This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: frostfreedet Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.delaware.counties.sussex/1309.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Re: Caleb Davis and Leah Basnett. No I don't think there is a documented marriage record. Kent and Sussex did not keep County marriage records in the 1700s that I know of. The mis-named compilation by Wright on records of Kent and Sussex Co.'s to 1800 has almost nothing from Kent Co. Their family has been so embroidered by descendants' lore, I believe nothing I read about them except a land or tax record, or the rare marriage or death record that gives them as parents. Phyllis Vines told me once that she thought Caleb's land straddled the Kent-SX boundary near Milford. I do not have land records to support that. Unfortunately there is a gap in the DE land records that have been abstracted. Missing are deeds from record books P-W. Family Tree Bookshop has the annoying habit of giving dates rather than volume identification to their abstracts, so it looks like there is continuity. But the gap in abstracts is also the time period in which Caleb would have sold SXDE land before moving to Monongalia Co. Good hunting, Jade Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.