Additional Adjacent Land in what was to become part of Worcester
Township in 1733.
1720 18th May Thomas Shute and James Steel to Johannes Umstat
for 119 acres part of 1000 acres that had been released for survey
by them on 30 Dec 1718. This land was an adjacent addition to
the 204 acres he owned in Van Bebber's Township. The original
house that Johannes built there in 1729 was demolished in the
20th century. Johannes sold this tract of land to his son Henry
22 Feb 1739. Recorded 9 Nov 1795. (Montgomery Deed Book 9:219_221)
Peter Bunn also bought 119 acres the same day that was an
adjacent addition to his land in Van Bebber's Township [thus adjacent
to Johannes]. The other purchasers in this 1,000 acre tract were:
Adam Van Fossen, who in 1720 purchased 150 acres, John Bull [in
1745 Thomas Bull owner], Jacob Ingle [Engle], Hermanus Kuster,
and Hugh Pugh.
The Van Fossen brothers, John, Adam, and Conrad, also purchased
land there.
(Research of Betsy Umstattd *14, p. 54): "Worcester"
Sec. 1, 12, Worcester Historical Society; A History of Worcester
Township 1976, Worcester Historical Society, Boyertown Publishing
Co., Boyertown, PA, Second Printing, 1986, copyright 1978 Worcester
Historical Society pp. 358-61.)
*Numbers refer to # in BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHANNES.
Research of Eleanor Mayfarth, Betsy Umstattd, Barbara Wentz, and Joe Patterson.
Last Updated 5 May 2017