William SHERRILL Misc Pequea Creek Land References 1739 & 1748
In May of 1741, William SHERWELL, commonly designated by SHERRILL family genealogist as the Conestoga Fur Trader William SHERRILL to differentiate him from his son and grandsons of the same name, divided his approximate two hundred acre homestead on Pequea Creek in Lancaster, County, PA in half and sold it in two roughly 100 acre plots.
One plot was sold to Christian PRENAMAN and the other plot was sold to Woolrich STOPHER [RG-17, Copied Survey Books, Survey Book D-78, page 48, PA State Archives].Christian PRENAMAN obtained title to his 100 acres [RG-17, Patent Book A-9, page 241, PA State Archives].I have been unable to find any record that Woolrich STOPHER ever obtained title to his 114 acres.
On June 14, 1739 one of the adjacent properties to William SHERWELL’s tract was sold by James HAMILTON to Peter GOOD [FHL US/CAN Microfilm 21382, Lancaster County, PA Deeds volume A-C 1729-1753, page 22].In this deed can be found the following: “… Seituate on the East Side of Pequea Creek in the County of Lancaster aforesaid, BEGINNING at a white walnut tree, marked at a corner of William Sherralds land ….”
On November 9, 1748 this adjacent property to William Sherwell’s tract [now presumably Woolrich STOPHER’s tract] was sold by the heirs of Peter GOOD to Christian & Barbara SHANK [FHL US/CAN Microfilm 21382, Lancaster County, PA Deeds volume A-C 1729-1753, pages 580-581].In this deed on the second line from the bottom of page 580 is the following: “…. Beginning at a Walnut tree … [dark] …. And extending by land now on a line of William Sherrald East by North 1[?]44 perches ….”
William SHERRALD is the common spelling for William SHERWELL, the Conestoga Fur Trader, which is found in the Lancaster County PA land records of this time period.While this land record does not necessarily imply that William SHERWELL was still occupying this property in 1748, it would indicate that this tract of land was still legally his at this time.I have been unable to determine the history of this tract of land beyond this point.