Christian Hoover of Heidelberg Township died in 1771 and left a will. It clearly states that his wife’s name was Mary, leaving all his estate to her. Subsequent research identified her as Maria “Mary” Gochenour. Christian left money to the children of his deceased brothers and sister, but names no children of his own. This is a clear indication that he died without issue.

You have established a link between Christian and Mary (Lehman) Hoover and Christian Augustus Hoover, but what evidence do you have that Christian and Nancy (Plowman) Hoover are related? What made you think that Christian Hoover of Heidelberg was this man? What location is associated with Christian and Nancy (Plowman) Hoover?

Send me some information and I’ll see if I can point you in the right direction.
Kris

I notice on the patent that the date of the survey is given as Nov. 13, 1684 and that “matches” the date of “13th 11th mo 1684 of the survey. So I agree the survey on p 69 matches with this patent.

Interesting that the person who copied the material interpreted the 11th month to be November when, in fact, in 1684 the 11th month was actually January.

To the best of my knowledge the copied survey is all that’s available for the survey. I could be wrong, though. The best place to get more information would be from the Archivist at the State Archives. You can reach them via email at ra-statearchives@pa.gov.

To order a copy of the patent you need the name of the patentee, the date of the patent, the volume, book and page number. Since these are not listed in the Old Philadelphia Rights, you should try looking them up in the Patent Registers for series A and AA, 1681-1781. There is a listing there for John Test (warrant dated 13 Nov 1784 to John Test; patent to John Test, dated 17 Nov 1684, Patent Book A1:58) for a Philadelphia city lot (see patents for surname starting with T, page 309). This looks like it might fit with survey D75:69. It’s possible he never got a patent for D75:68. Check the reverse pages for D75:68 & 69 to see if there’s additional information you could provide the archivist.

Hope that helps. Good luck & let me know if you find anything more!
Kris

Thank you for all the work you’ve done here. You’ve enabled me to find the warrant and survey listings of a couple of my ancestor’s purchases. I never would have tried looking for them without the help I found here.

My ancestor is listed in the Philadelphia Old Rights Index. That index lists two warrants for a survey recorded in Survey Record Book D, Vol. 75, pages 68 and 69. I found these and discovered them to be copies made in 1909.

Can I assume that if I ordered copies from the State Archives that I would get a copy of the (microfilmed) original record made in 1683 and 1684?

Secondly, I want to find/order a copy of the patents. So, do I need the date of the patent and the Vol. Book an page numbers? I take it that these are not identical to the survey volume, boo,k and page numbers.