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Source: October 1958 Volume 10 Number 2, Pages 39–41
History of General Lord Stirling's quarters
and the property now known as Echo Valley Farms Valley Forge
Mrs. Robert C. Ligget
Page 39
In 1926, when this property came into the possession of
Robert C. and Frances H. Ligget and their children, Frances B.
and Audrey H. Ligget, the house, now known as Stirling's
Quarters, was in need of repairs but unspoiled architecturally
and boasted no modern conveniences. Boyle Irwin was the architect,
whose ability in renovation and adding an enlargement over
the spring house in no way detracted from its original lines.
Parson Currie home (Stirling's Quarters)
The early history of this house as contained in authentic
data in the possession of Robert C. Ligget, Frances H. Ligget,
and Audrey H. Ligget, and original deeds in the Parson Currie
Room in Stirling's Quarters, Valley Forge, is as follows:
| 1701 Aug. |
Contract between William Penn and David Powell;
1,340 acres original Grant. |
| 1714 Dec. 24 |
David Powell, Gentleman, "Philadelphia, sold to
Henry Jones (John), Great Valley, Chester County, Yeoman, 100 acres. Henry Jones paid
£ 20 "to have and to hold under yearly quit
rent of one English silver shilling or value in
coyn currant payable on 1st day of the first month
March yearly forever".
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| 1715 May 17 |
(Receipt for £ 20 signed by David Powell and witnessed
by John Cadwalader.) |
| 1737 Jan. 20 |
John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, sons
of William Penn, deeded to Griffith John (Jones)
176 acres in Tredyffrin Township with allowance
of six acres for roads and highways extending
north northwest to the land of the Manor of
Bilton. Paid £ 27, 5s, 8d. "with all minerals,
quarries, meadows, marshes, swamps, cripples,
woods, underwoods, timber and trees, ways, water,
watercourses, liberty, rights, commodities and
appurtenances Part of all royal money free
from all deductions and reprisals for digging
and refining (minerals) free right and liberty
to hawk, hunt and fish on any part of the land." |
| 1739 Nov. 20 |
"Henery Jones (John) of Tredyffrin Township in
ye County of Chester & Province of Pensilvania"
- left 100 acres of ground to his brother, Griffith
Jones (John) "for the care and comfort from him
during the past twenty years as my being maintained
with meats, drink, washing, lodging, and
apparrell by my brother, Griffith Jones of the
some place".
(This would indicate that the east wing was
built approximately 1719.) |
| 1752 Dec. 8 |
Will of Griffith Jones (John) of "Treadiffrin in
ye County of Chester and Province of Pensyla"
left all he possessed to Thomas Jones, his son,
"in consideration of ye love, good will and
affection which I have and do bear my son as
well as ye sum of 5 shillings I do fully
freely clearly and absolutely of my own accord
give and grant to him...." |
| 1767 May 28 |
William Currie purchased 100 acres of Thomas
Jones' land (Formerly Henry Jones') at public
sale for £ 300, "including houses, outhouses,
buildings and Improvements". |
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| 1767 May 28 |
William Currie purchased 176 acres of same "plantation"
(formerly Griffith John's) at public sale for
£ 368, "including houses, outhouses, buildings and
improvements". |
| 1791 Oct. 25 |
William Currie sold to Thomas Walker (his son-in-law)
for £ 1,100 gold and silver money current in
Pennsylvania "Tenement Plantation end Tract of
Land situate in Tredyffrin Township from a corner
of, Edmund Physick's land crossing Welsh line to
the line of the Manor of Bilton". |
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