Category Archives: Holme’s map

Names on Holme’s map, T through Y

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in T through Y. (There were no names starting with Z.)

I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but names or places might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names are garbled because of an error by Holme, and others by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Taylor, Christopher Bristol, Newtown, Northampton (2) Bucks
Taylor, Israel Newtown Bucks
Taylor, Peter Upper Providence Delaware
Taylor, Robt Marple, Springfield Delaware
Taylor, Thomas Birmingham, Middletown Delaware
Taylor, William Upper Providence Delaware
Thatcher, Richard Middletown, Northampton Bucks
Thomas, Charles Oxford Phila
Tibby, John Byberry Phila
Tomkins, Anthony Northampton Bucks
Torten, Henreck Ridley Delaware
Town, John Middletown Bucks
Townsend, Richard Chester, Bristol,  Plymouth Delaware, Phila
Tucker, Richard Darby Delaware
Tully, John Bristol Bucks
Turner, Edward Thornbury Chester
Turner, Robert Northampton, Gwynedd, Kens/Richmond, Lower Dublin, Roxborough Bucks, Phila
Urin, Hans [Geörgen] Darby Delaware
Vandewall, Jacob & Co Germantown Phila
Venables, William Falls Bucks
Vernon, Randal Nether Providence Delaware
Vernon, Robert Nether Providence Delaware
Vernon, Thomas Nether Providence Delaware
Vickris, Richard Makefield, Warrington, Roxborough Bucks, Phila Vicaris
Vincent, Sir Mathias Vincent Chester
Vos, Mathias Kingsessing Von
Vrouzen, Adrian Vincent Chester
Waddy, Henry Oxford (2) Phila
Wade, Robert Chester (2) Delaware
Waite,  James Edgmont Delaware Waight
Waite, John Goshen Chester
Walker, Francis Bensalem Bucks
Wall, Richard Cheltenham Montg
Walley, Shadrach Newtown Bucks Walle
Walmsley, Elizabeth Northampton Bucks
Waln, Nicholas Middletown, Northampton Bucks
Walter, Godwin Concord Delaware
Ward, Ralph Middletown Bucks
Weaver, Anthony Aston Delaware
Webb, Richard Charlestown Chester
West, John Cheltenham Montg
Wharley,  Abraham Newtown Bucks Whorley
Wharly, Daniel & Mary Northampton Bucks Wherly
Wheeler, Gilbert Falls Bucks
Wheeler, John Falls Bucks
Whitacre, Charles Edgmont, Ridley Delaware Wheetacar
Whitby, Thomas Darby, Edgmont Delaware
White, George Middletown Bucks
White, John Middletown Bucks
Whitehead, Benj Bristol Phila
Whitpaine, Richard Westtown, Whitpain Chester
Wiggins, Wm Middletown Bucks
Wilcox, Barnabas Westtown, Bristol Chester, Phila
Willard, George Warwick, Marple (D) Bucks, Delaware
Williams, Dunk Bensalem Bucks
Williamson, Daniel Marple Delaware
Withers, Thomas Chichester Delaware Wethers
Witscard, Jonathan Falls Bucks
Wolfe, Thomas Falls Bucks
Wood, George Darby, Newtown Delaware
Wood, John Falls Bucks
Wood, Richard Southampton Bucks
Wood, William Easttown (2), Darby (3), Merion Chester, Delaware, Montg
Woodmansee, William Chester Delaware
Woodyard,  George Upper Providence Delaware
Woolam, Gilbert Aston Delaware
Woolman, Sarah Warminster Bucks Woolinne
Worrall, John Middletown Delaware Nowell
Worrall, Peter Marple Delaware
Worrall, Richard Lower Dublin Phila
Worth, Thomas Darby Delaware
Yardley, William Makefield Bucks
Yarnall, Francis Springfield Delaware
Yarnall, Phillip Edgmont Delaware
Yocumb, Peter Kingsessing Phila
Young, Thomas Byberry Phila

Names on Holme’s map, surnames P through S

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in P, R or S.

I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but names or places might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names are garbled because of an error by Holme, and others by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Palmer, Elizabeth Whitpain Montg  
Palmer, George Horsham Montg  
Palmer, William Whitpain Montg  
Park, Nathaniel Concord Delaware  
Parsons, John Falls Bucks  
Pascall, Thomas Kingsessing Phila  
Pastorius, Francis Daniel Wicaco Phila  
Patrick, Henry Upper Dublin Montg  
Paulin, Henry Middletown Bucks  
Paxson, Henry Middletown Bucks Paxon
Paxson, James Middletown Bucks Packston
Paxson, William Middletown Bucks Packston
Pearce, George Thornbury, Perkiomen Chester Perce
Peirce, Edward Upper Dublin Montg Perce
Pelleston, Jacob Bristol, Limerick Bucks, Montg Pellison
Penn, Gulielma Maria Springfield Montg  
Penn, Laetitia Mount Joy Montg  
Penn, William Newtown Bucks Governor
Penn, William Jr Merion, Norriton Montg  
Pennington, John Northampton, Merion (M) Bucks, Montg  
Pennock, Christopher Merion Montg  
Perrin, Mathew Upper Dublin Montg  
Peterson, Anders [Longacre] Kingsessing Phila  
Petree, James Towamencin Montg  
Philips, Thomas Cheltenham Montg  
Phipps, Joseph Concord, Abington Delaware, Montg Philps
Pickering, Charles & Co. Charlestown Chester  
Pickering, William Northampton Bucks  
Pierce, Richard Newtown Bucks Price
Pierson, Thomas Marple Delaware Perce
Pleas, Joseph Perkiomen Montg Place
Plumly, Margery Northampton Bucks  
Potter, James Warminster Bucks  
Potter, Joseph Darby, Newtown Delaware  
Potter, Thomas Warwick, Montgomery Twp Bucks  
Powell, Joseph Nether Providence Delaware  
Powell, Thomas Upper Providence Delaware  
Powell, Willliam Abington Montg  
Pownall, Elinor Makefield Bucks  
Presmall, Robt Southampton Bucks Presmore
Priestner, John Aston (2) Delaware Prisnor
Pritchett, Edward & Henreck Chester Delaware Pretchet
Prothero, Evan Passyunk Phila  
Pusey, Caleb Chester, Middletown Delaware  
Pusey, John Middletown Delaware Peusey
Pyle, Robert Thornbury, Bethel Chester, Delaware Piles
Radcliffe, James Wrightstown Bucks Ratlif
Rambo, Gunnar Kens/Richmond Phila  
Rambo, Peter Lower Dublin, Passyunk Phila  
Rambo, Peter Jr Lower Dublin Phila  
Randall, George Warminster Bucks  
Rawlins, Thomas Edgmont Delaware Raulins
Revell, Thomas Newtown Bucks  
Richards, Joseph Aston Delaware  
Richards, Phillip Birmingham Delaware  
Richardson, Francis Bristol Bucks  
Rideout, Nicholas Byberry Phila Ridecut
Ridgway, Richard Falls Bucks  
Roads, Adam Darby Delaware  
Roberts, Benjamin Newtown Bucks  
Roberts, John Merion Montg  
Robeson, Andrew Newtown (2) Delaware Robinson
Robinett, Allen Middletown, Upper Providence Delaware Robint
Robinson, Patrick Cheltenham Montg  
Robinson, Robert Upper Providence Delaware  
Rochford, Dennis Hatfield, Concord Montg Rathford
Rolle, Samuel Whitemarsh Montg Rolls
Roman, Philip Concord Delaware  
Rous, Thomas Westtown Delaware Row
Rowland, John Falls, Newtown Bucks  
Rowland, Thomas Falls, Newtown, Northampton Bucks  
Rudyard, Thomas Bristol Bucks  
Rush, John Abington Montg  
Rush, John Sr Warminster Bucks  
Russell, John Cheltenham Montg  
Rutter, Thomas Bristol Phila  
Salter, Hannah Lower Dublin Phila  
Salung, Anders Liberties Phila  
Salway, William Upper Dublin, Kens/Richmond, Wicaco Montg, Phila  
Samway, Edward Middletown Bucks  
Sandeland, James Chester Delaware Sardarlan
Sanger, John Concord Delaware  
Scarbrow, John Middletown Bucks  
Seary, Thomas Oxford Phila Sare
Sellers, Samuel Darby Delaware  
Sharlow, William Easttown, Merion, Darby Chester, Montg  
Sharpless, John Nether Providence, Chester, Middletown Delaware  
Shore, George Hatfield Montg  
Shorter, Elizabeth Abington Montg  
Siddal, Henry Makefield Bucks Sidwell
Simcock, George Springfield Delaware  
Simcock, John Thornbury (2), Chester, Concord, Ridley (2), Springfield, Edgmont Chester  
Sleighton, Henry Middletown Delaware Slayton
Smedley, George Middletown Delaware  
Smith, John Darby Delaware  
Smith, Daniel Birmingham, Edgmont Delaware  
Smith, Francis Bethel, Franconia Delaware  
Smith, Jonas Worcester, Roxborough Montg, Phila  
Smith, Ralph Falls, Middletown Bucks  
Smith, William Darby, Edgmont Delaware  
Snead, Richard Goshen, Warrington Roxborough Chester, Bucks, Phila Snee
Sneed, William Newtown Bucks  
Snowden, William Passyunk Phila  
Sommer, John Lower Dublin Phila Summer
Songhurst, John Bristol  (2) Phila  
Souley, Mathias Upper Dublin Montg Soule
Southery, Robert Thornbury, Bethel Chester, Delaware  
Southworth, John Upper Dublin Montg  
Sowle, Andrew Upper Dublin Montg Soule
Sowter, Daniel Newtown Delaware Southery
Spencer, John Bristol Bucks  
Springett, Herbert Wrightstown Bucks  
Stackhouse, Thomas Middletown Bucks  
Stackhouse, Thomas Sr Middletown Bucks  
Stake, Mouns Darby Delaware Toker
Stanbury, Nathan Warwick Bucks  
Stanfield,  Francis Marple Delaware Stanford
Stanfield, James Tredyffrin, Marple Chester, Delaware Stanford
Stanley, William Abington, Hatfield Montg  
Steadman, Elizabeth Springfield Delaware Steedman
Steadman, John Ridley Delaware  
Steadman, Joseph Springfield Delaware  
Stephens, Robert Thornbury Chester  
Stille, John Moyamensing Phila  
Stroud, George Concord Delaware  
Sturges, Anthony Tredyffrin Chester  
Swaffer, James Edgmont, Upper Prov Delaware Swarfer
Swanson, Andrew Wicaco Phila  
Swanson, Swan Wicaco Phila  
Swanson, Wolle Wicaco Phila  
Swart, John Bristol Bucks  
Swift, Henry Springfield Delaware Sweeft
Swift, John Southampton Bucks  

Names on Holme’s map, surnames J through O

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in J through O.

I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but names or places might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names are garbled because of an error by Holme, and others by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Jacocks, Wm Passyunk Phila
James, John Oxford Phila
Janney, Thomas Makefield (2) Bucks Jenny, Janny
Jefferson, Mercy Cheltenham Montg
Jeffs, Robt Franconia Montg
Jelson, Joel Moreland Montg
Jennet, John Roxborough, Perkiomen Phila
John, John ap Merion Montg
Johnson, Claus Bensalem Bucks
Johnson, Harman Darby Delaware
Johnson, John Chichester Delaware
Johnson, William Middletown Delaware
Jonasson,  Neels Kingsessing Phila Johnson
Jonasson, Mouns Kingsessing Phila Johnson
Jones, Charles Roxborough, Warrington Phila, Bucks
Jones, Daniel Byberry Phila
Jones, Edward & Co. Merion Montg
Jones, Griffith Bristol, Willistown, Bristol, Passyunk, Lower Salford Bucks, Chester, Phila
Jones, Henry Moyamensing Phila
Jones, John Birmingham Delaware
Jones, John Southampton, Warminster Bucks
Jones, Joseph Southampton Bucks
Justice, Widow Kingsessing Phila
Justison, Justa Kingsessing Phila
Keene, Joran Oxford Phila
Kennerly, James Edgmont, Newtown, Springfield Delaware
King, Thomas Concord Delaware
King, Walter Abington Montg
Kingsman, John Chichester, Edgmont Delaware
Kirk, John Darby Delaware Kerk
Knight, Giles Byberry Phila
Lane, William Bristol Phila
Langford, Ebenezer Marple Delaware Longford
Lee, Charles Darby Delaware
Leech, Tobias Cheltenham Montg Leach
Lehmann, Philip Theodore Roxborough, Abington Phila Lenman, Taluman
Lester, Peter Springfield Delaware
Levesly, Thomas Lower Dublin Phila
Levis, Samuel Springfield, Willistown Delaware, Chester Lewes
Lewis, William Edgmont Delaware
Lloyd, Charles Merion Montg
Lloyd, Lancelot Middletown Delaware
Lloyd, Thomas Merion, Moreland Montg
Lock, Carolus Chester Delaware Preest (He was the Swedish minister.)
Longshore, Robert Kingsessing Phila
Lounder, Peter Concord Delaware
Lownes, Jane Springfield Delaware
Lowther, Anthony Perkiomen Montg
Lowther, John Perkiomen Montg
Lowther, Margaret Perkiomen Montg
Lowther, William Schuylkill Chester
Lucas, Robert Falls Bucks
Luffe, Edward Makefield Bucks
Luffe, John Falls, Southampton Bucks
Lundy, Richard Bristol Bucks
Maddock, Henry Edgmont, Newtown, Springfield Delaware
Malin, Randall Upper Providence Delaware Maylen
Maris, George Edgmont, Springfield (2) Delaware Mearis
Markham, William Limerick Montg
Marle, Thomas Middletown, Upper Dublin Bucks, Montg
Marsh, John Middletown, Goshen Delaware, Chester Martch
Marsh, Richard Thornbury Chester
Marsh, Robert Southampton Bucks
Marshall, Charles Worcester Montg
Martin, Elizabeth Abington Montg
Martin, John Middletown Delaware
Martin, John Southampton Bucks
Martin, Katherine Lower Dublin Phila
Martin, Thomas Concord Delaware
Martin, Walter Chichester Delaware
Mason, John Montgomery, Lower Dublin Montg
Mason, Richard Aston Delaware Maison
Masters, Thomas Bristol Phila
Medlicot, Daniel Merion Montg
Mendinhall, Benjamin Concord Delaware
Mendinhall, John Concord Delaware
Mendinhall, Moses Concord Delaware
Mercer, Thomas Aston Delaware Merser
Mickle, Archibald Perkiomen Montg Michel
Milcomb, Ann Falls Bucks
Mildmay, Colonel New Britain Bucks
Milner, Daniel Makefield Bucks
Milner, Joseph Makefield Bucks
Minshall, Thomas Nether Providence, Middletown Delaware Menshall
Mitchell, Nehemiah Cheltenham Montg
Moon, John Bristol Phila
Moore, Mary Aston Delaware
Moore, Thomas Concord Delaware
Morrey, Humphrey Cheltenham Montg
Morten, Morten Jr Darby, Ridley Delaware
Morten, Morten Sr Chichester Delaware
Musgrave, Oswin Middletown Delaware
Neeld, John Aston Delaware
Neelson, Michael [Lycon] Kens/Richmond Phila
Neelson, Peter [Lycon] Kens/Richmond Phila
Nelson, Neels [Gastenberg] Lower Dublin Phila
Newlin, Nicholas Concord Delaware Newling
Nilsson, Erick [Gastenberg] Lower Dublin Phila Meels
Nilsson, Jonas Kingsessing Phila
Nixon, John Marple, Perkiomen, Chester Delaware
Noble, Able Warminster Bucks
Noble, Richard Bristol Bucks
Norbery, Thos Newtown Delaware Nerbery
Oborn, William Concord Delaware Owborn
Ogden, David Middletown Delaware
Otter, John Bristol, Newtown Bucks
Overton, Samuel Makefield Bucks

Names on Holme’s map, surnames F-G-H-I

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in F-G-H-I.

I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but names or places might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names are garbled because of an error by Holme, and others by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Fairman, Robt Abington, Byberry Montg, Phila  
Fairman, Thomas Moreland, Kens/Richmond, Oxford Montg, Phila  
Farmer, Major Jasper Whitemarsh Montg  
Farr, Richard Concord Delaware  
Faucit, Walter Chester Delaware Fosset
Fearne, Joshua Darby (2) Delaware  
Fettiplace, Giles (& John) Warwick Bucks  
Few, Richard Chester Delaware  
Fincher, Francis Roxborough Phila  
Fincher, Mary Goshen Chester Finch
Fisher, Joseph Horsham, Lower Dublin Montg, Phila  
Fitzwater, Thomas Whitpain Montg  
Fleckney, John Middletown Bucks  
Flower, Enoch Southampton Bucks  
Ford, Phillip Providence Montg  
Foreman, George Kens/Richmond Phila  
Forest, Walter Bensalem Bucks  
Foster, Allen Lower Dublin Phila  
Frampton, William Cheltenham Montg  
Free Society of Traders New Britain, Whiteland, Oxford Bucks, Chester, Phila  
Fuller, Sarah Abington, Montgomery Twp Montg  
Furly, Benjamin Goshen, Warwick Chester, Bucks Furlow
Gardner, Daniel Falls Bucks  
Garret, Thomas Bethel Delaware  
Garret, William Willistown, Darby Chester, Delaware  
Gee, John (& Co) Gwynedd Montg  
Gibbons, John Thornbury, Bethel Chester, Delaware  
Gibbs, Edward Darby Delaware  
Gilbert, John Bensalem, Southampton Bucks  
Giles, Alexander Middletown Bucks  
Gleave, George Springfield Delaware  
Godwin, Edward Byberry Phila  
Goodson, John Whitpain, Bristol Montg, Phila  
Gratton, Mathew Darby Delaware  
Graves, Richard Middletown Delaware  
Gray, John (alias Tatham) Warwick, Bensalem Bucks [same as John Tatham]
Green, John Whitemarsh Montg  
Gregory, William Edgmont Delaware  
Griscomb, Andrew Byberry Phila  
Groom, Thomas Southampton Bucks  
Growden, Joseph Bensalem (2) Bucks  
Growden, Lawrence Bensalem Bucks  
Haige, Wm Bristol Bucks  
Hall, Robert Middletown Bucks  
Hall, Thomas Concord Delaware  
Hallowell, John Darby, Ridley Delaware Holwell
Hank, Luke Newtown Delaware  
Hannam, John Concord Delaware  
Harding, John Chichester, Edgmont Delaware  
Harding, Nathaniel Bensalem Bucks  
Harford, Charles Roxborough, Wrightstown Phila, Bucks  
Harmer, George Upper Dublin Montg  
Harmer, William Upper Dublin Montg  
Harper, John Oxford Phila  
Harris, Edward Birmingham Delaware  
Harris, John Birmingham Delaware  
Harrison, Francis Bethel, Chichester, Middletown Delaware  
Harrison, James Falls, Makefield, Wrightstown Bucks  
Hart, John Byberry Phila  
Harwood, William Perkiomen Montg  
Haselgrove, John Concord Delaware  
Hastings, Henry Chichester Delaware  
Hastings, John Nether Providence Delaware  
Hastings, Joshua Goshen Chester  
Hawkins, Jeffery Falls Bucks Haukis
Hayes, Jonathan Marple Delaware  
Hayhurst, Mary Northampton, Middletown Bucks Hurst
Heacock, John Falls Bucks  
Heaphy, Daniel Abington Montg  
Heathcott, George Falls Bucks  
Heaton, Robert Middletown Bucks  
Hendrickson, Albert Chester Delaware  
Henreckson, John Ridley Delaware  
Hersent, Sarah Worcester Montg Harsent
Hicks, John Middletown Delaware  
Hidding, Laurence Kingsessing Phila Hodding
Hill, James Falls Bucks  
Hilyard, Richard Upper Dublin Montg  
Hitchcock, William Concord Delaware Hichcot
Hobbs, Israel Abington Montg  
Hodkinson, John Middletown Delaware  
Holdgate, Robert Middletown Bucks  
Holland, John Merion, Lower Salford Montg  
Hollingsworth, Valentine Upper Providence Delaware  
Holme, Elinor Lower Dublin Phila  
Holme, Thomas Bristol, Lower Dublin (P) Bucks, Phila  
Holme, Tryall Abington Montg  
Holstein, Mathias Passyunk Phila  
Hood, Thomas Darby, Newtown Delaware  
Hoopes, Joshua Falls Bucks Hoop
Hort, John Tredyffrin Chester  
Hough, Richard Makefield (2) Bucks Huffe
Houle,  Job Northampton Bucks Horle
Houle, Thomas Southampton Bucks [on map as Hould]
Houlston, John Edgmont, Upper Providence Delaware  
Howell, John Marple Delaware  
Howell, William Marple Delaware  
Hudson, Thos Makefield, New Britain Bucks  
Hudson, William Newtown Delaware Hadson
Hughes, John Oxford Phila  
Humphrey, Joseph Newtown Delaware  
Humphrys, John & Co Merion Montg  
Hunt, James Kingsessing Phila  
Hutchinson, Geo Tacony Phila  
Ingelo, Richard Warrington, Montgomery Twp Bucks  
Izard, Michael Chester Delaware  

Names on Holme’s map, surnames C-D-E

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in C, D, or E.

I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but names or places might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names are garbled because of an error by Holme, and others by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Caldwell, Rebecca Nether Providence Delaware Caudwell
Calvert family  [John, Thomas, Margaret, Elizabeth] Upper Providence Delaware Calverts
Carpenter, Samuel Horsham, Warrington, Bristol, Kens/Richmond Montg, Phila
Cart, Joshua Abington Montg
Carter, Edward Aston Delaware
Carter, Robert Middletown Bucks
Carter, William Middletown Bucks
Cartlidge, Edmund Darby, Newtown Delaware Cartledg
Carver, John Byberry Phila
Cecil, Wm Aston Delaware Cisell
Chamberlain, Robert Concord Delaware
Chamberlin, William Abington Montg
Chambers, Benjamin and Co Norriton Montg
Chandler, Jacob Chichester, Middletown Delaware Chanler
Churchman, John Chester Delaware
Claessen, Christian Tacony Phila Claes
Claridge, Samuel Abington, Lower Dublin Montg, Phila
Clark, Ann Bristol Bucks
Claypoole, James Warwick, Easttown, Lower Salford, Roxborough Bucks, Chester, Phila
Clayton, Joseph Marple Delaware
Clayton, William Concord, Kingsessing Delaware Clauton
Clift, Samuel Bristol Bucks
Clifton, Thomas Chichester Delaware Clyfton
Cloud, Robert Chichester Delaware
Cloud, William Concord Delaware
Clowes, John Makefield, Warwick Bucks Cows
Coats, Richard Upper Dublin Montg
Coborn, Thomas Chester, Westtown Delaware Cowborn
Cock, Erick Kens/Richmond Phila
Cock, John Passyunk Phila
Cock, Lase Passyunk Phila
Cock, Mouns Kens/Richmond, Passyunk Phila
Cock, Otto Ernest Kingsessing Phila
Cock, Peter Kingsessing, Passyunk Phila
Collet, George Perkiomen, Byberry Montg
Collet, Jeremiah Chichester Delaware
Collet, Richard East Bradford Chester
Collet, William Concord Delaware
Collins, John Falls Bucks
Comly, Henry Warminster Bucks Combly
Constable, Thomas Middletown Bucks Cunstable
Cooke, Arthur Newtown, Northampton Bucks
Cooke, Francis Edgmont Delaware
Cookson, Joseph Middletown Delaware Cooxsen
Cope, Oliver Birmingham Delaware
Coppock, Bartholomew Springfield Delaware Cobbeck
Cornelis,  John Ridley Delaware Cornelos
Cox, Daniel Vincent Chester
Cox, Thomas Worcester Montg
Crispin, Silas Abington, Lower Dublin Montg, Phila
Croasdale, Agnes Middletown Bucks
Crosby, Richard Middletown Delaware Crausby
Cross, Thomas Middletown Delaware Crass
Cross, Thomas Byberry Phila
Croxton, Randall Upper Providence Delaware Croxen
Dalbo, Peter Wicaco Phila
Dalbo, Wollo Kingsessing Phila
Darke, Samuel Falls Bucks Darte
Darke, William Falls Bucks Darte
Davies, Richard Middletown, Merion Bucks, Montg Davis
Day, John Cheltenham Montg
Dickarson, Thomas Wrightstown Bucks
Dicks, Peter Birmingham, Nether Providence Delaware
Dilworth, James Middletown Bucks Delworth
Dove, Francis Middletown Bucks
Drake, Joseph Warwick Bucks Drawell
Ducket, Thomas Edgmont , Oxford Delaware, Phila
Dungan, Clement Bristol Bucks
Dungan, William Bristol Bucks
Dungworth, Richard Abington Montg
Dutton, John Aston Delaware
East, Benjamin Northampton, Oxford Bucks
Eckley, John Radnor Delaware
Edge, John Nether Providence Delaware
Edwards, William Middletown Delaware
Eldridge, Jonathan Newtown Bucks Eldreg
Ellet, Andrew Falls Bucks Ellard
Ellet, Peter Kingsessing, Darby Phila
Ellis, Rowland Radnor Delaware
Ellis, Samuel Byberry Phila
Ellis, Thomas Merion Montg
Elwood, Thomas Lower Salford Montg
England, Phillip Newtown Delaware
English, Henry Warminster Bucks
Enoch, Harman Oxford, Kingsessing Phila Enock, Enockson
Evans, Nathaniel Westtown, Chichester Chester, Delaware
Eyre, Robert Bethel Delaware

Names on Holme’s map, surnames A-B

These are the names on Thomas Holme’s map with surnames starting in A or B. Please remember that I have identified these to the best of my ability, based on the available records, but that some names might be wrong. Some people just don’t show up on very many records.

Notice that some people owned more than one tract in a township or multiple tracts in different townships. Also note that names sometimes differed significantly in spelling. Some names were spelled the way they were pronounced; for example Bainbridge was probably pronounced Banbig. Other names are garbled because of an error by Holme or by the engraver in London (who was probably not personally familiar with any of these people).

There were only three counties in 1687: Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. Later the southern part of Chester was made into Delaware County, and the northern part of Philadelphia County was made into Montgomery County. To make it easier to find names on the map, I included all five of the county names, even though they did not all exist in 1687.

Most of the names on the map are easy to identify, allowing for small differences in spelling.  I only made an entry in the fourth column if the name was significantly different.

Name Township County Name on map if significantly different
Ackerman, John Falls Bucks Acreman
Acrod, Benjamin Lower Dublin Phila
Adams, Robert Oxford Phila
Alford, Philip Middletown Bucks
Allen, Nathaniel Bensalem, Warminster Bucks
Allen, Samuel Bensalem, Bristol, Northampton, Abington Bucks, Montg
Allibone, Joseph Middletown Delaware
Amor, Richard Middletown Bucks
Anderson, Lasse Moyamensing Phila
Andrews, Francis Middletown Bucks
Ashcom, Charles Ridley Delaware
Ashcom, Nathaniel Middletown Delaware
Ashmead, John Cheltenham Montg
Ashton, Joseph Lower Dublin Phila
Atkinson, James Lower Dublin Phila
Atkinson, Thomas Falls, Northampton Bucks
Aubrey, John Upper Dublin Montg Arbury
Bailey, Edward Birmingham Delaware
Bailey, Henry Warwick Bucks
Bailey, Joel Birmingham Delaware
Bainbridge, John Newtown Delaware Banbig
Baker, Henry Makefield, Wrightstown Bucks
Baker, Joseph Edgmont Delaware
Baker, Sarah Edgmont Delaware
Banckson, Andrew Passyunk, Wicaco, Moyamensing Phila
Barber, Elizabeth Newtown Bucks Braber
Barker, Thomas (& Co) Willistown Chester
Barnard, Henry Birmingham Delaware
Barnes, John Bristol Phila
Barnes, John Abington, Montgomery Twp Montg
Barnet, William Middletown Delaware
Bartram, John Darby Delaware
Beaks, William Falls Bucks
Beales, John Aston, Concord Delaware
Beasley, John Worcester Montg Basly
Bennet, Edmond Bristol, Northampton (2) Bucks
Bennet, Samuel Bristol, Roxborough Phila
Bennet, William Newtown Bucks
Betris, Mark Southampton Bucks
Bevan, Charles Marple Delaware
Bevan, John Marple, Merion (M) Delaware
Bezer, Edward Bethel, Thornbury Delaware
Bezer, John Chichester, Goshen, Concord Delaware Brazor
Bezer, William Concord Delaware Beazor
Biles, Charles Falls Bucks
Biles, William Falls (2) Bucks
Bingley, William (& Mary) Warminster Bucks
Blackshaw, Randal Warwick, Falls, Wrights Bucks
Blake, Edward Middletown Delaware
Blaykling, John Warwick Bucks
Blinston, Mary Montgomery Twp Montg
Blunston, John Darby (3) Delaware
Blunston, Michael Darby, Newtown Delaware
Bolton, Everard Cheltenham Montg
Bond, Thomas Makefield Bucks
Bond, Widow Middletown Bucks
Bonsell, Richard Darby, Newtown Delaware Bansall
Boon, Andres Kingsessing, Darby Phila
Boore, Lase Lower Dublin Phila
Bore, Joshua Falls, Middletown Bucks
Bostock, William Thornbury Chester
Bowater, John Middletown Delaware
Bowden, Mordecai Bristol Bucks
Bowman, Thomas Bristol, Bristol, Willistown Bucks, Phila, Chester
Bowne, John Bensalem, Northampton, Westtown Bucks Bond, Bowen
Bowyer, John Kens/Richmond, Bristol Phila
Boy, John Charlestown Chester Bye
Boyden, James Bristol, Warwick Bucks
Bradford, Thomas Thornbury Chester
Bradshaw, Samuel Darby Delaware
Bradshaw, Thomas Darby Delaware
Bradwell, Mary Whitpain Montg
Brassey, Thomas Willistown, Aston, Chester, Darby Chester
Bridgman, Walter Middletown Bucks
Brinsley, Luke Falls Bucks Brinslo
Brinson, Daniel Falls Bucks Brindsly
Brinton, William Birmingham, Concord Delaware Brainton
Bristow, John Chester Delaware
Brittain, Lionel Falls Bucks
Brock, John Makefield Bucks
Brown, Edward Bethel Delaware
Brown, George Falls Bucks
Brown, James Chichester Delaware
Brown, William Cheltenham Montg
Brunsdon, John Birmingham Delaware
Bryan, William Middletown Bucks Brian
Buckley, John Birmingham (2 tracts) Delaware
Buckley, Samuel Charlestown Chester
Buckman, William Northampton Bucks
Bunce, John Oxford Phila Bunto
Burrow, Robert Middletown Delaware Burnough
Busby, John Perkiomen Montg
Bushell, Joseph Thornbury, Bethel Chester

Coming soon: list of all the names on Holme’s 1687 map

A few days ago, I gave a talk on Thomas Holme’s map of the countryside for GRIP (the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh). One of people who heard the talk asked a very good question — whether I posted on this blog an index to the names on the map.

The question made me realize that I have never posted such an index. I need a few days to coordinate several lists to make sure that they are complete. When it’s done it will be posted here.

Thanks to the anonymous questioner who inspired this.

Early owners of Abington: sharp-dealing merchants

Quakers could be very good people, with benevolent religious beliefs, but they could also be sharp merchants. Most of them believed that there was no contradiction between being a good Quaker and being successful in business.  Samuel Cart was an active member of Abington monthly meeting, one of the trustees for the meeting house, and prominent in the early meeting minutes. Yet he was willing to cut a harsh deal with a poor man seeking to emigrate. In 1699 Samuel Hadden went before the Council and complained that Samuel Cart had encouraged him to immigrate, saying that if he could procure seventeen passengers, then his own passage would be free and his wife and four children would come for £15. So Hadden sold his effects, travelled 70 miles to Bristol with his family and the agreed-upon seventeen passengers, and loaded his goods on board, only to face a demand from Cart that he pay another £25. Hadden tried to remove his goods from the ship but Cart would not let him. He only had three pence left, and was forced to sell two of his children into indentured servitude or “stay in England, when his whole substance was Caried elsewhere”.  He petitioned the Council to return his children to him. Cart appeared and debated the issue with Hadden, and in the end the Council ruled that Cart had to return Adam Hadden to his father and pay £10 for the passage, while Hadden had to pay £8 to Cart.

Another of Cart’s neighbors also got into trouble with the Council for his business dealings. William Powell was a cooper from Southwark, Surrey. He immigrated, and did not live on his Abington land, but leased it out and lived on the Schuylkill River. The Council had granted Philip England the rights to ferry people and horses across the river, and erect landing places on both sides. Powell bought a boat and muscled into the business, violating the monopoly granted to England. The Council reprimanded him in the summer of 1693, and he tried to evade the restriction by selling the boat to a group of local Welshmen who hired Nathaniel Mullinax to be their ferryman. In 1694 England complained to the council again. The Council read Powell the minutes of the previous reprimand and made him promise to get out of the business; they threw Mullinax in gaol until he gave security for his good behavior.

The early merchants were often over-extended financially, with their money tied up in land or ships. If they happened to die early, as William Stanley did in 1689, they could leave substantial debts. Stanley had grand hopes for his 500 acres in Abington, calling it Mount Stanley. But he died before March 1690 when Walter King took Stanley’s widow Rebecca to court for a debt of £128. The sheriff according to the custom took twelve honest men and appraised Stanley’s various lands, awarding Mount Stanley to King to cover the debt. King promptly sold it to Peter Baynton, a scoundrel who cared more for his fortune than his family, and who specialized in marrying wealthy widows. Baynton first married Rebecca Stanley, but she died in childbirth in 1691. The next year he married Anna Keen, widow of James Sandelands, a merchant of Uplands. Baynton absconded to England in 1694 with the moveable proceeds of Sandelands’ estate, leaving Anna and the children in Pennsylvania. In 1698 he wrote a letter to her saying that he did not intend to return, that he had taken another wife in England, and that he planned to remove the remainder of the estate to England. She promptly went to the Council and pleaded to be allowed to sell the Pennsylvania properties in order to support herself and the children, which the Council granted. Baynton later returned to Pennsylvania, outlived Anna, and left his fortune to his daughter Rebecca.

Early owners of Abington: the women

There were four women who owned land in Abington in their own names: Catherine Martin, Sarah Fuller, Mary Broadwell, and Elizabeth Shorter. Three of them were widows, one was unmarried. At that time married women did not own property; any property a woman owned became her husband’s when they married. Widows, on the other hand, had some economic freedom if they inherited land at the death of their husband. In most cases they could dispose of it as they pleased, buying and selling in their own name.

Catherine Martin arrived in September 1682 with her husband Isaac and daughter Elizabeth. Isaac, a felt-maker from London, died the following May, leaving his land to Catherine. She shared it with their daughter Elizabeth, giving Elizabeth the tract in Abington. Elizabeth married Joseph Farrington, but died soon afterward, possibly in childbirth, and he sold the land.

Sarah Fuller and her stepfather John Barnes were from Sussex, two miles from Penn’s estate of Warminghurst. They probably worshipped with Penn there. Barnes was a tailor in Sussex and a farmer in Abington. He must have done well and is sometimes referred to as the wealthy tailor. He bought land for himself and for Sarah, perhaps as a dowry, She married a saddler, William Dillwyn, in 1687 and lived in the city with him. Barnes later donated part of his Abington land to Abington Meeting.

Another tract in Abington was owned by a woman at the time the map was finished, although the name on the map was William Chamberlin. He owned the land for a few years, and sold it to Mary Broadwell in 1685. She owned it for ten years. Mary Broadwell was remarkable. When she died on January 2, 1730 it was claimed that she was aged one hundred years and one day. The Pennsylvania Gazette noted that “Her Constitution wore well to the last, and she could see to read without Spectacles a few Months since”. At a time when many people did not live to see grandchildren, she named great-grandchildren in her will! A midwife, she also kept a shop in Philadelphia.

Elizabeth Shorter was a widow and a glover from London, who immigrated and settled in Abington. Her son-in-law John Rush also bought 250 acres, laid out in Abington adjoining her land. In the spring of 1687, he brought her a paper to sign, purporting to be a letter of attorney, but actually an extraordinary deed of gift conveying everything she owned to “my beloved son John Rush”. It read in part, “For my special naturall favour which I bear toward John Rush of Philadelphia my beloved son and for divers other good causes. I do grant all my lands, goods, chattells, leases, deeds, ready money, plate, household stuff, appearall, utensills, brass, pewter, bedding and all other my substances whatsover, moveable and immoveable, quick and dead, of what kind nature quality or condition … freely and quietly without any manner of challenge claim or demand.”  She signed with her mark.

It must have been a shock to her when she found out what she had signed. But she knew exactly how to deal with it. She went straight to the governing body for the province, the Council in Philadelphia. At their meeting on 3rd month 1687, she appealed for help. “The Petition of Elizabeth Shorter, Widdow, was read, complayning that John Rush, her son in Law, instead of a Letter of Attorney that shee was to signe, prepared a Deed of gifft of all her Estate, with power of Atturney, to one Samll Atkins, to acknowledge the same in Court. The Wittness to ye Deed were severally examined; They all Confest the writing was not Read to her, nor Could shee Ever write or Read herselfe, so yt it appeared to this board to be an Absolute Cheat.”  It is clear that she was able to get the fraudulent deed anulled, since later that year she sold one of her city lots, and she owned her Abington land until 1699. [1] There was a large family of Rush in Byberry, starting with John Rush, “the Old Trooper”, who had fought with Cromwell and who emigrated with his wife and sons about 1683. He apparently had a son John, and it is possible that John Rush of Abington was the son of the Old Trooper, but there are no records connecting them.

Rush had been accused of a serious crime several years before. In 1683 Charles Pickering and two accomplices were brought before the Council and questioned about counterfeiting—coining Spanish silver bits with copper added. They admitted to adding more copper alloy than usual, but said their money was “as good Silver as any Spanish money”. Pickering added that he heard John Rush swear that he spent half his time making bits. Rush was a blacksmith, who would have the skills to work with metal. When sent for and examined, Rush positively denied this, and he was not punished by the Council. Pickering was found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to make full restitution to anyone who brought in one of his “base and counterfitt coynes”, and fined forty pounds toward the building of a court house.

Early owners of Abington: the lecher, the surveyors, and the secretary

Samuel Clarridge owned the largest single tract, over 2500 acres, almost a quarter of the township. He never came to Pennsylvania. A wealthy Dublin merchant, he became a Quaker and was thrown into prison more than once, along with other Dublin Friends like Robert Turner and Thomas Holme. When Penn opened up the land in Pennsylvania for purchase Clarridge bought 5000 acres, as a gesture of support and in hopes of  a profit. With properties and a family in Dublin he probably did not consider emigrating. His good standing with Friends was seriously threatened when his maid became pregnant and he sent her to England to have the child, earning him a sharp reprimand. Clarridge sold his Pennsylvania land to Thomas Holme. 1

Thomas Holme, the map-maker and Surveyor General, was a colorful character, with a different background than many of the emigrants. As a soldier in Cromwell’s army he helped to conquer Ireland. One of his services was to rebuild a castle devastated in the fighting; he also surveyed the county of Kerry. After the war he bought land in Waterford and raised his family there instead of returning to England. Perhaps repelled by the devastation he became a Quaker. As a Quaker he was persecuted for his beliefs; he was fined and thrown into prison like so many others. But in 1682 he set off for Pennsylvania to be Surveyor General for William Penn’s new province. Holme came in September 1682 on the Amity, along his grown children, several indentured servants, and William Crispin’s son Silas. William Crispin, a cousin of Penn, had been Penn’s first choice for Surveyor General, but he died on the voyage and was replaced by Holme. Silas Crispin inherited his father’s lands, including two large tracts in Abington.

Another tract belonged to Thomas Fairman, a contentious and difficult man, whose services were valuable to Penn and Holme in the early days. When Penn and his commissioners arrived in 1682 Fairman rented out his house, billing Penn for the cost of putting them up. While Holme was staying with Fairman he must have recruited Fairman as one of his surveyors, since there was too much work for one man. Fairman incurred Holme’s anger for some sharp dealings as a surveyor, but Holme needed him even though he distrusted him. Thomas’ brother Robert invested in Pennsylvania land, including a tract in Abington, but he never immigrated, and Thomas sold his lands for him.

William Penn knew Thomas Holme and Silas Crispin personally, and he certainly came to know Thomas Fairman. But there was one Abington purchaser whom he relied upon and worked with intimately. This was his private secretary Philip Theodore Lehnmann. Lehnmann probably came with Penn on the Welcome in 1682. He attended the Council sessions, handled correspondence, and stayed behind when Penn returned to England in 1685? to defend his colony against the boundary claims of Lord Baltimore. But when Penn arrived in London and looked for the evidence he needed, he made a discovery that gave him a shock. Lehnmann had forgotten to pack the all-important depositions. As Penn put it, “Phil Lemain has most carelessly left behind ye York papers [that] Lloyd brought and should have come as the ground and very strength of my coming so yt I am now here with my finger in my mouth, he could not have done me a worse injury nor Balti[more] a greater service, if he had had ye bribe of 10000 to do it.” 2 Needless to say Penn fired Lehnmann after that. Lehnmann died, a widower and childless, in 1687. He left many debts and part of his Abington tract was seized by the sheriff and sold to pay them.

Next: the women of Abington

  1. Dublin’s Quaker Merchant, by Richard Greaves, a biography of Clarridge’s associate Anthony Sharp.
  2. Papers of William Penn