Early Springfield Maps
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Francis Yarnall first settled in Springfield with his younger brother Philip in 1683. See red line in the map below. His last name is misspelled. Pause your cursor on the "Yarnell" name. 4450 scenic and fertile acres between Crum Creek and Darby Creek comprised Springfield in 1681.
There were 6 original landowners of Springfield land.
The Yarnalls attended the Darby Friends meetings until the Springfield Friends Meeting House was erected around 1703. Pause your cursor on the red dot straight above the red line near the bend in the northern border of Springfield .
Click the "S" in the map above to see a zoom view of the early parcels of land.
Find the Yarnall parcel of land (colored green) number 24 in the map below.
Darby Creek is colored blue to help your reference of where Springfield is.		 1 owner of Ridley land and 2 owners of Darby land were added to Springfield later. The landowners primarily farmed and raised cattle in this frontier community.

Several villages of Lenape tribes (peace-loving Indians) also inhabited this area at that time.

The land transfers were fairly rapid as investors made nice profits. George Maris (a Judge of the Courts) who named this area Springfield certified the land transfers.

His name is next to parcel #23 on the list below. He sold parcel #24 to Francis Yarnall. Francis later bought parts of parcel #25 from Joseph Stidman and Joseph Powel.

This key to the map on the left seems to have a number of names misspelled. Notice Yornel for Yarnall, Steedman for Stidman, and Mearis for Maris.
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