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Greathouse of Chester County, PA

Do you have any Greathouse kith and kin who resided in Chester County, PA? If so, please join us in our efforts to better document the Greathouse kith and kin who lived in this county, by sending your additions and corrections to Greathouse Point.

Greathouse kith and kin records found in the county:

1682 - CHESTER was created as one of three original counties, no territorial limits were specified [not mapped]. (Bronner, 31-35; Hottenstein and Welch, 24, 37, 108; Penn, 2:299)

1685, Apr 1 - CHESTER boundaries were defined; CHESTER was created in 1682, but no territorial limits were specified. (Pennsylvania Provincial Council, 1:73-74)

1725/6, Jan 10-11 - Tax Assessment

Abraham Lowk [Lauk/Laux]

1726/7, Jan 2-4 - Tax Assessment

Abram Lowk [Lauk/Laux]
Henry Grottaos [Groathouse]

1728, spring - Vanhoesen to Heidelberg

Excerpt: Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hoose Van Hooser Van Huss Family In America

Johannes Van Hoesen & Elizabeth Christina Laux moved to Heidelberg Township, Chester County, PA, from Claverack, Albany (now Columbia), New York.

Article: 1728 - Vanhoesen to Heidelberg

1729, May 10 - CHESTER lost to the creation of LANCASTER. (Pa. Stat., ch. 306, sec. 1/4:131-132)

Greathouse kith and kin named in records of Chester County, were named in the records of Lancaster County after 10 May 1729.

1789, Sep 26 - CHESTER lost to the creation of DELAWARE. (Pa. Stat., ch. 1443, sec. 1/13:337-338)

1921, Jun 30 - CHESTER exchanged narrow strips of territory with NEW CASTLE (Del.) [not mapped]. (Lunt, 59, 61; Van Zandt, 83)

Sources:

The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Pennsylvania, Chester County Chronology. View @ Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Joseph H. Kellogg, Tulpehocken - Virginia Notes, 1945. Original from: Pennsylvania Historical Society, Gilbert Cope Collection. Tax Assessment List, Chester County, PA. 10-11 Jan 1725/6. Page 77, Abram Lowk [Lauk].

Joseph H. Kellogg, Tulpehocken - Virginia Notes, 1945. Original from: Pennsylvania Historical Society, Gilbert Cope Collection. Tax Assessment List, Chester County, PA. 2-4 Jan 1726/7. Page 78, Abram Lowk [Lauk] and Henry Grottaos [Groathouse].

Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hoose Van Hooser Van Huss Family In America. Johannes Van Hoesen and family moved to Heidelberg Township. View @ http://users.zoominternet.net/~vanhoose/joyce.htm

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