1727 Deed, Nicholas Scull – Mapmaker Pennsylvania

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The Original 1727 Deed of Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, and author of one of the most famous and earliest maps of Pennsylvania issued in 1759

An ORIGINAL and Highly Important Early Pennsylvania Land Deed Conveying an Original Parcel of Land from William Penns Charter

No autographs of Nicholas Scull are listed in the American auction records for over 30 years; only 1 letter (ALs) recorded, written to him by Thomas McKean, Signer from Delaware

[Manuscript] Vellum., 76 x 25 cm., 5th Dec., 1727. (and later re assigned in 1746 with later additions) between Nicholas Scull of the City of Philadelphia and his wife Abigail, and Tilman Kolb. .Whereas William Penn Proprietary of the sd. Province, lately dated. (i.e. 1703). Signed and endorsed twice by Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General and Benjamin Shoemaker, later the Mayor of Philadelphia

In 1681, William Penn received a charter from King Charles II declaring him absolute owner of the land of what is now Pennsylvania. As such, he had the authority to dispose of the land with little restriction. He recognized claims to the land held by the Native Americans and maintained a policy of purchasing land from them before selling land for settlement . This proprietorship lasted nearly 100 years and produced volumes of paperwork. However, many settlers settled on the land without proper title and this cause disputes with the Indians. The proprietor attempted to solve much of these concerns and tried to obtain rights to the land.

"Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, was the eldest of the six sons of Nicholas Scull, who emigrated to America (it is supposed from the county of Cork, Ireland) from the port of Bristol, in England, in the ship Bristol Merchant, John Stephens, commander, landing at Chester on the 10th of ninth month, 1681. The first progenitor of the family in England was u Norman, Sir John Scull, who was one of the twelve knights mentioned in "Bernard Burke's Landed Gentry," etc., and in Theophilus Jones's "History of Brecknockshire," who accompanied the renowned warrior Bernard Newmarch into North Wales, and who, in course of time, conquered the country. The family spread into the adjoining counties of England; and at some early period probably in the reign of Henry II. some of them might have accompanied the Welsh Baron, the Earl of Pembroke ( Strongbow). into Ireland, and have given the name to the large parish and town of Scull, in the southwestern part of the county of Cork. When William Penn as a young man, visited his father's estates in that count v, some of the members of the Scull family doubtless fell under his religious influence, and were induced to accompany Major Jasper Fanner to America. Major Farmer was of the same county, and came over in the same ship with the father of the subject of this notice. Nicholas Scull was born near Philadelphia, in the year 1687, and, in all probability, was an apprentice of Thomas Holmes, the first acting Surveyor General. He married Abigail Heap in 1708, who was a relation of his partner. He was a friend of Franklin, who mentions him in his " Autobiography" as a member of the "Junto," formerly called the " Leather Apron Club." He says : " We also had as a member, Nicholas Scull afterward the Surveyor General who loved books, and who sometimes made verses." There were thirty eight members, but it was afterward increased to fifty. " While still a very young man, Nicholas Scull was actively engaged in surveying the wild and uncultivated parts of the province of Pennsylvania and thus acquired a knowledge of the Indian dialects, several of which he spoke with fluency. He was, in consequence, frequently called upon to as one of the interpreters between the Indian chiefs (some of whom were his friends) and the agents of Penn, and he was present at many com and treaty ratifications with the Delaware and Conestoga tribes. "