WY824-825

Conveyance in trust. Lease and Release. (i) Thomas and Richard Penn esquires, proprietors of Pennsylvania. (ii) James Hamilton, Richard Peters, Lynford Lardner and Richard Hockley of Pennsylvania esquires.

23 Oct 1756

From: 1756 To: 1756

Recites that the proprietors have ordered that a survey of certain lands in Pennsylvania be made and laid out for their use; that they each have an eldest son for whom they have made provision out of the quit-rents of Pennsylvania; they want to raise £12,000 - £9,000 for Thomas, £3,000 for Richard. -- manor of Gilberts, 3,200 acres in Pennsylvania; tracts of land adjoining Philadelphia on the north side, part of manor of Springettsbury, lately ordered to be laid out in lots; pieces of land to west of last, near the line of the city of, Philadelphia, and extending so far until they join land of James Hamilton; swamp and cripple lands south of Philadelphia in townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk; 905 acres in Montgomery township; all which are in the county of Philadelphia and province of Pennsylvania; 2,990 acres at Mosselin, in county of Philadelphia and Berkshire; 1,000 acres on or near the river Schuylkill, county Berkshire, adjoining land of Francis Parvin; manor of Highlands; manor of Rich land; 2,609 acres laid out on the Lottery Scheme, on the branches of Tohickon and Tenicum; 2,300 acres laid out on the Lottery Scheme, on the branches of Tohickon and Cook’s creek; 1,500 acres on the branches of Anolmink creek; 607 acres on Cook’s creek; 304 acres adjoining the manor of Perkassie; 134 acres 105 perches adjoining Nazareth; all of which are in the county of Buckingham; 7,984 acres in the county of Northampton, adjoining land of John Page; 508 acres near Leghaigh Creek adjoining land of George Hoffman in county Northampton; 2,940 acres at town called Nottingham; 1,475 acres in Strasburgh; 772 acres in Calne township; 500 acres near Marlborough township; 500 acres at Calne; 500 acres adjoining the land of John Whiteside; 500 acres in Fallowfield township; 250 acres in Rockland manor; all of which are in the county of Chester. Witnesses: John Towse, Francis Spring.

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Penn, Thomas,
Penn, Richard,
Hamilton, James,
Peters, Richard,
Lardner, Lynford,
Hockley, Richard,
Parvin, Francis,
Page, John,
Hoffman, George,
Whiteside, John,
Towse, John,
Spring, Francis

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