Springfield Early Landowners Chart
Parcels | Smith

1681 original purchases of Springfield land were from an agent of William Penn.

1681 Springfield Owners - Acres Owned
Later Springfield Land Owners - Acres Owned
Yarnall Acres
Year Titled
Bartholomew Coppock - 500
B Coppock Sr - 260
 
1701
 
B Coppock Jr - 260
 
1701
Robert Taylor - 1000
Robert Taylor - 400
 
1682
 
Tom Taylor - 100
 
Unknown
 
Jane Lownes - 150
 
1682
 
Peter Leceister - 250
 
1682
Maddock and Kennerly - 1500
Many parcels (became Swarthmore)
 
1700s
Joseph Powel - 250
Joseph Powel - 125
25 in 1687
1685
 
Joseph Stidman - 125
20 in 1711
1685
Robert Toomer - 500
George Maris - 500
100 in 1683
1683
Darby
Owen Foulk - 200
 
1683
Darby
George Simcock - 490  
 
1682
Ridley Township
John Stidman -110 (became Morton)
 
1687
Ridley Township
Samuel Hall - 99
 
1702

George Maris sold 100 acres to Francis and Philip Yarnall in October 1683.
Additional land was sold to them later by Powel and Stidman.
In 1950 Don Lownes and Tom Yarnall graduated from Springfield High School.
We did not know in 1950 that our ancestors were neighbors in 1683.

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