Your explanation is very concise and to the point...should be a great help to all. Thanks for responging. Marit Evans in California > The Orphans Court required that an annual viewing and valuation be done on > all estates of orphans. This meant that usually 2 or 3 men were appointed > by the court to physically vies and value the estate being the real estate > and all dwellings, houses, fences, orchards, etc. They would do so and > report their findings back to the Orphans Court. They would also appriase > the annual valuation of the estate and recommend whether or not any more > land should be cleared or what the rent should be for the estate. I would > say that Daniel was the child of Levi Hastings. > Hope this finds all well--tis a nasty day here on Delmarva > <<<Neil>>>> > www.familytreebookshop.com featuring Delmarva abstracts so thorough > the dead come to life. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:47 AM > Subject: [DESUSSEX] Orphans Court- can someone explain this to me? Hastings > mentioned > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3Y.2ADI/1475 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I don't understand the relationships to be derived from this record >> >> 82 >> HASTING, DANIEL (childLevi/Benjamin) N-185 (1824) Little Creek Hundred >> on the Lands of Levi Hasting >> ..one Dwelling house twenty four feet by twenty with brick chimney in bad > repair, one fraimed Granary >> thirty six feet by twelve in good repair, one framed house with brick > chimney twenty feet by fifteen inbad repair one log'd house with a brick > chimney twenty feet by fifteen in bad repair one framed Still >> house thirty six feet by twenty in good repair. One Log'd Cider house > fourteen feet by twelve in bad >> repair, one Log'd Barn twenty feet by fifteen in bad repair, one framed > Work Shop twenty one feet by >> twelve in Good repair, one Log'd Meet house fourteen feet by Eleven in bad > repair, one Log'd Corn house >> thirteen feet by six in good repair one Do. Do. ten feet by five in bad > repair One Do. Do. fifteen feet by >> seven in good repair, one Do. Do. Eleven feet by five and a half in bad > repair one set of framed Stables >> thirty six by twelve in good repair one Do. Do. thirteen feet by thirteen > in bad repair. one framed >> blacksmiths shop fourteen feet by seventeen in Good repair, one Log'd > Stable ten feet by nine in bad >> repair, one framed Milk house five feet by three in bad repair, one framed > ash house five feet by three in >> bad repair, one Garden of Watled pales One hundred and twenty six feet by > sixty six in Good repair >> four hundred and sixty apple trees in bad repair, Eighty three peach trees > in bad repair, twenty nine cherry >> trees in bad repair, five pare trees in Good repair one Plumb tree in Good > repair, twenty five hundred and >> seventy two pannels of fence in bad repair... >> annual value $85.00 >> premises of Benjamin Hasting >> ..One Dwelling House with two rooms one of which is framed and the other > is Logz the framed room is >> fifteen feet by twelve and the Log'd room Eighteen feet by fifteen with a > brick chimney and in bad repair, >> One Log'd Stable ten feet by Nine in bad repair two hundred and Ninety > five apple trees in bad repair, one >> hundred and fifty Peach trees in bad repair, Seventeen Cherry trees in bad > repair, Seventeen hundred and >> sixty two Pannels of fence in bad repair... >> annual value $65.00 >> >> >> >> ==== DESUSSEX Mailing List ==== >> Forgot how to subscribe or unsubscribe? >> The Sussex County Delaware Mailing List FAQ: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~desussex/listfaq.htm >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> >> > > > ==== DESUSSEX Mailing List ==== > Your Sussex County, DE USGenWeb site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~desussex/ > > ============================== > 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 >