Robert Dutton's Deed
On 15 June 1712 purchased 100 acres from his mother and her second husband John Neelde. The land was orginally
sold by William Penn to Thomas Rowland and then to John Dutton, Robert's father. This deed is in the possesion of Doug
Hall and this transcription is his. It is also mentioned in Gilbert Cope's book 'Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania'
on pages 40-41.
THIS INDENTURE made the fifteenth Day of the sixth month Called August in the Eleventh year of the Raigno of our Soveraigno
Lady Anne over Great Brittain Queen: annoque Domini 1712 Between: John Neelde of Aston in the County of Chester yeoman &
Mary Neelde his now wife of the one party: and Robert Dutton: Son of the said Mary Neelde Begotten by her former Husband John
Dutton Deseased: of the Township and County aforesaid yeoman of the other party: Whereas Thomas Rowland of the County Palatine
of Chester in the Kingdom of old England purchased of William Penn Esquire Absolute Proprietary & Governour in Chief of
the province of Pennsylvania & Counties Annexed one thousand acres of Land in the Said province of Pennsylvania for the
Consideration mentioned in The Said William Penn his Indenture of Release & Confirmation thereof made & Sealed &
Signed Between the Said William Penn Esquire of the one party & the Said Thomas Rowland of the other party <scratched
out> & Bearing Date the third Day of the first month called March anno que Domini 1681 Refference being thereunto had
more fully & Largely appeareth AND WHEREAS also the Said Thomas Rowland by his Indenture of Grant & Release Bearing
Date the twenty secound Day of May in the [????]th year of the Reign of King Charles the Secound over England &c annoque
Domini 1682 Did bargain & Sell unto the abovementioned John Dutton Deceased & to the above named Mary Neelde his then
wife Joyntly for Divers Good Causes & valuable Considerations: but more especially for the Consideration of [nine?] pounds
of Lawfull Current money of England To him the Said Thomas Rowland then in hand paid by them the Said John Dutton & Mary
his wife ffive Hundred acres of Land It being the one moiety or half part of the Said one Thousand acres of Land purchased
as abovementioned of the Said proprietary & Chief Governour of pennsylvania, which said ffive Hundred acres of Land was
by virtue of a warrant from the Chief proprietary Laid out & surveyed unto the Said John Dutton, & Mary his wife on
the south side of Chester Creek in the County of Chester in the year of our Lord one Thousand Six Hundred Eighty & three:
& the Said John Dutton Dyeing & his wife Mary that then was became Solo & whole purchaser of the Said five Hundred
of Land & afterwards marrying with the abovesd John Neelde: & assuming the Name of her Husband John Neelde NOW THIS
INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the Said John Neelde & Mary his now wife for & in Consideration of the Sum of five &
forty pounds of Lawfull Current Silver money of Pennsylvania to whom in hand at or before the Ensealing & Delievery of
those prsents well and truly paid by the abovesaid Robert Dutton the Receipt whereof They the Said John Neelde & Mary
Neelde Doth hereby acknowledge & show[?] of & of Every part & parcell[?] therof Doth [?]oorly acquitt & Discharge
him the Said Robert Dutton his heirs Ex[??] admits & assigns for Ever by those presents Doth Give Grant bargain Sell Alyon
Release En[?]off & Confirm unto the Said Robert Dutton & his heirs & assigns for Ever a Certain part or parcell
of Land it being part of the said five Hundred acres of Land Scituate Sott Lying & being in the Township of Aston &
County of Chester aforesaid Beginning at a Chesnutt tree being a Corner tree of John Dutton's Land Thence north Sixty Seven
Degrees Easterly in the Lyne of the said John Baldwins Eighty two [?????] to a post thence north west in the Lyne of John
Dutton one Hundred Seventy & eight [????] to a White Oak Standing by the western branch of Chester Creek thence up the
said branch Eighteen [????] to a beech tree thence south Sixty Seven Degrees westerly in the Lyne of James Widdows Ninety
Eight [?????] to a White Oak thence in the Lyne of Edward Dutton South forty Six Degrees Easterly one Hundred fifty four [????]
to a black Oak thence North Sixty Six Degrees Easterly in the Lyne of Jeremiah Cloud thirty six [????] to a Spanish Oak thence
South twenty four degrees Easterly [to a] Lyne of the Said [Jeremiah] Cloud twenty four [????] to the place of Beginning Conveying
one Hundred acres of Land Together woods underwoods tymber trees meadows pastures foodings Swamps Marshes C[??]mples Creeks
Runns watters wattersources ways Easments prossitts [??]dittaments [pr]iviledges advantages & appurtnances whatsoever
to the Said one Hundred acres of Land Belonging in any wise apportayning And Also all the Estate Right Tytle Info[??] possession
Remaynder Inheritance property [?]ayine & Demand whatsoever of them the said John Neelde and Mary Neelde & their &
Every of their heirs & assignes of in or to the said one Hundred acres of Land or of in or to any part parcell member
priviledge or appurtnance whatsoever to the said one Hundred acres of Land belonging or in any wise apportayning, TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD the said one Hundred acres of Land & all & singular other the Premises with the appurtnances before by
those presents Granted Bargained & Sold or me[??]ed or Intended to be hereby Granted bargained & Sold & Every
part & parcell thereof unto him the Said Robert Dutton his heirs & assignes for Ever To the onely proper use &
Behhofe of him the Said Robert Dutton his heirs & assignes for Ever; under the yearly Quitt Rent hereafter accrueing to
the [??]se proprietary his heirs & assignes for the Same after the Rate of one English silver Shilling or the value thereof
in Coyn Currant yeerly for Ever, And the said John Neelde & Mary Neelde & their & either & every of their
heirs; the Said one Hundred acres of Land and Premises with the appurtnances; unto the onely proper use & behoofe of him
the Said Robert Dutton his heirs & assignes for Ever; against them the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde & their
& Every of their heirs & against all & Every the heirs of the above mentioned John Dutton & against all &
Every other persons & persons whatsoever & their heirs Lawfully Clayming or so Clayme by from or under and or Either
of them Shall & will warrant & for Ever Defend by those presents: And the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde for themsohoof
their & Either & every of their heirs: Exe[?] & admit Doth by these presents further Covenant promise Grant &
Agree to & with the Said Robert Dutton his heirs & assignes: That they the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde their
& Either of their heirs Exe[?] & Admi[?] & all & Every other person & persons & their heirs Lawfully
having or Claymeing or Rightfully pretending to have or which hereafter Shall or may Lawfully have or Clayme or Rightfully
pretend to have and Estate Right Tytle Interest or Demand into or out of the before men[???]d premises or any part or [????]
Thereof; by from or under the Said John Neelde & Mary his new wife or Either of them; or by from or under and or Either
of their heirs Ex[??] admits or assignes Shall & will from Tyme to tyme & at all Tymes here[tofor] and During the
space of [???] years from the Day of the Date of these Presents; at [the] or the value thereof in Coyn Currant yeerly for
Ever, And the said John Neelde & Mary Neelde & their & either & every of their heirs; the Said one Hundred
acres of Land and Premises with the appurtnances; unto the onely proper use & behoofe of him the Said Robert Dutton his
heirs & assignes for Ever; against them the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde & their & Every of their heirs
& against all & Every the heirs of the above mentioned John Dutton & against all & Every other persons &
persons whatsoever & their heirs Lawfully Clayming or so Clayme by from or under and or Either of them Shall & will
warrant & for Ever Defend by those presents: And the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde for themsohoof their & Either
& every of their heirs: Exe[?] & admit Doth by these presents further Covenant promise Grant & Agree to &
with the Said Robert Dutton his heirs & assignes: That they the Said John Neelde & Mary Neelde their & Either
of their heirs Exe[?] & Admi[?] & all & Every other person & persons & their heirs Lawfully having or
Claymeing or Rightfully pretending to have or which hereafter Shall or may Lawfully have or Clayme or Rightfully pretend to
have and Estate Right Tytle Interest or Demand into or out of the before men[???]d premises or any part or [????] Thereof;
by from or under the Said John Neelde & Mary his new wife or Either of them; or by from or under and or Either of their
heirs Ex[??] admits or assignes Shall & will from Tyme to tyme & at all Tymes here[tofor] and During the space of
[???] years from the Day of the Date of these Presents; at [the]
At the Reasonable Request & at the Costs & Charges in the Law of him the Said Robert Dutton his heirs or assignes
make Do acknowledge L[???] Ex[orate] & Suffer or Cause & procure to be made Done Acknowledged L[???]ed Ex[orat]ed
& Suffered all & every such other & ffurther Lawfull and Reasonable act & acts thinge & thinges Desire
& Desired assureance & assureances in the Law whatsoever for the other & further better Surety & more perfect
assureances: Suremakeing & Conveying of all & [??????] the before Granted [????] with the appurtnances unto the only
proper use & Behoofe of him the said R[obert Dutt]on his heirs & assignes for Ever as by him the said Rob[ert] Dutton
his heairs & assignes or by his or their Councill Learned in the Law Shall be Lawfully & Reasonably Devised advised
or Required In Witness hereof the said John Neelde & Mary Neelde hath to their present Indenture sett their hands &
seals the Day & year first within written /
Be it Remembered the fifteenth day of October Ano Domd 1712 Before me Nicholas Pyle One of the Justicesof this [????] of
the County of Chester Came Thomas Dutton and Aaron Coppock and on their Solemn [????] Did declare & Say [??] they were
personally present and saw John Neelde and Mary his wife Sign [???] As their Act & Deed Deliver this Indenture or Conveyance
[????] And [?????????????????????] unto Subscribed [???] their own [??] writing In witness hereof I have hereunto Sett my
hand & Seal this Day [????????????] Certificate first Above written.
Nicholas Pyle (wax seal)
Be it Remembered I John Simcock D{??} Recorder of Deeds for the sd County was present when the sd Thomas Dutton & Aaron
Coppock Did before the Sd Justice prove the Signing Sealing & Delivery of the Sd Indenture WHEREUPON the Sd Justice having
under his hand & seal Certified the Sd proofs made this Day & year in [???] & form aforesd Did deliver the Same
to me to be Inrolled or Recorded and the Land is Recorded in the Inrolmt Office of the Sd County in Book ? page 300 &c
the sixteenth Day of the Eighth month Ano Domd 1712 In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & seal of the sd Office
J O
Simcock [???]
(wax seal)
(the three pages are tied together with two seals on the outside is written)
Signed Sealed & Delivered
In the Presence of
Aaron Coppock (signature)
Thomas Dutton (signature)
Mary Neeld (her mark "M")
John Neelde (signature)
The following records were obtained by Bob Dutton. I have converted the long s (looks like an f) to a convential
s. The first document was pre-printed. The text in script was written in.
Commonbond on the estate of Kingsman Dutton
of Upper Chichester deceased 20th July 1765.
KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we Anne Dutton Francis Routh and Humphrey Johnston all of
the county of Chefter in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumsted Esq. Register-General
for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of two hundred Pounds,
lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Rcgister-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors,
Administrators or Assigns; To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators,
and every of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the
twenty ninth Day of July the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty five
THE Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Anne Dutton Aministratrix
of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Kingsman Dutton late of upper Chichester in the County Chester
Yeoman deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits
of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, Possession or Knowledge of her the said Anne or into the Hands
and Possession of any other Person or Persons for her; and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the
Register's Office in the County of Chester, at or before the twenty ninth Day of august next ensuing; and the same Goods,
Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or
Possession of the said Anne or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for her do well and truly administer
according to Law; And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of her said Administration, at or before
the twenty ninth Day of July Anno Domini 1766 And all the rest and Residue of of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits which
shall be found remaining upon the said Adminiftratrix Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphan's
Court of the said County of Cbester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Orphans Court,
in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant, to Law, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear
that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named, do exhibit the
same into the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly: If the said Anne Dutton above
bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Adminiftration (Approbatiqn of such Testament
being first had and made in the said Regiftcr's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect, or else to remain
in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in
Ann Dutton
the Presence of
Ffrancis Routh
?
Humphrey Johnson
Inventory of the estate
of Kingsman Dutton of
Upper Chichester deceased
filed 26th August
1765
A true Inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chattles of the Personal Estate of Kingsman Dutton Late of Upper Chichester
Deceased taken and Appraised By us the Subscribers this 14th Day of August 1765.
| |
£ |
s |
d |
| To his wearing Apparrel |
3 |
4 |
0 |
| To Bills, Notes, and Book Debts |
45 |
4 |
2 |
| To one Cow |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| To one Sow shoat |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| To one Case of Drawers |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| To one Chest |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| To one Table |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| To one Cupboard |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| To one Spinning wheel (Long) |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| To a hone & Piafer Saw Set and Loooking Glass |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| To two Boxes Knives & Forks and a Spinning wheel (Little) |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| To one Pewtor Dish 5 Plates 6 spoons and two Basons |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| To a Grid Iron pot Rack fire Shovel and tongs |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| To one Smoothing Iron & ? fork slate and Sheep Shears |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| To three Chairs one Childs Chair Salt Box and Cradle |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| To 1 Ax and Two Iron wedges |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| To two Sets of Bedstead and Some furniture |
1 |
12 |
6 |
| To one Side Sadle and one Bridle |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| To an Old mans Sadle and tow Boxes |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| To one Yearn Reel and two old Chests |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| To 3 Pails one Churn five sronchers one strainnor and three Laddles |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| To three tin Cups on Collondor one Grator two patty frames a funnel & Cannister |
0 |
7 |
0 |
| To two pickling pots four Earthon pans three pots and three ? |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| To two ?achels a frying pan three glass bottles three Earthen Jugs |
0 |
14 |
6 |
| To Tea furniture |
0 |
20 |
0 |
| To one Silver Table Spoon |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| To an old wheel barrow Corn Cradle and flax Broak |
0 |
3 |
6 |
| To Some Hay |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| To one pair of Hand Irons |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| |
64 |
10 |
0 |
| To Six Acres of wheat at 1.5 per Acre |
7 |
5 |
0 |
| To a Debt on Book Mistook when Drawing |
6 |
12 |
2 |
| |
77 |
17 |
10 |
Richard Dutton
Jonathan Richards
The Accompl of Anne Dutton Administratrix of all and Singular the goods and Chattles Rights and Credits which were of Kinsman
Dutton late of Upper Chichester in the County of Chester Yeoman deceased as well of all Singular the goods Chattles of Credits
of the said deceased which came to her hands possesion as of her payments and disbursements thereout.
The said Accomptant Chargeth herself with all and Singular the goods Chattles & Credits of the said deceased mentioned
in an inventory of Appraisement thereof made & exhibited into the Registers Office at Chester amounting to 77 17 10.
The said Accomptant prayeth allowance of her payments ad disbursements as follows viz:
| |
£ |
s |
d |
| By Cash pd Dennis Wheaton as pr Rect No 1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| By Cash pd William Askew as pr Rect No 2 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Richard Dutton as pr Rect No 3 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
| By Cash pd Oliver Farra as pr prov’d Acct. 4 |
0 |
12 |
8 |
| By Cash pd William Huston as pr Rect 5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
| By Cash pd Robert Eyre as pr Rect 6 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
| By Cash pd Samuel Walker as p Rect 7 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Elisha Price as pr Rect 8 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| By Cash pd John Eyre as pr Rect 9 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Paul Jackson as pr Rect.10 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
| By Cash pd Jeremiah Booth as pr Rect 11 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Matthew Cochran as pr Rect 12 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
| By Cash pd James Mather as pr Rect 13 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
| By Cash pd James Rigby as pr Rect 14 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Jacob Richards as pr Rect 15 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
| By Cash pd Daniel Brown as pr Rect 16 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| By Cash pd John Crawford as pr Rect 17 |
3 |
16 |
4 |
| By Cash pd James Rowan as pr Rect 18 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
| By Cash pd Regrs Fees on Settlement |
0 |
12 |
0 |
| By book debts appraised which was paid deceased |
0 |
13 |
1 |
| By Commissions on 22 11 0 at 7 ½ percent |
2 |
2 |
9 |
| By paid for letter amount |
0 |
14 |
6 |
| |
32 |
1 |
6 |
| By Sundrys at the Funeral |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| By Maintaining & Schooling of Younger Children |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| |
60 |
1 |
6 |
| Widow’s thirds |
14 |
5 |
5 |
| |
74 |
6 |
11 |
| Balance |
3 |
10 |
11 |
| |
77 |
17 |
10 |
Chester March 22 1768
Errors Excepted
Ann Dutton
The following document was obtained by Bob Dutton. I have converted the long s (looks like an f) to a convential
s. The document was pre-printed. The text in script was written in.
The significance of the probate record is that it documents three Kingsman Duttons: the Kingsman Dutton who signed the
document and was one of the administrators; the deceased husband of Ruth (Watson) Dutton whose marriage to Kingsman Dutton
is documented; and Ruth's son Kingsman who is described as being in his minority.
Know all Men by these here Presents, That we Archibald Watson, Kingsman Dutton and John Richards all of the County of Chester,
in the Province of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto William Plumstead Esq; Register-General for the Probate of
Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for the said Province, in the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, lawful
Money of Pennsylvania to be paid to the said Register-General, or to his certain Attorney, Successors, Executors, Administrators
or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves Heirs, Executors, aod Administrators, and every
of them, in and for the Whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Fifteenth
Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty three.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Archibald Watson Administrator of all and singular
the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Ruth Dutton late of Aston in the County of Chester Widow Deceased, during ye minority
of her son Kingsman Dutton do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels
and Credits of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to the Hands Possesion or Knowledge of him the said Archibald or
into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited
at the Register’s Office, in the County of Chester, at the or before the fiftenth day of July next ensuing; and
the same Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, at the time of her Death, or which at any Time after shall come
to the Hands or Possession of the said Archibald or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do
will and truly administer according to Law: And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of his said
Administration, at of before the Fifteenth Day of June Anno Domini 1764, And all the rest and Residue of the said Goods,
Chattels and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and
allowed of by the Orphans Court of the Said County of Chester) shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively,
as the said Orphans Court, in the said County, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to Law, shall limit and appoint. And
if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors
therein named, do exhibit the same into the Register’s Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly;
If the said Archibald Watson above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letter of Administration
(Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Register Office) the this Obligation to be void, and of
none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Achibald Watson
Kingsman Dutton
John Richards
The following records were found in Early Records-Hampshire County, VA. by Sage and Jones:
Page 24
- Apr 1794 - (Grantor-Grantee) Haydon, William. to Henry Groves of Hampshire County, 468 acres in Hampshire County recorded
9 Apr 1794 witnessed by Kingman Dutton, Mary Dutton, and Richard Lyon
- 24 Nov 1795 - Haydon, William of Hampshire County to Strausbury Long of Hampshire County, 130 acres in Hampshire County,
recorded 18 Apr 1796, witnessed by Charles Groves, Kingsman Dutton, Henry Groves
- 24 Nov 1795 - (Bill of Sale) Haydon, William of Hampshire County to Henry Groves of Hampshire County 120 acres in Hampshire
Country recorded 18 Apr 1796, witnessed by Kingsman Dutton, Strausbury Long
- 18 Apr 196 - (bill of sale) Haydon, William of Hampshire County to Kingman Dutton of Hampshire County, 50 acres in Hampshire
County, recorded 18 Apr 1796, witnessed by Strausbury Long, Henry Groves, Charles Groves.
Page 65
- 1798 - (Grantee-Grantor) Boxell, John from Kingsman Dutton and wife
Page 69
- 1796 - (Grantee-Grantor) Dutton, Kingman from William Haydon
- 17 Jul 1798 - (Grantor-Grantee) Kingsman Dutton (wife Mary) of Hampshire County to John Boxell of Hampshire County, 50
acres in Hampshire County, recorded 17 Sep 1798, witnessed by Benj. McDonald, Thomas Thrasher
