that is a different Eli - that is Elijah Bowen and he died 1805. Eleanor Jones was sister of Handy Jones see below. POLLY Jones was probably the widow of Jesse Jones d. 1800. F:416 Handy Jones 16 April 1816 To brother William Jones - for his lifetime, half of tract that formerly belonged to James Parker To Handy Jones son of brother William Jones - other half of above tract when he is twenty-one To the other children of brother William except James - the above if Handy Jones dies without issue That James son of my brother William "to pay unto Handy J. Bowen son of Elenor Bowin $200" and pay unto Jesse Hammond son of Boidwin Hammond the sum of $100 and to Jesse Jones son of my brother Jesse Jones $100. That Handy son of my brother William to pay unto Charly H. Hammond son of Boidwin Hammond the sum of $200 To brother William Jones - Negro man Lot who is to be free after my brother's death To sister Amely Hammond and Charlotty McColley and Rachel Selby and Elenor Bowin - residue of estate Executor: brother William Jones Witness: John Teague, William Teague 11 January 1820 Then came Leah Jones 28 January 1820 To Jesse Hammond, Bowden Hammond, Amilley Hammond, the children of my brother Bowden Hammond - monies from the hire of Negro Mark To Jesse Jones, son of Jesse - my watch Executor: Jesse Jones Witness: John Teague, Mary Hudson 15 February 1820 Then came Esme Bowen Esme Bowen orphan of Elijah Bowen, age 16 on 7 May last past, to Daniel Patrick, boot and shoe maker. Eleanor Bowen his mother. October Court 1806 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elijah Bowen Will Date: Probate Date: Elijah Bowen 29 March 1805w. 30 April 1805p. To wife Eleanor Bowen , the EX., land. To son Littleton Bowen. To daughters Eliza Bowen and all my children. Wit; Rila Bowen, Isaac Bowen and Jeptha Bowen. JBR 223. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eleanor was the widow of John H??ther and her dower was sold to Nathaniel Bowen for 5 shillings - Fellowship. Which Nathaniel and why 5 shillings/ This was in 1802 ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:07:02 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I HATE this computer! Skinner and Wright show Eli as having married Eleanor (Nellie) Jones. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 9:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Becky and others. I think we can safely say that Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah is the brother of Eli Bowen as named in his 1810 will. However, this is the strangest land transfer I have ever seen. 1. Eleanor Selby buys Huntington (wife of Jesse) 2. 5/17/1806 Huntington: Zadock Purnell, wife Catey Purnell, sold to Eli Bowen rights to Catey from mother Eleanor Bowen deceased (where Eli Bowin now lives) (Eleanor Bowen does not leave a will that I can find) 3. Feb 7 1810 Whittington Bowen and Delilah his wife sell Huntington late in the possession of Eli Bowen deceased to Stuart Williamson 1811 Land Commission estate of Elinor Bowen Nowhere in Eli's will (pasted below) is Huntington or any land mentioned. (It should be noted that Polly wife of Eli's deceased husband Jesse owned 7 plus acres of Huntington but not nearly as much as Eli bought from Zadock and Catey Purnell.) How does land go out of the children's line and over to the brother? If this is intestate land (unmentioned in the will), then it should go to the children of Eli. Of course there is a land commission "incident" on this: Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowin" 1811. Anyone have any thoughts? Eli Bowen's will for a reminder: (checked Dryden and Keddie - both similar) Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? 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I am descended from a John Neal who married a Mary Vance b. ca 1810. I do not know where because according to the various census she was b. in PA, VA and Ireland. I do not know what happened to John but Mary and her 2 sons were living in Allegheny Co., Pa. according to the 1850 Census. Her sons were John b. ca 1839 and William b. ca 1847. Does this match any of your information? Clare ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles > > Dear Listers, > > There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current > owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone > or some group that would find them useful. > > These Bibles are: > > 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in > 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. > Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible > handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near > Gumborough in 1850. > > 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating > in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries > beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. > > They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions > on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > Teresa A. Derrickson > nee Chandler > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

thanks Janet Yes I am a descendent of the unplaced Salathiel Bowen. His son James married Sally Nock in Wo Cty in 1824. Various land records show James of Salathiel and wife Sally. Salathiel was next of kin to Levin Bowen (along with a David Bowen). Levin Bowen died 1788. Leslie Dryden made a note in the 1850 census that Salathiel was son of "L". That's as far as I have gotten on him. (In 1802 Salathiel Bowen sells all his household goods and cows etc to Eli Bowen - the one I've been talking about who lived on Huntington.) Also re JudyStel she is being helpful on this but this is uncharted territory. I am also descended from the Bowens in an entirely different line which isn't as confusing as this one. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:02:59 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Hello Everyone, I don't have anything particularly helpful to add to this discussion, but Whittington Bowen Sr (wife Lavinia Fleming)., and his daughter-in-law Rachel, who was married first to Pattey Truit are my direct ancestors via Whittington Bowen Sr.'s son James, who married Rachel Jenkins' daughter Mary via marriage to Pattey Truit. It is not surprising at all to me that there is a third Whittington Bowen. There could be more who opted to go by middle names or nicknames. Whittington Bowen Sr. was the son of William Bowen and Elizabeth Whittington (hence the given name). He had (is believed to have had) two brothers, John and William. There are many missing holes in the descendants of these three brothers, so it is very likely John and William (or both) had sons/grandsons, etc. named Whittington. In my own line, James Bowen and Mary Truitt's daughter Elizabeth Richards Bowen, who married Seth Whaley (son of Thomas & Margaret Bratton), named a son William Whittenton Bowen. On this list, in the late fall of 1999 there was an effort to try to track and sort as many of the Bowens as we could, but the effort probably covered perhaps 20 percent of them at best. I think it was Judy (then [email protected]) who consolidated the information which is at the ghotes webside, just FYI for any more recent list members: http://www.esva.net/ghotes/bowen/d0/i0020271.htm#i20271 The archives for the month of November 1999 can be found here: http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/1999-11 I can't figure out from the prior emails if any of you participating are actually Bowen descendants? My best, Janet (Baugh) Hunter -----Original Message----- From: lizdfamily To: lower-delmarva-roots Sent: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 8:20 am Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Thanks for all your help. I have all the wills from Keddie and Dryden and orphans records from Oc museum. The only books i am lacking is Dryden Wo Cty land records and those pesky marriage licenses in your book. I also have ancestry.com for the census and I am reading all the deeds online at that archives site. This will sort itself out! thanks again Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:02:20 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Since one of the Whittington Bowen's married Delilah Selby, possibly she was the daughter of this Jesse and Ellenor? He is shown as Witty in the marriage records, and I cannot tell if he was a third Whittington or not. In the Orphans Court records there is shown a Whittington Senior, and the Whittington who married Rachel is shown as Whittington Junior at first, and then as just plain old Whittington, suggesting that perhaps the Senior one may have died (he was adult in the 1780s). So, possibly this Witty is a third one? It is easier when they said "John Doe of James". Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 4:36:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: it in 1783> In 1785 John Burbage sold to Ellenor Selby wife of Jesse Selby for £400 farm called Huntingdon of 130 acres according to the courses of a deed from Robert Cornwell, John Cornwell and Mary their mother to John Burbage of Somerset County dated 11 November 1718; this in Worcester County about three miles back from the Assateague Bay (Worc L:258). One of the two Whittington Bowens married Rachel Jenkins, daughter of John (d. 1757) and they were living in 1811. Rachel was the widow of Patey Truitt (d. 1781). One of the Whittington Bowens was the son of William Bowen and Rhoda Fassitt and he had a son Whittington Bowen which is the one I have marrying Rachel Jenkins. However, until your post, I didn't know there were two Whittington Bowens alive in 1810, so I am not sure of anything. Sometimes land commissions were held when some of the heirs claimed the land could not be divided equally or some heirs didn't want the land to be sold, so I guess that's a dispute. Sometimes it was "heired" property and there were so many heirs that if it were divided equally, each one would have so little as to be almost useless, at least for farming. Other times, a land commission was to determine boundaries which were uncertain. If you picked up a mention of a land commission from a deed, maybe there's a mention of who sued whom on the MSA site which might help enough without ordering the record and of course you will need that info to order the record if the list of who sued whom is not sufficient. I empathize with your mention of the unattached Bowens. I have a bunch of unattached ones as well. Although I descend from William Bowen (d. 1728), it is via two of his daughters, so I have not worked on the Bowen family to any great extent. Becky ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 8:08:31 PM Subject: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I just read a deed February 7, 1810 (Worcester Liber AB folio 99) whereby one Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah sells Huntington formerly possessed by Eli Bowen to Stuart Williamson. And on Plats.net they show a land commission for Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowen" 1811. Has anybody heard of this Delilah Bowen? The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783 and Jesse Jones d. 1800 (whose widow is Polly, probably wife of Eli Bowen below) owned 7 or so acres of it. The more I look at these unattached Bowens the more surprises. Who knew there was a Delilah, wife of Whittington Bowen in 1810! (note there are TWO Whittington Bowen's in the 1810 census. - one probably who has wife Rachel and the other one unknown). Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute? If I have to pay another $35 to find out what this is I will be very unhappy! Thanks all for your patience. Liz I have a will for this Eli Bowen: Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." 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Becky and others. I think we can safely say that Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah is the brother of Eli Bowen as named in his 1810 will. However, this is the strangest land transfer I have ever seen. 1. Eleanor Selby buys Huntington (wife of Jesse) 2. 5/17/1806 Huntington: Zadock Purnell, wife Catey Purnell, sold to Eli Bowen rights to Catey from mother Eleanor Bowen deceased (where Eli Bowin now lives) (Eleanor Bowen does not leave a will that I can find) 3. Feb 7 1810 Whittington Bowen and Delilah his wife sell Huntington late in the possession of Eli Bowen deceased to Stuart Williamson 1811 Land Commission estate of Elinor Bowen Nowhere in Eli's will (pasted below) is Huntington or any land mentioned. (It should be noted that Polly wife of Eli's deceased husband Jesse owned 7 plus acres of Huntington but not nearly as much as Eli bought from Zadock and Catey Purnell.) How does land go out of the children's line and over to the brother? If this is intestate land (unmentioned in the will), then it should go to the children of Eli. Of course there is a land commission "incident" on this: Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowin" 1811. Anyone have any thoughts? Eli Bowen's will for a reminder: (checked Dryden and Keddie - both similar) Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came

Nabb is a much better place than the MSA. At least when things are at Nabb, others can get access. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 12:05:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: THANKS MIKE FOR SUGGESTING THE NABB CENTER. I DONATED MY CRUMBLING FAMILY BIBLE (NEE CECIL) TO NABB SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT ONLY HAD A FEW NAMES, BIRTHDATES AND MARRIAGE DATES LISTED, BUT IT GAVE ME SOME VERY VALUABLE INFO ABOUT MY FATHER'S FAMILY. I HAD THE COVER AND THE PAGES WITH ENTRIES WRITTEN ON THEM COPIED AND THE COPIES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL. OTHERS SHOULD CONSIDER THE NABB CENTER WHEN WANTING TO PRESERVE THEIR ANCESTRAL FAMILY PERIODICALS AND DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY ARE SAFELY AND PROFESSIONALLY PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Barbara Cecil Renshaw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hitch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Family Bibles > Teresa: > > You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury > University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally > stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not > to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for > Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were > interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that > you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John > Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. > The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our > late additions to that database! > > Mike Hitch > *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Teresa: You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our late additions to that database! Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 08:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles Dear Listers, There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone or some group that would find them useful. These Bibles are: 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near Gumborough in 1850. 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. Thank you. Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for all your help. I have all the wills from Keddie and Dryden and orphans records from Oc museum. The only books i am lacking is Dryden Wo Cty land records and those pesky marriage licenses in your book. I also have ancestry.com for the census and I am reading all the deeds online at that archives site. This will sort itself out! thanks again Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:02:20 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Since one of the Whittington Bowen's married Delilah Selby, possibly she was the daughter of this Jesse and Ellenor? He is shown as Witty in the marriage records, and I cannot tell if he was a third Whittington or not. In the Orphans Court records there is shown a Whittington Senior, and the Whittington who married Rachel is shown as Whittington Junior at first, and then as just plain old Whittington, suggesting that perhaps the Senior one may have died (he was adult in the 1780s). So, possibly this Witty is a third one? It is easier when they said "John Doe of James". Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 4:36:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: it in 1783> In 1785 John Burbage sold to Ellenor Selby wife of Jesse Selby for £400 farm called Huntingdon of 130 acres according to the courses of a deed from Robert Cornwell, John Cornwell and Mary their mother to John Burbage of Somerset County dated 11 November 1718; this in Worcester County about three miles back from the Assateague Bay (Worc L:258). One of the two Whittington Bowens married Rachel Jenkins, daughter of John (d. 1757) and they were living in 1811. Rachel was the widow of Patey Truitt (d. 1781). One of the Whittington Bowens was the son of William Bowen and Rhoda Fassitt and he had a son Whittington Bowen which is the one I have marrying Rachel Jenkins. However, until your post, I didn't know there were two Whittington Bowens alive in 1810, so I am not sure of anything. Sometimes land commissions were held when some of the heirs claimed the land could not be divided equally or some heirs didn't want the land to be sold, so I guess that's a dispute. Sometimes it was "heired" property and there were so many heirs that if it were divided equally, each one would have so little as to be almost useless, at least for farming. Other times, a land commission was to determine boundaries which were uncertain. If you picked up a mention of a land commission from a deed, maybe there's a mention of who sued whom on the MSA site which might help enough without ordering the record and of course you will need that info to order the record if the list of who sued whom is not sufficient. I empathize with your mention of the unattached Bowens. I have a bunch of unattached ones as well. Although I descend from William Bowen (d. 1728), it is via two of his daughters, so I have not worked on the Bowen family to any great extent. Becky ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 8:08:31 PM Subject: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I just read a deed February 7, 1810 (Worcester Liber AB folio 99) whereby one Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah sells Huntington formerly possessed by Eli Bowen to Stuart Williamson. And on Plats.net they show a land commission for Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowen" 1811. Has anybody heard of this Delilah Bowen? The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783 and Jesse Jones d. 1800 (whose widow is Polly, probably wife of Eli Bowen below) owned 7 or so acres of it. The more I look at these unattached Bowens the more surprises. Who knew there was a Delilah, wife of Whittington Bowen in 1810! (note there are TWO Whittington Bowen's in the 1810 census. - one probably who has wife Rachel and the other one unknown). Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute? If I have to pay another $35 to find out what this is I will be very unhappy! Thanks all for your patience. Liz I have a will for this Eli Bowen: Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." 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THANKS MIKE FOR SUGGESTING THE NABB CENTER. I DONATED MY CRUMBLING FAMILY BIBLE (NEE CECIL) TO NABB SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT ONLY HAD A FEW NAMES, BIRTHDATES AND MARRIAGE DATES LISTED, BUT IT GAVE ME SOME VERY VALUABLE INFO ABOUT MY FATHER'S FAMILY. I HAD THE COVER AND THE PAGES WITH ENTRIES WRITTEN ON THEM COPIED AND THE COPIES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL. OTHERS SHOULD CONSIDER THE NABB CENTER WHEN WANTING TO PRESERVE THEIR ANCESTRAL FAMILY PERIODICALS AND DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY ARE SAFELY AND PROFESSIONALLY PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Barbara Cecil Renshaw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hitch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Family Bibles > Teresa: > > You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury > University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally > stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not > to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for > Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were > interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that > you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John > Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. > The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our > late additions to that database! > > Mike Hitch >

Dear Barbara, I am a descendent of Samuel Renshaw of the Pasquotank Co., NC. It is my understanding that he is from Maryland. I would like to know more about this family, Martha Fowlkes ----- Original Message ---- From: Barbara Renshaw <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 11:05:03 AM Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles THANKS MIKE FOR SUGGESTING THE NABB CENTER. I DONATED MY CRUMBLING FAMILY BIBLE (NEE CECIL) TO NABB SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT ONLY HAD A FEW NAMES, BIRTHDATES AND MARRIAGE DATES LISTED, BUT IT GAVE ME SOME VERY VALUABLE INFO ABOUT MY FATHER'S FAMILY. I HAD THE COVER AND THE PAGES WITH ENTRIES WRITTEN ON THEM COPIED AND THE COPIES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL. OTHERS SHOULD CONSIDER THE NABB CENTER WHEN WANTING TO PRESERVE THEIR ANCESTRAL FAMILY PERIODICALS AND DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY ARE SAFELY AND PROFESSIONALLY PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Barbara Cecil Renshaw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hitch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Family Bibles > Teresa: > > You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury > University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally > stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not > to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for > Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were > interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that > you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John > Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. > The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our > late additions to that database! > > Mike Hitch > *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Why did all these people have to have similar names and marry others whose names were similar? I have a set of brothers named Eli, Elijah and Elisha. Glad I did not have to holler at them! There is something to be said in favor of giving children unusual names. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 10:23:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: that is a different Eli - that is Elijah Bowen and he died 1805. Eleanor Jones was sister of Handy Jones see below. POLLY Jones was probably the widow of Jesse Jones d. 1800. F:416 Handy Jones 16 April 1816 To brother William Jones - for his lifetime, half of tract that formerly belonged to James Parker To Handy Jones son of brother William Jones - other half of above tract when he is twenty-one To the other children of brother William except James - the above if Handy Jones dies without issue That James son of my brother William "to pay unto Handy J. Bowen son of Elenor Bowin $200" and pay unto Jesse Hammond son of Boidwin Hammond the sum of $100 and to Jesse Jones son of my brother Jesse Jones $100. That Handy son of my brother William to pay unto Charly H. Hammond son of Boidwin Hammond the sum of $200 To brother William Jones - Negro man Lot who is to be free after my brother's death To sister Amely Hammond and Charlotty McColley and Rachel Selby and Elenor Bowin - residue of estate Executor: brother William Jones Witness: John Teague, William Teague 11 January 1820 Then came Leah Jones 28 January 1820 To Jesse Hammond, Bowden Hammond, Amilley Hammond, the children of my brother Bowden Hammond - monies from the hire of Negro Mark To Jesse Jones, son of Jesse - my watch Executor: Jesse Jones Witness: John Teague, Mary Hudson 15 February 1820 Then came Esme Bowen Esme Bowen orphan of Elijah Bowen, age 16 on 7 May last past, to Daniel Patrick, boot and shoe maker. Eleanor Bowen his mother. October Court 1806 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Elijah Bowen Will Date: Probate Date: Elijah Bowen 29 March 1805w. 30 April 1805p. To wife Eleanor Bowen , the EX., land. To son Littleton Bowen. To daughters Eliza Bowen and all my children. Wit; Rila Bowen, Isaac Bowen and Jeptha Bowen. JBR 223. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Eleanor was the widow of John H??ther and her dower was sold to Nathaniel Bowen for 5 shillings - Fellowship. Which Nathaniel and why 5 shillings/ This was in 1802 ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:07:02 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I HATE this computer! Skinner and Wright show Eli as having married Eleanor (Nellie) Jones. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 9:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Becky and others. I think we can safely say that Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah is the brother of Eli Bowen as named in his 1810 will. However, this is the strangest land transfer I have ever seen. 1. Eleanor Selby buys Huntington (wife of Jesse) 2. 5/17/1806 Huntington: Zadock Purnell, wife Catey Purnell, sold to Eli Bowen rights to Catey from mother Eleanor Bowen deceased (where Eli Bowin now lives) (Eleanor Bowen does not leave a will that I can find) 3. Feb 7 1810 Whittington Bowen and Delilah his wife sell Huntington late in the possession of Eli Bowen deceased to Stuart Williamson 1811 Land Commission estate of Elinor Bowen Nowhere in Eli's will (pasted below) is Huntington or any land mentioned. (It should be noted that Polly wife of Eli's deceased husband Jesse owned 7 plus acres of Huntington but not nearly as much as Eli bought from Zadock and Catey Purnell.) How does land go out of the children's line and over to the brother? If this is intestate land (unmentioned in the will), then it should go to the children of Eli. Of course there is a land commission "incident" on this: Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowin" 1811. Anyone have any thoughts? Eli Bowen's will for a reminder: (checked Dryden and Keddie - both similar) Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." 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I HATE this computer! Skinner and Wright show Eli as having married Eleanor (Nellie) Jones. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 9:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Becky and others. I think we can safely say that Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah is the brother of Eli Bowen as named in his 1810 will. However, this is the strangest land transfer I have ever seen. 1. Eleanor Selby buys Huntington (wife of Jesse) 2. 5/17/1806 Huntington: Zadock Purnell, wife Catey Purnell, sold to Eli Bowen rights to Catey from mother Eleanor Bowen deceased (where Eli Bowin now lives) (Eleanor Bowen does not leave a will that I can find) 3. Feb 7 1810 Whittington Bowen and Delilah his wife sell Huntington late in the possession of Eli Bowen deceased to Stuart Williamson 1811 Land Commission estate of Elinor Bowen Nowhere in Eli's will (pasted below) is Huntington or any land mentioned. (It should be noted that Polly wife of Eli's deceased husband Jesse owned 7 plus acres of Huntington but not nearly as much as Eli bought from Zadock and Catey Purnell.) How does land go out of the children's line and over to the brother? If this is intestate land (unmentioned in the will), then it should go to the children of Eli. Of course there is a land commission "incident" on this: Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowin" 1811. Anyone have any thoughts? Eli Bowen's will for a reminder: (checked Dryden and Keddie - both similar) Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 7/16/2010 9:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Becky and others. I think we can safely say that Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah is the brother of Eli Bowen as named in his 1810 will. However, this is the strangest land transfer I have ever seen. 1. Eleanor Selby buys Huntington (wife of Jesse) 2. 5/17/1806 Huntington: Zadock Purnell, wife Catey Purnell, sold to Eli Bowen rights to Catey from mother Eleanor Bowen deceased (where Eli Bowin now lives) (Eleanor Bowen does not leave a will that I can find) 3. Feb 7 1810 Whittington Bowen and Delilah his wife sell Huntington late in the possession of Eli Bowen deceased to Stuart Williamson 1811 Land Commission estate of Elinor Bowen Nowhere in Eli's will (pasted below) is Huntington or any land mentioned. (It should be noted that Polly wife of Eli's deceased husband Jesse owned 7 plus acres of Huntington but not nearly as much as Eli bought from Zadock and Catey Purnell.) How does land go out of the children's line and over to the brother? If this is intestate land (unmentioned in the will), then it should go to the children of Eli. Of course there is a land commission "incident" on this: Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowin" 1811. Anyone have any thoughts? Eli Bowen's will for a reminder: (checked Dryden and Keddie - both similar) Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been researching a Thomas Parsons who died in Baltimore Oct 18, 1849. This Thomas Parsons was married two times. All I know is that his 2nd wife was Elizabeth Waltham who he married July 12, 1821. This Thos. Parsons was a Pvt. in the War of 1812 under Capt. William Chalmers Co. of the Maryland Militia. I am wondering if the Parsons Bible might have information on this Thomas Parsons. I wish I had more information, but I don't. Thank you so much, Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles > > Dear Listers, > > There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current > owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone > or some group that would find them useful. > > These Bibles are: > > 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in > 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. > Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible > handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near > Gumborough in 1850. > > 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating > in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries > beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. > > They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions > on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > Teresa A. Derrickson > nee Chandler > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You wants to be sure and in some way photograph or copy the cover, and the front page along with the information inside. Sounds like a real find.... Jackie Helmke [email protected] This message has been screened by Norton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hitch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Family Bibles > Teresa: > > You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury > University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally > stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not > to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for > Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were > interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that > you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John > Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. > The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our > late additions to that database! > > Mike Hitch > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 08:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles > > Dear Listers, There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving > homes. The current owners are not interested in them and would like to see > them with someone or some group that would find them useful. These Bibles > are: 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, > born in 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. > Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible > handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near Gumborough > in 1850. 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries > dating in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, > entries beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. They > are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions on > where they could find a good home would be appreciated. Thank you. Teresa > A. Derrickson nee Chandler *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUB! > SCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Teresa, It would be helpful if you are able to transcribe the entries in both Bibles & e-mail that info back to [email protected] That info could benefit many others. Thank you [email protected] Regards, Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles > > Dear Listers, > > There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current > owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone > or some group that would find them useful. > > These Bibles are: > > 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in > 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. > Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible > handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near > Gumborough in 1850. > > 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating > in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries > beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. > > They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions > on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > Teresa A. Derrickson > nee Chandler > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Everyone, I don't have anything particularly helpful to add to this discussion, but Whittington Bowen Sr (wife Lavinia Fleming)., and his daughter-in-law Rachel, who was married first to Pattey Truit are my direct ancestors via Whittington Bowen Sr.'s son James, who married Rachel Jenkins' daughter Mary via marriage to Pattey Truit. It is not surprising at all to me that there is a third Whittington Bowen. There could be more who opted to go by middle names or nicknames. Whittington Bowen Sr. was the son of William Bowen and Elizabeth Whittington (hence the given name). He had (is believed to have had) two brothers, John and William. There are many missing holes in the descendants of these three brothers, so it is very likely John and William (or both) had sons/grandsons, etc. named Whittington. In my own line, James Bowen and Mary Truitt's daughter Elizabeth Richards Bowen, who married Seth Whaley (son of Thomas & Margaret Bratton), named a son William Whittenton Bowen. On this list, in the late fall of 1999 there was an effort to try to track and sort as many of the Bowens as we could, but the effort probably covered perhaps 20 percent of them at best. I think it was Judy (then [email protected]) who consolidated the information which is at the ghotes webside, just FYI for any more recent list members: http://www.esva.net/ghotes/bowen/d0/i0020271.htm#i20271 The archives for the month of November 1999 can be found here: http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/1999-11 I can't figure out from the prior emails if any of you participating are actually Bowen descendants? My best, Janet (Baugh) Hunter -----Original Message----- From: lizdfamily <[email protected]> To: lower-delmarva-roots <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 8:20 am Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Thanks for all your help. I have all the wills from Keddie and Dryden and orphans records from Oc museum. The only books i am lacking is Dryden Wo Cty land records and those pesky marriage licenses in your book. I also have ancestry.com for the census and I am reading all the deeds online at that archives site. This will sort itself out! thanks again Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:02:20 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen Since one of the Whittington Bowen's married Delilah Selby, possibly she was the daughter of this Jesse and Ellenor? He is shown as Witty in the marriage records, and I cannot tell if he was a third Whittington or not. In the Orphans Court records there is shown a Whittington Senior, and the Whittington who married Rachel is shown as Whittington Junior at first, and then as just plain old Whittington, suggesting that perhaps the Senior one may have died (he was adult in the 1780s). So, possibly this Witty is a third one? It is easier when they said "John Doe of James". Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 4:36:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: it in 1783> In 1785 John Burbage sold to Ellenor Selby wife of Jesse Selby for £400 farm called Huntingdon of 130 acres according to the courses of a deed from Robert Cornwell, John Cornwell and Mary their mother to John Burbage of Somerset County dated 11 November 1718; this in Worcester County about three miles back from the Assateague Bay (Worc L:258). One of the two Whittington Bowens married Rachel Jenkins, daughter of John (d. 1757) and they were living in 1811. Rachel was the widow of Patey Truitt (d. 1781). One of the Whittington Bowens was the son of William Bowen and Rhoda Fassitt and he had a son Whittington Bowen which is the one I have marrying Rachel Jenkins. However, until your post, I didn't know there were two Whittington Bowens alive in 1810, so I am not sure of anything. Sometimes land commissions were held when some of the heirs claimed the land could not be divided equally or some heirs didn't want the land to be sold, so I guess that's a dispute. Sometimes it was "heired" property and there were so many heirs that if it were divided equally, each one would have so little as to be almost useless, at least for farming. Other times, a land commission was to determine boundaries which were uncertain. If you picked up a mention of a land commission from a deed, maybe there's a mention of who sued whom on the MSA site which might help enough without ordering the record and of course you will need that info to order the record if the list of who sued whom is not sufficient. I empathize with your mention of the unattached Bowens. I have a bunch of unattached ones as well. Although I descend from William Bowen (d. 1728), it is via two of his daughters, so I have not worked on the Bowen family to any great extent. Becky ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 8:08:31 PM Subject: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I just read a deed February 7, 1810 (Worcester Liber AB folio 99) whereby one Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah sells Huntington formerly possessed by Eli Bowen to Stuart Williamson. And on Plats.net they show a land commission for Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowen" 1811. Has anybody heard of this Delilah Bowen? The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783 and Jesse Jones d. 1800 (whose widow is Polly, probably wife of Eli Bowen below) owned 7 or so acres of it. The more I look at these unattached Bowens the more surprises. Who knew there was a Delilah, wife of Whittington Bowen in 1810! (note there are TWO Whittington Bowen's in the 1810 census. - one probably who has wife Rachel and the other one unknown). Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute? If I have to pay another $35 to find out what this is I will be very unhappy! Thanks all for your patience. Liz I have a will for this Eli Bowen: Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? 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I would be interested in the Parsons Bible, as I have been doing a lot of work for my neighbor who is one of them. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 8:43:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Listers, There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone or some group that would find them useful. These Bibles are: 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near Gumborough in 1850. 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. Thank you. Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Listers, There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving homes. The current owners are not interested in them and would like to see them with someone or some group that would find them useful. These Bibles are: 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, born in 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near Gumborough in 1850. 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries dating in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, entries beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. They are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions on where they could find a good home would be appreciated. Thank you. Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler

Since one of the Whittington Bowen's married Delilah Selby, possibly she was the daughter of this Jesse and Ellenor? He is shown as Witty in the marriage records, and I cannot tell if he was a third Whittington or not. In the Orphans Court records there is shown a Whittington Senior, and the Whittington who married Rachel is shown as Whittington Junior at first, and then as just plain old Whittington, suggesting that perhaps the Senior one may have died (he was adult in the 1780s). So, possibly this Witty is a third one? It is easier when they said "John Doe of James". Elizabeth In a message dated 7/16/2010 4:36:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: <The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783> In 1785 John Burbage sold to Ellenor Selby wife of Jesse Selby for £400 farm called Huntingdon of 130 acres according to the courses of a deed from Robert Cornwell, John Cornwell and Mary their mother to John Burbage of Somerset County dated 11 November 1718; this in Worcester County about three miles back from the Assateague Bay (Worc L:258). One of the two Whittington Bowens married Rachel Jenkins, daughter of John (d. 1757) and they were living in 1811. Rachel was the widow of Patey Truitt (d. 1781). One of the Whittington Bowens was the son of William Bowen and Rhoda Fassitt and he had a son Whittington Bowen which is the one I have marrying Rachel Jenkins. However, until your post, I didn't know there were two Whittington Bowens alive in 1810, so I am not sure of anything. <Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute?> Sometimes land commissions were held when some of the heirs claimed the land could not be divided equally or some heirs didn't want the land to be sold, so I guess that's a dispute. Sometimes it was "heired" property and there were so many heirs that if it were divided equally, each one would have so little as to be almost useless, at least for farming. Other times, a land commission was to determine boundaries which were uncertain. If you picked up a mention of a land commission from a deed, maybe there's a mention of who sued whom on the MSA site which might help enough without ordering the record and of course you will need that info to order the record if the list of who sued whom is not sufficient. I empathize with your mention of the unattached Bowens. I have a bunch of unattached ones as well. Although I descend from William Bowen (d. 1728), it is via two of his daughters, so I have not worked on the Bowen family to any great extent. Becky ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 8:08:31 PM Subject: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I just read a deed February 7, 1810 (Worcester Liber AB folio 99) whereby one Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah sells Huntington formerly possessed by Eli Bowen to Stuart Williamson. And on Plats.net they show a land commission for Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowen" 1811. Has anybody heard of this Delilah Bowen? The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783 and Jesse Jones d. 1800 (whose widow is Polly, probably wife of Eli Bowen below) owned 7 or so acres of it. The more I look at these unattached Bowens the more surprises. Who knew there was a Delilah, wife of Whittington Bowen in 1810! (note there are TWO Whittington Bowen's in the 1810 census. - one probably who has wife Rachel and the other one unknown). Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute? If I have to pay another $35 to find out what this is I will be very unhappy! Thanks all for your patience. Liz I have a will for this Eli Bowen: Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." 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<The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783> In 1785 John Burbage sold to Ellenor Selby wife of Jesse Selby for £400 farm called Huntingdon of 130 acres according to the courses of a deed from Robert Cornwell, John Cornwell and Mary their mother to John Burbage of Somerset County dated 11 November 1718; this in Worcester County about three miles back from the Assateague Bay (Worc L:258).   One of the two Whittington Bowens married Rachel Jenkins, daughter of John (d. 1757) and they were living in 1811.  Rachel was the widow of Patey Truitt (d. 1781).  One of the Whittington Bowens was the son of William Bowen and Rhoda Fassitt and he had a son Whittington Bowen which is the one I have marrying Rachel Jenkins.  However, until your post, I didn't know there were two Whittington Bowens alive in 1810, so I am not sure of anything.   <Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute?> Sometimes land commissions were held when some of the heirs claimed the land could not be divided equally or some heirs didn't want the land to be sold, so I guess that's a dispute.  Sometimes it was "heired" property and there were so many heirs that if it were divided equally, each one would have so little as to be almost useless, at least for farming.  Other times, a land commission was to determine boundaries which were uncertain. If you picked up a mention of a land commission from a deed, maybe there's a mention of who sued whom on the MSA site which might help enough without ordering the record and of course you will need that info to order the record if the list of who sued whom is not sufficient.   I empathize with your mention of the unattached Bowens.  I have a bunch of unattached ones as well.  Although I descend from William Bowen (d. 1728), it is via two of his daughters, so I have not worked on the Bowen family to any great extent.   Becky   ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 8:08:31 PM Subject: [LDR] land tract Huntington DELIAH Bowen I just read a deed February 7,  1810 (Worcester Liber AB folio 99) whereby one Whittington Bowen with wife Delilah sells Huntington formerly possessed by Eli Bowen to Stuart Williamson.  And on Plats.net they show a land commission for Huntington "estate of Nelly Bowen" 1811.  Has anybody heard of this Delilah Bowen?  The only thing I know about Huntington is that John Burbage owned most of it in 1783 and Jesse Jones d. 1800 (whose widow is Polly, probably wife of Eli Bowen below) owned 7 or so acres of it.  The more I look at these unattached Bowens the more surprises.  Who knew there was a Delilah, wife of Whittington Bowen in 1810!  (note there are TWO Whittington Bowen's in the 1810 census. - one probably who has wife Rachel and the other one unknown).  Doesn't a land commission mean that there is a dispute?  If I have to pay another $35 to find out what this is I will be very unhappy!  Thanks all for your patience.  Liz I have a will for this Eli Bowen: Eli Bowen 12 January 1810 To wife Polly Bowen - livestock, wheat, flax spinning wheel, cradle To daughter Polly Bowen - two beds, livestock, Negro girl, looking glass, note on Schoolfield Bradford To son Selby - bed, desk, two chests, Negro boy Isaac, all the chairs, plow To brothers George and Whittington Bowen - heifer, ox cart, cross cut saw, hand saw, ax, wedge Executor: William Jones "to keep the property belonging to my son Selby in his hands until he arrives to age and that he bind him out to a trade when he is nine years old and to be bound untill he is eighteen years old, a shoe maker trade." Witness: Stuart Williamson, Josiah Collins, Bowdoin Hammond 19 January 1810 Then came *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message