The Welsh Tract and Early Easttown Deeds

Only a few months after William Penn had received his grant for a colony in Pennsylvania from King Charles II, a committee representing a group of Welsh Quakers or Friends visited Penn in London. Arrangements were made at that time to reserve a tract of 40,000 acres, to be "layd out contiguously as one Barony" for their exclusive purchase and settlement, a tract where they hoped and expected to be able to preserve their traditions and language and customs. A survey was made in 1684 to establish the area to be included in this Welsh Tract, begun in April and completed before the end of the year. The tract extended from Merion Township in the east to Goshen and part of Westtown township on the west.

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References and Notes

[Gosh1989] From The Boundaries of Chester County by Bob Goshorn ,TEHS Quarterly, vol. 27, #2 (April 1989)