Source: Bulletin of Historical Society of Montgomery County, Vol. 8, page 119, page 123 and page 127. Chapter: Early Land Transactions of Montgomery County Page 119: "1. DEED. 10 October 1694, Samuel Moore, [please see Jean's note below] Philadelphia, son and heir of Nicholas Moore, Esq., decd., to John Butcher, said county, husbandman. £30, Pa. money. Tract in said county. adj. Patricl Kelle, said Samuel Moore, land appointed for Nicholas Moore, John Baker, widow of Boeden, Walter Pumphrey and Thomas Kimber; cont. 300 acres. Part of 10,000 acres granted by the Proprietor to Nicholas Moore, father of said Samuel Moore, located by the Surveyor General, and confirmed by patent. Under rent of 3 half pence per 100 acres. Wits.: Toby Leech, Edward Williams [mark], William Wells, Thomas ffairman. Ack. in open Court leld at Philadelphia 10 December 1694. Rec. 4 April 1734. Book F 6, p. 401." [Note: Please see the next posting titled "Moreland". ] Page 123: "9. DEED. 16 January 1696/7. John Claypoole, sheriff of Philadlephia, to Robert Heaton, county Bucks, husbandman. Judgment was obtained against John Holme, county Philadelphia, who married Mary More, relicit and admx. of Nicholas More, late of said county, doctor in physick, decd., for £52 2 s. Pa, money. A writ of fieri facias was issued 11 June 1696. [Please see Jean's note in regard to "fieri facias" below.] 600 acres unimproved land, part of the Manor of Moreland, in county Philadlephia, adj. John Butcher, Nicholas, Sarah and Rebecca More, Richard Taylor and John Brock, Rebecca and Sarah More, henry Comly. Sold at house of Thomas Parsons at Frankfort Mill (10), 19 December 1696; "at the going out of the Flame of the Candle;" (11) Robert Heaton bid £90. - -------------------------- 11. This seems a very early use of the name Frankford which is still applied to a locality within Philadelphia city. - -------------------------- 12. Auction by inch of candle, an old method of selling by auction, still sometimes practised, in which a small piece of candles is lighted at the beginning of a sale, and the highest bid made before the wick falls is successful." (Century Dictionary.) [Note: "fieri facias" [Italian] make it be done; a writ ordering execution of a judgmeny agaibnt a debtor.] " Page 127: "6. DEED. 10-7-1699. Walter Pumphrey, county Philadelphia, carpenter, to Peter Lester, same place, wheelwright. £180, silver, Pa. Tract in said county, part of Manor of Moorland, adj. Thomas Kimber, Silas Crispin, Abraham Richard, Samduel Moore; cont. 232 acres. Also, 2 acres 5 perches meadow land by Pemepeck creek, adj. Abraham Richard. Both purchased from John Eule, 27 Octobter 1694. Also,m an adjoining tract, adj. John Baker, John Butcher; cont 50 acres, purchased from William Beadell and George Hutcheson, admrs. of Rebeckah Booden, 3-18-1697. Also, 1 1/2 acres meadow adjoining, on east side of Pemepeck creek, purchased of Abraham Richards, 9-4-1696. Grantor appoints William Preston, of Franckford, county Philadelphia, his attorney (etc.). Wits.: Benjamin Duffield, Abraham Richards. Ack. in Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, 4 September 1701. Recs. 11 September 1739. Book G 2, p. 165" Regards, Jean