The Manor of Steyning - PLAQUE

Chester County · dedicated 1926 · W Baltimore Pike (SR 3046) southbound, .5 mile W of Kennett Square

The Manor of Steyning of 15,500 acres patented by William Penn for "fatherly love" and one beaver skin yearly to his daughter Laetitia Penn at Philadelphia, October 23, 1701 is here marked on its western line adjoining a tract of 14,500 acres which the proprietor patented to his son WILLIAM PENN, JUNIOR May 24, 1706

9.8 miles from where Merchant Maulsby lived in the 1700s

what this marker records spans 1701 to 1706, overlapping Merchant Maulsby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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The Manor of Steyning - PLAQUE

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