Early Nantmeal Land Surveys (early 1700s): Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . ****************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non- commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ****************************************************************** The Name Nantmeal was formerly, and properly, written Nantmel, being derived from Nantmel, in Radnorshire, Wales, from where some of the first settlers came. The following are some of the early surveys made on the head of the north branch of Brandywine and the acreage; William Powel 300 acres Thomas Callowhill 500 William Iddings 284 Thomas Rees 260 John Broomal 400 David Thomas 300 Daniel Moore 237 William Trego 200 John Moore 200 Richard and John Peirsol 400 some ffrench Creek surveys, names dates and acreage; James Logan 1000 acres 1715 Jeremiah Jarman 200 1718 Owen Roberts 1000 1715 300 acres 1719 Wm. Davis 100 1718 John Williams 240 1719 Philip Rogers 200 1718 Samuel Nutt 250 1717 650 acres 1719 150 acres 1720 Mordecai Lincoln 150 1720 Nicholas Rogers 200 1719 Henry Hockley 200 1719 Simon Meredith 200 1720