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Well, I can’t remember my source (I believe it was in a doctoral dissertation shared with me by a Lumbee researcher named Cedric Woods, whom I corresponded with several years ago) but one of the more common surnames among the Lumbee is LOWRY. (Some of you may have heard of the Lumbee hero, HENRY BERRY LOWRY, and his “insurrection” circa 1865-1872.) Anyhow, I’m fairly certain that Henry Berry Lowry’s great (?) grandmother was a COURSEY. (I believe Cedric documents her as having come from Northampton County, Virginia, but I could be mistaken.) What I find curious however is that one DIXON COURSEY was a chief among the Indian River Indians.
Coincidence?
As an aside, while on vacation in Ocean City, MD last month, I insisted on visiting Dagsboro, Delaware while on a one day side trip to look over some real estate. Dagsboro is well situated near the headwaters of Indian River. It’s fairly well drained, unlike the swampy areas that surround it. There’s a very, very old church with a cemetary which sits on high ground near a feeder stream that empties into Indian River. I really wanted to get out and ramble about the cemetary to see what I could discover, but the friends I were with had their own agenda and threatened to leave me if I got out of the car 🙂
There were two historical markers alongside the road. One was about the church and the other about one Colonel Dagworthy, for whom the town is named. Additionally, there was a tiny little building which looked to have been a one person post office at one time in the past, but which was marked as the Town Hall. Upon sighting the Town Hall, I demanded to be let out of the car despite my companions earlier threats to leave me. My intention was to purchase a town history, if one were available. But alas, it was the lunch hour and someone had hung a sign in the door window announcing that they’d be back in an hour. 🙁
Anyhow, I just thought I’d pass that along.
So near and yet so far. Thanks for the effort! Did you get any kind of vibe from the place? We need to take Felicia there. Nobody picks up on vibes bette than she does!
Thanks for the info on the Lowry relatives, the Coursey’s. I’d heard of this before, but the spelling was Kersey. This name is tantalizing for me, I have Keasey’s, and I’ve heard from other people with the Blackfoot ID named Keasey, in KY, with cousins in the same county named Kersey, spelling any number of ways.
Our family story was that we are related to a Blackfoot chief, so your Dixon Coursey info is very intriguing. Thank you. Hmm, I wonder if the Dixon first name was referring to another family surname — Dixon.
Forest, thank you for the reference to that Weslager book. I will check into it.
Lowrey is a name I ran into as Brenda, Bess and I discussed the traders in the area of Conoy Town. It was a name found on the link that Bess posted on the Scotch-Irish of this area.
Techteach
Linda,
You’re right. The LOWRY ancestor was indeed KERSEY, not COURSEY. However, my own personal rule when it comes to names is that if it sounds like the name, it probably is the name (in one fashion or another).
And you’re probably right about the first name, Dixon. I hadn’t considered that.
Tech Teach,
Yes, you and I both noticed the surname, LOWRY in Bess’s post regarding Conoy Town. I clicked on and read the web site she posted. The web site mentioned members of the Lowry family numerous times and emphasized the fact that they made their fortune as Indian traders. Isn’t it just curious that that family of Lowrys were Indian traders and the surname Lowry turns up several times among the Lumbee’s ancestors in the first United States census of 1790.
So many coincidences.
I have Dickson’s, which is the same name as Dixon I’ve been told.
My family has a long tradition of giving at least one child (or more) of one generation a “given name” which was the “maiden name” of an ancestor. For instance a brother to my g-g-grandpa was named “Hamilton Woods Richey”, with his mother’s maiden name being Woods while his great-grandma was a Hamilton (they skiped the grandma “Dickson” generation in naming him). But many of my ancestors did that, not just this one. I guess naming children such names was a way for you to remember those who’d passed on, but it gives us a clue as well, as to who they were.
So was there a Kersey that married a Dixon? Would Dixon Coursey/Kersey have been there at Indian river in the 1740s? So If Dixon Kersey was a chief by the 1740s his parents might have gotten together about the time of the founding of Fort Christanna.
I’m just trying to put this togethr in historic context for myself. The Saponi near the Germanna settlement who were tried for hog stealing, scaring one farmer and setting the woods on fire were ordered out of the county about tha same time frame, 1740 wasn’t it? When they left, where did they go? Could they have gone north to Maryland first before going south later? I believe “Captain Dickson” — the man called a “White renegade” or half-blood Indian — raided Stanton, Va in 1764, about 20 or so years after that time. Thomas Jefferson recorded Indians on his lands in 1755.
This won’t link my Dickson’s to either of those men, but it seems to link one of my known surnames to the Kersey surname, a surname that still in Eastern Virginia I believe.
And these people have links to the Lumbee? The Lumbee have a lot of “Southern” Piedmont Siouan in them, don’t they?
Just thinkin’ out loud . . .
vance
http://kstephens.topcities.com/unique.htm
Ineresting website. It tells of several groups of isolated ethnic enclaves in America. It includes a reference to
Piscataway Story: The Legend of Kittimuquin. Piscataway Conoy Confereracy Subtribes, Inc. St Rebecca Seib-Toup (Editor) Karen Y. Harley (Illustrator). 1994.
It might be interesting reading. I wonder where it can be purchased?
I recently went through old emails and found something she wrote pertaining to Robeson/Bertie and neighboring Counties that mentioned the surnames Kersey and Lowry. She writes about the Tuscarora in that region with surnames including Gibson. Now I see she has also written about the Conoy and Piscataway. Baron Von Graffenreid was amongst the Tuscarora and later he founded Germanna Town not far from where some Saponi also settled.
I believe (but can not prove) through circumstantial evidence my Nevil Waylasnd Sr’s wife was a Gibson — Cussiah/Keziah Gibson whose parents were Thomas and Mary Gibson. There was that Peter Wayland (there were Waylands also at Germanna) near Conoy Town and here Rebecca Seib-Toup writes about Gibson’s near the Tuscarora and in another publication she writes about the Conoy and Piscataway. hmmm . . .
Is anyone farmiliar with her or her book? I’d like to get in touch with her and her book/books.
vance
ps —
http://www.bayweekly.com/1993/93v07.html
http://www.native-net.org/archive/nl/9412/0026.html
Here are a few relevant links:
http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/books/ee/index.html
If you read about the history of Donegal township, you find that the early Scotch-Irish settle the areas that were cleared of trees by the yearly burns of the Indians.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armessay.html
This has links for early maps of the Frederick County, VA area, one done by George Washington.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin/1793barree.htm
This one might be relevant mainly to me. It lists many of my folks, Sinkey, Mccartney (direct ancestors), Green (don’t know if these are related to the WVA Greens), Huston, etc. I believe this to be the area that the Iroquois gave land for refugee tribes. Richard Sinkey lived on Standing Stone Creek which flows into the Juniata.
Techteach
DAGSBOROUGH HUNDRED.
“THE greater part of this hundred was in the territory claimed by Maryland, and under the jurisdiction of that state until 1763. In that year the first survey line was defined between Maryland and Delaware, and confirmed by Mason and Dixon, in 1765, receiving official confirmation from Penn and Baltimore in 1775. It is not known that any of the lands in the middle and northern part (except along the Indian River in Pine Neck and above) were granted by Penn. Several tracts in that locality were taken up previous to 1700, from which year until 1765, warrants were granted by the Proprietary of Maryland…..
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.— The territory of Dagsborough Hundred was within the limits of Penn’s purchase from the Duke of York, in August, 1681, which extended south to Cape Henlopen, now the eastern terminus of division line between Delaware and Maryland and from thence extending due west. This was disputed by Lord Baltimore, who claimed north as far as Indian River. But few tracts were granted by Penn in the limits of this hundred and those along Indian River. One of which was to Peter Waples, who in 1692, bought several tracts of land at Warwick, in Indian River Hundred, and a tract opposite in Dagsborough. In September of 1692, he asked permission of the Whorekill Court, to establish a ferry across the Indian River from his house “for ye mutual commodacon correspondency of the Inhabitants of the county with those of the province of Maryland,” and desired that he alone might keep the same, which was granted. Lewes at that time was the principal settlement and Lord Baltimore had been so strenuous in his demands, that the territory claimed by him was given under his jurisdiction until a final settlement was made and which was not fully concluded until 1775. Lands within the territory in dispute were granted by him, and on the 2d of July, 1713, a large quantity was granted “to certain Indians and their heirs as long as they should think fit to reside thereon.” In spite of this condition the Indians by Wecomiconus the Queen, Tonquaton, Knuconum and Robin the interpreter on the 15th of November, 1736, sold two hundred acres of the land to William Burton, and in May 22, 1741, sold two hundred more to Joshua Burton. This land with others purchased was on Pine Neck, along Indian Biver to Fishing Creek above Millsborough. William Burton, was a purchaser of large tracts of land in Long Neck, Indian River Hundred, in 1677, and about 1700 purchased lands in this territory, and about 1710 his son, Woolsey Burton, removed to the place where he died in 1750. He was buried on the John M. Houston farm where a slab marks his resting place. He left a son, Woolsey, from whom Benjamin Burton of Georgetown, and many others descended…..
….. About 1754 he went to Maryland and served in the French and Indian War under Braddock, sharing in the latter’s defeat; for his services he was given a large tract of land in Worcester County, Maryland, lying at the head of Pepper’s Creek, which, later, was declared to be Sussex County, Delaware. A tract called “Cypress Swamp,” containing three hundred and eighty acres, which had been warranted to John Hance [check John Hance & Cypress Swamp] was assigned to him. The following tracts were also granted to him in 1758: “Archibald’s Discovery,” two hundred and seventy acres; June 27, 1759, “Pleasant Grove,” sixteen hundred acres; “Wilderness,” eight thousand three hundred and eighty acres; “Mill Land,” ten hundred and thirty-three acres; “Saw Mill Supply,” one hundred and twenty-five acres; and in 1760 “Timber Land Enlarged,” containing one thousand seven hundred and sixty acres. In 1774 all of these tracts were re-surveyed to him under Penn and called “Dagworthy’s Conquest,” containing in the aggregate twenty thousand three hundred and ninety-three acres and reaching to Broad Creek Hundred. General Dagworthy, about this time, built a capacious one story house upon an eminence at the east end of the town near Frankford…..
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The Houston family, so long residents of this hundred, were first represented by Robert Houston, who in September, 1754, took up two hundred acres called “Houston’s Folly,” which lay on the south side of Indian Town Branch (now Yellow Branch). In addition to this, he purchased one hundred acres, adjoining which had been a tract surveyed to Ezekiel Walton. These lands, after the settlement of the division line of Delaware and Maryland, were re-surveyed to Robert Houston, Sr. They afterwards passed to R. Houston, Jr., and from him to his son, Robert B. Houston, who is now living in his eighty-fifth year, and who is the father of John M. Houston, ex-State Treasurer and ex-Senator.
Joseph Houston, a brother of Robert Houston, Jr., purchased of David Moore, February 5, 1785, one hundred acres, part of “Lane’s Adventure,” which was a Maryland warrant granted to Hinman Wharton, whose sons in 1772 sold to David Moore. Two days later, February 7, 1785, Joseph Houston purchased two hundred acres of land adjoining, also on the south side of Indian River, within a half mile of Dagsborough Town. This land was bought of Nehemiah Tunnell, who received it by will from his father, William Tunnell.
The original homestead of the Houstons has been in possession of the family from its purchase in 1754. The Burtons who were early residents in Dagsborough Hundred, will be found mentioned in Indian River where they first settled.
It is impossible to follow the numerous families who were early settlers in the hundred, but the following list of taxables made in the year 1785, shows clearly who were residents of the hundred at that time, but it should be born in mind that the Cypress Swamps, in the south part of the hundred, now in Gumborough, were part of the territory but were very sparely settled.”
http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware76.htm
http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware76.htm
more…..
[Cindy, I think I have seen the Huston name somewhere earlier than this article sites.]
Names Associated with early settlement:
“…..year 1785, shows clearly who were residents of the hundred at that time, but it should be born in mind that the Cypress Swamps, in the south part of the hundred, now in Gumborough, were part of the territory but were very sparely settled.”
Aydelott, Isaac.
Marvel, Philip.
Anderson, Jesse.
Morris, Robert.
Burton, Jacob.
Morris, Joshua.
Brookfield, Uriah.
Messick, Benjamin.
Betts, Jonathan.
Messick, Minors.
Bothims, Joseph.
Marvel, Robert.
Butcher, Robert.
Moore, Isaac.
Bivens, Widow.
Messick, Isaac.
Burton, Woolsey.
Nicholson, John.
Brookfield, Azariah.
Nettingham, Jonathan.
Barns, George.
Newbold, Margaret.
Burton, Wm.
Newbold, Wm.
Cottingham, Elisha.
Newton, Wm.
Cade, Thomas.
Odwell, Wm.
Cordery, Jacob.
Prettyman, Robert.
Cottingham, Wm.
Prettyman, Thomas.
Chamberlain, James.
Prettyman, Joseph.
Carey, Solomon.
Prettyman, George.
Carey, Ebenezer.
Philips, Ebenezer.
Collins, Elijah.
Philips, John.
Collins, Eli.
Parsons, Robert.
Carey, Elijah.
Philips, Benj.
Danby, John.
Piper, Joseph.
Dingle, Dr. Edward.
Powell, Wm.
Dagworthy, Gen. John.
Potter, David.
Day, Anguish.
Powell, Levi.
Derrickson, Joseph.
Potter, Nehemiah.
Dingle, Wm.
Potter, James.
Daugherty, Benjamin.
Rodger, John.
Daughters, Thomas.
Russell, Wm.
Derrickson, Benjamin.
Rowan, Thomas.
Derrickson, Wm.
Robertson, Joseph.
Derrickson, John.
Rodney, Wm.
Evans, John.
Ratten, Josiah.
Evans, Walter.
Robinson, Joshua.
Evans, Wm.
Short, Jacob.
Evans, Joshua.
Short, Philip.
Ellingsworth, Robert.
Schofield, Widow Ann.
Ellingsworth, Richard.
Sockam, Widow.
Ellingsworth, Brotherer.
Sockam, James.
Evans, Caleb.
Sharp, Wm.
Fuller, John.
Salmon, Wm.
Freeman, Michael.
Short, Jacob.
Forgue, Michael.
Short, Samuel.
Gibbons, John.
Starr, Jacob.
Girlle, Wm.
Short, Edward.
Hull, Wm.
Short, Elizabeth.
Hudson, Thomas.
Scudder, Enoch.
Hopkins, Wm.
Salmon, Benj.
Hopkins, Robert.
Tindle, John.
Hopkins, George.
Tharp, John.
Hewitt, Wm.
Thoroughgood, John.
Houston, Robert.
Thoroughgood, Miller.
Houston, Joseph.
Thompson, Wm.
Howell, John.
Thompson, James.
Horner, George.
Tall, Richard.
Hutchinson, Archibald.
Tingle, Wm.
Johnson, John.
Tingle, John.
Johnson, Benjamin.
Tingle, Caleb.
Ingram, Robert.
Thoroughgood, Wm.
Jacobs, Abraham.
Thompson, Smith.
Jefferson, Job.
Veazy, Chas.
Jones, Martha.
Veazy, Zadock.
Ingram, Job.
Walker, John.
Johnson, Bartholomew.
Waples, Elihu.
Jones, Thomas.
Watson, Peter.
Jones, Ebenezer.
Waples, Mary.
Ingram, Jacob.
Waples, Elizabeth.
Jefferson, Elihu.
Waples, Paul.
Jones, Wingate.
Waples, Peter.
Ingman, Joshua.
Waples, Wm.
Jefferson, Widow.
Willy, Thomas.
Johnson, Bat.
Wharton, Elizabeth.
Kinney, Saunders.
Wharton, Winman.
Kollock, Simeon.
Watson, Smithers.
Kellum, Thomas.
Wingate, John.
Kellum, Jesse.
Wharton, George.
Kellum, Wm.
West, Thomas.
Layton, John.
West, Robert.
Layton, Eli.
West, John.
Lockwood, Benjamin.
Waples, Wm.
Lockwood, Samuel.
Gray, Wazeheat.
Long, David.
Jacob, Jonathan.
Lockwood, Armwell.
Robinson, Joshua.
Long, John.
Thoroughgood, Paul.
Long, David.
Gosler, Job.
Long, Armwell.
Jefferson, John.
Mars, Ezekiel.
Schofield, Wm.
Mosely, John.
Salmon, Aydelot.
Morris, Bevins.
Weathers, Isaac.
Morris, Lacy.
Rowls, Samuel.
Messick, George.
Marvil, Thomas.
Marvel, Thomas.
Morris, Joseph.
Marvel, David.
Pepper, John.
Morris, Wm.
Wharton, Wrixham.
Maxfield, Nimrod.
Amos, John.
Mills, Jonathan.
Prettyman, Wm.
Morris, John.
Baylis, James.
Moore, David.
Lacy, Collins.
Mitchell, Wm.
Jones, Zachariah.
Mitchell, George.
Rawlins, Charles.
Moore, Wm.
Parsons, Robert.
“CHURCHES—Prince George’s Chapel, Protestant Episcopal.– The exact date of the erection of this chapel cannot be determined, there being no record extant of its organization. It was built under the charge of St. Martin’s Parish, at Snow Hill, Maryland. The Rev. Mr. Ross mentions, in his journal dated Lewes, August 6, 1717, that “there were two houses of worship in the vicinity, one sixteen miles from Lewes, and one in the upper part of the county not yet finished.” The last mentioned was St. Mathew’s in Cedar Creek Hundred. The former was probably Prince George’s, as it approximates that distance, St. George’s Chapel, in Indian River Hundred, being but eight miles from Lewes, and always considered as under the charge of St. Peter’s Church of that place, and was not at that time built.
The history of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts mentions the visit of Rev. George Ross to this section of country in August, 1717, and says he set out from Lewes “to a place of worship about sixteen miles from Lewes. It is a small frame building erected by a few well-disposed persons in order to meet together to worship God;” and further that Mr. Ross baptized twenty-five children and several grown persons.
The building was originally a frame structure and has been added to and repaired as occasion required. Samuel Derrickson, a member of this chapel, represented the diocese in the Episcopal Convention which met at Dover in 1771. General John Dagworthy enlarged the chapel by the addition of a transept. The Bible used in the early days of the chapel is in possession of Mrs. Hickman, who lives with her son Peter, at Baltimore Mills. It was published in London by Thomas Baskett in 1750, and is covered with tapestry which is almost worn off with use. The chapel is now only treasured as a relic to mark the efforts of those pioneers who associated the Christian cause with their own fortunes. The congregations for several years have worshipped in a neat sanctuary which now stands near Lamb’s Woods.
MILLSBOROUGH lies partly in this hundred and partly in Indian River Hundred. The original name in the latter place was Rock Hole, which, by an act of the Legislature, passed January 30, 1809, was changed to Millsborough. That part in Dagsborough was called Washington. After the removal of the post-office from Indian River to the latter place in 1837 both sides received the name of Millsborough.
Its site is a portion of the land originally purchased of the Indians by William Burton. In 1792 an act was passed enabling Elisha Dickinson “to erect a mill-dam across the head-waters of Indian River near the place called Rock Hole in Indian River Hundred, and for the condemnation of a small piece of land on the south side of the river for use of grist-mill and log-yard.” The mill in 1816 was operated by Charles M. Cullin, who married the widow of Elisha Dickinson. It had several owners, but is now abandoned…..”
http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware76.htm
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DAGSBOROUGH VILLAGE is located on that part of “Dagworthy’s Conquest” taken up by General John Dagworthy, from whom it derived its name. In deeds recorded previous to 1785, it is mentioned “as the place formerly called Blackfoot town, but now Dagsbury.”…..”
http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware76.htm
Heads of Households from the 1800 Census of Dagsboro Hundreds…..
Jonathan Ake
Stanton Atkins
Isaac Aydlett
Jacob Bartley
Isaac Beavans
Jonathan Betts
John Bravans
John Brown
Jacob Burton
Wm Burton
Woolsey Burton
Wm Busey
Samuel Butler
Thos Carey
George Carpenter
Jacob Carpenter
Job Carpenter
Nepthelem Carpenter
Curnel Cary
Hannah Cary
John Cary
John Cary
Lachariah Cary
Wm Christopher
James Clayton
Darby Collins
Molly Cornish
Elisha Cottingham
Curnel Crampfield
Abner Dagworthy
Brister Dagworthy
John Derickson
Edward Dingle
Jape Dingle
Selby Dingle
Geo Dolman
Rebecha Dorothy
Noval Driges
Wm Driges
Molly Drover
Elijah Eary
Noble Ellensworth
John Ennep
Adam Evans
Barhaba Evans
Major Evans
Wm Evans
John Forgue
Mical Fosgue
Mical Fruman
Mical Fruman
Wm Fruman
George Gafford
Sam Gandey
Job Goslee
David Green
Peter Hall
Nathan Harman
Stephen Harris
Jacob Hellem
Jonathan Herman
Step Herman
Wm Herman
Viney Hitchens
Robert Hopkins
Robert Hopkins
Joseph Houston
Robert Houston
Job Ingram
Joshua Ingram
Robert Ingram
Abraham Jacobs
Job Jefferson
Wm Jefferson
Solomon Jester
Molly Johnes
Betholomew Johnson
Daniel Johnson
Irach Johnson
John Johnson
Molly Johnson
Charles Jones
James Jones
James Jones
Miles Jones
Wingate Jones
Purnel Joseph
Betsey Killens
Simon Kollock
Wm Lacey
Hezekiah Lacy
Eli Layton
Henery Layton
Paul Layton
John Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Allen Lockwood
Benjamin Lockwood
Benjm Lockwood
Saml Lockwood
Armwell Long
David Long
David Long
Charles Lott
Aaron Marval
Adam Marval
Comfort Marval
Philip Marval
Robert Marval
Thomas Marval
Trudence Marval
Robert Mears
George Mesich
Benjm Mesick
Briget Mesick
Nehema Mesick
Drake Miller
Jonathan Mills
Thomas Mitchel
Wm C Mitchel
John Mumphard
Patience Negro
Gee Newbold
Wm Newton
Obediah Nickens
Wm Nickens
Joseph Peper
Benjm Phillips
Elroy Phillips
John Phillips
John Phillips
Joseph Phillips
Purnel Phillips
Spencer Phillips
Joshua Powel
Nancy Powel
Job Powell
Burton Prettyman
George Prettyman
Joseph Prettyman
Robert Prettyman
Wm Prettyman
Zachariah Prettyman
Zachariah Prettyman
Joshua Robinson
Joshua Robinson
Thomas Rodney
Wm Rodney
Wm Rodney
John Rowles
Wm Rupel
Benjm Sammons
Diery Sammons
John Sammons
Wm Schofield
Edward Short
Edward Short
Elisha Short
Job Short
Neomi Short
Purnel Short
Shadrach Short
Wingate Short
Andrew Simpler
Levin Sleet
James Socom
Curter Spicer
Leml Spicer
Marget Steel
Peggy Steel
Kriah Thomas
Mical Thomas
Briget Thompson
Truitt Thompson
Miller Thoroughgood
Newbold Thoroughgood
Saml Tindal
John Tingle
Nath Tingle
Wm Tingle
John Truitt
Isaac Tunnel
Eli Waples
Isaac Waples
Levi Waples
Levi Waples
Paul Waples
Wm Waples
Anna Warren
Richard Warren
Wm Warrington
Holland Watson
Jonathan Watson
Peter Watson
Wm Watson
Wm M Watson
James Webb
Wm H Wells
Elias West
Jacob West
John West
Robert West
Ruben West
Thomas West
Eben Whaley
Jacob White
Wm White
Burton Whorton
Eraih Whorton
Solomon Wilby
Nicholas Wright
Sarah Wright
Not sure what this means, but Augustine Herman and son Ephraim were big in the Indian Trade. I usually associate them with Cecil County Maryland, but this looks like Ephraim may have had some land in the area of Blackfoot Town?????
ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ON LINE
Vol. 17, p. 484
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-1685/6
“To the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary and his Hon-
ourable Council
The humble petition of Ephraim Herman of the Town of
Newcastle on Deleware River Humbly Sheweth.
That your Petitioner by Letters patients from his Royal
Highness his Government of New York hath granted unto
him a Tract of Land lying on the West Side of Deleware
River near the mouth thereof bounded on the East with
Deleware River, on the South with a Thorough fare and
Duck Creek on the West with a Line drawn North West
along by the Land now in possession of Christopher Ellit to
the Head of the Cypress Swamp, and on the North with a Run,
and small Creek called Winsocco alias Morris Listens Creek,
running through the middle of the aforesaid Swamp contain-
ing and laid out for 1280 acres of firm Land together with all
marshes and Swamps therein and thereunto contiguous
Also one other Tract of Land containing four hundred Acres
within four miles of the said Town of New Castle along the
Road Side, together with severall Houses and Lotts within the
said Town, as may be made appear to your Lordship all which
your Petitioner is informed and doth Verily believe may be
within the Bounds of this your Lordships Province of Mary-
land, Granted by his late Majesty of Blessed memory unto
your Lordships late Father Cecilius &c. of noble memory his
Heirs and successors.
In confidence whereof with all due Acknowledgment of and
Submission to your Lordships Right and Dominion thereunto,
Your Petitioner in most humble manner now makes this his
most humble Address to your Lordship with all Humility
imploring your Lordships Gracious Acceptance of such his
Acknowledgment and Submission to your Lordships Right
and Dominion as aforesaid and that your Lordship to Corpo-
rate and Confirm his Equitable Right and Property of and
unto the premises would favourably please to Grant unto your
Petitioner your Lordships Letters Patents for the same upon
the Conditions and Terms in your Lordships conditions of
plantations now in force within this province expressly men-
tioned and set forth, taking your Petitioner into your Lord-
ships most Gracious protection to the great Encouragement
of others ready and willing to acknowledge and Submit to
your Lordships said Right and Dominion over your said pro-
vince and to become humble Suitors to your Lordship in the
like Cases
And your Petitioner as in all Duty Bound shall pray &c.
Eph: Herman Signed”
Brenda,
I have not read all your postings yet, just the first two. You might be interested to know that Huston is not the only name on that list in my line. I also have Potter (my gggrandmother was a Potter, daughter of a Sinkey and Potter and looked mixed. My great aunt’s book says “the Indian was very close in her line”) and Mitchell, although Mitchell is not in my direct line, but they lived very near the rest of the folks in IA. And Evans. Betts is very close to Butts also, isn’t it? That line intermarries with the William Green line.
Linda – notice the Potter?
I earlier traced a genealogy of the Marvel line to Gibson County, IN.
Techteach
Not surprising….. I am wondering about STEEL/STEELE. too, in Dagsboro Hundreds and around Cecil Co. MD Actually, my Grandpa Harry/Harrison Steele was my “Blackfoot” informant….. We haven’t gotten further in our Steel line than George Steele in Charles County, MD c. 1773. He went out to Holston Country with Evan Shelby….. I just realized recently that Evan Shelby was an Indian Trader, too, back in Maryland. We always hear of him as an “Indian fighter”. Actually, he was one of the ‘Suffering Traders” that William Trent represented from losses incurred during the French & Indian War……
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