Tax Lists: WILEYs on the Lancaster Co., PA, Tax Lists 1771- 1782: Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ed Book. edbook@alpha.clarion-net.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file 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. ____________________________________________________________ WILEYs on the Lancaster Co., PA, Tax Lists, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1779, & 1782 including variants [W - (H) - EI/EY/I/Y - L/LL - E/EY/IE/Y] Source: Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd series, vol 17., 'Provincial Papers: Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Lancaster for the Years 1771, 1772, 1773, 1779, and 1782., ed. by William Henry Egle, M.D., printed by William Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, 1898. Note: Lancaster Co. was larger than present-day Lancaster Co. during this period. It included present-day Lancaster, Dauphin and Lebanon Co. The townships were also typically much larger. While compiling these records, I have endeavored to include every WILEY, WHEILY, WYLLIE, etc., mentioned in these 5 tax lists (as published in the PA ARCHIVES in 1898), and I believe that this list is complete and accurate as to the original spelling of the names and the acreage of land owned. (I do not, however, guarantee either its completeness or its accuracy. As with all genealogical work, researchers who find useful information in this compilation should check the original sources for themselves.) These are organized by first name, and then by date. I've pretty much ignored the spelling of the surname, since the spelling of surnames is so variable during this period. (See, for instance, Samuel WYLIE (1779)/Sam'l WILLY (1782), owner of 160 acres of land in Paxton Twp.) WILLEY, Chris'r p. 880 1782 - Sheffer's Town, Heidelberg Twp., no acres WILY, Elizabeth p. 36 1771 - Paxton Twp., 100 acres WILEY, Elizabeth p. 382 1773 - Paxton Twp., 60 acres WILLY, Henry p. 629 1779 - Elizabeth Twp., no acres WILEY, James p. 654 1779 - Little Britain Twp., no acres WILY, James p. 696 1782 - Hanover Twp., inmate Note: There's also a Peter WIREY listed as an 'inmate' along with James WILY in this 1782 Hanover Twp. tax list. Although he doesn't fit into my variant pattern above, I've included him just in case WIREY is a typo for WILEY. WILLEY, Peter p. 109 1771 - Lampeter Twp., no acres WEIL, Peter p. 171 1772 - Lancaster Twp., single man WILE, Peter p. 347 1773 - Groves Town, Lancaster Twp., no acres WEILE Peter p. 618 1779 - Lancaster Twp., 1 acre WEIL, Peter p. 850 1782 - Lancaster Twp., no acres WEILE Phillip p. 394 1773 - Hempfield Twp., no acres WILY, Robert p. 110 1771 - Lampeter Twp., freeman WILEY, Robert p. 250 1772 - Lampeter Twp., no acres WILEY, Robert p. 328 1773 - Lampeter Twp., no acres WEILY, Robt. p. 739 1782 - Paxton Twp., no acres WYLIE, Samuel p. 572 1779 - Paxton Twp., 160 acres WILLY, Sam'l p. 738 1782 - Paxton Twp., 160 acres WEILY, Simy p. 616 1779 - Lancaster Boro., no acres WILLY, Tho's p. 36 1771 - Paxton Twp., 50 acres WILEY, Thomas p. 382 1773 - Paxton Twp., 60 acres WILEY, Thomas p. 522 1773 - Donegal Twp., freeman WYLIE, Thomas p. 571 1779 - Paxton Twp., 99 3/4 acres WILEY, Thomas p. 739 1782 - Paxton Twp., 70 acres WILLEYS, Widow p. 15 1771 - Elizabeth Twp., 40 acres WILLEY, Widow p. 222 1772 - Elizabeth Twp., 50 acres WILLY, Widow p. 361 1773 - Elizbeth Twp., 60 acres WILLY, Widow p. 629 1779 - Elizabeth Twp., 40 acres WHILLY, Widow p. 738 1782 - Paxton Twp., 100 acres