Any Ellingsworth's in there? I'll check on Morris. Thanks in advance, John Ellingsworth http://ellingsworth.org/john/ http://ellingsworth.org/pubring.pkr "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" - Gandhi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Schorfheide" <aschorfheide@comcast.net> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: [DEKENT] Kent County Land Records > I've been lurking here for several months and while I haven't seen anything > to help my search (HOLLIDAY and MORRIS families in the Duck Creek Crossroads > area (now Smyrna)), I thought I would start by offering help to others. > > I am willing to do lookups in my copies of "Kent County, Delaware Land > Records". I have volumes 1-10 (missing vol. 4), which cover records from > 1680 thru 1775. Each volume has a full name index, so checking will be > fairly easy. > > I realize I'll probably be swamped with requests, but if you'll be patient, > I promise I'll respond to all. > > aschorfheide@comcast.net > Jean Schorfheide > Galloway, NJ > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the DEKENT list, use > DEKENT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or DEKENT-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM if you > are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I've been lurking here for several months and while I haven't seen anything to help my search (HOLLIDAY and MORRIS families in the Duck Creek Crossroads area (now Smyrna)), I thought I would start by offering help to others. I am willing to do lookups in my copies of "Kent County, Delaware Land Records". I have volumes 1-10 (missing vol. 4), which cover records from 1680 thru 1775. Each volume has a full name index, so checking will be fairly easy. I realize I'll probably be swamped with requests, but if you'll be patient, I promise I'll respond to all. aschorfheide@comcast.net Jean Schorfheide Galloway, NJ

The April 2003 Bits of Blue and Gray Column in "Conscription - Miitary Draft" and includes excerpts from a soldier's letters telling how he felt about the Conscripts. http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/april2003.htm Jayne McCormick MDelPa@aol.com OR bitsobluengray@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/index.htm">bitsofblueandgray.com</A>

Hi, is anyone reserching the Morgan family?I recently found out that my ancestor, John Husbands, married a Sarah Morgan b in 1770, m in 1788, Kent Co DE. I think they lived in Little Crek hundred in 1800 thanks Sherry _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Researching Wyle Genealogy website GenNewspaperIndex Hello all , "Life is like a box of chocolates , you never know what your gonna get" Forest Gump - My hero.. -----Original Message----- From: Elaine [mailto:braisl@madisontelco.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:26 PM To: DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEKENT] Tax records Hello, does anyone have access to land/tax records in Kent Co. DE c. 1780 - 1810. I am looking for an ALEXANDER family, given names Philip, David, Rachel. Help is very much appreciated. Thank you. Elaine Suhre ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Tax records for Kent co. for this period and more are available from an LDS Church Family History Center in your community. I don't know of any significant published sources for tax records and they take a while to research but are very worthwhile. You'll probably have to order them and do the work yourself. Cost is $4.00 per roll of microfilm. Specific rolls can be determined at the FHC or on the web. Someone else can speak to deed records. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <braisl@madisontelco.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: [DEKENT] Tax records > Hello, does anyone have access to land/tax records in Kent Co. DE c. 1780 - 1810. I am looking for an ALEXANDER family, given names Philip, David, Rachel. > > Help is very much appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Elaine Suhre > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Good morning, Tell the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker that MISSING LINKS and SOMEBODY'S LINKS are free from Petunia Press http://www.petuniapress.com/ Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Hi ! Go to : ROOTSWEB.COM/~DEKENT/ It is FULL of info...!!! Good hunting !!! Dixie Lea in K.C... ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine To: DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: [DEKENT] Tax records Hello, does anyone have access to land/tax records in Kent Co. DE c. 1780 - 1810. I am looking for an ALEXANDER family, given names Philip, David, Rachel. Help is very much appreciated. Thank you. Elaine Suhre ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hello, does anyone have access to land/tax records in Kent Co. DE c. 1780 - 1810. I am looking for an ALEXANDER family, given names Philip, David, Rachel. Help is very much appreciated. Thank you. Elaine Suhre

Dawn, A Samuel Watson Seward dob 16 Aug 1851, Adams county IL, married Annie McGinnis, dob 7 Apr 1855 Fayette, PA in Iowa. His dod 6 Jan 1939 in Yuma, CO. Her dod 13 June 1947 in Laird, Yuma, CO. This may give you a place to look fro Sewards in Illinois if the naames line up for you at all. I work Delaware looking for Knights. Caesar was my 2xgrandfather and his father Caesar was my 3xgrandfather. I have searached and have only found one other person working the same line. Caesar was in Fayette, PA in 1850. If there is anyone working the knight family of Delaware, I would really like to hear from them. Tom Knight

These books are available at the public libraries, and have some good information for Kent. Co. I only copied the surnames I am researching, which is Taylor. 1. Genealogical Abstracts from BIOGRAPHOCAL and GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the STATE of DELEWARE by Bill and Martha Reamy 2. DELAWARE BIBLE RECORDS [I copied from vols. 5 by Donald O. Virdin and Lu Verne V. Hall-- vol. 6 by Lu Verne V. Hall] 3. Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE--Cemetery Records Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 by Raymond Walter Dill, William Martin Dill, Elizabeth Ann Bostick Dill. 4. REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS OF DELAWARE 1775-1783 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., M.A. The cemetery records are partial pages for Barrit's Chapel Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Asbury Church Victory Chapel Cemetery, United Methodist church Cemetery. I hope this helps for the researchers in looking in Delaware. Mary

Hi Kathy, I wonder if there are any Porters, Fearns/Ferrins, or Deans listed. My ancestors were in Mispillion Hundred. Thanks your checking for folks. Glo Wellman Santa Rosa, CA

Nothing on Seward or Soward in my portion of "History of Delaware". Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "shotgunannie" <shotgunannie@ez-net.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Fw: COUNTY HISTORY ? > Hello > > I am looking for the Seward (Soward) surname. I know they were born in the > Dover Hundred, Kent Co., area. > But I am interested in any information pertaining to the Seward Name. > > My Sewards are James H. Seward (b. June 6, 1837) > Wife ??? > Son Oliver (b.Dec. 1860 ??)not sure on Yr. > > James brother (or cousin) Thomas (b 1835) > > and Brother (or Cousin) George W. (b. Feb. 13, 1839) > Wife Sarah (b. 1835) > And son Charles (b. dec 1860) > > all of whom were born Deleware. > the three came to Michigan after the Civil war and resided for a while in > Antrim Co., Michigan. James first wife died in Deleware or soon after > coming to Michigan. And James was listed as John H. Seward on the 1860 > Michigan Census. > > If you or anyone knows anything on this family I would like to here from > you. > Thanks > Dawn > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sorry, no Whites.......... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <CZell17012@aol.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Fw: COUNTY HISTORY ? > Kathy- > By any chance is there a William White, Richard White or John White listed in > your Murderkill Hundred pages? Thanks for the look-up. > Sincerely, > Carol Zell > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, > or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Let me have your mailing address...it'll have to come by mail... No Phillips. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanne Irvin" <jeanne_irvin@yahoo.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Fw: COUNTY HISTORY ? > Would it be possible for me to get copies of the > information on Robert Bedwell? I'm also interested in > any Phillips that may be mentioned. I will gladly > reimburse you for any costs. > > Thanks in advance, > Jeanne (jeanne_irvin@yahoo.com) > > On March 22, Kathy Hughes wrote: > > "History of Delaware", page 1154. > To the northwest of "Caroon Manor", and adjoining the > village of Magnolia, lies a tract of land called "The > Plains". > [several paragraphs about The > Plains] ... > "The Plains" is now principally owned by WM. JACKSON, > Philip J. Barrett, Samuel Saxton, Avery D. Marvel, > Stephen M. Thomas, Mrs. Sarah Wilson and Henry Burke. > > AND, page 1155: Adjoining "The Plains" on the > east, and abutting on Caroon Manor on the north, lying > on St. Jones Creek, is another tract of land taken > up by Robert Bedwell, under a patent from Edmond > Andros, in 1679...................About fifty acres of > the southern or smaller part was purchased by Thomas > M. Vinson in 1880, and two hundred acres of the larger > or northern part, abutting on Caroon Manor, by EDWARD > JACKSON the same year. > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the DEKENT list, use > DEKENT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or DEKENT-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM if you > are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dawn: Your inquiry jumped out at me. Let me explain why. My gr. grandpa John Morris, born in Murderkill Hundred, Delaware c. 1818-20, came to Ohio (Greene County, Bellbrook area) with his older siblings: William (with wife), Thomas, and their sister, Unity. Those four siblings I know for sure. They arrived about 1826 after having lost both of their parents to death according to the story. The story goes that they came west over the mountains in an ox drawn cart with "a group of Welsh farmers." They first stopped in Delaware OH, then the Morris' went on to Greene County. Now, Dawn, Unity Morris, married a SOWARD. I saw their graves are in the Bellbrook Cemetery, Greene County. Soward is a familiar name around Dayton, Ohio, whence I come. If memory serves me well, Unity Morris Soward was born ca. 1810-1813. I wonder if these Sowards belong to you. If I can think of Unity Morris Soward's husband's name, I'll email you. Hope this helps. Marilyn Austin Morris Rode ----- Original Message ----- From: "shotgunannie" <shotgunannie@ez-net.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Fw: COUNTY HISTORY ? > Hello > > I am looking for the Seward (Soward) surname. I know they were born in the > Dover Hundred, Kent Co., area. > But I am interested in any information pertaining to the Seward Name. > > My Sewards are James H. Seward (b. June 6, 1837) > Wife ??? > Son Oliver (b.Dec. 1860 ??)not sure on Yr. > > James brother (or cousin) Thomas (b 1835) > > and Brother (or Cousin) George W. (b. Feb. 13, 1839) > Wife Sarah (b. 1835) > And son Charles (b. dec 1860) > > all of whom were born Deleware. > the three came to Michigan after the Civil war and resided for a while in > Antrim Co., Michigan. James first wife died in Deleware or soon after > coming to Michigan. And James was listed as John H. Seward on the 1860 > Michigan Census. > > If you or anyone knows anything on this family I would like to here from > you. > Thanks > Dawn > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Would it be possible for me to get copies of the information on Robert Bedwell? I'm also interested in any Phillips that may be mentioned. I will gladly reimburse you for any costs. Thanks in advance, Jeanne (jeanne_irvin@yahoo.com) On March 22, Kathy Hughes wrote: "History of Delaware", page 1154. To the northwest of "Caroon Manor", and adjoining the village of Magnolia, lies a tract of land called "The Plains". [several paragraphs about The Plains] ... "The Plains" is now principally owned by WM. JACKSON, Philip J. Barrett, Samuel Saxton, Avery D. Marvel, Stephen M. Thomas, Mrs. Sarah Wilson and Henry Burke. AND, page 1155: Adjoining "The Plains" on the east, and abutting on Caroon Manor on the north, lying on St. Jones Creek, is another tract of land taken up by Robert Bedwell, under a patent from Edmond Andros, in 1679...................About fifty acres of the southern or smaller part was purchased by Thomas M. Vinson in 1880, and two hundred acres of the larger or northern part, abutting on Caroon Manor, by EDWARD JACKSON the same year.

Kathy- By any chance is there a William White, Richard White or John White listed in your Murderkill Hundred pages? Thanks for the look-up. Sincerely, Carol Zell

Hello I am looking for the Seward (Soward) surname. I know they were born in the Dover Hundred, Kent Co., area. But I am interested in any information pertaining to the Seward Name. My Sewards are James H. Seward (b. June 6, 1837) Wife ??? Son Oliver (b.Dec. 1860 ??)not sure on Yr. James brother (or cousin) Thomas (b 1835) and Brother (or Cousin) George W. (b. Feb. 13, 1839) Wife Sarah (b. 1835) And son Charles (b. dec 1860) all of whom were born Deleware. the three came to Michigan after the Civil war and resided for a while in Antrim Co., Michigan. James first wife died in Deleware or soon after coming to Michigan. And James was listed as John H. Seward on the 1860 Michigan Census. If you or anyone knows anything on this family I would like to here from you. Thanks Dawn

Kathy, Are you related to the Hughes family from Caroline Co. MD and Kent Co. DE. ? Jim Hughes