Settlers on Wm Penn’s Manor (1741): 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/ ****************************************************************** Wm. Penn granted a warrant, in 1701, for the survey of 10,000 acres of land for his son, Wm Penn, Jr being "the remainder due to him of 50,000 acres originally granted by me to his mother." A tract of 5,000 acres was laid out for Penn, jr, on the west side of Fagg's Manor. This tract was resurveyed in 1741, and the following is a "list of names of persons who have presumed to settle on Wm Penn's manor". John Glan James Young John Simpson Wm Porter Robert Criswell James Glascow John Ross Wm. Penny John Black John Dougherty Widow Lion John Scott Robert Criswell Wm. Armstrong Hugh Miller Robert Turner Robert Fleming David Fleming Andrew Sim Charles Hedges James Partle John Beard Robert McKee Stephen Cornelius James Dysert Archibald Blackburn Joseph Smith Thomas Charleton This manor embraces all of the eastern portion of Upper Oxford and a small part of Lower Oxford.