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1715, Oct 21 - Court: Herman Groethousen appeared before the commissioners of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania

Excerpt from Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Page 595-596:

At a Meeting of the Commissioners the 21st 10 mo., 1715 [21 Oct 1715].
Present, Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, James Logan.

Herman Groethausen, late of Germany, but now of this Province, having in the Year 1709 purchased of one, Coll. Rhedegelt, 9,000 a's of Land, to be laid out in this Province, upon which he repaired to London in order to transport himself and Family hither, and meeting with the Prop'r there, acquainted him with his Design. The Prop'r and he came to an agreement that upon Herman's Resigning of his Right which he purchased of Rhedegelt, he shou'd have in Lieu thereof 500 acres laid out amongst the Inhabitants at the yearly Rent of one Penny Sterling p. acre, for which the said Herman took short Deeds of Lease and Release, dated the 30th and 31st days of December in the said Year [30 and 31 Dec 1709], and soon after arrived in this Province and laid his Deeds before the Commissioners in order to have his Land laid out, but by his Deeds mentioning no Particular Place (only between the River of Susquehannah and Delaware, for laying out the same, there cou'd be no other Warr't granted but in the Common fform, which he not complying with, seated himself on the Mannor of Springfield, which soon after being made known to the Commissioners, they ordered him to remove from thence, but instead thereof he insisted on the Proprietor's Promises to him upon their agreements, and so went to England for Redress, and being now returned with some Depositions of his Resigning his Deeds for the said 9,000 acres for only 500 acres, and that at 1 Penny Sterl'g p. acre, and also with a Letter from Mrs. Hannah Penn to the Commissioners, directing them to make the said Herman Easie in his Setlement, they have thereupon ordered that 500 acres of Land be forthwith laid out to him within the said Mannor, including within the same his Improvement, and accordingly a Warrant is granted and Signed.

Sources:

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIX, Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Minute Book H. Page 595-596, 1715, Oct 21 - Court: Herman Groethousen appeared before the commissioners of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania. View @ Footnote [ Page 595 | Page 596 ]

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