From "Delaware, the American Guide Series", pub. 1938 How "Newark" (pronounced NEW-ark), an English place-name of fairly common occurrence, came to be applied to this Delaware town is conjectural. The most plausible theory connects it with Valentine Hollingsworth whose English home was near the parish of Wark. In 1683 he took out a patent for a tract of land north of Wilmington which he called New Wark (present Carr Road near junction with Marsh Road), and later gave ground for a Quaker meeting house, also called New Wark, but later written Newark. A Quaker meeting, aided by the New Wark group, was established near the present town of Newark. Valentine's son Henry inherited the New Wark homestead, and in 1712 acquired land in Maryland a few miles west of present Newark (about 20 miles southwest of the original New Wark homestead). He and his sons traveled through this neighborhood on their trips to the headwaters of the Christina River where their commercial and transportation enterprises centered, and they may have suggested the name for the village.
Hi Debbie,My husband is from Wilmington,De.and I grew up there.You can learn something every day about a place you thought you knew.We have enjoyed reading your note,Thanks.we are doing look ups on my line Laxton-Fairchild-Collins-Carter.I'm from Wv.joe's looking for Kelly-Downs-Thompson-Morris.I;m new at this.Just keep up the goodddddddd work. by for now Ann Morris email [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
Ann, Gee, thanks! It's nice to hear from someone who actually knows where Wilmington is--or Delaware for that matter. For families from Delaware, have you seen: http://delgensoc.org/dfnames.html If your families are from DE and "old", you might consider putting them on the list--if you haven't already. Debbie --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 04:24 PM, ann morris wrote: > Hi Debbie,My husband is from Wilmington,De.and I grew up there.You can > learn something every day about a place you thought you knew.We have > enjoyed reading your note,Thanks.we are doing look ups on my line > Laxton-Fairchild-Collins-Carter.I'm from Wv.joe's looking for > Kelly-Downs-Thompson-Morris.I;m new at this.Just keep up the > goodddddddd work. by for now Ann Morris email [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now >
ON Ann, Ann, My husband is also a Morris from Wilmington. We haven't done a lot of research on his line. What I do know is: My husband's father was Robert Albert Morris, (one of ten children - Davis Andrew (died in infancy), Garnetta Edith, Emil Price, Henry Carlton, Elizabeth Agnes, Robert Albert, Milton Hannum, Clare Louise, Francis Randall, and Walter Herbert) born to Carlton Andrew Morris (son of Andrew and Edith Hannum Morris). Carlton was married to Emma Amanda Meeser. Carlton's mother, Edith Hannum Morris, died when Carlton was only two years old. Carlton had a sister named Ellen? Andrew remarried to someone Buckaloo and they had Howard, Will, Lottie, Effie, Belle, and Frederick. This information is by word-of-mouth from my husband's aunt, Clare Louise Morris Hurst. I believe she was born Clara not Clare, but she changed it. Clare is the only one still living of the ten children of Carlton and Emma. Is there any connection between your husband's Morris' and my husband's? ~Jeannie Morris -------------------------------------------------------- Hi Debbie,My husband is from Wilmington,De.and I grew up there.You can learn something every day about a place you thought you knew.We have enjoyed reading your note,Thanks.we are doing look ups on my line Laxton-Fairchild-Collins-Carter.I'm from Wv.joe's looking for Kelly-Downs-Thompson-Morris.I;m new at this.Just keep up the goodddddddd work. by for now Ann Morris email [email protected]