from the Jobe legacy: 1682 Dec 24, the ship, "Welcome", arrived first in New Castle then Upland. It carried William Penn and a considerable number of Quakers. It can be assumed that Andrew Job and his brothers were there to greet them. In January Upland was renamed Chester in honor of the many settlers from Cheshire. 1683 (MD's Boundary Line) Lord Baltimore claimed the most navigable part of the Delaware River for MD. William Penn asked his personal friend, Andrew Job, to help arbitrate, and, with much pomp ceremony, they met with Baltimore in May of 1683 in New Castle. PA claimed his charter from Charles II gave him the right to the lower counties, but Baltimore claimed his charter from Charles I, which predated Penn's by 30 years, stated, "into that part of Delaware Bay on the north, which lies under the 40th degree of northern latitude." Finally Penn and his party prevailed, and a writer of the time penned, "William Penn and Andrew JOB being educated men, and being of such unusual persuasive and executive ability, convinced all concerned of the correctness of the boundary line." Patti Jobe Ahh.....thank you kindly. I think I'm going to embroider this one on a sampler. One more question if I might. What sort of relationship did Wm Penn have with the Jobes ? ~malinda Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. -- William Penn ==== JOB Mailing List ==== Not an Andrew Job Sr (1620-1699)descendant, then see: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/notandrew.html ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237