History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . the place of beginning. The con-sideration was ^5. Edward Doyle, by will dated Seventh-monthsixteenth, 1702, devising said tract to his wife and executrix, RebeccaDoyle. The will was proved before the Register General of theProvince; and Rebecca Doyle, widow and executrix of Edward Doyle,conveyed said tract to Tobias Dymock and Sarah his wife, Third-month twenty-fifth, 1703, consideration ^20. This EdwardDoyls was the father of the Edward and Clement Doyle, wlio settledat Doylestown. Th
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . the place of beginning. The con-sideration was ^5. Edward Doyle, by will dated Seventh-monthsixteenth, 1702, devising said tract to his wife and executrix, RebeccaDoyle. The will was proved before the Register General of theProvince; and Rebecca Doyle, widow and executrix of Edward Doyle,conveyed said tract to Tobias Dymock and Sarah his wife, Third-month twenty-fifth, 1703, consideration ^20. This EdwardDoyls was the father of the Edward and Clement Doyle, wlio settledat Doylestown. Three of the Doyles, Edward, William and Clement were here in1730, and are thought to have been brothers, but this is a mistake,Clement and Edward were the sons of Edward, who settled on theDelaware about 1696 and marriad Rebecca Dungan; and William,the pioneer tavern keeper, was the son of Edward the younger. OnMarch 30th, 1730, Edward Doyle bought of Joseph Kirkbride anarrow strip of land a mile long and less than a (juarter of a mile wide,containing 150 acres, extending from West Court street northwest. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 5 down into the valley of Cooks Run, and up the farther rise to thesecond cross roads. In the borough the width was from Hamiltonstreet to the southwest boundary, and comprised the farms of Isaacand Richard Riale, Rachel White and Samuel Heckman. EdwardDoyle is thought to have lived in the old stone house of Isaac Riale,at present the property of James Biglan, or in a house on its was not prosperous. His will, dated September 9th, 1763, wasfiled in Philadelphia, where he died 1770. His will mentions four child-ren, William, Jeremiah, Edward and Rebecca Freeman, and a grand-daughter Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Reese. Edward Doyle,son of Edward Doyle, Jr., kept tavern in Philadelphia and his sonWilliam was assessed, 1779, a Shoemaker without lands. In 1737 Edward Doyle bought of Joseph Kirkbride anotherlong, narrow strip of 42 acres, cover
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