Dear Madeline Fleetwood Jewett and other Fleetwood researchers, This is a long message. It includes: (1) a message I posted to genforum about (a) my Fleetwood family and (b) Fleetwood tombstones found in Blades, Sussex Co., Delaware. (2) a response to my genforum message by Madeline Fleetwood Jewett. (3) my list of Fleetwood tombstone inscriptions from the Blades Cemetery, Blades, Sussex Co., Delaware. I tried to post a response as requested by Madeline to the genforum site, but it would not "take." Therefore, I am posting this to several rootsweb lists and to Madeline with the hope that the new interactive sharing of information between rootsweb and genweb messages (which I really am not clear about!) will enable interested readers to get access to the information without it being posted to genforum. First, my original message posted to genforum on Jan. 22, 2002, with a few edits to make it clearer. (Madeline thought it was a confusing message): Because of proximity, I believe it is highly likely that the Sussex County, DE, FLEETWOODs are related. In the census lists for MD and DE, there are a number of Fleetwood children found living with (adopted by) other familes. Was there at least one nuclear family group that disintegrated? I fear that my Milford, Sussex Co. (and maybe Milford, Kent Co.), DE Fleetwoods may have been from a disintegrated family since I cannot seem to connect them to the nearby Bridgeville and Seaford Fleetwoods. This is what I know so far: Curtis Fleetwood (from my mother's family Bible) OR Jehamara Fleetwood (from his daughter Ida May's death certificate) married Susan C. Scott. I can find Susan in a 1920 census living with her son-in-law Harry Lee Hill and daughter Minnie (Fleetwood) Hill. She is listed as a 68-year-old widow (thus born 1851-52). There is a Susan C. Fleetwood buried in the Milford Cemetery, b. 1862, d. 1927. Our Susan's death certificate from the DE archives shows she died in 1927. Did someone shave 10 years off her life? Accidentally? Did Susan do it herself? I think the Susan C. in the Milford Cemetery is our Susan. She is not buried with her husband unless he has no stone (cemetery records destroyed in a fire). I have been able to find no records of a Curtis Fleetwood married to a Susan, nor any records of a Jehamara Fleetwood at all. There is an 1880 census with a "Jer." [b. 1856-57] and "S.C." [b. 1852-53] Fleetwood which COULD be this family group. There are three children listed: Wm. H. [b. 1872-73], Geo. A. [b. 1876-77], and baby 11 months old, paralyzed [b.1879]. Although I have no information on the two boys, the names do match names of this couple's children found in my mother's family Bible (more on that later). The only problem is that Jer.'s stated age would not likely enable him to be the parent of the son Wm. H. in this census. Perhaps Jer.'s age was recorded incorrectly or I am reading it incorrectly. This is a brief synopsis/outline of what I know of the children of Jehamara Fleetwwod or Curtis Fleetwood and Susan C. Scott: (1) Ida May Fleetwood [b. Sep. 1880, DE, prob. Milford; d. May 1943, Milford, DE] married George Joseph Still [b. Sep. 1872, 1873, or 1874, DE (conflicting records); d. Jul 1953, Milford, DE]. They had two children. (my direct line). (2) Minnie Fleetwood (b. Apr 1884; d. Jul 1957, Milford, DE) married Harry Lee Hill [b. Aug 1882; d. Mar 1955, Milford, DE]. They had 2 children. (Minnie's name may have been Minerva since Ida May's youngest daughter was named after Minnie and her name was Jennie Minerva) (3) Harry Benjamin "Mike" Fleetwood [b. May 1891, DE, prob. Milford; d. Jan 1968, Blades, Sussex Co., DE (near Seaford)] married Ora Page Elliott [b. 1900, d. 1958]. They had one child. Children (4), (5), (6), and (7): In my parent's family Bible (Gertrude Marie Clarke and Disston McCullough Carter), there is a place to record the mother's and father's family trees. In addition to the previous children of Curtis orJehamara and Susan C. (Scott) Fleetwood, the following children are listed. There were no dates recorded. I have not yet located records on these remaining children -- I would LOVE to make contact with their descendants or people researching them! (4) William Fleetwood (5) James Fleetwood (6) George Fleetwood (7) Mary E. Fleetwood Finally, in the Blades, Sussex Co., DE, cemetery, where Harry Benjamin and Ora Page (Elliott) Fleetwood are buried, there are many Fleetwood gravesites. If anyone is interested, I can send you transcriptions of the gravestones (all but two or three which could not be read). Karen Carter, Sandy, UT Madeline Fleetwood Jewett posted the following message on genforum in response to my message: Karen, Your message was very interesting though a little hard to follow. I will get out my map and see how close your family was to mine. My father was born in Brighton. His father's name was Eustace Charles fleetwood and worked for the railroad. born in East Grinstad. I have gotten his birth certificate and his father was John William.Eustace was my grandfather and he was born in 1857. I can get no record of his death and so the inscriptions of gravestones is an appealing thought. I am fairly certain that that union disolved in one way or another and my grandmother remarried. She came to America to visit her son (my father) twice. Just when I don't know for sure. If any of this information is helpful great but I would like to see the cemetary inscriptions, they might be helpful to me. thank you Madeline. My response: Jan. 31, 2002. Here is a list of the tombstone inscriptions that are in the Blades Cemetery which is in Blades, Sussex County, Delaware: Same plot: G. H. Fleetwood 1864-1940 Mary E. Fleetwood 1973-1959 _______ Same plot: Calvin R. Fleetwood - April 25, 1928 - Jan. 5, 1970 Joyce A. Fleetwood - Mar. 30, 1945 - (BLANK) _______ Large plot with pillar stone and other stones: Inscriptions on the pillar were difficult or impossible to read. The only information I could get off of it was: one side: (illegible) Fleetwood - Nov. 22, 1898 - Apr. 12, 1924 one side: Jeaneete D. Fleetwood - July 2, 1920 - Aug. 13, 1923 Could read nothing (if there was anything) on the other two sides. Joint standing stone next to the pillar had inscribed on it: Earl C. Fleetwood - 1896-1978 Blanche E. Fleetwood - 1907-1976 At the foot of each grave was a smaller stone reading, respectively, Father and Mother. Separate stone: just the initials J. D. F. Separate stone: illegible _______ Large joint stone with heart in center has both names and years of birth and death on each side of the heart. Inside the heart is their marriage date. In addition, on each of the two graves, separate stones include full birth and death date information and indicate "Father" and "Mother" at the tops of the stones: Eunice M. Fleetwood - July 31, 1899 - May 16, 1989 Married Oct. 21, 1921 G. Lynk Fleetwood - Dec. 1897 - Oct. 28, 1970 ________ Same plot: Harry B. Fleetwood - May 23, 1891 - Jan. 17, 1968 Cpl Co. E 59 Pioneer Infantry World War I Ora P. Fleetwood - 1900 - 1958 _______ Stone standing alone: Horace N. Fleetwood - 1868-1937 _______ Same stone: Kathy S. Fleetwood - Nov. 14, 1956-Apr. 3, 1999 Martin G. Fleetwood - Oct. 17, 1958 - (BLANK)