"Poorer families also granted independence to their married children. Ralph Lewis, who came over as a servant to John Bevan, gave deeds to three of his sons before or just after marriage. In 1707 he sold to his son Abraham at marriage a 200 acres tract for 60 pounds. Samuel Lewis, another son, bought 250 acres from his father for 60 pounds. A deed three years later, shows that his debt to his father was paid off in 1712, the year he married (Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia County Deeds, 2/3/1706:A-203, 8/23/1707:A-172; Chester County Court House, Chester County Deeds, October 6, 1709:B-342, 3/2/1712:C-326)." (2)
(1) Charles H. Browning, Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967), 261.
(2) Barry J. Levy, "'Tender Plants': Quaker Farmers and Children in the Delaware Valley, 1681-1735," Journal of Family History, Vol. 3 (1978): 116-135.
(3) "Ralph Lewis emigrated from Glamorganshire, Wales, to Chester County, Pa., in the 1680s," The Old Homestead, updated October 2005.