Manuscript indenture on vellum, signed at the foot by William Duval and signed on the verso by William Penn, a deed for 600 acres of land on the west side of the Delaware Bay originally granted by Sir Edmund Andros.
London]: 7 November 1689. 2 vellum membranes attached together, the larger with a scalloped top edge (673 x 777 mm and 360 x 783 mm). Witnessed and docketed on verso, including one signed and sealed by Jonathan Housman recording the deed in the rolls office of Kent County in 1738. Condition : seal lacking. early deed for land in delaware signed by william penn. The first permanent European settlers to the region on the west side of the Delaware Bay were Swedish. However, in 1655, Peter Stuyvesant captured and claimed the region for the Dutch. The "ownership" of the land changed again when James, Duke of York captured New Amsterdam in 1664 and renamed it New York. When William Penn was granted the Province of Pennsylvania by Charles II in 1681, Delaware was still under the jurisdiction of the Duke of York. To forestall having his colony be landlocked without control of the bay, Penn successfully petitioned the crown in March 1682 that the newly named Lower Counties be transferred from the Duke of York to his proprietorship. Penn's proprietorship of the Lower Counties began two disputes which would cause great conflict into the 18th century: the first concerning Quaker governance of the non-Quaker region; the second concerning the region's boundary with Maryland. It was the latter which impelled Penn to unite the Lower Counties and further petition the Crown to settle his boundary dispute with Lord Baltimore. "[I]n December 1688, [King James II] finally had a definitive grant made out to Penn for this area (called in this document Lower Pennsylvania)" (Munroe, History of Delaware, p. 38). This deed, following that transfer, confirms the title to land in Delaware, originally granted by Sir Edmund Andros, the royal governor of the province of New York from 1674-1883, to a Joshua Barkstod (alt. sp. Barkstead), who in turn sold it to William Duval "for and in consideration of twenty thousand pounds of tobacco" who with this indenture sells the land to Richard Drafgate. Each of these title transfers is described in detail within the indenture, as are the specific bounds of the property. William Penn inscribes the verso of the indenture, indicating that the deed has been properly witnessed, and dates his signature using the Quaker calendar to the 29th of the 11th month 1689, i.e. 29 January 1690.
Manuscript indenture on vellum, signed at the foot by William Duval and signed on the verso by William Penn, a deed for 600 acres of land on the west side of the Delaware Bay originally granted by Sir Edmund Andros.
London]: 7 November 1689. 2 vellum membranes attached together, the larger with a scalloped top edge (673 x 777 mm and 360 x 783 mm). Witnessed and docketed on verso, including one signed and sealed by Jonathan Housman recording the deed in the rolls office of Kent County in 1738. Condition : seal lacking. early deed for land in delaware signed by william penn. The first permanent European settlers to the region on the west side of the Delaware Bay were Swedish. However, in 1655, Peter Stuyvesant captured and claimed the region for the Dutch. The "ownership" of the land changed again when James, Duke of York captured New Amsterdam in 1664 and renamed it New York. When William Penn was granted the Province of Pennsylvania by Charles II in 1681, Delaware was still under the jurisdiction of the Duke of York. To forestall having his colony be landlocked without control of the bay, Penn successfully petitioned the crown in March 1682 that the newly named Lower Counties be transferred from the Duke of York to his proprietorship. Penn's proprietorship of the Lower Counties began two disputes which would cause great conflict into the 18th century: the first concerning Quaker governance of the non-Quaker region; the second concerning the region's boundary with Maryland. It was the latter which impelled Penn to unite the Lower Counties and further petition the Crown to settle his boundary dispute with Lord Baltimore. "[I]n December 1688, [King James II] finally had a definitive grant made out to Penn for this area (called in this document Lower Pennsylvania)" (Munroe, History of Delaware, p. 38). This deed, following that transfer, confirms the title to land in Delaware, originally granted by Sir Edmund Andros, the royal governor of the province of New York from 1674-1883, to a Joshua Barkstod (alt. sp. Barkstead), who in turn sold it to William Duval "for and in consideration of twenty thousand pounds of tobacco" who with this indenture sells the land to Richard Drafgate. Each of these title transfers is described in detail within the indenture, as are the specific bounds of the property. William Penn inscribes the verso of the indenture, indicating that the deed has been properly witnessed, and dates his signature using the Quaker calendar to the 29th of the 11th month 1689, i.e. 29 January 1690.
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