Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Deeds, Volume. 23
May 3, 1787
Recorded July 18, 1807;
Joseph Boutcher and Stephen Yerkes, Executors named in the will of Nathaniel
Walton, sell 63 acres in Moorland Manor to Jacob Jeanes;
Nathaniel Walton
was the son of Caleb Walton and heir at law of Caleb's brother, Thomas
Walton, who had died intestate without issue.
The land had originally
belonged to Thomas Walton the elder, who conveyed 69 acres to his son Caleb
on February 22, 1719, and conveyed 100 acres to his son Thomas on May 10, 1717.
Caleb Walton sold his 69 acres to his brother Thomas on September 4, 1740. Thomas
in turn sold about 30 acres of the land to Caleb's son Nathaniel, and
Nathaniel inherited the rest of the land when Thomas Walton (the younger)
died. The land was adjacent to the Horsham-Byberry Road and to lands of
Garret Booskirk and Jonathan Clayton. Jacob Jeanes paid L173.7.0 and
assumed a mortgage balance of L50 and interest held by Sarah Bryan, widow,
which originally had been made May 23, 1776.
Signed by Joseph Boutcher and
Stephen Yerkes,
witnessed by Henry Brous and Silas Watts,
acknowledged
before Judge Wm Dean.
Deed includes a synopsis of the original Patent of
Thomas Walton the elder, for 300 acres, dated 1708, recorded in Patent Book
A, Vol. 4, p. 119 and in Deed Book E, Vol. 5, p. 229.
