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1712, Nov 19 - Court: Herman Groethousen appeared before the commissioners of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania

Excerpt from Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Page 538-539:

At a meeting of the Commissioners the 19th of Nov'r, 1712.
Present, Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, James Logan.

Herman Groethousen, who a few years agoe came into this Prov., having had Deeds from the Prop'r for 500 acres of Land, applied to the late Commissioners (as Some of them inform) for the s'd, upon which a warr't was prepared for him, but instead of Calling for it he Seated himself on the Mannor of Springfield, in the County of Philad'a, which being rep'sented to the Board the Said Herman was Summoned to appear this day and produce his Authority for so Settling.

And for this he produces a Lease under the Proprietor's hand and Seall, bearing date the 30th of the 10th, 1709 [30 Oct 1709], for a thousand years, and a Release dated the next day [31 Oct 1709], Granting to the said Herman for ever five hundred acres of Land Clear of all Indian Incumbrances in the Province of Pensilvania, between the Rivers of Susquehannah and Delaware, there together, w'th all and every the Proffitts, Commodities and Hereditaments whatsoever unto the Same belonging, every acre to be admeasured and computed according to the Statute, 33d Edw'd 1st, Royall mines and all others excepted [This is the whole Grant], paying yearly, and the s'd Herman doth for himself and his heirs Covenant and Grant to pay yearly as a Chief or quitt rent for every acre that Shall be taken up one penny Sterl'g, to Commence within 3 years after Seating.

But in another Paper Signed by the Prop'r, dated the 30th of December [30 Dec 1709], the Payment of the Said Rent is released till Seven years after Seating, and by an Indorsement on the Release of the Said 30th of 10 [30 Oct 1709], the Proprietor further Grants one-Twentieth part of all Royall Mines and two-fifth parts of all other Mines, they paying a Proportionable part of the Charge. The Proprietor also Reserves to himself, &c., free Liberty to Search for Mines in the Said Lands, and further by the Said Indorsement grants Liberty to Hawk, Hunt, Fish and fowl, &c.

This being the Sum of the whole Grant, in which no Particular Priveledge is mentioned, He is required to remove off from the Said Land, otherwise he must be proceeded against and ejected without Delay.

Because the Said Herman appears a stranger to our Constitution and he has laid out most of what he had on a Settlement made upon it, The Board has Considered and are willing to grant that he may enjoy his Improvements for Some years on a Reasonable Rent, He taking up his own 500 acres elsewhere.

Sources:

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIX, Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Minute Book H. Page 538-539, 1712, Nov 19 - Court: Herman Groethousen appeared before the commissioners of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania. View @ Footnote [ Page 538 | Page 539 ]

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