Here is what I have for Thomas Kinkead's parcels.   1765       John Kinkead, [93625] merchant of Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA was granted 200 acres in Sherman’s Valley,   Cumberland County, PA by William Brody, March 30, 1765. Survey ordered on September 1, 1766; surveyed by John Armstrong, May 8, 1767. Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.  1766       John Kinkead [93625] applied for a warrant for 50 acres in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, September 1, 1766, application #1074, West Side, warrant #263, date of return Feb. 1, 1805, patentee, Daniel Piper. Pennsylvania State Archives.   1766       John Kinkead [93625] applied for a warrant for 50 acres in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, September 1, 1766,    application #1075, West Side, warrant #263, date of return Feb. 1, 1805, patentee, Daniel Piper. Pennsylvania State Archives.   1766       John Kinkead [93625] applied for a warrant for 50 acres in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, September 1, 1766,   application #1075, West Side, warrant #16, warrantee, John Foose Sr., date of return, March 21, 1844, patentee,             John Foose Sr. Pennsylvania State Archives.  1777       Thomas Kinkead, [93625] yeoman, of Tyrone Township, grantor to James Smith of Carlisle via William Pattison of Carlisle, 4 Pounds,  about 200 acres in Tyrone Township in Sherman’s Valley: John McGuire, Elizabeth Evans, others, on September 19,1777.  William Pattison: mark, John Faukner: IF, Thomas Davis.  October 1, 1777, John Creigh, October 9, 1777   Cumberland County Archives, Deed Abstracts, p. 476.   1777       Thomas Kinkead, [93625] farmer of Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA received a mortgage of 200 pounds from David Dunseath, gunsmith, of Carlisle, 50 pounds due each October 1 for 1778 through 1781, dated October 4, 1777.     Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.   1777       Thomas Kinkead, [93625] farmer, Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, granted to David Dunseath, gunsmith, of Carlisle, for 300 pounds, 133 acres in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, October 4, 1777.  David Dunseath,.Gunsmith, of Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA & wife, Margaret, granted to Daniel Piper, miner, of Rye Township,.Cumberland County, PA for 280 pounds 1. 133 acres in Tyrone Township, property surveyed by order Sept. 1, 1766,.No. 1074, for John Kinkead, shopkeeper, of Carlisle, surveyed by John Armstrong, Esq. May 8, 1767.  2.  58 acres, (less a part.sold off, size not yet ascertained)  in Tyrone Township, property survey order Sept. 1, 1766, No. 1075 for John Kinkead; surveyed by John Armstrong, Esq.  Sept. 2, 1767.  Kinkead by will dated August 2, 1772 left tracts 1 & 2 as that plantation in Sherman’s Valley to his son, Thomas Kinkead, who then lived thereon.  The two tracts together contained an improvement which.James Armstrong granted March 30, 1765 to William Brady of Hopewell Township, who granted on March 30, 1765 to.decedant.  Thomas Kinkead granted the eastern end of the tract to George Shaw, shoemaker of York County, then granted the.remainder of these 2 tracts to David Dunseath as 192 acres on Oct. 3, 1777.  Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.  1779       Thomas Kinkead [93625] & wife, Hannah, of Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA, sold to James Pollack of Carlisle, tavernkeeper, for the sum of 200 pounds, the lot of ground and houses on lot 86 of Carlisle.               This indenture made the ninth day of January in the third year of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the third year of the Independency of the United States of America and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine Between Thomas Kinkaid of Tyrone Township in the County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, and Hannah his wife of the one part, James Pollock of the Town of Carlisle in the County afs., Tavernkeeper, of the other Part, Whereas John Kinkead, late of theTown of Carlisle afs., Shopkeeper dec. in his lifetime was seized and Possessed of the following described lot of ground which is situate, lying and being on the South side of Louther Street and on the East side of Pitt Street in the Town of Carlisle aforesaid and is known on a general plan of the said Town by its Number (86) bounded Northward by Louther Street afs. Westward by Pitt Street afs. Southward by a Twenty foot Alley and Eastward by a Lot of Ground known on a general plan of the said Town by the Number (94) and containing in Breadth Eastward and Westward on Louther Street sixty feet and in length on Pitt Street afs. To a Twenty foot Alley two hundred and forty feet; and on the said Lot was erected a dwelling house agreeable to the Terms and Conditions  of taking up Lots and of settling the said Town, fixed appointed and made Publick by the Honourable the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania or by their Agent, or Agents, by them lawfully appointed for that purpose.  And whereas the afs. John Kinkead having been seized and Possessed of the afs. Messuage Tenement and Lot of Ground, so as aforesaid afterwards to wit on the second day of August which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two made and Published his testament and last Will in writing and therein and thereby did devise (Inter Alia) in the following words that is to say “Item I will devise and bequeath to my son Thomas that Plantation in Shermans Valley whereon He now lives containing two surveys and also my House and Lot in Carlisle on the Corner of an Alley and fronting on Louther Street/Subject to the rents and Profits thereof herein before and after ? willed and bequeathed to him his heirs and assigns forever”  As by the said Will duly proved and remaining in the Registers Office in Carlisle may appear.  Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the afs. Thomas Kinkead (one of the sons and devisees under the Testament and last Will of the aforesaid John Kinkead Deceased being) and Hannah his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred Pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to them in hand paid by the afs. James Pollok before the sealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof the afs. Thomas Kinkead doth hereby Acknowledge and whereof doth aquit and forever discharge the aforesaid James Pollock his heirs Exrs. Admrs. And Assigns have granted, bargained, sold, released, and confirmed, and by these Presents do grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm, unto the afs. James Pollock and to his heirs and assigns all that the herein described Lot of Ground Number (86) as the same is herein before set forth and described bounded and limited as afors. with all and singular the Houses Buildings, gardens, yards, fences, streets, lanes, lights, easements, commodities, profits, advantages, improvements, hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever to the afs. Lot of ground belonging or in any wise appertaining and lying and being within the bounds and limits thereof And the reversions and Reversion, remainder of the Premisses Rents Houses and Profits thereof from and after the first day of October last before the Day of the Date hereof And all the Estate, Rights, Title, Interest, Property use, Possession, Claim, and Demand whatsoever of him the afs. Thomas Kinkead and Hannah his wife of in and to the same and every part and parcel thereof   To have and to hold the afs. Messuage Tenement and Lot of Ground hereby granted and mentioned or intended so to be and every Part and Parcel thereof with the Appurtenances unto the afs. James Pollock his heirs and Assigns to the only use and Purpose of the afs. James Pollock his heirs and Assigns forever, Subject to the payments of the ground rent now due and hereinafter to become due for the same to the honourable the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania their heirs and successors and the afs. Thomas Kinkead for himself his heirs exors and admin. And for every of them doth covenant promise grant and agree to and with the aforesaid James Pollock his heirs and assigns from and against him the afs.  Thomas Kinkead and his heirs and against all and every other Persons and Person whatsoever Lawfully claiming or that shall or may here after lawfully claim the same, or any part or Parcel thereof by from or under him them or any of them shall and will Warrant and forever defend by these Presents In witness whereof  the afs. Parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and affixed their seals, Dated the day and year first above written, sealed and Delivered in the presence of Charles Cooper, Geo. Stevenson.                                Thomas Kinkead  seal             Hannah Kinkead  seal   Cumberland County fs:  Be it remembered that on the 9th day of January Anno Domini 1779 Before me one John Creigh, Esqu, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, Personally came Thomas Kinkead in the forgoing indenture named and Hannah his wife the acknowledged the same to be their act and deed with intent that it may be entered of Record the said Hannah having been by me examined apart from her husband did declare that she voluntarily became party thereto and that she knew the contents.  Witness my hand and seal       John Creigh   Received on the Day of the forgoing indenture of James Pollock therein named the sum of two hundred pounds in full of the consideration therein mentioned Witness my hand Thomas Kinkead Being present at Signing Charles Cooper Geo. Stevenson Recorded January 9th 1779 and compared with the original   Sincerely Norman Kincaide     ----- Original Message ---- From: Peter A. Kincaid <7kincaid@nb.sympatico.ca> To: kincaid@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:35:23 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Widow Kinkead Seems to be open to debate without actual deeds.  Near as I can tell this appears to be land in what became Madison Township, Perry County..  Looks like the Liberty Valley area.  What was the description of the land that Thomas Kinkead sold to David Dunseath in 1777?  What became of this land?  Any proof would have to address this question as well. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Kincaide" <norman.kincaide@yahoo.com> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:08 PM Subject: [KINCAID] Widow Kinkead > > I hope this cleaned up timeline is better. > > 1767 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 acres warranted acres, 10 cleared. Cumberland County Historical > Society, Carlisle, PA > > 1767 Widow Kinkead [1263] John Nicholson, West Side application #3727, for > 200 acres on May 26, 1767, bounded by theTuscarora Mountains, Richard > Nicholson, Conecocheague hills, Widow Kinkead, Buffaloe Creek running > through the same in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA. Pennsylvania > State Archives, RG-17, > Records of the Land Office, WEST SIDE APPLICATIONS: NUMERIC LISTING OF > APPLICATIONS, 1766-1769, p. 306. > > Notice that Richard Nicholson is an adjacent landowner to John Nicholson > and Widow Kinkead. > > 1768 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 warranted acres, 20 cleared, 2 horses, 2 cows. Cumberland County > Historical Society, Carlisle, PA. > > 1769 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 warranted acres, 10 cleared, 1 horse, 1 cow. Cumberland County > Historical Society, Carlisle, PA. > > 1770 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 acres, 15 cleared,1 horse, 2 cows. Cumberland County, PA, > Historical Society. > > 1773 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 warranted acres, 20 cleared, 1 horse, 1 cow. Cumberland County > Historical Society, Carlisle, PA. > > 1774 Widow Kinkead [1263] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA > for 100 aces, 10 cleared, 1 horse, 2 cows. Cumberland County Historical > Society, Carlisle, PA > > 1775 Archibald Kinkead [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 50 acres, 10 cleared,1 horse, 1 cow. Cumberland County > Historical Society, Carlisle, PA. > > Archibald Kinkead is now taxed for 50 acres in Tyrone Township and Widow > Kinkead disappears. > > 1776 Archibald Kinkead [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 60 acres, 10 cleared, 1 horse, 1 cow. Cumberland County > Historical Society, Carlisle, PA. > > 1779 Archibald Kincaid [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows. Pennsylvania Archives, s. 3, > v. 20, p. 230. > > 1779 Andrew[1263] & Archibald Kinkead, [000014] executors, of John > Nicholson’s estate, will written, March 14, 1779, proved, March 27, 1781. > Abstracts of Cumberland County, PA Wills, 1750-1785, p. 17. > > 1779 Mary Kincaid. [1263] Alexander Watts, farmer, Toboyne Township, > Cumberland County, PA & wife, Isabel, sold 100 acres in Toboyne Township, > Cumberland County, PA to James Watts & Archebel Watts, farmers, of Toboyne > Township, Cumberland County, PA for 200 pounds, east of Mary Kincaid > [1263] on November 10, 1779. Cumberland County Historical Society, > Carlisle, PA. > > Notice that Andrew and Archibald are executors of John Nicholson's estate. > See John Nicholson's application > above. > > 1780 Archibald Kinkead [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows. Cumberland County Historical > Society, Carlisle, PA; Pennsylvania Archives, s. 3, v. 20, p. 362. > > 1781 Archibald Kinkaid [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 100 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows. Pennsylvania Archives, s. 3, > v. 20, p. 487. > 1782 Archibald Kinkead [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 80 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows. Pennsylvania Archives, s. 3, v. > 20, p. 645. > > 1785 Archibald Kinkead [000014] taxed in Tyrone Township, Cumberland > County, PA for 250 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows. Pennsylvania Archives, s. 3, > v. 20, p. 764. > > 1785 Archibald Kinkead [000014] & William Linn purchased 200 acres in > Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, PA from Richard Nicholson & wife, > Margaret, March 8, 1785. Cumberland County Court House, Carlisle, PA. > > 1788 Archibald [000014] & Andrew Kincade [1263] . The draught of a tract > of land situate in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County containing three > hundred and thirty six acres and 161 perches and allowance of six percent > for roads, surveyed April 12th 1788 in pursuance of a warrant to Archibald > & Andrew Kincade bearing date August 30th 1786. Sam’l Lyon D.S. To John > Lukens Esqr. Surveyor General. Adjacent land owners: their other land, > Conecocheague Hill, Robert Lylborn, by foot of Tuscarora Mountain, down > Big Buffalo Creek through the middle of survey. Pennsylvania State > Archives, RG-17,Records of the Land Office COPIED SURVEYS, 1681-1912, > C-104, p.. 148 > > See John Nicholson's application above. > > As for why taxable acreage fluctuates, I don't know. The owner could have > rented out portions of his property or > part of the acreage may not have been developed enough to be taxable. > > I hope this version is better. > > Sincerely > Norman Kincaide > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message