118 HISTOKT OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1678. 



& knowne by the name of marreties hoeck, the ivJiole tract of 

 marreties hoeck Land being granted and confirmed hy Patient 

 from the Right hono^^^ govern o^ andros, hea^'ing date the 28"* of 

 march^ 1676, unto the six possessors thereof viz*: Charles Jan- 

 sen^ Oele Raessen, hans oehen., oeJe neelsen, hans hofman and 

 him the s*^ Jan hendrick, and contayning in the ivhole one thou- 

 sand acres of Land ; w'''' s'' deed was signed, sealed and deli- 

 vered by the s"* Jan hendricks in the p'sence of Johannes De haes 

 and Carrell Junsen, and beares date y^ 18"" day of June, a" 

 1678."^ 



Both Upland and Marcus Hook were settled a long time be- 

 fore these grants were respectively made to ^'■the six inhabitants" 

 of each place. The names of the grantees of the Marcus Hook 

 purchase are given; those of Upland, besides Hans Juriansen 

 Kien, were, probably, James Sandeland, Israel Helm, Rev. 

 Laurentius Carolus Lock, (Lawrence Lock) Villus Lacie, and 

 Niels Laerson. There were certainly other residents in Upland 

 at the time the grant for the 1200 acres was made. This new 

 patenting of lands by persons who had resided in the country 

 for a long time and held their titles from former governments, 

 was one of the impositions practiced under the Duke's authority 

 on that class of people. They were required by law "to bring 

 in their former grants and take out now pattents for the same 

 from the present Governoure, in behalf of his Royall Highness 

 the Duke of Yorke." It may have been that the inhabitants of 

 Upland and Marcus Hook, and other settlements, respectively 

 united in an application for a large tract of land, with the view 

 of saving expenses. 



A ship from Hull arrived at Burlington this year. Among 

 the passengers was Thomas Revel, who settled for a time within 

 our limits, and was the Clerk of the first Court of Chester 

 County. 



On the third of April a meeting of the Justices was held, " at 

 the house of Justice Peter Cock, in y" Schuylkill."^ The busi- 

 ness of this meeting was about the same that is usually performed 

 by County Auditors. Sheriff Cantwell appears to have been 

 charged with both the collection and disbursement of the taxes. 

 His allowance "for collecting & receiving y*" publicq levy, etc." 

 was 884 gilders, being very nearly one-fourth of the whole 

 amount collected ! 



Part of the Record of the June Court has been lost, but the 

 minutes of the following Court show that it was held on the 18th 

 and 19th days of that month. This Court resolved to impose 



1 Rec. Upland Court, 103. 



' Peter Cock resided on one of the two Islands near the mouth of the Schuylkill. 

 See Holmes' map, also Map of the Early Settlements. 



