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Chester County is a county located in the
U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
It is part of the Delaware Valley area, and is the only Delaware Valley
county in Pennsylvania that does not border Philadelphia, though it is close. Chester County is one of the three original
counties of Pennsylvania created by William Penn in 1682. It did not become an inland
county until 1789. It is named for Cheshire,
England, from which many of its early
settlers came. West Chester, the county seat since 1788, was incorporated as
a borough on March 28, 1799. It was named for Chester, the older county seat
(now in Delaware County), which in turn derived its name from the shire town
of Cheshire.
Counties that lie adjacent to Chester County are: Berks
County (north); Montgomery
County (northeast); Delaware
County (east); New
Castle County, Delaware
(southeast); Cecil
County, Maryland
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Chester County Register of Wills/ Orphan's Court Clerk has Marriage Records from 1714 and Probate Records from 1714 and is located at 2 North High
Street, Suite 109, P.O. Box 2748, West Chester, PA 19380-0991; 610.344.6335
[press 0], Email: [email protected]. ·
Chester County Recorder of Deeds has Land Records from 1688 and is located at 121 N. Walnut
St., Suite 100, P.O. Box 2748, West Chester, PA 19380-0991; Phone:
610-344-6330, Fax: 610-344-6408,
EMAIL. · Chester County Prothonotary
/ Clerk of Courts has Court Records from 1714 and is located at 2 N. High
Street, Suite 130, P.O. Box 2748, West Chester, PA 19380-0991;
610-344-6300. |
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Borough of Malvern Historical Commission |
Main
Line Genealogy Club West Pikeland
Township Historical Commission |
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link. |
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Dickson; Dill;
Kerr; Neely |
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It is believed that Michael and Nancy
(Campbell) Dickson and their young son John migrated from County Down,
Ireland to Chester County, Pennsylvania around 1715. It is unclear however as to where in the
county they actually settled.
Apparently the son, John Dickson, returned to Ireland sometime between 1725-30.
He then came back to Pennsylvania by 1738 and probably settled that
area of the county then known as Nantmeal Township,
(see map above). Samuel
Henry and Elizabeth Neely probably migrated to Pennsylvania during the second
decade of the 18th century.
It is believed that they also settled in the aforementioned mentioned area
of then Nantmeal Township and that a daughter Sarah
was born there around 1735. The Neely
family lived at this location until about 1740 when they migrated south,
possibly with the Dickson family, into Maryland, and Virginia before settling
in Duplin County, North Carolina. The following gen-sites have been
identified as places located within this county where our direct ancestors
are known to have been, born, married, died or resided. |
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Nantmeal Township
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LOCATION: Place: Nantmeal Township; Coordinates/Map: |
19th century property map of East Nantmeal Twp. 19th century property map of West Nantmeal Twp. Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION: The name Nantmeal was formerly, and properly,
written Nantmel, being derived from Nantmel, in Radnorshire, Wales,
due to the fact that the first settlers were mostly Welsh, and principally
confined to the eastern part of the township.
In 1717-1719 surveys of the area to become Nantmeal
Township were made on the head of the north branch of Brandywine. Prior to 1720 the settlement was assessed
with the tax district on Schuylkill. Nantmeal Township was formally organized in 1722 and emcompassed the are shown in
above map. In 1740 the area was
divided and East Nantmeal was then formed with the
original township becoming West Nantmeal. The Scots-Irish came up from the
southwestern part of Chester county from 1730 to 1740, and peopled the
western part of Nantmeal. In 1789, West Nantmeal
was divided, and the name of Honeybrook was given
to the western part. In 1852 the
remainder of West Nantmeal was again divided. This
southern division was named Springfield, and then changed to Wallace. East Nantmeal was
divided in 1842 by the south branch of French Creek, and the northern part
called Warwick. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Nantmeal Township |
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West Chester
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LOCATION: |
Chester County Court
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DESCRIPTION:
The Borough of West Chester is the county seat of Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
The area was originally known as Turk's Head - after the Inn of the same name located in what is now
the center of the borough. West
Chester has been the seat of government in Chester County since 1786, and the
borough incorporated in 1799. West
Chester was settled in the early 18th century, principally by members of the Society
of Friends. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Borough
of West Chester, Chester Co., PA |
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The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Map of Chester County Pennsylvania Chester County Physical, Cultural &
Historic Features Chester County ZIP Codes | Area Codes Chester County Land - Property, Farms &
Ranches Profiles
for 423 cities, towns and other populated places in Chester County
Pennsylvania |
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The following cities, boroughs and townships are
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Census-designated place
Census-designated places
are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau
for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual
jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. |
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Locales, Military Installations;
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For more information about the U.S. State in which this
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
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and other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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West Chester Friends Meeting
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Snail mail: Fred
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