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Notes for John TREGO
Trego Family History, Shertzer: John Laycock also owned 150 acres of land in the northwestern corner of Upper Makefield township, which became the property of his stepson, John Trego. From ancient deeds of conveyance, the history of this tract appears to be as follows: It was part of a tract of 792 acres conveyed by John Clark of London, to John Estaugh of Newtown, Gloucester County, New Jersey, April 16th, 1716. John Estaugh and wife, October 2d, 1728, conveyed this 792 acres to Richard Sunley, tailor, of Wrightstown. This tract included the land afterwards owned by the Tregos, and also the Doan and Wiggins farms in the same neighborhood. October 11th, 1728, Richard Sunley conveyed 140 acres of the 792 to John Parsons, who, March 2d, 1729, conveyed them to John Laycock; December 9th, 1736, John Laycock gave to Jacob Trego, his stepson, a title for the above mentioned 140 acres and ten acres additional, which had been conveyed to John Laycock by Richard Sunley, December 4th, 1733. On this tract of land, John Laycock and his stepson John Trego, commenced a clearing, going by a path through the woods from their dwelling in Wrightstown.
A log cabin was probably the first building erected there; but after the land became the property of John Trego, he built a stone house, considered a fine one at that time, which is yet standing (1884), adjoining the house erected by William Trego, his grandson, about the year 1818.
John Trego had very black hair, while his sons Jacob and William had red hair.
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