I found the following recently at the Del. Archives. It may be helpful to others. RG 284.039 NCC Orchans Court Lewis Reece (dec'd) 1819-1823 To William McIntire & Catharine his wife late Catharine Reece, Jesse Wilson & Sarah his wife, Thomas ?. Carlisle & Mary his wife John Moore & Eliza his wife. Joseph Finlay and Delia his wife Lewis Reece Martha Reece and George Reece Take Notice That I intend to make application to Nicholas Ridgely Esquire Chancellor of the State of Delaware composing the Orphan's Court for the County of New Castle at New Castle on the twenty third day of August instant for an order of Court to sell the rights title & interest of the House & lot of ground belonging to the Estate of Lewis Reece Dec. situate in the village of St. Georges to enable me to pay and discharge the debts due and owing from the Estate of the said Lewis Reece deceased. Jere. Lewden adm August 9th 1822 Marty

First, thanks for the response about the storage. As for arriving in New Castle, I know that my Gilpin family arrived at New Castle and then walked to Chester, and that was long before 1790. Alan -----Original Message----- From: anita palmer [mailto:apalmer2@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:13 PM To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. Hi I have in front of me a box of Avery heavyweight top loading sheet protectors, 3.3 mils. It says on the box that it is Archival safe, won't lift print and Acid free. I have used them for only a few years. Sorry I won't be here in 50 - 100 years to prove that this true. I am having this same type of problem with CD's. I am putting all of my family genealogy on CD's. Can't cut a family photo album in 3 ways for the grandchildren. How do you know which type CD will be viable in even 20 years Back to New Castle stuff. Can anyone tell me whether a family rumor that they (the family ancestors) landed in New Castle (c 1790) is logical? Was New Castle a major port like Baltimore and Philadelphia? It seems strange to me that they wouldn't have arrived at the bigger cities, even in those days.Why New Castle? Thanks Anita in Albuq NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Palmer" <jap@highstream.net> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: RE: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. > I've done the same - so far, with no problems. > > It's important, though, to avoid certain types of plastic. From post card > collecting, I know that some such sleeves *do* stick. I forget the names of > the types of plastic to look for or to avoid, but what I have now - which I > believe to be an example of the proper type - is "Rembrandt Ultra-Pro > Platinum" sleeves, labeled "Archival" and "No PVC, Acid Free". They're > orderable on the web or from the St. John's Stamp Shop, 2 Aviles Street, St. > Augustine, FL 32084, (904) 829-9673. > > Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Buckingham [mailto:a.d.buckingham@verizon.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:39 PM > To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. <SNIPPED> > > ...I have many old photos and newspaper clippings from the 1800's and early > 1900's which have been passed down stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was > thinking of storing them in 3-ring binders inside of Avery page protectors. > I will not be pasting or taping them, just placing them in loose. I am > concerned that the page protectors may stick to the faces of the pictures > and possibly damage them. Does anyone know if this is the case?... > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/04 > ______________________________

Why not take the photos to one of the Kodak picture makers and make copies for all kids. Photos will outlast the technology such as CD's. Just as reel to reel tapes and 8 tracks and movie reels has bitten the dust. Sue in Fl.

With regard to CD storage, the New York Times published an article recently which was interesting -- November 10, 2004 Even Digital Memories Can Fade By KATIE HAFNER he nation's 115 million home computers are brimming over with personal treasures - millions of photographs, music of every genre, college papers, the great American novel and, of course, mountains of e-mail messages. Yet no one has figured out how to preserve these electronic materials for the next decade, much less for the ages. Like junk e-mail, the problem of digital archiving, which seems straightforward, confounds even the experts. "To save a digital file for, let's say, a hundred years is going to take a lot of work," said Peter Hite, president of Media Management Services, a consulting firm in Houston. "Whereas to take a traditional photograph and just put it in a shoe box doesn't take any work." Already, half of all photographs are taken by digital cameras, with most of the shots never leaving a personal computer's hard drive. So dire and complex is the challenge of digital preservation in general that the Library of Congress has spent the last several years forming committees and issuing reports on the state of the nation's preparedness for digital preservation. Jim Gallagher, director for information technology services at the Library of Congress, said the library, faced with "a deluge of digital information," had embarked on a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project, with an eye toward creating uniform standards for preserving digital material so that it can be read in the future regardless of the hardware or software being used. The assumption is that machines and software formats in use now will become obsolete sooner rather than later. "It is a global problem for the biggest governments and the biggest corporations all the way down to individuals," said Ken Thibodeau, director for the electronic records archives program at the National Archives and Records Administration. In the meantime, individual PC owners struggle in private. Desk drawers and den closets are filled with obsolete computers, stacks of Zip disks and 3½-inch diskettes, even the larger 5¼-inch floppy disks from the 1980's. Short of a clear solution, experts recommend that people copy their materials, which were once on vinyl, film and paper, to CD's and other backup formats. But backup mechanisms can also lose their integrity. Magnetic tape, CD's and hard drives are far from robust. The life span of data on a CD recorded with a CD burner, for instance, could be as little as five years if it is exposed to extremes in humidity or temperature. And if a CD is scratched, Mr. Hite said, it can become unusable. Unlike, say, faded but readable ink on paper, the instant a digital file becomes corrupted, or starts to degrade, it is indecipherable. "We're accumulating digital information faster than we can handle, and moving into new platforms faster than we can handle," said Jeffrey Rutenbeck, director for the Media Studies Program at the University of Denver. Professional archivists and librarians have the resources to duplicate materials in other formats and the expertise to retrieve materials trapped in obsolete computers. But consumers are seldom so well equipped. So they are forced to devise their own stop-gap measures, most of them unwieldy, inconvenient and decidedly low-tech. Philip Cohen, the communications officer at a nonprofit foundation in San Francisco, is what archivists call a classic "migrator." Since he was in elementary school, Mr. Cohen, 33, has been using a computer for his school work, and nearly all of his correspondence has been in e-mail since college. Now Mr. Cohen's three home computers are filled with tens of thousands of photos, songs, video clips and correspondence. Over the years, Mr. Cohen, who moonlights as a computer fix-it man, has continually transferred important files to ever newer computers and storage formats like CD's and DVD's. "I'll just keep moving forward with the stuff I'm sentimental about," he said. Yet Mr. Cohen said he had noticed that some of his CD's, especially the rewritable variety, are already beginning to degrade. "About a year and a half ago they started to deteriorate, and become unreadable," he said. And of course, migration works only if the data can be found, and with ever more capacious hard drives, even that can be a problem. "Some people are saying digital data will disappear not by being destroyed but by being lost," Dr. Rutenbeck said. "It's one thing to find the photo album of your trip to Hawaii 20 years ago. But what if those photos are all sitting in a subdirectory in your computer?" For some PC users, old machines have become the equivalent of the bin under the bed. This solution, which experts call the museum approach to archiving, means keeping obsolete equipment around the house. Simon Yates, an analyst at Forrester Research, for example, keeps his old PC in the back of a closet underneath a box. The machine contains everything in his life from the day he married in 1997 to the day he bought his new computer in 2002. If he wanted to retrieve anything from the old PC, Mr. Yates said, it would require a great deal of wiring and rewiring. "I'd have to reconfigure my entire office just to get it to boot up," he said. Peter Schwartz, chairman of the Global Business Network, which specializes in long-range planning, says that a decade or two from now, the museum approach might be the most feasible answer. "As long as you keep your data files somewhat readable you'll be able to go to the equivalent of Kinko's where they'll have every ancient computer available," said Mr. Schwartz, whose company has worked with the Library of Congress on its preservation efforts. "It'll be like Ye Olde Antique Computer Shoppe," Mr. Schwartz said. "There's going to be a whole industry of people who will have shops of old machines, like the original Mac Plus." Until that approach becomes commercially viable, though, there is the printout method. Melanie Ho, 25, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been using computers since elementary school. She creates her own Web sites and she spends much of her day online. Yet she prints important documents and stores a backup set at her parents' house 100 miles away. "As much as a lot of people think print will be dead because of computers," she said, "I actually think there's something about the tangibility of paper that feels more comforting." Proponents of paper archiving grow especially vocal when it comes to preserving photographs. If stored properly, conventional color photographs printed from negatives can last as long as 75 years without fading. Newer photographic papers can last up to 200 years. There is no such certainty for digital photos saved on a hard drive. Today's formats are likely to become obsolete and future software "probably will not recognize some aspects of that format," Mr. Thibodeau said. "It may still be a picture, but there might be things in it where, for instance, the colors are different." The experts at the National Archives, like those at the Library of Congress, are working to develop uniformity among digital computer files to eliminate dependence on specific hardware or software. One format that has uniformity, Mr. Thibodeau pointed out, is the Web, where it often makes no difference which browser is being used. Indeed, for many consumers, the Web has become a popular archiving method, especially when it comes to photos. Shutterfly.com and Ofoto .com have hundreds of millions of photographs on their computers. Shutterfly keeps a backup set of each photo sent to the site. The backups are stored somewhere in California "off the fault line," said David Bagshaw, chief executive of Shutterfly. But suppose a Web-based business like Shutterfly goes out of business? Mr. Bagshaw said he preferred to look on the bright side, but offered this bit of comfort: "No matter what the business circumstances, we'll always make people's images available to them." Constant mobility can be another issue. Stephen Quinn, who teaches journalism at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., moves frequently because of his work. He prefers to keep the amount of paper in his life to a minimum, and rarely makes printouts. Dr. Quinn has a box in the bottom drawer of his desk that contains an eclectic set of storage disks dating back to the early 1980's, when he started out on an Amstrad computer. All of Dr. Quinn's poetry ("unpublished and unpublishable" he says) and other writings are on those various digital devices, along with his daily diaries. At some point, he wants to gather the material as a keepsake for his children, but he has no way to read the files he put on the Amstrad disks more than 20 years ago. He has searched unsuccessfully for an Amstrad computer. "I have a drawer filled with disks and no machinery to read it with," Dr. Quinn said. That is becoming a basic problem of digital life. Whatever solution people might use, it is sure to be temporary. "We will always be playing catch up," said Dr. Rutenbeck, who is working at pruning his own digital past, discarding old hard drives and stacks of old Zip disks. "It feels really good to do," he said, "just like I didn't keep a box of everything I did in first grade." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/technology/10archive.html?oref=login& ei=5094&en=94b75bf1ce0517db&hp=&ex=1100062800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print& position=

Here's some stuff we saved from the internet re: photo preservation. PRESERVING OLD PHOTOS by DearMYRTLE DearREADERS Our chats on Saturday night centered around archiving old photographs. We discussed reproducing photos via scanners, cameras, video cams and service bureau photocopies. (Kinko's, Office Depot, etc.) We realize that these precious old relics are quite light sensitive and must also be stored away from heat and humidity. Several mentioned that the "magnetic" photo albums are high-acid. Most of us have seen the rapid decline in the life of the photos we diligently filed away in those cheap albums in the 1970's. They need to be avoided at all costs. There have to be better ways. Rather than ol' Myrt always spouting off, I would like to hear from readers about their photo preservation experiences. I will accumulate your ideas and publish an additional article within the week! Additionally, Tom asked me to find this article (on AOL) for you concerning archival products, which I have listed below. These are still the three companies my readers swear by. Also, as soon as Cyndi's List links to Photo Preservation is fixed you may consult her suggestions at: http://www.cyndislist.com/photos.htm Myrt :) Date: 96-01-03 12:55:26 EST From: Gfs julia@aol.com Go, Myrtle, Go!! Would you address acid-free materials usage in your photo and document preserving tips?? I know a little, but it is so important, and I would love to know more. Also some tips on companies that sell that kind of supplies at reasonable prices? I would be grateful. Julia DearJULIA, To begin with, I am sure we are becoming increasingly aware of the fragile nature of original documents, photos, old army uniforms, family bibles, quilts, etc. which might come into our possession. As genealogists we understand the need to house these items under optimum conditions in order that future generations might enjoy viewing them. There are several companies out there providing archival storage containers, photo sleeves, acid free paper, de-acidifying formulas, etc. I have ordered products from each of the following firms. Prices of archival products are in the moderate to high range. However, because these products will extend the life of our precious family documents and heirlooms, I consider them reasonable and necessary. 20th Century Plastics (in California) Light Impressions (Rochester, NY) Preservation Emporium (Texas) There are other companies which handle these types of products. When I hear of them from others, I will tack them on to the end of this article for future reference! What do ya say readers? Can you provide us with your favorite companies and preservation ideas? Thanks for the group effort! Myrtle :) Subj: Re: Archival Products - Need your advice....and input Date: 96-01-04 17:40:50 EST From: GFS Judy@aol.com Hi! I have an excellent article from the Journal of American Photography - January 1983 written by Alan Teller called "How Good Pictures Go Bad," which tells how photos deteriorate, the perils and concerns they face and suggestions. He recommends Kodak publication F-30 Preservation of photographs. The Rochester Institute of Technology quarterly PhotographiConservation - 4 issues for $8 (in 1996) and they also sponsor forums on this. Technical Education Center of Graphic Arts, RIT, One Lomb Memorial Dr. PO Box 9887 Rochester, NY 14623. He also recommends Light Impression Corp in Rochester for the archival supplies. The best hint I got from Light Impressions was the acid free tissue paper to slip in the Bible page with ink writing to preserve it and then put the Bible in the acid free box- it is wonderful! Judy Subj: Re: Archival Products - Need your advice....and input Date: 96-01-05 01:55:52 EST From:GFS Vicki@aol.com I just ordered $150 worth of materials, including postage, today from Light Impressions in Rochester, NY. No, I am not rich. ;) I ordered two double-size photo archive kits ($62), three packages of 75 photo envelopes ($16), one pkg of 50 photo sleeves ($14), one album & slip cover ($35), and a 16x20 complete oak frame kit ($23). I ordered double-size photo archive sets 18 months ago and am VERY happy with them. They are easy to use and they hold a LOT of photos. I also like their albums. These are excellent products, but the price prevents me from buying everything I need at once. Oh well... Call 800-828-6216 for a catalog Vicki Have fun climbing your family tree! Myrt :) Editor's Note: Learn how to protect all your fragile family history treasures for future generations! A Preservation Guide: Saving the Past and the Present for the Future by Barbara Sagraves ($6.95 from Ancestry.com) provides specific instructions for storing paper, books, photographs, motion picture film, and textiles. Learn about the care and preservation of sound recordings, video tapes and computer disks, and even how to recover from disasters such as floods and fires. Don't let accumulated family heirlooms deteriorate. A Preservation Guide: Saving the Past and the Present for the Future was written and illustrated by a trained and qualified archivist and conservator.

Frances (_Francesguffee@aol.com_ (mailto:Francesguffee@aol.com) ) I too have an AARON family Im researching. I dont have a lot. Know that my Uncle Joe AARON was raised for a period of his life in an orphanage and came from a large family. His mother was blind. Believe he was born in about 1920's or so. Please let me know what you know of the AARON family. Thanks, Vickie

I've done the same - so far, with no problems. It's important, though, to avoid certain types of plastic. From post card collecting, I know that some such sleeves *do* stick. I forget the names of the types of plastic to look for or to avoid, but what I have now - which I believe to be an example of the proper type - is "Rembrandt Ultra-Pro Platinum" sleeves, labeled "Archival" and "No PVC, Acid Free". They're orderable on the web or from the St. John's Stamp Shop, 2 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084, (904) 829-9673. Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net -----Original Message----- From: Alan Buckingham [mailto:a.d.buckingham@verizon.net] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:39 PM To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. <SNIPPED> ...I have many old photos and newspaper clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does anyone know if this is the case?... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/04

Hi I have in front of me a box of Avery heavyweight top loading sheet protectors, 3.3 mils. It says on the box that it is Archival safe, won't lift print and Acid free. I have used them for only a few years. Sorry I won't be here in 50 - 100 years to prove that this true. I am having this same type of problem with CD's. I am putting all of my family genealogy on CD's. Can't cut a family photo album in 3 ways for the grandchildren. How do you know which type CD will be viable in even 20 years Back to New Castle stuff. Can anyone tell me whether a family rumor that they (the family ancestors) landed in New Castle (c 1790) is logical? Was New Castle a major port like Baltimore and Philadelphia? It seems strange to me that they wouldn't have arrived at the bigger cities, even in those days.Why New Castle? Thanks Anita in Albuq NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Palmer" <jap@highstream.net> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: RE: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. > I've done the same - so far, with no problems. > > It's important, though, to avoid certain types of plastic. From post card > collecting, I know that some such sleeves *do* stick. I forget the names of > the types of plastic to look for or to avoid, but what I have now - which I > believe to be an example of the proper type - is "Rembrandt Ultra-Pro > Platinum" sleeves, labeled "Archival" and "No PVC, Acid Free". They're > orderable on the web or from the St. John's Stamp Shop, 2 Aviles Street, St. > Augustine, FL 32084, (904) 829-9673. > > Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Buckingham [mailto:a.d.buckingham@verizon.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:39 PM > To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NewCastle] Storing Old Photos, etc. <SNIPPED> > > ...I have many old photos and newspaper clippings from the 1800's and early > 1900's which have been passed down stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was > thinking of storing them in 3-ring binders inside of Avery page protectors. > I will not be pasting or taping them, just placing them in loose. I am > concerned that the page protectors may stick to the faces of the pictures > and possibly damage them. Does anyone know if this is the case?... > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.796 / Virus Database: 540 - Release Date: 11/13/04 >

Dad had an uncle,Robert Belville SIMPSON,1ST COUSIN OF PRES-GEN GRANT. _Www.google.com_ (http://www.google.com) just told me the Simpson's had a minister,Robert Belville,New Castle Co to Bucks Co,Pa at Neshamminy Presbyterian,Bucks Co.,Pa The Simpsons moved to the sw Ohio farm adjoining mine in 18`18,and Robert Belville Simpson was born 20 years later. 1745, Mr. Whitefield made a second visit to Neshaminy. Leaving Philadelphia about eight a. m., accompanied by several friends, he arrived at three, having "baited at a friend's in the midway." That afternoon he preached in the meeting-house yard to about 500 people, and "great numbers were much melted down." That evening he rode to Montgomery, eight miles, where he staid all night, and the next morning continued on to Skippack, sixteen miles further, where he preached to 2,000 persons, passing through what "was seemingly a wilderness part of the country." The 7th of May Mr. Whitefield again came into the county, crossing the river to Bristol, where he preached to about 400 people, and then returned to Philadelphia. At this time Whitefield is described as "of middle stature, slender body, fair complexion, comely appearance, and extremely bashful and modest. His delivery was warm and affectionate, and his gestures natural, and the most beautiful imaginable." Franklin, who attended his sermons, said: "He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance. I computed that he might well be heard by 30,000." In 1745 a religious revival and excitement, called the "Great Awakening," broke out in various parts of the country, and extended into this county. It was noted for several marvelous instances of persons being thrown into contortions, called "jerks," while under the influence of preaching. Some fainted, others saw visions, and many were moved in various ways. It broke out in the Neshaminy congregation in the spring of the year, and in June, David Brainard, the great missionary among the Indians, came down from the Forks to assist Mr. Beatty, the pastor. He tells us, in his journal, that on Sunday there were assembled from 3,000 to 4,000 persons, and that during his sermons many were moved to tears. During this period a spiritual skeleton introduced itself amid the revivals and awakenings that stirred the religious world. Things were far from harmonious. Presbyterians became divided, and for forty years the Old Side and New Side stood bristling at each other across an imaginary line. It was the ancestor of the war of "schools" that came a century later. In a word the division was here. The Old Side believed that all should "be regarded and treated as regenerate who did not give evidence to the contrary, by manifest heresy or immorality," and that all baptised persons should be communicants. This doctrine was held by what was called the strict Presbyterians from Scotland and Ireland, with few exceptions. The New Side, principally persons from New England, held that all, in whom no evidence of regeneration could be found, should be excluded from communion, and the ministry. The Log College (2) was a New Side seminary, and the New Brunswick Presbytery leaned the same way. The division caused great trouble in the synod from 1728 to 1741, when the schism, which separated the New Brunswick Presbytery from the rest of the body, was consummated. The Neshaminy church was not a unit. That part of the congregation adhering to the Old Side worshiped in the old church, in the graveyard, under the pastoral care of Reverend Francis McHenry, of Deep Run, while the New Side held service in the new church, on the site of the present one on the back of the creek. This continued until about 1768, when the synod having become united the two sides came together and worshiped in the same building. (2) William Tennent renounced the authority of the Presbytery in 1739. The religious fervor of the period probably led to the establishment of the Log College. William Tennent, its founder, and in fact its everything, took a leading part in all the discussions of the day, and exerted himself to advance the cause of religion. Whether the school he taught in Bensalem was theological is not known, but that near Neshaminy soon assumed this character, and has now become historic. He made a clearing in the timber, on a fifty-acre tract given him by his kinsman, James Logan, and erected a log building about twenty feet square (3). It was one of the earliest classical schools in the province, and was called "Log College" in derision. Mr. Tennent was assisted in the school, for a year, by his son Gilbert, who was licensed to preach in 1725. As this was the only school within the bounds of the Presbyterian church at which young men could be fitted for the ministry, he soon had as many scholars as he could receive. The Log College prepared for the pulpit some of the ablest divines of the last century. Mr. Tennent was born in Ireland about 1673, and was a distant relative of the Laird of Dundas and the Earl of Panmure. He was educated for the Episcopal church, and ordained in 1704. In 1702 he married the daughter of Mr. Kennedy, a Presbyterian minister, came to America in 1718, was licensed by the Philadelphia Presbytery, called to East Chester first, to Bensalem in 1721, and to Neshaminy in 1726, where he died in 1746. His widow died in Philadelphia in 1753. He was a man of very fine education, and spoke the Latin language with elegance and purity. (3) He probably commenced the school in his own dwelling, for the land was not deeded to him until 1728. Mr. Logan frequently sent provisions to Mr. Tennent. We know but little of the Log College beyond what can be said of its distinguished founder and the eminent men educated within its log walls. Its story of usefulness is told in the lives of its alumni. Mr. Tennent had four sons, all born in Ireland, but three of them educated at the college; Gilbert, born 1703, died 1764, William, born 1705, died 1777, John, born 1706, died 1732, and Charles, born 1711. They all became distinguished ministers in the Presbyterian church, and William was the subject of the remarkable trance that attracted universal attention at the time. Gilbert accompanied Whitefield to Boston in 1740, where his preaching was received with great favor. He was largely instrumental in bringing about a division in the church. Whitefield said that the Log College had turned out eight ministers before the fall of 1739, including Tennent's four sons, but many more were educated there. All traces of this early cradle of Presbyterianism have long since passed away, and its exact location is hardly known. A piece of one of its logs is preserved as a memento, in a cane which the late Reverend Robert Belville presented to Doctor Miller, of Princeton, New Jersey. The school was maintained for twenty years, but did not long survive the retirement and death of its founder. Among the distinguished pupils of the Log College, we are able to

I am intrigued by your posting of Nov 14-15. Where did you find these? I am searching for AARON, LISTER & BIDDLE families in New Castle & Kent Counties during this period. Have you come across them in your searches? Any leads appreciated. Frances

Hello All, First, I apologize to those who may receive this more than once because I am cross-posting to get the best answers. I have many old photos and newspaper clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does anyone know if this is the case? Thanks. Alan Buckingham

For those of us wondering about lost records, here is an example of one possible cause I found: "232. Replacement Deed. 10 May 1779. Bridget Spencer of Hun. & Co. of NC, widow, for the further sum of 5s grant unto James Eves, farmer, lot of land containing 50 acres, situate at Swanwich in sd Co. It bounds SE by River Delaware; to NE & NW by land of sd Eves; to SW part by sd Eves & part of land late of John Eves, dec'd. This is land that William Spencer, late of sd Hun., innholder, dec'd., was seized of from Peter Peterson & Jane his wife. In sd Spencer's Last Will, dated 12 Sept 1765, he gave his three sons, William, Richard and Stephen, and his only daughter, Elizabeth, one shilling sterling each & no more and then: ‘I devise unto my dearly beloved wife, Bridget, & to her heirs, all my real estate.... I ordained her and Richard McWilliam, my brother-in-law, Execs'. Then later sd Bridget, by her Deed for £280, sold to James Eves, farmer, the afsd lot. Papers were later carried away by a detachment of the British Army & lost. Signed: Bridget Spencer (mark). Wit: Rich Janvier, Jno Stapler. Ack by John Jones & James Latimer. Gunning Bedford, Pro. Rec: 22 June 1779. (D2-157) 233. Replacement Deed. 20 April 1779. Isaiah Lewis of Mill Creek Hun. in NCC, taylor, and Mary his wife, for £540 & further 5s grant to Moses Bartram of City of Phila., apothecary, a tract of land containing 112 acres, situate in sd Hun. & Co. This is land that sd Lewis was seized of by indenture dated 18 Aug 1772, from Alexander Ogle of Frederick Co. in Prov. of Maryland, wheelwright, and Martha his wife. It began by White Clay Creek & bounded lands of Thomas Ogle jun., Francis Graham and David Ogle, (Book/A Vol/2 pp/235). Then sd Lewis, on 3 Jan 1777, sold sd land & premises unto afsd Bartram for £540. Deed was captured with others & carried off by the British Forces acting against America & lost. James Booth, Attny. Signed: Isaiah Lewis, Mary Lewis. Wit: Jas Latimer, John Thompson. Rec: 26 July 1779. (D2-158)"

Sorry. The wife of Joshua Reese/Reece is Mary Hayward Gale--NOT Mary White. Marty Fulton

I am transcribing some old Delaware deeds and documents which I recently acquired. The following is between Joshua Reese/Reece, his wife Henrietta White Reese/Reece and William Pryce. If anyone else is working on the Reese/Reece family, I would like to share information. Only recently did I learn that after leaving New Castle County he was briefly in Chester, PA, and then in Somerset County, MD. THIS INDENTURE made this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five Between Joshua Reece of Somerset County in the State of Maryland Minister of the Gospel and Mary H. Reece his wife of the one part and William Pryce of the Borough of Wilmington/ Witness that whereas by virtue of an indenture of bargain and sale duly executed under the hand and seal of John Reece for the consideration therein mentioned the Said Joshua Reece became lawfully seized in his demises of Fee of and in a certain plantation tract or piece of Land Situated lying and being Mill Creek Hundred county and state afs which is bounded and described as follows to wit: Beginning at the northwest end of Red Clay Creek Bridge where Ham Run formerly emptied into Said Creek being also a corner of Land late of Solomon Hersey dec thence up said run by the Several courses thereof which divides this from the Said Herseys land One hundred and thirteen perches to an old marked! corner white oak now lying down of Said Herseys Lane Thence continuing with Said Herseys land North eighty five degrees east Seventy two perches to a stake another corner of Said Hersey's land, thence with the line of the Said Herseys land and land of William Marshall South thirty degrees east eighty five perches and three Quarters of a perch to a corner Stone in lieu of an old corner maple fallen, then South twenty nine degrees west ninety perches to a corner Stone of William Gullisp (?) Thomas Staplers and James Strouds lands thence South twelve degrees east forty six perches to a Black oak ----- thence south forty seven degrees west twenty two perches and a half perch to a corner stone by Calf run thence down said Calf run be the distance what it may to a corner Stone of Staplers land thence north sixty two degrees east seventy six perches along the old line of the said Staples and Jacob Starrs land to a new corner stone on said old line of John Reese's land then by the! se next Six new lines dividing this from the other lands of the said J ohn Reese to wit North twelve degrees west Sixty six perches and two tenths of a perch to a new corner stone, South seventy nine degrees east twenty nine perches and seven tenths of a perch by a thorn hedge to a new corner stone..North six degrees and an half east forty three perches and two tenths of a perch by another thorn hedge to a new corner Stone. South seventy six degrees east seventy two perches to a niw corner stone. North one degree and an half east twenty five perches and six tenths of a perch to a new corner chesnut tree, and north seventeen degrees east fourteen perches and eight tenths of a perch to a new corner willow half a perch west of the mill dam on Red Clay Creek thence up the said creek binding on the middle thereof sixtynine perches to the aforesaid place of beginning and containing one hundred and fifty three acres of land. be the same more or less. And also of and in a certain lot or piece of marsh meadowland. Situated lying and being in the hund! red of Christiana county and State aforesaid which is bounded and described as follows to wit. Beginning at the northeast corner thereof being a corner black oak of this and Thomas Duffs marsh on the bank said of Christiana Creek then up said creek north eighty two degrees and an half west thirty four perches. North sixty two degrees and a quarter west thirty eight perches then south forty degrees and an half twelve perches then south seventy six and an half degrees west nine perches to a corner of the aforesaid Thomas Duffs lot & John Reeses thence along the middle of a drain called flat drain by the several courses thereof dividing this from the said Thomas Duffs to the place of beginning containing six acres of Marsh be the same more or less as in and by the said indenture bearing date the Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four and Recorded in the Rolls office for the county aforesaid in Books Vol page may more fully a! ppear Now therefore the said Joshua Reese & wife for and in considera tion of the sum of Four thousand dollars lawful money of the United States to him in hand paid by the said William Pryce at or before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part thereof the said William Pryce his heirs and Assigns are hereby released acquitted and forever discharged Hath granted bargained and release enroll and confirm unto the said William Pryce his Heirs and assigns all that the above mentioned and described Plantation tract or piece of land containing one hundred fifty three acres of land be the same more or less and all that the above mentioned and described Lot or piece of Marsh meadow land containing Six acres of Land be the same more or less Together with all and singular the buildings improvements. woods. ways. waters. water-courses rights liberties. privileges hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging and in any manner of right appertaining to t! he Said Plantation and Marsh respectively and the rents if profits and all the estate right title property claim and demand whatsoever of the said Joshua Reese and Mary H. Reese his wife of to and in the same and every part. TO HAVE and to hold the said promises with every the hereditaments and appurtenances to the Said William Pryce his heirs and Assigns. But under and Subject nevertheless To the terms of a mortgage Deed executed under the hand and Seal of the said Joshua Reese to John Forsyth and bearing date the ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and four. for the sum of Five hundred pounds with interest from the date thereof. To the only Proper use and behoof of the Said William Pryce his heirs and Assigns forever. AND FURTHER the said Joshua Reese for himself his heirs executors and administrators doth covenant to and with the said William Pryce his heirs and assigns that he they and every of them all and singular the said Promises with every the hereditame! nts and appurtenances hereby granted bargained and sold and meaned and intended so to be against him the said Joshua Reese and Mary H. Reese his wife and his heirs and against all and every other person and persons lawfully claiming or who may lawfully claim the same or any part thereof by from or under him. them or any of them to the said William Pryce his heirs and Assigns under and subject to the mortgage as aforesaid shall and with warrant and forever DEFIND by these presents. IN WITNESS whereof the Said Joshua Reese and Mary H Reese his wife have hereunto Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written. SIGNING SEALING & DIRECTED JOSHUA REESE Seal IN PRESENCE OF Horatio G Garrett Edw. Roche MARY H. REESE Seal Mary Robertson William Polk Received on the day of the date of the above indenture of the Rev. William Pryce the sum of two thousand five hundred fifty eight dollars and Sixty cents which with the Sum of one thousand four hundred and forty one Dollars and thirty cents principal & interest now due on the Mortgage to which the above conveyed premises are subjected is in full of the consideration monies therein mentioned. Joshua Reece WITNESS Horatio G. Garrett Edw Roche

Hi Jim: Going through old messages and wanted to tell you about a great site to check for your family. It's www.lalley.com. Give it a try if you haven't already. Good luck, Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: <jimbull1@centralonline.com.au> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:49 PM Subject: [NewCastle] donlon family > Hi my name is Jim Bull from South Australia. > > I am researching my family tree, the family I am looking for is the > Donnellan family. > Tow members of this family migrated from Ireland to Australia, there > were five other children who migrated to the Wilmington Delaware area. > > When the Donnellan's migrated to the U.S.A. they changed the spelling > of their last name to Donlon. > > The people I am looking for are. > > James Donlon- born 1864 Ireland > married- Wilmington Delaware > Mary O'donnell > > John Donlon- born ----- Ireland > married - Delaware > Mary Cummings > > Michael Donlon-born 1848 Ireland > married-Wilmington Delaware > Mary A Barry > > Elizabeth Donlon - born ireland > never married > died in Philadelphia ?? > > Mary Donlon > born > she did migrate to the U.S.A. > > These are the children of Andrew Donnellan and Mary Conole of Ireland > > Can you help me please ?? Any information on this family births,deaths or > marriages would help. > > thank you > jim > >

At 08:05 AM 10/27/04 -0400, Helen (HMWEBBER@aol.com) wrote: > What has always been refereed to as "Blackbeard the Pirate's > girlfriend's >House" has just been purchased & is being restored back to the blank house >it originally was. In the future it will be a museum :D > > I'm trying to find out who owed this property & lived in the house >over the years from the late 1600s to present time. Hi - Perhaps you have already gone this route, but if not, here is what works in New England: Start with the current owner's deed and work backward. Who sold him the property? Then check his deed to learn the identity of the previous owner. And so on, back to the original grantee. In some instances, the transfer of ownership my have been by inheritance, and it will be necessary to consult probate records. It's fun! Good luck! Isabel

Thank you Elizabeth! :) In a message dated 10/27/04 5:40:35 AM, leehost@adelphia.net writes: << Helen, Once when I was at Marcus Hook Library, they had a book that told about this house. Perhaps the Library could help you out. Good Luck, Elizabeth Clark Hostutler >>

Helen, Once when I was at Marcus Hook Library, they had a book that told about this house. Perhaps the Library could help you out. Good Luck, Elizabeth Clark Hostutler ----- Original Message ----- From: <HMWEBBER@aol.com> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:05 AM Subject: [NewCastle] Blackbeard the Pirate's girlfriend's House > Hi list, > > What has always been refereed to as "Blackbeard the Pirate's girlfriend's > House" has just been purchased & is being restored back to the blank house > it originally was. In the future it will be a museum :D > > I'm trying to find out who owed this property & lived in the house > over the years from the late 1600s to present time. Michael MANERCHIA, > (the new owner), wife's family once owned the house (c1930s) & their > name was WANNER - WARNER. In the 1920 Census, I found a Phoebe > SAMUELS living there but she is renting. I have not checked the other > census records as yet. > > If anyone would like to share their family history with us that had a > connection to the house please e-mail me -- we are very interested! :) > > The house is at 221 Market St., Marcus Hook on the corner of Market > St. & Market Lane. It appears a SYMTH may have owned the property in > the late 1600s. On a 1701 map that I found it looks like a JACKSON owned > the property. Marcus Hook is now in Delaware Co., PA, but this was Chester > Co. before 1789. I have, also, found Marcus Hook being referred to as > being in the state of Delaware. > > Thank you very much for any info & help you can share with us! > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > >

Hi list, What has always been refereed to as "Blackbeard the Pirate's girlfriend's House" has just been purchased & is being restored back to the blank house it originally was. In the future it will be a museum :D I'm trying to find out who owed this property & lived in the house over the years from the late 1600s to present time. Michael MANERCHIA, (the new owner), wife's family once owned the house (c1930s) & their name was WANNER - WARNER. In the 1920 Census, I found a Phoebe SAMUELS living there but she is renting. I have not checked the other census records as yet. If anyone would like to share their family history with us that had a connection to the house please e-mail me -- we are very interested! :) The house is at 221 Market St., Marcus Hook on the corner of Market St. & Market Lane. It appears a SYMTH may have owned the property in the late 1600s. On a 1701 map that I found it looks like a JACKSON owned the property. Marcus Hook is now in Delaware Co., PA, but this was Chester Co. before 1789. I have, also, found Marcus Hook being referred to as being in the state of Delaware. Thank you very much for any info & help you can share with us! Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Hello, Friends of Historic Glasgow (DE) National Park would like you to visit the following online campaign, by iPetitions: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark Message: new iPetition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark We, the undersigned, petition our Federal, Delaware, and New Castle County leaders to do all that is within their powers to preserve the Glasgow National Historic area, the site of Delaware's only Revolutionary War battle, the running skirmish from Aikentown to Iron Hill, called the Battle of Cooch's Bridge. The properties now threatened are the Brooks/Middleton house, the Barczewski farm (West End Dairy), and the Rte. 72 / Old Baltimore Pike frontage near Cooch's Bridge. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ALL OF AMERICA The Developers are coming! The Developers are coming! Join in the effort to preserve the lands now at risk which encompass the Revolutionary War Battle of Cooch's Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. The running skirmish between Aikentown (Glasgow) and Iron Hill was our first defensive action against the Red Coats' late summer 1777 advance from the Head of Elk to Philadelphia. The Patriots succeeded in stalling the British and Hessians troops and inflicting a great many casualties. A history park will boost tourism in nearby counties of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Three key properties in the Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, DE, are now threatened: * Royal Farms plans to develop the corner of Rte. 72 and Old Baltimore Pike on the gateway of the historic battle grounds at Cooch's Bridge, even as the surrounding lands are safely under state control. * Walgreens had planned to demolish the colonial Brooks/Middleton house and barn at 2314 Glasgow Ave. to develop the corner of Rte. 40 and old Rte. 896, a property which anchors the Aiken's Tavern National Historic District. * Developers, including Christina School District, are trying to purchase the neighboring farm (the Barczewski property; West End Dairy). The School District is proposing to build a mega-school combining elementary and middle school buildings. The Barczewski farm's 240 acres contain two documented Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin LaTrobe feeder canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a visitor there in 1824. What you can do: << Sign our petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark << Write to your governmental representatives. << Come to the Friends of Historic Glasgow group meeting When: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 7:00 PM Where: Pencader Presbyterian Church 2303 Glasgow Avenue Glasgow, Delaware 19702 Contact: Earnie Davis at (302) 368-3134 Please see the Current Community Calendar Events section at: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/clubcal.html?nclubid=888222976&nsupercit y=950560750 for information on additional key meetings. N.B.: The Friends of Historic Glasgow meets the first Wednesday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Delaware. << Volunteer to help Friends of Historic Glasgow National Park. Friends of Historic Glasgow National Park P.O. Box 42 Newark, DE 19715 e-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net _____________________________________________________________ Create a petition, sign a petition: At http://www.ipetitions.com, your voice counts.