Berks County PA Archives Deed.....Lesher, Sr, Nicholas - Peters, Edward  September 20, 1723
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Towamencin township, Phila. County
Written: September 20, 1723
Recorded: May 10, 1735

Nicholas Lesher, Jr. and Jacob Hill were also grantees of this deed.

Edward Peters was a mariner from Bristol England.  He was the nephew of James
Peters who was a Quaker, a merchant and a soap maker from Bristol England. 
James Peters died and his nephew received this land through his will.  
The land had originally been obtained from William Markham and John Goodson,
former commissioners of property of William Penn.  It was obtained by a patent
and  contained 490 acres of land beginning at a post on Griffith Jones land.  
Jones was a Quaker Land speculator.   James Peters was required to pay to the
proprietary on the first day of the first month every year at Philadelphia one
English silver sterling for each 100 acres.  The patent was dated  February 9.
1688/89.  James Peters made  a will on February 11, 1716  and bequeathed this
land to Edward Peters.  Edward Peters for the sum of 160 pounds lawful money of
Pennsylvania sold this land to  Nicholas Loescher Sr., Nicholas Loescher Jr.,
Jacob Hill.  Witness were Caspar Leietecher, Charles Osborne, Charles Brockden,
John Goodson and Joseph Watson .
The land was to be divided into ten equal parts.  Nicholas Loescher Sr. would
receive four tenths.  Nicholas Loescher Jr.  would receive three tenths and
Jacob Hill would receive three tenths.

Additional Comments:
 In 1735 Jacob Hill sold his land to Schwenkfelters, George Dreisher and David
Seipt. Jacob Hill bought land from John Ellis in District Twp. Berks Co. on Aug
13, 1735 This property was on the border of District and Oley Twps.  A Nicholas
Lesher first settled in the Oley Valley in 1726.(Philip Pendleton "Oley Valley
Heritage")

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