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Johann Heinrich Kipp -- Property in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

History of Property in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

History of Property in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Johann Heinrich Kipp

1737-1810

The property that Henry Kipp owned in Pennsylvania traces back to the very early days of colonial Pennsylvania. William Penn’s father, Admiral Penn, loaned King Charles II of England 16,000 Pounds. These funds were due William Penn after his father died. Seeking land in the New World, Penn asked the King to grant him land. The King granted Penn’s request and signed the Charter of Pennsylvania on March 4, 1681.

Penn hoped that this acquisition of the Pennsylvania Province would be a land for those who were persecuted as well as a profitable venture for him and his family. He was active in recruiting emigrants and encouraged them to settle in Pennsylvania. These included many from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany.

As immigration grew, Penn set up a process to allow those immigrants a chance to own their own land. This process started with a request for a Warrant to buy a specific piece of land. The Warrant was normally issued only after payment of certain fees for the land. The next step was for the prospective new land owner was to obtain a Survey of the land. Once the survey was completed, a Patent was issued granting absolute ownership of the land. Even though Penn was granted all of Pennsylvania by the King, he would not grant any part of it without first buying the claims of the Native Americans.

The history of the specific piece of property that was Henry Kipp’s began when Francis Beaty applied for a Warrant on Feb 4, 1737 for 200 acres on Conoy Creek located in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was issued on a promise to pay the standard 15 pounds, 10 shillings for each 100 acres, an annual Quitrent of one half penny Sterling for every acre, and required the land to be surveyed within six months. If these conditions were not met, the warrant would be void. Records indicate that Francis Beaty did not pay any of the fees, or have the land surveyed.

However, Francis Beaty took it upon himself to sell his right, if any he had, to such warrant and land to John Greer who had made some improvements to the land, and had lived on it for several years.

John Greer, on Sept. 3, 1747, sold his right to the land and improvements via a Deed Poll (A deed made by one party only, usually to transfer the rights of the grantor to the grantee.), to Salty (Valentine) Gloninger. Valentine Gloninger, on Apr 30, 1751, sold his right to the land and improvement, via a Deed Poll, to David Hare.

David Hare, on Dec. 27, 1759, sold his right to the land and improvements, via a Deed Poll, to Henry Kipp. This document also states Henry Kipp’s occupation was a Blacksmith. David Hare was to have a survey done by Tomas Cookson but no survey was ever returned.

Henry Kipp requested and had a Warrant issued, and procured a Survey by Barham Galbraith on Nov. 9, 1762. Henry Kipp then sought to have a Patent issued. He paid the original fee of 15 pounds, 10 shillings per 100 acres, with interest and arrears on Quitrent for six months after date of original 1737 warrant. The total amount paid was 31 pounds. A patent was recorded on June 21, 1763 to Henry Kipp from Tomas Penn and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn, giving him absolute ownership. While Henry Kipp was not the original settler on the property, he was the first to obtain clear title to the land. A legal description of the land is provided below.

Copies of the Francis Beaty Warrant, Henry Kipp Warrant, Land Plot, and Henry Kipp Patent are located under information on Henry KIpp or under “Documents” on the sidebar menu of this web site. Advertisement

I estimated that the location of the property of Henry Kipp was located about 1 ½ miles Northeast of Conoy Creek Park, located on the Susquehanna River, in the area of Highway 241. It is not far from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. A current satellite image shows the area is still farmland.

Adjacent land owners to Henry Kipp’s property were Mathias Blasser, and Christian Blasser. The Blasser’s were brothers of Barbara Blasser, wife of Henry’s son George.

Henry Kipp and Anne Mary (Anna Maria), his wife, by their indenture dated December 31, 1799 granted and confirmed this same tract of land to their son George Kipp. George Kipp, and his wife Barbara (Blasser) later sold a very narrow portion of the property to Joseph Shank. It appears this sale may have been to straighten boundary lines. Joseph Shank soon sold the property along with adjoining property he owned. The sale by George and Barbara was dated June 11, 1810, and recorded on October 21, 1822. George is identified as a farmer in the document. A legal description of the land is provided below.




LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS:

Original Patent to Henry Kipp

(Patent Book AA-5, page 65, recorded June 21, 1763)

Beginning at a marked black oak, thence by land of Nicholas McClellan South 50 degrees West, 60 perches to a marked white oak and southwest 171 perches to a marked white oak, thence by land of Mathias Blaser (Blasser) North 5½ degrees West, 300 perches to a marked black oak, thence by the land of Jacob Good North 33 degrees West, 36 perches to a marked black oak, thence by vacant land North 69 degrees East, 52 perches to a marked black oak, thence by vacant land and land of Jacob Wilhelm South 33 degrees East, 100 perches to a marked white oak, thence by land of Jacob Wilhelm and land of Martin Haisey South 47 degrees, East 153 perches to place of beginning. (Edited for readability).

Note: Survey tools used during the time included brush clearing equipment, a measurement chain, and a compass. A method called meets and bounds was used and markers were often a rock, or a hardwood tree. Gunter’s chain was the standard used for measuring distance. It contained 100 links and the length was 4 poles or 66 feet. A pole is the same length as a perch. An acre is 10 square chains.

Sale of Property by George Kipp to Joseph Shank

(Lancaster County, PA Land Index Book 24, Pages 204-208)

Beginning at a stone affixed by the southeast corner post of the Grave Yard and running by the other land of the said George Kipp North 9 ¼ degrees West, 160 perches to a black oak, thence by the other land Joseph Shank, South 7 ½ degrees East, 307 perches to a white oak, thence North 5 ½ degrees West, 147 perches to the place of beginning, containing of 416 (square) perches, strict measure, be the same more or less. (Edited for readability). (Note: Legal description is stated as being a portion of the original land patented to Henry Kipp in 1763.)

Copyright 2010 by E. Michael Kipp, All Rights Reserved




Sources:

Pennsylvania State Archives, Patent Book AA-5, page 65

Pennsylvania State Archives, Warrant Book, Lancaster County, K-279

Pennsylvania State Archives, Warrantee Township Map, West Donegal 2

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania History

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Land Index, Book 24, Pages 204-208


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