Documentation
See:
- Eschleman's Original paper
- Eschleman's Lists for Early Lancaster County for discussion.
- Index to Eschleman's Tax Assessment Lists for Lancaster County
- Eschleman's Tax Assessments for Pequea Township, Lancaster County, 1720-1726
- Population Volatility in Pequea Township, 1721-1726
- Population Volatility in Conestoga Township, pre-1718-1826
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Conestoga Township 1718.
Stephen | Atkinson | | 16 Pounds | [English]
| Martyn | Baer | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Thomas | Baldwin | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| Henry | Bear | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Alexander | Beuse | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| Peter | Bezaillon | (French Trader) | 40 Pounds | [English]
| Samuel | Birchfield | | | Freemen
| John | Bowman | | 4 Pounds | Dutch
| Michael | Bowman | | Pounds | Dutch
| Wendall | Bowman | | 40 Pounds | Dutch
| Hance | Boyer | | 7 Pounds | Dutch
| Martyn | Boyer | | Pounds | Dutch
| Benedictus | Brackbill | | 35 Pounds | Dutch
| William | Bradford | | 125 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Hance | Brand | | Pounds | Dutch
| Melchoir | Brenneman | | 18 Pounds | Dutch
| Stoffel | Brenneman | | 7 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Brubaker | | 15 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Brubaker | | 30 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Bruebaker | Jr. | 25 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Bundle | | 500 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Hance | Burkholder | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Henry | Carpenter | | 36 Pounds | Dutch
| Richard | Carter | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| Edmund | Cartledge | (Collector) | 20 Pounds | [English]
| John | Cartledge | | 40 Pounds | [English]
| Charles | Christopher | | 6 Pounds | Dutch
| Nathaniel | Christopher | | | Freemen
| Thomas | Clark | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| William | Clark | | 8 Pounds | [English]
| John | Comb | | 30 Pounds | [English]
| Daniel | Cookson | | 40 Pounds | [English]
| James | Davis | | | Freemen
| Richard | Davis | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Abraham | Dubois | | 1000 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Theadorus | Eby | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Melchoir | Erisman | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Evan | Evans | | | Freemen
| John | Evans | Col. | 1000 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Thomas | Falkner | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Farrer | | 20 Pounds | [English]
| Daniel | Ferree | | 35 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Ferree | | 25 Pounds | Dutch
| Philip | Ferree | | 25 Pounds | Dutch
| Christopher | Franciscus | | 29 Pounds | Dutch
| Isaac | Frederick | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| John | French | Col. | 500 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Henry | Funk | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Funk | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Thomas | Gale | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| Richard | Grice | | | Freemen
| Jacob | Grider | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Grist | | 3 Pounds | [English]
| Hans | Groff | Sr. | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Hans | Groff | Jr. | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Henry | Haines | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Daniel | Harmer | | 35 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Harriss | | | Freemen
| Hans | Haure | | 12 Pounds | Dutch
| James | Hendricks | | 20 Pounds | [English]
| John | Hendricks | | 16 Pounds | [English]
| Abraham | Herr | | 35 Pounds | Dutch
| Christian | Herr | | 40 Pounds | Dutch
| Immanuel | Herr | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Herr | | 40 Pounds | Dutch
| Christian | Hershey | & Son | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Joseph | Hickman | | 30 Pounds | [English]
| Jacob | Hoover | | 5 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Hostetter | | 15 Pounds | Dutch
| Woolrich | Howell | | Pounds | Dutch
| Woolrich | Howry | | 5 Pounds | Dutch
| William | Hughes | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| Morgan | Jones | | 10 Pounds | [English]
| Thomas | Jones | | | Freemen
| Andrew | Kauffman | | Pounds | Dutch
| Isaac | Kauffman | | Pounds | Dutch
| Hans | Keage | | 6 Pounds | Dutch
| Henry | Kendig | & Son | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Martin | Kendig | | 50 Pounds | Dutch
| George | Kendrick | | 8 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Kendrick | Jr. | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Kendrick | | 40 Pounds | Dutch
| Peter | Laman | | 14 Pounds | Dutch
| Felix | Landes | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Landes | Jr. | 6 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Landes | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Jeremiah | Langhorne | | 350 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Isaac | Lefever | | 30 Pounds | Dutch
| Isaac | Lefevre | | 30 Pounds | Dutch
| James | Letort | (French Trader) | 50 Pounds | [French] See Person:James LeTort (1)
| John | Linvill | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| James | Logan | | 10co Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| William | Ludford | | | Freemen
| Collum | Macquair | | 15 Pounds | [English]
| John | Marklow | | 250 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Andrew | Mason | | 10 Pounds | [English]
| John | Mcdaniel | | 7 Pounds | [English]
| Robert | Middleton | | | Freemen
| John | Milen | | 25 Pounds | Dutch
| Martin | Milin | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Miller | | 45 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Miller | | 25 Pounds | Dutch
| Michael | Miller | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| Hans Currick | Moyer | | 26 Pounds | Dutch
| Jacob | Moyer | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Rudy | Moyer | | 12 Pounds | Dutch
| Jahn | Natts | Sr. | Pounds | Dutch
| John | Natts | Jr. | Pounds | Dutch
| Hance Henry | Neff | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Hance | Newcomer | | 6 Pounds | Dutch
| Elizabeth | Pace | | 250 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| James | Patterson | | 20 Pounds | [English]
| Thomas | Perrin | | | Freemen
| David | Priest | | | Freemen
| Harman | Ritzman | | 1100 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea.
| Richard | Robinson | | 1000 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Joseph | Row | | 5 Pounds | [English]
| Christian | Schank | | Pounds | Dutch
| Peter | Seller | | 20 Pounds | Dutch
| Christian | Shank | | Pounds | Dutch
| John | Shank | | 11 Pounds | Dutch
| Michael | Shank | Jr. | Pounds | Dutch
| Michael | Shank | Sr. | 15 Pounds | Dutch
| Rebecca | Shaw | | 300 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| William | Sherrel | | 16 Pounds | [English]
| Hans | Shopf | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| Joseph | Steman | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| Christian | Stone | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Thomas | Story | | 1768 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Amos | Strettle | | 3380 Acres | Non-Resident Lands Upon The River Pequea. Acres
| Peter | Swarr | | 5 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Taylor | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| John | Tomp | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Benedictus | Venerick | | 15 Pounds | Dutch
| Hans | Weaver | | Pounds | Dutch
| John | Widmer | | 10 Pounds | Dutch
| Robert | Wilkins | | 8 Pounds | [English]
| Thomas | Wilkins | | | Freemen
| Benjamin | Witmer | | 16 Pounds | Dutch
| Francis | Worly | | 50 Pounds | [English]
| Peter | Yorte | | 15 Pounds | Dutch
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The Tax Rate Was Three Pence Per Pound This Year. This Is The Earliest Assessment List Taken Of Any
Part Of Lancaster County. "Conestoga" Being The First Organized Territory In The County Including
All The Land Settled In The County From The Octoraro Creek To The Susquehanna River. The "Freemen," That Is Single Men, Were All Valued At 9 Shillings Each
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