Wm. Penn granted a warrant, in 1701, for the survey of 10,000 acres of land for his son, Wm Penn, Jr  being "the remainder due to him of 50,000 acres originally granted by me to his mother."  A tract of 5,000 acres was laid out for Penn, jr, on the west side of Fagg's Manor.  This tract was resurveyed in 1741, and the following is a "list of names of persons who have presumed to settle on Wm Penn's manor".

• John Glan

• James Young

• John Simpson

• Wm Porter

• Robert Criswell

• James Glascow

• John Ross

• Wm. Penny

• John Black

• John Dougherty

• Widow Lion

• John Scott

• Robert Criswell

• Wm. Armstrong

• Hugh Miller

• Robert Turner

• Robert Fleming

• David Fleming

• Andrew Sim

• Charles Hedges

• James Partle

• John Beard

• Robert McKee

• Stephen Cornelius

• James Dysert

• Archibald Blackburn

• Joseph Smith

• Thomas Charleton

This manor embraces all of the eastern portion of Upper Oxford and a small part of Lower Oxford

This page updated on January 9, 2011