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from 1706 to 1733, when Benjamin Eastburn was 

 appointed. 



mouth of said creek as far up the river as the land already 

 granted to Peter Chartier, and then by a line running from the 

 said river to Conestogo creek, all which tract of land for the 

 proper use and behoof of William Penn, Esq., proprietary 

 and Governor in Chief the said Province, his heirs and assigns 

 forever. Given under our hands, March 1, 1717-18. The 

 Manor was afterwards divided and sold to purchasers. 



CONESTOGA MANOR. 



Note. — This survey included rising of 16,000. It was after- 

 wards sold in small tracts and patented. The following were 

 the principal patentees: Israel Pemberton held 300 acres, date 

 of his patent, October 1st, 1723. The Messrs. Wrights ov.n 

 1500 acres— date of patent, December 13, 1735— sold after- 

 wards in smaller parcels to John Herr, Andrew Stineman, 

 Daniel Lintner, Jacob Killhaver, Rudy Herr, Jacob Frantz,^ 

 Godfrey Klugh, Mathew Oberholtzer, Rudy Herr, Jr., John 

 Killhaver, Christian Hershy, Andrew Kauffman— James Patti- 

 son, 107 acres, Nov. 21, 1734, James Logan, 700 acres, patent 

 dated July 15, 1737, afterwards held by George Brenner, 

 Philip Brenner, Christian Stouffer, Casper Souter, Adam 

 Fisher, Valentine Rummel, Law^rence Clifier, Christian Stake 

 —Michael Baughman, 499, Michael Mayer, 131 acres, both 

 same date, Feb. 20, 1738, Michael Mayer, sen., 217 acres, 

 patent dated October 16, 1737, Abraham Steiner, 63 acres, 

 May 3, 1740, John Wistler, 167 acres, July 3, 1741, Jacob 

 Kuntz, 166, Anna Ottila Betty Kofi'er, 166, Jacob Hostetter, 

 475, John Shank, 197 acres, patent dated July 30, 1741, Edward 

 Smout, 113 acres, June 21, 1743, Michael Baughman, 339, May 

 28, 1752, Abraham Hare, 424, April 22, 17.51, Jacob V/istler, 

 125, Valentine Miller, 140, both May 25, 1756, Martin Funk, 

 •237, Dec. 18, 1758, Jacob Wistler, 202, Jacob Shuck, 155, Aug. 

 18, 17.59, Abraham and John Miller, 89, Valentine Haith, 29, 

 Robert Beatty, 226, Feb. 1760, Samuel Herr, 247, John Keagy, 

 188, Henry Funk, 150, Jacob Wistler, 173, Ludwich and 

 Frederick Ziegler, 209 June, 1760, John Witmer, 77, Abraham 

 3Iillcr, 204, Rudolph Herr, 176, Jacob Witmer, 77, Nov. 1761, 



