Proprietary Tax List of Philadelphia County & City 1769 reprinted from the (published) Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume XIV by Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 1988. A partial listing is shown below. abbreviations: g.m.= grist mill s.m.= saw mill South Ward, City of Philadelphia from Chestnut street to Walnut Street North Ward, City of Philadelphia from Mulberry (Arch) Street to High (Market) Street In 1769 a part of current Montgomery County was still part of Philadelphia County. Moreland Township was then known as the Mannor of Moorland. Map of Philadelphia Co, PA 1734 (landowners) http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/discussiongrp/phil_cty_1734.gif Southwark on the above map is not shown but is part of Moyamensing Township (about 1/6 the twnshp) just south of the City of Philadelphia and bordering the Delaware River. p.90 Mannor of Moorland - Jacob Spencer, Assessor Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax Henry Crossley -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Jacob Rush 25 2 2 -- 6.4.0 Samuel Shoemaker,tanner 75 2 2 -- 21.13.4 Jonathan Gilbert -- -- -- -- -- Matthias Harvey -- 2 1 -- 28.13.4 James Clentick 1/2 -- -- -- 1.16.0 John Fletcher -- -- -- -- -- David Marpole 86 3 4 -- 12.16.8 Abraham Bond 3 1 2 -- 3.14.8 Samuel Erwine 209 3 6 -- 26.10.0 Andrew Vanbuskirk 150 3 4 2 23.18.8 Helena Fulton -- -- -- 1 4.0.0 John Rankin -- -- -- -- -- Isaac Bellow 216 6 8 3 45.12.0 Alexander Smith,weaver -- -- -- -- -- Daniel Thomson 9 2 2 -- 6.4.0 Enoch Morgan -- 1 1 -- 1.0.0 Joseph Bond -- 2 5 -- 54.10.0 Randel Morgan 60 3 2 -- 9.10.4 Lawrence Sentman -- 4 6 1 30.15.4 Jacob Needler -- 2 4 -- 2.13.4 Mary Kirk 80 -- 1 -- 6.6.8 Nathaniel Sams -- 3 4 -- 3.18.8 John Winecope 212 5 5 2 34.0.0 Garret Vanbuskirk 186 5 4 -- 23.5.4 Youst Vanbuskirk -- -- -- -- -- Richard Clayton 140 4 4 6 60.12.0 : : page 92 Mannor of Moorland cont. : : Isaac Cadwalader 70 2 4 -- 9.19.4 Moses Vancort,innkeeper 126 5 3 -- 18.11.8 Matthias Bird 4 1 1 -- 2.16.0 Isaac Roberts 34 2 2 -- 8.0.0 Abel Marpole,g.m.,s.m. 19 3 2 -- 14.13.4 James McGill 4 -- 1 -- 2.2.8 Hugh Boyd -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Caspar Fetter 250 5 6 2 34.7.8 Cornelius Winecope's estate-- -- -- -- 7.16.0 Anthony Yerkus 250 5 4 -- 24.17.4 Anthony Yerkus,Jr. -- -- -- -- -- Jacob Yerkus -- -- -- -- -- Anthony McNeal 50 2 3 -- 9.7.0 : page 93 Mannor of Moorland cont. Thomas Hallowell, s.m 50 3 4 -- 12.9.8 Colin McSwiney 150 3 2 -- 13.3.4 Michael Riderpoke 150 3 4 1 19.13.8 Samuel Loyd -- 2 3 -- 2.12.8 Joseph Hart,Bucks county 40 -- 1 -- 25.10.8 Josiah Yerkus,s.m. 130 4 4 -- 19.10.0 Joshua Yerkus -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Benjamin Comly -- -- -- -- -- Silas Yerkus,miller,mill 60 5 3 -- 46.16.8 William Patterson -- -- -- -- -- Thomas Stigletts -- -- -- -- -- Daniel Logan -- 2 1 -- 1.17.4 Jacob Dubery 44 2 2 -- 15.17.0 John Neesmith,g.m.,s.m. 70 2 3 -- 21.10.8 William Marsdon 27 -- 1 -- 4.10.18 Robert Little 25 1 -- -- 4.17.4 William Singelton 195 4 6 -- 23.12.8 Elias Yerkus 190 4 3 -- 25.1.4 Thomas Mitchioner 160 2 2 -- 16.15.0 William Mitchioner 100 2 2 -- 11.17.0 John Johnson -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Thomas Walton 220 5 4 1 27.3.8 Luke Bellow -- -- -- -- -- Daniel Bellow, Jun. -- 1 1 -- 1.0.0 Daniel Bellow 133 5 4 -- 18.7.4 John Little John -- 4 2 -- 3.6.8 John Wood -- -- -- -- -- Thomas Wood, Jun. 147 3 6 -- 23.6.4 John Hamilton -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Stephen Yerkus 150 3 3 1 19.19.4 John Cain -- 1 1 -- 1.0.0 Sarah Janes 200 2 3 -- 26.6.8 William Purdue -- -- -- -- -- David Fullton -- 5 3 -- 4.6.8 John Ramsey 40 1 2 -- 7.10.8 John Lidyard 89 3 4 -- 12.0.8 Thomas Lidyard -- -- -- -- -- George Scott 76 2 6 -- 10.0.8 Jacob Johnson -- 1 1 -- 1.0.0 James Dyer 250 3 4 -- 30.4.0 William Anderson -- -- -- -- -- James Fulton 27 1 1 -- 5.16.0 John Galloway -- -- -- -- -- John Barrow,shopkeeper 57 3 3 -- 9.6.0 Silas Baldwin -- -- -- -- -- Jacob Janes 145 2 1 -- 15.10.0 Philip Winecope 300 6 5 1 36.15.4 Garret Winecope -- -- -- -- -- Henry Comly 200 3 6 -- 24.17.8 Jonathan Comly -- 2 -- -- 1.6.8 Joshua Comly -- 2 1 -- 21.15.4 Jacob Comly -- -- -- -- -- George Connington -- -- 1 -- 0.6.8 Samuel Boucher 280 5 4 -- 29.1.4 Thomas Pennington, Sr. 100 4 6 3 33.2.8 page 94 Mannor of Moorland cont. : Caspar Taylor -- 2 3 -- 2.15.8 : page 94 Cheltenham Township - George Shoemaker, Assessor : William Thomson 100 4 6 -- 21.15.4 : Jacob Leech 150 5 4 1 24.3.4 page 95 Cheltenham Township cont. : Samuel Leech 150 3 2 -- 42.10.4 : Thomas Leech -- -- -- -- -- (no Fultons listed in Cheltenham) p.95 Northern Liberties (West Part) - Joseph Cannon, Assessor Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax : John Clayton -- -- -- 1 60.8.0 : page 108 Southwark Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax : William Moore, baker -- -- -- -- 3.12.0 James Cooke, carpenter -- -- -- -- -- Robert Cooke, pilot -- -- -- -- -- Robert Allison,carpenter-- -- -- 1 8.4.0 John Ewing -- -- -- -- 30.0.0 John Adams, porter -- -- -- -- 2.12.6 George Hootton,carpenter-- -- -- -- 16.2.0 James Cowen -- -- -- -- -- Robert Watts -- -- -- -- 2.16.9 Robert Fullton -- -- -- -- -- Robert Black 3 2 1 1 51.17.4 Samuel Thomson,carpenter-- -- -- -- -- Francis Paris, taylor -- -- -- -- -- James McCutchin -- -- -- -- 7.4.0 : : page 133 Dock Ward - Joseph Allen, assessor Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax Duncan Leech -- 6 1 -- 31.0.8 Edward Williams -- -- -- -- -- John Scott -- -- -- -- -- Jacob Vanread -- 2 1 -- 34.17.4 Jonas Gale -- -- -- -- 4.19.0 Robert Hardee, mariner -- -- -- -- 56.15.0 William Paden -- 1 -- -- 0.13.4 James Fulton -- 1 -- -- 0.13.4 Jacob Horner -- 1 -- -- 6.11.10 Thomas Milnor -- -- -- -- -- John Ashmead -- -- -- 1 4.0.0 Israel Morris 27 -- -- -- 10.16.0 : page 134 South Ward - Benjamin Marshall, assessor Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax : Edward Middleton, baker -- 1 -- 1 8.7.4 John Middleton -- -- -- -- -- : p 135 South Ward cont. : William Humphreys 2 1/2 2 -- 1 24.6.8 : William Dickinson -- -- -- -- -- John Wilkee -- -- -- -- -- William Anderson -- -- -- -- -- John Keighn -- -- -- -- -- James Fulton, merch't -- 1 -- 2 8.13.4 Jehu Eldridge -- -- -- -- -- Charles George -- -- -- -- -- John Willson -- -- -- -- -- Israel Pemberton 138 3/4 6 1 2 898.11.5 Nicholas Bernard -- -- -- -- -- Martin Jequez -- -- -- -- -- : ****************************************************************** The names were not listed in alphabetical order, but I do not know whether or not that signifies anything such a order of residence or order in which tax was paid. Notice that spelling varies such as Fulton, Fullton, Winecoop. Often using phonetics helps to assess if the surname with different spellings is really the same. By comparing some of the groups of names on this taxlist with groups of surnames in Loudon, Co, VA, perhaps we can more clearly identify a group migration of a cluster of families or a chain migration of families that filtered down over a period of time from PA to VA. ****************************************************************** >From the Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Vol III, Oct 1941-April 1943, Norristown, PA, available at LDS Salt Lake City 974.812 B26 V.3, on page 268: "...the manor of Moreland, and named for its first provate landowner, Dr. Nicholas More, who patented the greater part of it on August 7, 1684 (Philadelphia Exemplification Record vol 2, pages 13-14). Nicholas was a London physician of independent means, who brought his family to America in the fall of 1682. An ambitious and forceful man, he had a brief but meteoric career in the Provincial Assembly and Court, and took an active part in the development of vacant lands. As President of the Free Society of Traders, he obtained a grant of 20,000 acres from the Proprietor; his ambition to become a great landowner in his own right was satisfied by the purchase of the Manor of Moreland, which he hoped to develop after the British feudal pattern, where the Lord of the manor owned all the land and improvements, and regulated the daily life of his tenants through a manorial court, over which he presided. Development began in the Somerton-Bustleton vicinity almost immediately, but was halted by his death two or three years later.[2]" [2] "Two plantations were laid out, a mile or two apart. Each had its appropriate farm buildings, and on the tract near Somerton, later owned by the Comly family, a "mannor house" was begun, but was apparently left unfinished. This was not Dr. More's "Green Spring Plantation," as is generally believed. "Green Spring" was an estate of 280 acres in the Northern Liberties (Pd E 7, vol 8, 360), where Nicholas lived and was buried." ****************************************************************** Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York Fulton web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm\ Search Fulton-L archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl