The Name Nantmeal was formerly, and properly,
written Nantmel, being derived from Nantmel, in Radnorshire, Wales, from where
some of the first settlers came. The following are some of the early
surveys made on the head of the north branch of Brandywine and the acreage;
William Powel
300 acres
Thomas Callowhill
500
William Iddings
284
Thomas Rees 260
John Broomal
400
David Thomas
300
Daniel Moore
237
William Trego
200
John Moore 200
Richard and John Peirsol 400
some French Creek surveys, names dates an
acreage;
James Logan
1000 acres
1715
Jeremiah Jarman 200
1718
Owen Roberts
1000
1715 300 acres
1719
Wm. Davis 100
1718
John Williams 240
1719
Philip Rogers
200
1718
Samuel Nutt
250
1717 650 acres
1719 150 acres
1720
Mordecai Lincoln
150 1720
Nicholas Rogers
200
1719
Henry Hockley
200
1719
Simon Meredith 200
1720