Charlestown

1715 Tax Return

There are 16 landholders in Charlestown in the 1715 tax return. The total acreage is 8,480 acres. This compares with a 12/28/1737-8 survey result of 12,950 acres and a quote (deed E-456) of 5,358 acres split among 16 friends which is stated as coming to 340 acres per person (actually 334 acres). The 5,000 acres will have been before the 6% road allowance which brings it to 5,300 acres.

David Lloyd

 

1715

1,600a

 

Tax return; see David Lloyd tract

Samuel Buckley

 

1715

500a

 

Tax return; see Buckley & Hassell tract

John Moore

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Moore Hall

Griffith Jones

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Samuel Carpenter NE tract

Joseph Pidgeon

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Joseph Pidgeon tract

Thomas Tress

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Thomas Tress tract

Joshua Carpenter

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Joshua Carpenter tract

Samuel Carpenter

 

1715

1620a

 

Tax return; see Samuel Carpenter North East tract and Samuel Carpenter South West tract

William Sanders

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see William Saunders tract

Joseph Richards

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Joseph Richards tract

Griffith Pritchet

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Griffith Pritchet tract

John Jones

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see John Jones tract

Henry Flowers

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Henry Flowers tract

Samuel Richardson

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Samuel Richardson tract

Edward Shippen

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Edward Shippen tract

Francis Rawles

 

1715

340a

 

Tax return; see Francis Rawles tract