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 (child–Levi/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 in•bad 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 > >