Bucks County PA Archives History - Taxlists .....Upper Makefield 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 9, 2008, 11:03 pm TRANSCRIPT OF THE FOUR MILLION STATE TAX COUNTY OF BUCKS FOR THE YEAR 1779 BUCKS COUNTY TRANSCRIPT. - 1779 UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP Acres Horses Cattle Servants William Atkinson 120 1 2 John Atkinson 80 2 3 Christopher Atkinson 20 2 3 Timothy Balderston 50 2 2 Isaac Buckman 110 3 3 John Busley 180 3 6 John Burrows 365 3 5 John Beaumount 546 4 1 Peter Blaker 100 3 3 John Buckman 100 James Boyd 2 1 Isaac Cooper, B. S. 1 Jeremith Cooper 1 Whistin Canby 50 2 2 Binja. Canby 240 3 6 Robert Comfort 2 Thomas Cooper 180 2 4 John Chapman 260 5 6 Benja. Doan 200 3 6 Jonathan Cooper 100 2 3 Mahlon Dan 124 3 4 Peter Dolin 1 1 Gilbert Elliott 1 2 Joseph Fell 200 3 3 Robert Grigg, still 200 3 5 1 Binja. Harvey 96 3 3 Margaret Harvey 100 2 4 Joseph Howell 167 4 5 Abram Harvey 200 3 5 Henry Harvey 200 4 6 David Heston 75 1 3 Jesse Heston 96 4 5 Wm. Heston 25 Isaiah Heston 50 2 3 Zebulon Heston 150 5 4 John Hayhurst 98 3 Abram Hibbs 178 2 3 John Harvey 1 1 Joseph Hampton 105 Mathias Harvey, Jun. 1 2 Matthias Harvey 300 3 4 1 David Johnston 1 3 Paul Judge 1 Joseph Johnston 166 4 4 Isaiah Keith 150 3 3 John Knowles 288 4 7 William Keith 230 2 7 Wm. Lee, Sen. 17 1 Wm. Lee, Ju. 154 3 4 Wm. Lowns 246 5 5 Robert Longshore 2 David Lewis 140 2 3 Col. James McMasters 210 4 7 Patrick McGavin 1 1 Rob't McMasters 1 Thomas Merrich 260 5 5 James McNair 189 3 6 Jonathan Merrick 2 2 Samuel Merrick 230 3 4 Jonathan Montgomery 4 Ann Marshall 1 1 1 Jno. Matthews 95 2 2 Wm. Murdock 1 Wm. Musgrove 7 1 Thomas Phillips 100 2 3 James Parson 1 1 John Randle 2 Charles Reeder 200 3 4 David Reeder 1 1 Noah Slack 55 2 2 Charles Stuart 250 5 5 John Stufin 2 James Stokes 59 2 2 Thomas Smith 237 2 3 Joseph Smith 200 4 4 Samuel Stringer 2 1 Joseph Roberts 1 2 Henry Smop 2 John Scott 1 Joseph Stackhouse 150 3 3 John Stogdill 135 5 5 Samuel Smith 200 3 4 Thomas Smith 1 1 Ephrim Smith 218 3 4 Isaac Smith 100 Edmond Smith 170 3 7 John Trago 90 2 5 Wm. Trago 60 2 3 John Taylor 163 1 John Tembleson 246 3 4 Joseph Tembleson 30 James Torbitt 250 5 5 John Taylor 5 7 Benja. Taylor, Sen. 250 1 2 Wm. Tembleson 130 2 3 Benja. Taylor 350 4 6 James Thornton 50 2 3 Joshua Vansant 100 2 3 Barnard Vanhorn 400 5 9 Robert Whiticare 225 3 5 Joseph Whiticare 2 2 Robert Wier 1 1 Benjamin Wiggins 150 3 3 Brizla Wiggins 180 2 3 Hampton Wilson 50 2 2 David White, carpent'r 1 SINGLE MEN Sam'l Howell John Beamount Jonathan Kinsey David Howell James Girton Zebulon Heston John Knowles John Keith Wm. Pinquite John Parker Rob't Thatcher Rob't Merrick Robert Carr Joseph Matthews Abram Reeder John Decoursey Timothy Smith Isaac Smith Wm. Smith Jacob Trago Samuel Torbitt James Tombleson Robert Beaty Dan'l Hunt 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 Wm. Atkinson, 42 .5 .0 John Burrows, 185.18 .0 Robert Grigg, 76.16 .0 Margaret Harvey, 45.10 .0 Henry Harvey, 90 .7 .0 Matthias Harvey, 107.18 .0 David Lewis, 27 .6 .0 Charles Stuart, 42 .6 .0 Benja. Taylor, 100.15 .0 Robert Witicar, 39 .0 .0 Brizilla Wiggins, 63 .3 .0 Joseph Tombleson, 8 .9 .0 Jonathan Cooper, 19 .7 .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: 6.9 Kb