Abstracts of Chester Co., Pennsylvania, Land Records, 1753-1758, Vol. 4Covers the area of old Chester Co. which now includes Lancaster Co. (formed in 1729) and Delaware Co. (formed in 1789). These are abstracts of deeds, mortgages, bond leases releases, and land patented in 1681 (recorded as deeds in 1688). Recorded dates begin in 1688 with apparent gaps in 1714 and 1715. Numerous entries give clues to relationships and British origins. Index includes names such as Brown, Davis, Evans, Howell, Jones, Lewis, Penn,

A wonderful keepsake book

While the bulk of the material is concerned with immigrants to the western (Pennsylvania) shore

Photos of early homesteads also

Also available is Loss Uns Deitsch #1 (item #2850) and Loss Uns Deitsch #3 (item #4135)

000 persons who signed the Revolutionary oath of allegiance in Philadelphia gives the name of the signer

A pedigree chart of Samuel's ancestors is also included going back to the mid-1700s

and Troyer

Magdalena Altemus

were typical of many Mennonite congregations

in the early 1900s

Enjoy the wonderfully detailed pen illustrations in the book

Northkill is an intensely researched fictional depiction of the Hochstetler massacre that happened in 1757 in the Northkill Amish community of Berks Co