A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=48191 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Trenton Evening Times Article Date: June 4 1908 Article Description: General Dagworthy Lived in Trenton. Article Text: General John Dagworthy in whose memory a monument was dedicated Saturday at Dagsboro, Delaware, was at one time a resident of Trenton, his home being a house where the Mechanics National Bank now stands. Papers in the possession of Judge William S. Yard, show that the estate was a large one and that in 1740, Lewis Morris, first governor of the state after the separation from New York, rented the Dagworthy house for use as the execuative mansion. At that time the Legislature met alternately in Perth Amboy and Burlington. Later the Dagworthy residence became Trenton's leading hotel and General Washington was entertained in it. General Dagworthy was for several years sheriff of Hunterdon county which included the territory now in Mercer county. He married Martha, the dsughter of John Cadwalader, whose estate included the site of Cadwalader Park. One of Dagworthy's daughters married a Dickinson of the family of that name yet prominent in this city. James Yard, oldest son of W! illiam Yard, one of the early settlers here, married Annie, one of General Dagworthy's daughters. General Dagworthy saw service in the Continental Army and took a part in saving the remnants of the Bradford Expedition. Serving with distinction during the War of Independance, he survived, and settled on what was known as "Dagworthy Conquest" in what he thought was Maryland but which was really in the bounds of Delaware. There he founded the town of Dagsboro. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com