First Settlers of the Manor of Maske
[Among the “reservations” set aside by the Penns was the “Manor of Maske”, embracing the territory now occupied by the borough of Gettysburg, township of Cumberland, and parts of several adjacent districts in Adams County, the Round-Tops of the battle being nearly central. An old manuscript, bearing every evidence of authenticity, and headed “A List of Names of such Persons as Settled and Made Inprovements in the Manor of Maske before the 18th day of June, 1741.” some while ago fell into my hands, and as it may have more than local interest, I subjoin a copy for the Historical Register. The indorsement explains the purport of the munscript: List of Entries in the Manor of Maske, in order to prove their settlements and procure Warrants. Received 2d April, 1792.” -H. J. S.]
Reformatted in alphabetical order
_, William: April, 1741
Agnew, James: May, 1741
Agnew, Samuel: May, 1741
Anan, Rev. Robert: May, 1741
Armstrong, John: April, 1740
Armstrong, Quinton: April, 1741
Beard, John, (dec’d), heirs of: September, 1740
Biddle, james: May, 1740
Black, Robert: May, 1740
Black, Robert (dec’d), heirs of: March, 1739
Boyd, John: March, 1740
Boyd, Thomas (dec’d), heirs of: March, 1741
Boyd, Wm. and B. Smith: March, 1740
Brown, John: May, 1741
Brown, Samuel: May, 1741
Brumfield, robert: September, 1739
Buchanan, John: May, 1740
Buchanan, Margaret (widow): May, 1740
Buchanan, Walter: September, 1739
Carson, John: April, 1741
Cishinger, John: April, 1741
Clugston, Joseph: April, 1741
Cotton, Henry: April, 1741
Criage, James: May, 1741
Craige, John, (dec’d) heirs of; or Col. Hance Hamilton, in trust for said children: April, 1739
Creighton, Robert: June, 1739
Davis, Hug: April, 1739
Dean, Matthew: May, 1740
Douglass, Thomas: May, 1740
Dunwoody, David: April, 1741
Dunwoody, Hugh: Aapril, 1741
Edie, Samuel, Esq.: March, 1741
Erwin, James: September, 1739
Erwin, William: September, 1739
Ferguson, Hugh: September, 1741
Ferguson, James: September, 1741
Fletcher,John: June, 1739
Fletcher, Robert: May, 1741
Frazier, David: March, 1738
Gettys, Smauel, for land on Middle Creek: May, 1740
Gettys, Samuel, near Rock Creek: May, 1740
Gibson, Jean: May, 1741
Gibson, Samuel: October, 1736
Gibson, William and Robert: October, 1736
Hall, Edward: March, 1741
Hall, James: April, 1741
Hamilton, Hance (Col.): April, 1741
Hamilton, HAnce (Col.): for a tract of Land adjoining Land of John Lard and Thomas Hosack, o Conowago: April, 1740
Herron, Andrew: April, 1740
Hosack, Thomas: March, 1740
Innis, James: May, 1740
Jenkins, Mises: May, 1740
Johnston, Robert: April, 1741
Kerr, George: October, 1740
Kerr, John: April , 1741
Latta, Thomas: May, 1740
Leard, John: September, 1739
Lesley, Hannah: April, 1741
Levenston, Andrew: May, 1740
Linn, Adam: May, 1741
Linn, John: April, 1740
Linn, Robert: April, 1740
Little, John: May, 1741
Long, Robert: September, 1739
Martin, Thomas: May: 1741
McAdams, Quintin: April, 1741
McAlllister, Gabriel: April, 1741
McCarley, Moses: April, 1739
McCleary, Thomas: May: 1740
McClellan, Jacob: May, 1740
McClellan, William: May 1740
McColock, Samuel: May, 1741
McCormick, Benjamin: October, 1736
McDonnell, Duncan: April, 1740
McDonough, Henry (dec’d), heirs of: April, 1739
McDowell, James and Charles Mc Mulling, Guardians in trust for the minor children of John Darby, deceased, March, 1740
McDowell, John: April, 1741
McFerran, John: May, 1741
McFerran, William: May, 1741
McGaughy, James: April , 1740
McGaughy, John: April, 1741
McKeenan, Daniel: September, 1740
McKeen, Alexander: March, 1738
McKeen, Alexander, Hugh McKeen and Samuel Edie, Esqs., Guardians in trust for the minor children of John McKeen, deceased, equally concnerned, March, 1738
McKeen, Hugh: March, 1738
McKinley, William: April, 1741
McKinney, Robert: May, 1740
McMullen, Charles: May, 1740
McMullen, Mary: May, 1741
McNair, Alexander: April, 1741
McNea, John: April, 1741
McNiel, Robert: April, 1740
McNiet, John: March, 1740
McNaught, James: May, 1740
Millar, John: April, 1741
Moore, David: March, 1741
Moore, Joseph: March, 1740
Morrison, Archibald: May, 1740
Murphy, John: April, 1741
Nealson, THomas: March, 1741
Orr, James: April, 1739
Orr, James: May, 1739
Parke, david: March, 1741
Parke, John: March, 1741
Paxton, John: March, 1741
Paxton, Samuel, Sr.: March, 1741
Paxton, Thomas: March, 1741
Pearson, Henry: April, 1741
Pedan, Samuel: May, 1741
Poe, Alexander: April, 1739
Quiet, William, Sr: April, 1741
Quiet, Wiliam, Jr.: April, 1741
Ramsey, William: May, 1740
Reed, James: August, 1738
Reed, John: November, 1740
Reed, Mary: September, 1740
Rowan, Henry: June, 1739
Russell, James: May, 1740
Russell, John: May, 1740
Scott, Hugh: September, 1740
Scott, John: May, 1740
Scott, William: April, 1741
Semple, John: May, 1740
Shannon, Thomas: September, 1740
Smith, Robert: April 1741
Smith, William: April, 1739
Steel, John: September, 1740
Stevenson, Samuel: May, 1741
Stevenson, William: May, 1741
Stuart, Alexander: April, 1741
Stuart, John: April, 1741
Stuart, John, (Marsh Creek): March, 1741
Sweeny, Myles: March, 1741
Sypes, George: April, 1741
Tedford, Thomas: May, 1740
Thompson, Andrew: May, 1741
Thompson, James: May, 1741
Thomspn, Elizabeth: April, 1738
Walker, Alexander: April, 1740
Walker, James: May, 1740
Wilson, James: May, 1741
Wilson, Joseph: March, 1738
Woods, Hugh: March, 1741
Young, Margaret: April, 1741