132 HISTORY OF 



Passing, we would add the remark, that "technically 

 speaking, there were no Manors, (that is, lands belong- 

 ing to a Lord or Nobleman, or so much land as a Lord 

 formerly kept in his own hands for the use and sub- 

 sistence of his family) in Pennsylvania, although the 

 proprietary's tithes, and .other large surveys for them, 

 were so called," 



Tlie settlement of the Ferrees and Lefevres, received 

 a considerable augmentation about this time. The 

 promising fruitfulness of the country, beside other 

 advantages, attracted settlers, among them were the 

 Slaymakers, Witmers, Lightners, Eschelman, Herr, 

 Hershey, Espenshade, Baer, Groff, Graaf, Zimmerman, 

 Koenig, Keneagy, Denlinger, Beck, Soudor, Becker, 

 Ream, and many others. 



James M'Master, 247, April, 1761, John Keagy, 159, Henry 

 Funk, 1T7, David Hare, 195, John Miller, 150, George Adam 

 Dastler, 112, John Correll, 209, Christian Stoner, 244, all dated 

 761, Michael KaufFman, 116, John Kaiiffman, 118, Jacob 

 .lauffman, 167, Christian Iiauffman, 163, Michael Iiauffman, 

 118, Abraham Steiner,200, JohnWormely, 115, Jacob Whistler, 

 19, John Kreemer, 184, Bartholomew Butt, 40, John Graff, 

 136, all dated 1762, Philip Ulweiler, 39, Benjamin Miller, 220, 

 David Hare, Jr. 94, Peter Snyder, 86, Henry Atkinson and 

 ^dam Bigging, 49, Peter Witmer, 182, dated 1763, John Miller, 

 i30, Jan. 19, 1764, John Newcomer, 109, Joseph Nelson, 109, 

 Jacob Wisler, 178, Mary Wright, 119, dated 1767, John Kendrick, 

 558, James Pratt, 232, 1768, Henry Buckley, 150, 1769, William 

 Wright, 257, 1770,. Ulrich Rebur, 232, John Manning, 165, 

 1772, Jacob Ashleman, 340, 1774, Indian Town, 414, Blue 

 Kock, 800 acres* We omitted fractions of acres. 



Note.— Thomas Penn estimated the value of Conestoga 

 Manor, being 65 miles from the city of Philadelphia, 13,400, at 

 £AD per hundred acres, j£5,360, Pennsylvania currency. — 

 There is no date to the paper from waich wc made the extract. 

 Sparks^ Franklin, III. 553. 



