by Hugh Roberts, in 1684, and it was abandoned, and reverted to the Roberts estate, when P es gave land more advantageously situated for Merion's grave- yard, which is presumed by many to have been the spot
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where he buried his child in 1632 (but unfortunately for this idea, Rees did not own this land till in 1691, and if there was an old graveyard here it most likely belong to Dr. Jones), and was the reason for the expression in the "1714 deed," hereafter, "beginning at the northwestermost part of the old graveyard," else, how account for this expression, if there was only one graveyard? This site certainly be- came the most desirable in the township for the Meeting House, as it is near four highways. Yet, from the wording of Rees' deed, there was no probability of such an advan- tage.
Here follows an abstract of the earliest deed, conveying by the retiring trustees, to the trustees of the Merion meet- ing, the lot on which they had built their stone meeting house, recently completed.
There was an indenture of the usual lease for one year, dated 19, 1mo. 1714, from Edward Rees, Robert Jones, Micredith Davies, and Rees Price, to Edward Jones, Thomas Jones, and Robert Roberts, but it was not acknowledged, nor recorded.
In the recorded deed of release, dated 20 March, 1714, of: "Edward Rees, Robert Jones, Meredith Davies, of Ply- mouth township, and Rees Prees (or Price), son and heir apparent of said Edward Rees," [the trustees of the Merion preparative meeting], to "Edward Jones, Thomas Jones, Robert Roberts, son and heir apparent of John Roberts, maltster, the trustees appointed by the meeting," the con- sideration being "£3, of lawful money of America," the land thus conveyed is described :
"Beginning at the North Westernmost part of the old Grave Yard, thence South 80°, West 141/2 perches, to a cor- ner stone; thence South 58°, East by line dividing the Meet- ing House Land from other Land of the said Edward Rees, 28 perches, to a corner Black oak tree, by the line dividing the aforesaid Meeting House Land from the Land of Robert Jores; thence North 14°, West to the said Grave Yard Pales, 11 perches; thence West 85°, along the said
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Pales 5 1-3 perches; thence North 15°, West by the end of the said Grave Yard, 73% perches to the beginning. Con- taining 34; of an acre and 23 square perches of Land, and originally part of the tract of said Edward Rees." Wit- nesses, Rowland Ellis, Griffith Robert, Moses Roberts, Wil- liam Walter, David Jones, and Jonathan Cockshaw. This deed was not recorded till 2 May, 1746, by Robert Jones and Rees Price, the survivors of the grantors. (. hila. Bk. G. VII. fo. 131.)
At what date, after 1695, this irregularly shaped lot was conveyed by Edward Rees to the trustees, is unknown at this writing. Including the graveyard, at this time the land of the meeting formed an isosceles triangle. By there com- ing to be two highways intersecting on the west end of Dr. Jones' property, namely, "the road to the ford" in the Schuylkill, (now called Meeting House Lane), between the lands of Dr. Jones and Hugh Roberts, and another, long only known as "a settled road," subsequently the Lancaster Road, (now Montgomery Ave.), between Dr. Jones's prop- erty and some of Edward Recs's, a sharp, narrow point of land was formed, and of the tip of this, Edward Rees bought about two acres, in 1691, which purchase is men- tioned in the confirmation patent to him in 1704. Prob- ably, Mr. Rees had a definite idea when he bought this point what he was going to do with it, for in 1695, we have seen that he conveyed about 86 square perches of it to the Merion meeting for a graveyard, and probably the lease, or refusal, or option, or even the title in fee, on 143 square perches for the site of the new stone meeting house. The remaining land, about 139 square perches he had conveyed to Robert Jones, J.P., (a son of John ap Thomas), in 1709.
It is from the fact that, Edward Rees was the grantee for this point of land in 1691, that it is presumed the foundation of the stone meeting house was begun about that year, under some understanding with Mr. Rees about the lot. There was nothing at any time to prevent the Merion Friends building their meeting house of stone at that time,
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even if they did not finish it till in 1714. There was an abun- dance of stone in the neighborhood, the same it was built of. And it certainly was substantially built, of well selected stone, and adhering cement. Its stone walls are two feet through, standing 14 feet to the over-hanging roof. The length of the building being 36 feet, with the southwest part, or the nave, 20 by 24 feet. The master-builder was the architect, but his name has not been preserved in con- nection with this building.
By these two deeds, it may be seen that the Merion meeting now owned, in the graveyard 1/2 acre and 6 perches, and in the house lot 34 acre and 23 perches. T. balance of the point, "about one acre," as said, Rees sola to Robert Jones. The irregularity of the "consideration," is notrble, as it was, in 1695, five billings for half of an acre; three pounds, in 1714, for three-quarters of an acre, and one pound in 1709, for "one acre," which is the lot now occu- pied by the General Wayne tavern.
The next transfer . f the Merion meeting house and lot, from trustees to trustees of this Meeting, was in 1747, thirty-three years after the finishing of the meeting house. This was done, by deed dated 18. 3mo. 1747, which was recorded at Philadelphia, 12 Dec. 1748. (Deed Book D, XV. fo. 327). Robert Roberts, of Merion, being the only sur- vivor of the trustees acting on 20 March, 1714, by this instrument, conveyed, (his wife, Sy ney Roberts, joining in the deed), the lot on which the meeting house stands in fee to the newly appointed trustees, namely James Jones, of Blockley, Robert Jones, of Merion, and John Roberts, of Merion, miller. The lot was described as follows: "Begin- ning at the Northwardmost corner of the Grave Yard, thence South 79° 30', West 141/1 perches, to a corner stone; thence South 57º, East 28 perches, to a corner; thonce North 14°, 30', West 11 perches and 2 feet; thence South 851/2°, 51/2 perches ; thence North 15°, West 7 perches and 13 feet to beginning. Containing 3/4 of an acre and 24 perches, being part of land formerly in possession of Edward Rees."
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This description was probably from a new, recent survey, as this one does not correspond with that of 1711, and was one square porch less.
In 1763, Mr. Joseph Tunes gave the Merion Preparative Meeting about 6162 square feet of land, adjoining the graveyard land given, in 1695, by Edward Rees, on its east end. He gave it "for a burying place for indigent Friends of this meeting, and for others who were approved by the Merion Prep: ative Meeti ... "* This deed of gift, dated 1 Dec. 1763, corded 7 Jan. following, was from "Joseph Tunes, of Lower Merion tp." "to Edward Price, yeoman, and John Roberts, miller, both of Lower Merion tp., and David George, ycoman, of Blockley tp., trustees." This gift lot was described :- "Beginning at the Northermost corner of the graveyard wall, thence by the said wall, South 17°, East 734 perches, to the Southeast corner thereof; thence by the land of said Joseph Tunes, North 78°, East 3 perches, to a corner stone; thence North 17º, West 73/1 perches, to another corner stone, on the South side of the Road, leading to the ford in Schuylkill river; thence by the said road, South 78°, West 3 perches, to the beginning." "Containing 23 square perches of land." Consideration, five shillings. "The trustees must have this ground walled, or fenced, and they and their successors to keep said wall in repair." Witnesses to the deed, James Jones, James Moore, and Abraham Tunes.
This lot was a portion of the inherited farm J.Im Jones, (youngest son of Dr. Edward Jones, deceased), and his wife Mary, conveyed by a deed dated 15 Oct. 1741, "to Anthony Tunes, late of Germantown," for £812, Pensyl- vania money, described, beginning at a white oak corner, in the line of John Roberts, thence by the land of Hugh Evans, N. 67º, E. 165 per., thence N.W. 48 per., thence N. 70°, E. 40
*In earlier days, the Merion Friends were not so particular in sepa- rating the rich from the poor, as "John Morgan, a poor man, and a charge to ye Township," was buried in the regular ground of Merio: Meeting, in 1718.
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per. to a white oak; thence S.E. 52 per., (.he three last men- tioned courses running by Rees Price's ten actes of meadow, called "Clean John") ; thence by said Hugh Ev. is land, N. 68°, E. 88 per , thence by Richard George's land, N. 66º, E. 173 per., thence partly by said Richard George'- land, and land of Thomas Davids, N. 33°, 79 per., thetice by sail Thomas Davids' land, S. 75°, W. 97 per., thenee N. 25°. W. 60 per., thence N. 80°, E. 4 per., thence by Rees Price's land N. 15°, W. 21 per., to the Road; thence along the same Road, dividing this land from land of Edward Price, S. 73º, W. 141 per., to the Meeting House ground; thence by the same S. 15°, E. 36 per. and 34; thenco by the Road to Haverford, S. 72°, W. 76 per., thence by Rees Price's land, S. 25°, E. 30 per., thence S. 70°, W. 158 per,, to a corner chestnut tree; thence S. 20°, E. 37 per., thence by land of John Roberts, S. 25°, 39 per., S. 39°, E. 22 per., S. 41°, E. 20 per., S. 26°, E. 16 per., and S. 7º, E. 12 per. to beginning. In all 402 acres and 142 perches of land, late the estate of Dr. Edward Jones.
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