NANTMEAL SURVEYS
The Name Nantmeal was formerly, and properly,
written Nantmel, being derived from Nantmel, in Radnorshire, Wales, from where
some of the first settlers came. The following are some of the early
surveys made on the head of the north branch of Brandywine and the acreage
- William Powell - 300 acres
- Thomas Callowhill - 500 acres
- William Iddings - 284
- Thomas Rees - 260
- John Broomal - 400
- David Thomas - 300
- Daniel Moore - 237
- William Trego - 200
- John Moore - 200
- Richard and John Peirsol - 400
Some French Creek surveys, names dates and acreage
- James Logan - 1000 acres 1715
- Jeremiah Jarman - 200 acres 1718
- Owen Roberts - 1000 acres 1715 and 300 acres 1719
- Wm. Davis - 100 acres 1718
- John Williams - 240 acres 1719
- Philip Rogers - 200 acres 1718
- Samuel Nutt - 250 acres 1717 and 650 acres 1719 and 150 acres 1720
- Mordecai Lincoln - 150 acres 1720
- Nicholas Rogers - 200 acres 1719
- Henry Hockley - 200 acres 1719
- Simon Meredith - 200 acres 1720
This page updated on January 3, 2011