Henry Line’s Conestoga Tract

Kris Hocker on 20 Jul 2014

Henry Line Conestoga twp land

Henry Line tract

On 20 May 1734, John Taylor surveyed 218 acres on Pequea Creek in Conestoga Township for Thomas Lindley, based on a warrant dated 21 January 1733.1 Lindley must have abandoned or sold the rights to this tract, because Henry Line warranted it on 27 April 1751 and patented it 4 November 1751.2

Henry and Barbara (Boyer)3 Line sold 20 acres from this tract to Christian Shenk on 25 November 1759, along with the saw mill, boring mill, and a grist mill erected on the land.4 Several years later, Henry and Barbara sold 150 acres from this tract to Solomon Kaufman on 9 February 1762.5

Henry  died sometime prior to 5 June 1764.6 On 30 October 1765, John Line and his wife Elizabeth released their share of the estate to his brothers Christian and Samuel.7 Christian released his third share of the estate to his brother Samuel four years later on 4 February 1769.8 Samuel Line and Barbara Line, Henry’s widow, sold the residue of this tract along with other land in Martic Township to Ulrich Huber.9

Solomon Kaufman and his wife Mary sold the 150 acres they’d purchased from Henry Line in 1762 to Christian Shenk on 8 April 1774.10 Christian Shenk, in turn, sold his two tracts—one of 20 acres and another of 150 acres—to Christian Shenk Jr. on 5 November 1795.11

This is the twelfth entry for my Along the Pequea series. These posts trace land transactions for early Lancaster County settlers from the first land owner—the warrantee—through subsequent transfers up to 1800, using deeds, other land records, and estate records, as available.

Footnotes

  1. Pennsylvania, Copied Survey Book B7:26, Thomas Lindley tract, 20 May 1734; PDF, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives (http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_archives/2887 : accessed 21 Oct 2010); citing Records of the Land Office, Records Group 17, Series #17.114, Harrisburg. ↩
  2. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Warrantee Township Map (Conestoga), Henry Line tract; PDF, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives (http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_archives/2887 : accessed 17 Jan 2014); citing Records of the Land Office, Warrantee Township Maps, Records Group 17, Series #17.522, Harrisburg. ↩
  3. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book II:353-358, Barbara Line & al to Ulrich Huber, 15 Jan 1771; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 11 Apr 2010); This deed traces the descent of the “Samuel Byars” tract in Martic Township through his daughters Barbara Line and Eve Graff. ↩
  4. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book WW:672, Henry Line & wife to Christian Shenk, 25 Nov 1759; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩
  5. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book WW:674, Henry Line & wife to Solomon Kaufman, 9 Feb 1762; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩
  6. Edward N. Wevodau, Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA Orphans Court Records 1742-1767 (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 2001), page 121; One the first Tuesday of June 1764, Samuel and Christian Line, underage sons of Henry Line, both chose Ulrich Yordy as their guardian. The fact that they chose their guardian indicates that they were both over 14 years of age, but under 21. ↩
  7. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book O:89, John Line to Samuel Line, 30 Oct 1765; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (https://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩
  8. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book O:87, Christian Line to Samuel Line, 4 Feb 1769; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (https://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩
  9. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book II:353-358, Barbara Line & al to Ulrich Huber, 15 Jan 1771; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 11 Apr 2010). ↩
  10. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book WW:678, Solomon Kaufman & wife to Christian Shenk, 8 Apr 1774; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩
  11. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book WW:681, Christian Shenk to Christian Shenk Jr., 5 Nov 1795; digital images, Recorder of Deeds, Online E-film Reader (http://www.lancasterdeeds.com/onlineefilmreader/ : accessed 14 Jul 2014). ↩

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