Bucks County PA Archives History - Taxlists .....Newtown Township 1779 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 10, 2008, 1:02 am TRANSCRIPT OF THE FOUR MILLION STATE TAX COUNTY OF BUCKS FOR THE YEAR 1779 BUCKS COUNTY TRANSCRIPT. - 1779 Acres Horses Cattle Servants Wm. Ashburn 30 1 John Atkinson 2 1 3 Wm. Buckman 282 6 7 Wm. Buckingham, Ju. 4 6 Abner Buckman 6 9 David Buckman 325 5 10 Jacob Buckman 184 5 8 Joseph Buckman 75 5 8 Thomas Buckman 235 9 11 2 Thomas Buckman, B. S. 1 1 John Buckman 140 4 4 Jonathan Buckman 96 3 2 James Briggs 127 1 1 James Briggs, Jun. 7 7 Wm. Briggs 26 2 Thomas Bulger 100 4 7 Wm. Bateman 1 John Boyd estate 1 2 Lannson Cary 200 2 4 Samuel Cary 190 3 8 Asa Cary 1 Andrew Collins 2 Eben Crosdale 1 George Campbell 1 1 Joseph Dunn 230 8 8 Samuel Doan 1 Henry Elfes 1 John Hart, gent'n, estate 6 1 1 Hannah Harrise 100 5 3 8 Patrick Hunter 1 2 Robert Hilburn estate 230 6 10 Samuel Hilburn estate 200 4 8 Thomas Hill, cooper 1 2 Francis Harper 3 4 Thomas Janny 139 4 4 John Johnston 13 1 2 Francis Jones, tanner 1 John Kees estate 1 2 Peter Leffertson 100 3 6 James Longshore 1 Euclidus Longshore 1 Henry Lewis 3 Daniel Lee 3 3 Daniel Martin 1 Andrew McMin 2 Archabald McCorkle 2 Alexander Miller 1 2 John Martindale 1 2 John Martindale, taylor 2 4 Joseph Martindale 3 6 Wm. Martindale 2 1 Thomas Mitchell 9 1 1 Magdalen Morgan 1 John Paste estate 2 2 James Philpott 1 John Roney 2 1 Joseph Stradling 114 3 4 John Story, taylor 234 6 13 Isaac Smith 259 4 3 James Starky 1 1 Amos Strickland 376 4 10 3 Eman Scott 1 1 Timothy Taylor, Esq. 208 11 14 David Twining 333 10 12 Stephen Twining 150 4 6 Barnard Taylor 220 4 10 Hannah Taylor 25 1 Peter Taylor 300 John Thornton estate 4 2 John Tool 2 Lamb Torbitt, g. m. 100 3/4 6 8 1 Robert Thomas, mill 7 1 3 Joseph Tombleson 2 2 Richard Tombleson 66 3 3 Margaret Thornton 6 3 1 Sarah Vanhorn 120 1 2 Elizabeth Vanhorn 100 3 5 Joseph Worstell 1 1 Thomas Yardly 250 4 2 Samuel Yardly 250 7 11 3 Mary Yardly 1 Mary Janny 1 Francis Many estate 1 Anthony Tate 18 Joshua Cary 59 Heirs of Widow Siddon John Thompson, Esq. 126 3/4 Hugh Thompson 1 Jane Reed SINGLE MEN David Bartin Benja. Buckman Jos. Buckman Thomas Buckman Wm. Briggs Isaac Buckman Tho's Duning Abram Johnson Wm. King Wm. McConkey Jos. Gurly James Kennedy Miles Martindale John Mitchel John Moody Moses Smith John Story Tho's Story Stacy Taylor James Watson John Torbitt James Corvin PERSONS PAYING DOUBLE TAX TAX BOOK or Duplicate of the Different Townships in the County of Bucks of Such Persons Over Fifty-three Years of Age, and not having Sons or any other Person performing Military Duty, &c, to pay a Double Tax for their Real and Personal Property, as the Law Directs. Amount of Tax David Ruchman, 116 .0 .0 Widow Harrise, 50 .8 .0 Samuel Hilburn's estate, 80 .0 .0 Joseph Shadier, 32 .3 .0 Amos Strickland, 100 .4 .0 Barnard Taylor, 89 .0 .0 Robert Thomas, 58 .0 .0 Thomas Yardly, 104.16 .0 David Twining, 91 .0 .0 Additional Comments: ABBREVIATIONS B. S. - black smith f. - furnace or forge f. m. - fulling mill g. m. - grist mill h. m. - hemp mill m. - miller m. h. - malt house p. m. - paper mill s. f. - steel forge s. m. - saw mill s. q. - stone quarry t. k. - tavern keeper w. s. q. - whet-stone quarry Transcribed from: Pennsylvania Archives Third Series Printed under direction of FRANK REEDER Secretary of the Commonwealth Edited by WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D VOL.XIII HARRISBURG: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer 1897 PROVINCIAL PAPERS: PROPRIETARY AND OTHER TAX LISTS OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKS FOR THE YEARS 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D WM. STANLEY RAY, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA 1897 PREFATORY NOTE The Editor calls attention to the fact that neither he or the Printer are responsible for the bad or changeable orthography of the surnames. The Transcripts are faithful copies of the originals, and not in a single instance has any change been made. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb