Identifier: historyofdelawar00smit (find matches)
Title: History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania : from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, George, 1804-1882 Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.)
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed by Henry B. Ashmead
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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In 1686, therewas an apparent sale made by the Court on behalf of the County of Chester toRobert Wade, of the Court House and prison built in 1684-5, but this was pro-bably a mere pledge of the property to secure money that had been advanced,and was in the nature of a mortgage. James Saudelandes, at the same Courtoftered a piece of land to the County, on which to erect a Court House and prison,but this offer docs not appear to have been accepted at that time, for the nextCourt House marked C, was erected on land purchased from John Hoskins, andin which it does not appear that James Sandelandes ever had any title. The records of the Court show that John Simcock had purchased the CourtHouse marked B, in 1696. But this sale was made without authority of law.An act of Assembly was obtained, giving the necessary authority, and a sale waseffected to the same purchaser on the 6th of the 3rd month, (May) 1702, but be-fore the conveyance was completed, he died. In his will, proved April 24th,
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APPENDIX.—NOTE I. 543 1703, he devised this property to his son-in-law, Ralph Fishborn, but it requireda second Act of Assembly to assure a perfect title to him. FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE ANNEXED DRAFT. b. A passage six and a half feet wide mentioned in all the conveyances of lots adjoining it. D. The site of the first Friends Meeting-house at Chester, that passed under the name of the old Assembly House. The lot purchased by the Friends in1G88 from Urin Keen, the father-in-law of James Sandelandes, was built onby the Friends about the year 1693, and was sold by the Friends in 1736to Russell. c. A strip of ground bought of Jonas Sandelands by Friends in 1712 to enlarge their lot. Sold to Russell in 1736.e. Urin Keens lot or garden mentioned in his conveyance to the Friends. It extended to the dotted line./. The lot conveyed by Robert Wade and wife to Henry Hollingsworth in 1694. Wades title was from Neels Laerson in 1687.g. This lot was also conveyed by Laerson to Robert Wade in 1G

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