Gone to Ohio : Logan, Mahoning, Stark, and Trumbell Counties, from Pennsylvania counties Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, and York : including surname index
Transcribed from the records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries secretary's offices, by John Hughes, recorder of warrants and surveys under the act of assembly, July 7, 1759 - with a guide to the books and index, an historical background and a copy of the act. Compiled byCharles F. Hughes, Jr. and Thomas E. Slatter
Physical Description
2 reels; 35 mm.
Notes
Lancaster County materials contained in v. 2, 5, 7, 8.
Index to this title is R 929.34 W423.
Contents
v. 1 Contains the surveys of "OLD RIGHTS" for the city and county of Philadelphia principally, with scattered surveys for Bucks and Chester Counties; entries correspond to the numbering and alphabetical arrangement in the Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, v. II and III.; surveys are presented for only seven letters of the alphabet - F-H and P-S -- v. 2 Consists of two sections; Philadelphia City and Philadelphia City new returns;both treat principally with the city; there are scattered returns for the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester; pages 224-78 contain Lancaster County new returns, letters A and B -- v. 3 General returns and papers of the Society of Free Traders; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, and Newcastle for the period 1682-1698; there is no organized arrangement within the book -- v. 4 The copies of the Surveyor General's returns, 1700; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent and Newcastle, with its own index; entries cover the period 1700-1720.
v.5 The copies of the Surveyor General's returns for October 20, 1733; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle and Sussex -- v. 6 Philadelphia County 1684-1713 and Bucks County new returns 1734-58; first section contains returns for Philadelphia County for the stated period; pages 84-88 list owners of property surveyed by David Powell; second section contains returns for Bucks County for the stated period -- v. 7 General returns, 1735-41; contains entries for the city of Philadelphia and the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, and Sussex -- v. 8 General returns, 1752-1759; contains entries for the city and county of Philadelphia, counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, Northampton and York, and for towns of Carlisle, Easton, Reading, and Yorktown; pages 35 through 48 are missing; -- v. 9 Philadelphia County, new returns, 1734-1758; contains entries for the letters B to S; entries are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of surname and numerically within each letter.
Vol. 2: with an index by Robert & Catherine Barnes; vol. 3: with an index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
Includes indexes.
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Contents
v.1: Birth and baptismal register of Trinity Lutheran Church Lancaster, Pa;Birth and baptismal register fo the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA; Kirchen-Matricul: Der Evengelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde in New Providenz, Pennsylvania; Records of St. Michaelis and Zion Congregation (German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Philadelphia): v. 2: Church register of the United Reformed and Lutheran Church in Hopewell Township, York County Pa; Records of the Williams Township Congregation (Saucon, Northampton County, Pa.); Records of baptisms, catechumens, confirmations, marriages, and deaths at the Lutheran Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County, Penna; Guide to the Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, Pa: v. 3: Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge; Church records of the Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Congregation, Upper Salford Township, Morgomery County, Pa; Church record of the Great Swamp Reformed Congregation, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa.; History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pa.
