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