Folks, To learn some more about the Manor of Moreland area, check out the USGENWEB for Montgomery County, PA. http://www.usgenweb.net/ They have current township maps: http://www.montcopa.org/montco/map.htm that list the boroughs. I used the search engine at http://www.alltheweb.com/ and specified "Manor of Moreland" in the search string. There are many pages of information - I have not had time to read them all. Some that I did glance at include mention of MORE, WYNKOOP, YERKES, HOLME, COMLY, HUMPHREY, LUKENS in the following: 1)Sluby Dubree House 1706 (photo of stone structure) --------------------------------------------------- http://www.umha.com/sites/site2.html Description of Building: The original building was built by William Sluby when he married Sarah More, the daughter of Nicholas More from whom the Manor of Moreland took its name. The original field stone was unstuccoed and the original wing added later. 2)Nicholas Moore Biography (what a colorful individual - hot temper) - ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bdopl.com/bionm.html b. c. 1638. arr. Oct. 1682, from London. d. May 1687. m. 1670 Mary Hedge (c. 1654-1694), later wife of John Holme*; children: Mary, Samuel, Nicholas, Sarah, Rebecca.... More had died intestate by 23 May 1687, when letters of administration on his estate were issued to his widow. She failed to settle the estate, and after her death in 1694, the administration devolved upon her second husband, John Holme.* No inventory of More's property has been located, but apparently he died considerably in debt in both England and Pennsylvania. On 7 March 1689 Philadelphia County orphans court approved the division of Moreland Manor among More's children, with Samuel More, the eldest son, receiving a double share and 600 acres reserved for sale to liquidate More's debts. In 1695 the Provincial Council authorized Holme to sell both Greenspring plantation and Samuel and Rebecca More's portions of Moreland, as the More estate remained over £370 in debt. [Roberta's clarification comment: I read that "Green Spring Plantation" was an estate of 280 acres in the Northern Liberties where Nicholas More lived and was buried. Source listed for this information was the Pd E 7, vol 8, 360) and PD=Philadelphia deeds. Northern Liberties is several townships west of the Manor of Moreland township.] 3)Charles Humphrey (ca 1689-1721) web page - ---------------------------------------- <genelea@inficad.com> http://frontpage.inficad.com/~genelea/humpcharhist.html Charles Humphrey (ca 1689-1721) his will that was written 11 Feb 1721/1722 in the "Manor of Moreland" township, county of Philadelphia. The early history of this area is very interesting! The settlement of Pennsylvania is generally considered as having been settled by William Penn, beginning in about 1681. But the English and Swedes had already made settlements on the west bank of the Delaware River previous to that time. The Moreland and Byberry areas were settled by the English from Bristol and Bedminster, so we a surmising this is where our Humphreys may have come from.... Mr. Morehead been in poor health almost since his arrival in America and died at his mansion, "Green Spring", in Moreland in 1689. Jon Holmes was empowered to sell the plantation, mansion and other land in Moreland to pay the debts of Mr, Moore. Six hundred acres were sold at public auction in 1679. We are guessing that between 1710 - 1715 was when Charles Humphrey acquired the 130 acres of land that he had when he died in 1721 - 1722. It should be noted here that Henry Comly (Jr), who was one of the executers of Charles will. He was a son of Henry Comly (Sr) and Joan Comly who were living in Warminster, Bucks CO. PA. 1721, but had come from Bedminster, England in 1682. (7) This could be a lead to the area that the Humphrey family came from before arriving in PA. Further research needs done here!. It is recorded that Henry Comly Jr. of Middletown, Bucks County purchased 600 acres of land in " Moreland" that had been sold at public auction in abt 1696 / 97. In 1701 - 1702 portions of this estate were divided into smaller sections to suit the purchasers and the population soon began to increase. It is thought that about 1710 - 1715 was when our Humphrey family purchased / leased the 130 acres that they had in 1721 / 22 when Charles died. Sources: 1. History of Moreland and Byberry Twp., Phil. Co. By Joseph Martindale, 1926 2. History of Montgomery Baptist Church PA. 3. Notes from researchers, Margaret Ruff Springfield, VA. Tom James, Round Hill, VA. Susan Koeble, Southampton, PA. Bertha McGeehan and Ann Thomas. 4. Genealogy Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5. History of the Eaton Family, by N. Z. Molneux, 1911 6. Common Pleas of Bucks County, PA. 1684 - 1700 7. Will - Charles Humphrey, 1721/22, Phil. Co., PA. Bk D Pg 301 8. Will - Uriah (Gill) Humphrey, 1721/22, Phil, Co., PA. BK l. Pg 243 4) Descendants of Thomas & Elizabeth POTT, web page - ------------------------------------------------- http://www.genweb.net/~leesue/Potts3.htm COMPILED BY ALLEN L. POTTS <allenp19@idt.net>, main source used:THE POTTS FAMILY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA by THOMAS MAXWELL POTTS , 1901 96. Thomas POTTS was born in 1729. He died on Jul 26 1776 in Chelsea Forge, Sussex Co., New Jersey. He was christened. He was a millwright by trde and lived in Moreland Township for some time. On June 22, 1753, Walter Moore and Sarah his wife conveyed to Thomas Potts, millwright, of the Manor of Moreland, one helf of a certain corn mill, etc., and two parcels of land in Moreland. He subsequently removed to Sussex County, New Jersey, and settled at Chelsea Forge, where he had a landed estate. He was High Sheriff of Sussex County in 1772, and a Member of the Provincial Assembly in 1775 and 1776. He married Elizabeth Lukens, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Tyson) Lukens, Jan 16, 1753. He died July 29, 1776. His widow subsequently married Dr. John Rockhill, a widower with children. There were no children by this marriage, but some of the descendants by their former marriages intermarried. Dr. Rockhill was born March 22, 1726, and died April 7, 1798. Ellizabeth survived him. He was married to Elizabeth LUKENS (daughter of William LUKENS and Elizabeth TYSON). [Roberta's comment: I wonder if LUKENS is a spelling variation of LYCANS that Pat mentioned in Fulton + Wynkoop (Pt 4) regarding (5 July 1753) land in Lower Dublin Twp., extending N.W. by Henry Lycans land, N.E. by David Fultons land and S.E. by Benjamin Engles land...] 5)Upper Moreland Historical Association - ------------------------------------- http://www.umha.com/committees.html Look under publications for several online copies of their newsletters. Look under site links for historical buildings an maps (some links of the houses I have listed below) 6) Wynkoop-Ruck House --------------------- http://www.umha.com/sites/site3.html General History: Not all of the Delaware Valley's early settlers came directly from Europe. The Wynkoop family was one example. Henry Wynkoop (1737-1816) was already involved in politics by the age of 23 as a member of the Provincial Assembly. Gerrit (or Gerardus) Wynkoop was listed as having taken up residence in the Morelands. It would seem the original farmhouse off Edgehill could have been built by John Van Buskirk or Garret Wynkoop. In 1776 Garret received compensation (119 pds) for damage done by the British. The tax of 1785 listed Garret and Andrew Van Buskirk as owning 2 slaves. Maps of 1861 show that the property was owned by Garret Wynkoop; in 1871 by William Wynkoop. 7)The Shelmireville Chicken House - -------------------------------- http://www.umha.com/sites/site7.html Description of Building: One of four buildings comprising Shelmireville. It is a masonry farmhouse, with 2 1/2 floors topped by a symetrically dormered attic. It has been completely reconstructed with original stones upon the original foundations. It has a hand dug well and an ice cave on the west side. The wood kitchen on the raceway was not rebuilt during the new construction (1920s). Original Owner and Construction Date: The land was purchased by George Shelmire from Silas Yerkes in 1787. The Chicken or Little house was a workers' house for the Shelmire mills (two on the northwest corner and one to the south of this house). The reconstruction and addition of the large well and ice house was done by the Pearson Family in 1920. General History: There were many mills in existence in the immediate area when George Shelmire bought a gristmill from Silas Yerkes in 1787. In 1825, the sons of George Shelmire purchased more land to increase the head behind the dam so they could run another mill. By 1838 a plaster mill was added. The plaster was used to augment worn out farm fields. The Shelmire mill to south of this house, along the kitchen raceway, became known as Bone Hill. Have fun reading.... Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm