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From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
Subject: Tredyffrin& Coventry
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:10:19 -0500


First of all, let me encourage you all to review what is in the list
archives....I know I've posted a lot on Uwchlan, for one, so visit this site
to see what's already been archived.
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER

Tredyffrin is in the Great Valley, in the most easterly part of the
county, and part of a large tract which was surveyed for the Welsh, and was
mainly settled by them. The name is Welsh and means "valley town"; Tre or
Tref is the Welsh for town and Dyffrin is "a wide cultivated valley". It is
sometimes referred to as Valleytown or Valleyton in old writings; for
instance a deed from Lewis Walker to Llewllyn David, in 1708, states that
the grantor is "of the township of Valleytown."
The date of the organization of the township is not known, but it was
prior to the year 1707, for that was the year it is known that Thomas David
was the township constable. In 1722 the following names were listed as
resident land-owners;
James Abraham
Morris David
Hugh David
James David, Sr
John David
Nenry DAvid
Thomas David
James DAvies
Wm. Davies
Timothy Davies
Stephen EVans
Lewis Evans
Wm/ Evams
Thomas Godfrey
John HOwell
Mark Hubbert
Thomas Hubbert
Griffith Jones
Griffith Jones Jr
Thomas Jerman
Thomas James
Jenkin Lewis
James Parry
John Robert
Owen Roblyn
Thomas Martin
Samuel Richard
John Richard
Daniel Walker
Lewis Walker


Land Owners of Coventry 1774..surnames only..if interested in any particular
one, let me know.
Arbuckle, Acker, Amole, Brower, Banner, Bowe, Beer, Brooks, Beery,
Crumbaker, Deam, Bowenhauer, Bitlow, Davis, Wnglish, Evans, Grim, Grouse,
Grubb, Highter, Bunsenhauser, Hockley, HIgh, Halderman, HErwick, Imhoff,
Jack, Kittingher, Keriger, LIght, Longacre, linderman, keiser, Kelter,
Miller.
Mower, Orwen, Hockley and Potts, Plaine, Reiff, Milhouse, Meredy (Meredith),
Moore, Pugh, Rinnard, Ruff, Smith, Swick, Sliver, Snither, Scholl, Sowder,
Swither, Switzer, Steger, Varley, Wolf, Wells, Fetterling, rodrough,
Custard, Thomas, Schenkel , Grubb, Brower, Row, Livegood, Engle, Huck,
John, Sheneman, Holsenberger, Stophel, Munshower.
More later.....
S.

" Uwchlan, 1715 until.........
Tredyffrin, early 1700s.......
Coventry "

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