Just a note. ref. About.com-Cyrus McCormick Was from Virginia and invented his reaper in 1831 and was mass manufacturering them in Chicago in 1847. Jay Thompson ----- Original Message ---- From: Nancy and Dave Lindroth <nlindroth@wctel.net> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:11:14 PM Subject: [LDR] Wheat or Tobacco Ref difficulty in growing wheat..... Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:16:25 +0000 From: mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Sale of Part of Bacon Quarter / Wheat or Tobacco? I attended a Seminar a number of years ago where a speaker on migration spoke about the wheat in the midwest. The wheat in the midwest may have been an entirely different crop from that on the eastern shore. Many soil and weather differences. The sod in the mid west was very difficult to penetrate, thus the term sod busters. The beer industry developed in the midwest because the German's brought in "Black Wheat" which grew well in the mid west. I hope I have remembered all of this correctly. You may want to check with Extension Offices in each state for verification. Of course wheat harvesting changed dramatically after Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in the late 1800s, which is out of your time frame. Nancy, Augusta, GA *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Freda... In your TURNER research, have you come across a Louisa TURNER, who married a Wm. STUART of Sussex Co., DE? Regards, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Daniel" <ftdan2@sbcglobal.net> To: "Lower-Delmarva-Roots" <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] Judith Smith & Wm Sharpe Judith Smith and William Sharpe moved to Meriwether Co, GA. There he served as a Methodist minister. His obit was in the Southern Christian Advocate. I have done quite a bit of research in MD and think I have the Smiths, Turners, and Cox families straight or as straight as possible. Freda Daniel *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.9/1900 - Release Date: 1/18/2009 12:11 PM

Mike Hilton .... RE 1626 acres and "growing wheat". This is not intended to sound "know it all", but as a native and former resident of the Great Plains of the US (i.e. Wheat country) I can comment that one farmer or one farmer and five sons would find it very hard work (because of the nature of wheat growing and the fact that they employed only hand tools in the time period you are referencing) to plant, and especially harvest, 100 acres of wheat (let along 1626, which would not have been possible w/o a VERY large labor force). While pontificating, this further....wheat has a more limited time period for cutting and threshing. It cannot be left in the field (the stalks would shortly lose strength and the whole crop would soon be flat on the ground) as corn was sometimes handled, back in the days of hand shucking the ear from the stalk. :-) :-) Joe Lake Thanks for the information, John about the Patented Certificates of resurvey, I know that one of the tracts absorbed into Bacon Quarter was called Deficiency, and 1626 Acres is quite a large amount of land from my viewpoint. Do you know if George Smith Sr. was growing either Tobacco or Wheat on that large of an acreage? Originally, I had no idea that he owned that much land, I thought he had just a couple of hundred acres and was perhaps a small or middling planter as such. It would be interesting if there was a surviving archive of Smith family papers or other family papers and letters from the mid to late 1700s. Do they have many surviving family archives from that time period in Delmarva that you are aware of? I've got a copy of the Nelms Store Accounts and found them to be quite interesting. Thanks, Mike > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:48:05 -0500> From: Johnlyon0@cs.com> To: > lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Sale of Part of Bacon Quarter > back to Jonathon Parsons> > mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com> wrote:> > >> >Bacon > Quarter was originally 200 Acres but must have been increased considerably by > George Smith Sr. as he sells in Liber I: 405-406, to Elisha Parker 435 Acres of > land part of Bacon Quarter containing 1626 Acres of Land... <snip>> > ___________> > > See> Worcester Patented Certificate # 235, the 1765 resurvey for 596 acres for > George Smith> and > Worcester Patented Certificate # 237, the 1771 resurvey for > 1626 acres for George Smith.> > For this last resurvey, the following deeds appear > before the Revolution:> > Wo Deeds I:118. 05 Aug 1772 (100 ac) from George Smith, > Sr. to George Smith (blacksmith)> Wo Deeds I:397. 05 Apr 1774 (342 ac) from George > Smith, Sr. to Jacob Parker> Wo Deeds I:398. 05 Apr 1774 (365 ac in three parts) > from George Smith, Sr. to son Levin Smith> Wo Deeds I:399. 05 Apr 1774 (112 ac) > from George Smith, Sr. to Solomon Smith> Wo Deeds I:400. 05 Apr 1774 (22 ac) from > George Smith, Sr. to Solomon Smith> Wo Deeds I:405. 05 Apr 1774 (435 ac) from > George Smith to Elisha Parker (miller)> Wo Deeds I:625. 10 Jul 1775 (200 ac) from > George Smith, Sr. to George Smith, Jr.> > John> > > ***************************************> 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 > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Judith Smith and William Sharpe moved to Meriwether Co, GA.  There he served as a Methodist minister.  His obit was in the Southern Christian Advocate.   I have done quite a bit of research in MD and think I have the Smiths, Turners, and Cox families straight or as straight as possible.   Freda Daniel

Mike,   I had not heard Mary might be a Duncan.  It has been suggested to me before that she could be a Shockley.  Notice the mention of Elijah Shockley deed of George Smith.    Freda Daniel

Russell,   I have seen on the Internet that your Nancy C. was the d/o Archibald and Mary of Hancock Co, GA.  This seems unlikely because she is not named in his will.  He was b 31 Mar 1736.   Mike,   After my post I realized we had been in contact before and you had helped me with the MD Smiths.   Thanks again,   Freda

"Jackie Helmke" <jhelmke@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >   Can anyone direct me as to how to find the location of these tracts of >lands mentioned in Archibald Smith's Will- Begrrove or Belgrove; Timber >Hill; the Iron Works in MD; the land previously owned by James Barrs. _______________ BANGRAVE or BANGROVE was located in now-Worcester, east of Snow Hill, about 1.5 miles from the west side of Chincoteague Bay. The Iron Works referred to (there are several properties which all belonged to this little industrial enterprise) are a little harder to place precisely, but were on branches out of Deep Creek in central Sussex. This was roughly along Tindall’s Creek about 4 miles east of Deep Creek’s mouth on the Nanticoke River. The other properties I can’t help on. John P.S. Good grief. That's all the questions I'm gonna answer today. I've exceeded quota.

mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com> wrote: > >Bacon Quarter was originally 200 Acres but must have been increased considerably by George Smith Sr. as he sells in Liber I: 405-406, to Elisha Parker 435 Acres of land part of Bacon Quarter containing 1626 Acres of Land... <snip> ___________ See Worcester Patented Certificate # 235, the 1765 resurvey for 596 acres for George Smith and Worcester Patented Certificate # 237, the 1771 resurvey for 1626 acres for George Smith. For this last resurvey, the following deeds appear before the Revolution: Wo Deeds I:118. 05 Aug 1772 (100 ac) from George Smith, Sr. to George Smith (blacksmith) Wo Deeds I:397. 05 Apr 1774 (342 ac) from George Smith, Sr. to Jacob Parker Wo Deeds I:398. 05 Apr 1774 (365 ac in three parts) from George Smith, Sr. to son Levin Smith Wo Deeds I:399. 05 Apr 1774 (112 ac) from George Smith, Sr. to Solomon Smith Wo Deeds I:400. 05 Apr 1774 (22 ac) from George Smith, Sr. to Solomon Smith Wo Deeds I:405. 05 Apr 1774 (435 ac) from George Smith to Elisha Parker (miller) Wo Deeds I:625. 10 Jul 1775 (200 ac) from George Smith, Sr. to George Smith, Jr. John

Howard Hitch <hhhitch@yahoo.com> wrote: >John or Mike, >I would appreciate any help. >I am trying to find out how I can locate exactly where >a piece of land called Carters Lott might be so I >could visit with some of the Timmons family.  It was >sold to Wm Timmons in 1686 and is located in old >Somerset and was near or in what was known as >Bognernorton which I think was Snow Hill. >The Land Records show a George Carter as Grantor and >Wm Trimmings(Timmons) as Grantee.  <snip> ________________________ This was not in Bogerternorton Hundred, but in Pocomoke Hundred, just above the Virginia border. It was bounded on the south by Wagram Creek (then called Prices Creek). Its southern boundary was centered at about 38/00/12N and 75/33/42W. It was about 1070 ft wide (East-West) and 1.67 miles long (North-South). Early deeds I have up to the Timmons’ extinction of interest in 1752 were: So Deeds MA:878. 20 Nov 1687 from George Carter et ux. Mary Carter to William Timmons [Timings] So Deeds CD:067. 11 Jun 1707 (100 ac) from William Timmons to John Timmons So Deeds EF:173. 01 Sep 1718 (100 ac) from William Timmons (planter) to Abraham Lamberson (planter) So Deeds MF:057. 10 Apr 1738 (100 ac) from Elias Lamberson (cooper) to Samuel Lamberson (planter) [where Elias now lives, reserving life use] So Deeds MF:097. 04 May 1739 (100 ac) from Elias Lamberson to Alexander Buncle (merchant) [mortgage] So Deeds MF:287. 18 Mar 1741 (NS) (74 ac) from Elias Lamberson et ux. Sarah Lamberson and Alexander Buncle to Robert Lindall Wo Deeds A:291. 05 Mar 1745 (NS) (74 ac) from Robert Lindall [Lindol] (planter) to Samuel Brittingham [cites apple orchard "where Lamberson lives"] Wo Deeds ___. 24 Jun 1749 (100 ac) from Aaron Lynn to Robert Swan Wo Deeds B:522. 09 Nov 1752 (50 ac) John Timmons (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Littleton Dennis Wo Deeds B:523. 09 Nov 1752 (25 ac) from John Timmons (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Samuel Brittingham Wo Deeds B:526. 09 Nov 1752 (25 ac) from John Timmmons (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Welbourn Ramsey

"marjorie adams" <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: >Where in Worcester was the tract  Truitt's Choice? > >Was it vacant until 1747 or part of another tract? > > plats.net has 250A patented 1746 by George Truitt  with certificate in the >name of Benjamin Aydelott , assigned to George Truitt . Then 1747 as patent ># 2559 under Benjamin Aydelott. > ____________ This TRUITTS CHOICE was located about 2 miles west and a bit south of Berlin. Its northern vertex was at about the intersection of Cedar Lane and Evans Road, and it extended south from there about 3/4 mile, roughly an equilateral triangle. What confuses you is that the Certificate 2559 indexing form (image 1 at plats.net) misconstrues the grantee as Benjamin Aydelotte. It was, in fact, patented on 23 May 1747 to George Truitt (son of Job), which is faintly recorded on image 2 in the legend at the lower right, and supported by the assignment made (at the top of the same image) from Aydelotte to Truitt on 16 Jul 1707, two days after the survey was made for Aydelotte. The party creating the file index sometime around 1900 just missed this. It’s one of many kinds of indexing errors in this series. There is still something very fishy here. I think the assignment is a phony, created in 1747 to expedite Truitt’s claim to rights. The reasoning is that this tract appears in the LW&T of Job Truitt. See MD Wills 20:060, made 10 Mar 1729/30, proved 01 Apr 1730. Job granted this, his dwelling plantation, to his son George. Aydelotte may, in fact, have assigned the tract in 1707 to Job, but the paperwork may have gone missing. The surveyor drawing up the certificate rights may have simply re-created the supposed assignment, but incorrectly specifying George - not his father - as the recipient. George may not even have been born in 1707, for all I know. Anyway, that’s what I think is the simple explanation. The rest, as they say, is history. John

My inclination is to believe that Capt./Col. John Henry actually moved to Dorchester in the late 1750s, when he probably settled on WESTON (though I haven’t checked Dorchester Deeds for his purchase date). In 1760 he held warrants in Dorchester which he applied to HENRYS ADDITION TO WESTON, surveyed for him on 29 Apr 1761 (see Dorchester Patented Certificate 1440), adjoining his part of WESTON. His Dorchester homesite was precisely pointed out from across the River in now-Wicomico in one 1769 Somerset survey: see Somerset Patented Certificate 1042, GREENFIELD, for Henry Steele of Dorchester, which describes its first bounder as “a cedar post on the east side of Nanticoke River, in the marsh near the side of the River, opposite the door of Col. John Henry's dwelling house”. This very site can be seen on the 1877 Eastern Shore atlas map of Drawbridge District in Dorchester, labled as “F[rancis] J[enkins] Henry’s” residence. John Henry had been Surveyor of Worcester from its creation in 1742 until at least1755, but there are a few surveys recorded for him up until 1760 - maybe just late filings. I therefore suspect that his son’s biographer was a little imprecise, and that Governor John was actually born in Worcester, where his dad was still busy. As to where Capt. John Henry lived in Worcester, it’s probably precisely discoverable by careful sifting of the various properties he owned. But it’s a messy question without deep digging. In 1734 John Henry was taxed on 100 ac of PHARSALIA, near Spring Hill in now-Wicomico, which had been in his father’s hands. Another inclination might be REHOBOTH on the Pocomoke, where his mother had lived. But he made big acquisitions elsewhere, and my next (and perhaps best) guess for his ultimate dwelling land would be the 1793 acre plantation SECURITY (Somerset Patented Certificate 2122), patented for him in 1744 over in Worcester, “on the SW side of St. Martins River, at the head of Duck Creek out of the River”. This one seems right for the landed gentry, and his brother Robert Jenkins Henry relinquished his interest in it to him by Wo Deeds C:204, in 1754. John "Miller's Choice" <milchoice@yahoo.com> wrote: >Sorry, Marjorie; I have no idea where he lived.  He owned quite a bit of land per his will: > >John Henry made his will 21 April 1781, devising to son John tract Henrys Addition to Western, Cow Quarter and Marsh Meadow; to son Francis Jenkins Henry lands in Worcester County; to son Rider Henry tract Spring Hill, tract Gillys Delight and lands in Dorchester County, Pasture Neck where Benjamin and Joseph Cox live, Henrys Addition to Pasture Neck, two lots in Vienna Town, Lots 6 and 35; to son Robert Henry tract Riders Forest, and tract lying on Chickason in Indian Town, 450 acres of Harwell, Holly Swamp, Hog Range, Addition to Holly Swamp, Security, Greens Lott purchased of John Cope; five daughters Charlotte Winder, Kiturah Henry, Dolly Henry, Nancy Henry, Sarah Henry; to Esther Mahoon who has long lived in my family; a cypress swamp called Second Choice to the sons of David Johnson who surveyed it with me; friends Henry Steele, James Morris, Charles Morris to advise family (EB1:147). >  >  According to a biography of Gov. John Henry, son of Capt/Col. John Henry, he was born in 1750 at Weston on the Nanticoke River in Dorchester County, so his father evidently had removed from Somerset/Worcester by then. >  >Surely someone on the list is related to this political family and may be able to answer the question. >  >Becky M >on the frozen Manokin > >________________________________ >From: marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> >To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:54:35 PM >Subject: Re: [LDR] Capt John Henry > >Thanks Becky, >Do you known where he lived in Somerset/Worcester? > > > >*************************************** >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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

"Barb Holmes" <bholmes@austin.rr.com> wrote: > >Thanks John, for leading me in the right direction. > >As I looked further on the site I found the 1685 Rent Roll with Conveyances >attached: >Peter Parsons: Spittlefield, 200 Ac part of Goddards Folly (800 Ac), from >Richard Stevens ___________ Yes, indeed. The entry at So Deeds MA:778 does, in fact, specify the 200 acres of GODDARDS FOLLY sold by the Stevens to Peter Parsons as SPITTLEFIELDS, about 3 pages into this wordy deed. Science marches on. My database is accordingly updated. John

John this was incredible. I plan on a trip next Wed with my GPS to see the area and to swing by McNabb to further investigate the possible Quaker connection. I totally appreciate the help. --- Johnlyon0@cs.com wrote: > Howard Hitch <hhhitch@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >John or Mike, > >I would appreciate any help. > >I am trying to find out how I can locate exactly > where > >a piece of land called Carters Lott might be so I > >could visit with some of the Timmons family.  It > was > >sold to Wm Timmons in 1686 and is located in old > >Somerset and was near or in what was known as > >Bognernorton which I think was Snow Hill. > >The Land Records show a George Carter as Grantor > and > >Wm Trimmings(Timmons) as Grantee.  <snip> > > ________________________ > > This was not in Bogerternorton Hundred, but in > Pocomoke Hundred, just above the Virginia border. > It was bounded on the south by Wagram Creek (then > called Prices Creek). Its southern boundary was > centered at about 38/00/12N and 75/33/42W. It was > about 1070 ft wide (East-West) and 1.67 miles long > (North-South). > > Early deeds I have up to the Timmons’ extinction > of interest in 1752 were: > > So Deeds MA:878. 20 Nov 1687 from George Carter et > ux. Mary Carter to William Timmons [Timings] > So Deeds CD:067. 11 Jun 1707 (100 ac) from William > Timmons to John Timmons > So Deeds EF:173. 01 Sep 1718 (100 ac) from William > Timmons (planter) to Abraham Lamberson (planter) > So Deeds MF:057. 10 Apr 1738 (100 ac) from Elias > Lamberson (cooper) to Samuel Lamberson (planter) > [where Elias now lives, reserving life use] > So Deeds MF:097. 04 May 1739 (100 ac) from Elias > Lamberson to Alexander Buncle (merchant) [mortgage] > So Deeds MF:287. 18 Mar 1741 (NS) (74 ac) from Elias > Lamberson et ux. Sarah Lamberson and Alexander > Buncle to Robert Lindall > Wo Deeds A:291. 05 Mar 1745 (NS) (74 ac) from Robert > Lindall [Lindol] (planter) to Samuel Brittingham > [cites apple orchard "where Lamberson lives"] > Wo Deeds ___. 24 Jun 1749 (100 ac) from Aaron Lynn > to Robert Swan > Wo Deeds B:522. 09 Nov 1752 (50 ac) John Timmons > (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Littleton Dennis > Wo Deeds B:523. 09 Nov 1752 (25 ac) from John > Timmons (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Samuel Brittingham > Wo Deeds B:526. 09 Nov 1752 (25 ac) from John > Timmmons (ux. Sarah Timmons) to Welbourn Ramsey > > > *************************************** > 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message

Bacon Quarter was originally 200 Acres but must have been increased considerably by George Smith Sr. as he sells in Liber I: 405-406, to Elisha Parker 435 Acres of land part of Bacon Quarter containing 1626 Acres of Land... This sale is from George Smith Jr. Blacksmith to Jonathon Parsons & Elijah Shockley {Abstracted} Worcestor County, Maryland Deeds N:60-61 George Smith [Blacksmith] to Jonathon Parsons & Elijah Shockley This Indenture made this 29th day of August 1789 between George Smith [Black Smith] of Somerset County and State of Maryland of the one part, and Jonathon Parsons & Elijah Shockley both of Worcestor County and State aforsaid of the other part. Witneseth that the said George Smith [Black Smith] for and in consideration of 150 pounds doth give grant bargain and sell, unto the said Jonathon Parsons and Elijah Shockley all that part pr parcel of a tract of land called Bacon Quarter which is situate lying and being in Worcestor County and is bounded and limited as followeth: Beginning at a Marked White Oak being the first boundary of the said tract standing on the Northside of Friends Denial Branch and from thence East 160 Poles North 34 Poles across the Mill Pond ruto the fence by a Grape Tree thence North 54 Degrees West 12 Poles, ect..... to a marked Mulberry Tree stading in the mouth of a small of a lane a small distance Northwesterly from where there formerly stood a Black Smith's shop at the Northwest end of a Sawmill Dam, which is now in the possession of Jonathon Parsons and Elijah Shockley from thence with a right line drawn to the first beginning containing and laid out for 27 Acres of Land. In Testimony whereof the said George Smith hath hereunto interchangeably his hand set and affixed his seal and the day and year first above written. George Smith B.S. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us John T. Mitchell Purnell Johnson October the 6th day 1789 then was delivered to me the subscriber the foregoing deed in order to be enrolled among the records of Worcestor County which said deed together with the acknowledgment... are accordinly recorded among the same Records viz. Liber N folio 60 & 61. Sam R. Morris Clk. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009

LDRooters, I've pasted below my transcription of the marriage bond between Googe [George] BENSTON [BENSON?] and Elisabeth [Elizabeth] FREEMAN, dated January 16, 1822. I transcribed the record from a collection entitled "Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912" provided by Ancestry.com. The underlying record is marked as Marriage Records, Vol. 41, p. 221. The Genealogy Trails website, genealogytrails.com/del/sussex/sussexmarriages-B.html, carries an index listing for what seems to be the same bond under the heading, "Sussex County, Delaware Marriages 1645-1899, FHL Film Number 0006416-0006422" (submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer). In the transcription, I've designated the handwritten entries on the bond form as **XX** (with XX as the handwritten entry). Bear in mind that what one sees in handwriting is in the eye of the beholder. Another reviewer might read the entries differently. I've marked one word that I think might be "and" in brackets, with a question mark, because I am less certain of my interpretation. The form includes a couple of "ink blots" - I've shown what I think I see underneath the blots as ^^XX^^ (with XX as what I think I see underneath the ink blots). At least one of the two ink blots appears to be intentional, blotting out "three" in the year 1823, with "two" written immediately afterwards. I'm not sure if the other blot is intentional, or simply a blot. The apparent change of the bond's date from January 16, 1823 to January 16, 1822 raises some questions. The bond was made out to "Calob Radney," as "Governor and Commander in chief of the State of Delaware." This would be Governor Caleb RODNEY. According to Russell Pickett's "Delaware Governors" website, Caleb Rodney assumed the governor's office on April 23, 1822 upon the death of Governor John COLLINS, and served until January 21, 1823. www.russpickett.com/history/delgov2.htm#crod2. Thus, Caleb Rodney was not yet governor on the "corrected date" of January 16, 1822 shown on the bond, but was (barely still so) governor on January 16, 1823 - the bond's "original date." I imagine various ideas could be considered to explain the two dates, and various methods explored to determine which date, if either, might be the bond's "correct" date. Caleb Rodney was Delaware's 24th governor. He was born in Lewes and was a merchant in private life. The Delaware Governors website indicates that Governor Rodney was a Federalist and an Episcopalian. He was the brother of Daniel Rodney who was Delaware's 20th governor, a relative of Caesar Rodney who was Delaware's 4th governor, and an uncle to Congressman George Brydges Rodney. Caleb Rodney married Elizabeth WEST. According to Pickett, the family names of Caleb and Elizabeth's sons-in-law include LYONS, HALL, LAYTON, and LANDRETH. The transcription follows. I would love feedback from anyone tracking any of the possible lines here. [I have Delaware Benson and Freeman ancestors.] Dave Kearney _______________ Know all Men by these Presents, That we, **Googe Benston and William Benston of Sussex county and state of Delaware** are firmly held and bound unto **Calob Radney** Governor and Commander in chief of the State of Delaware, in the sum of **five** hundred pounds, good and lawful money of America, to be paid to the said **Calob Radney** Esq. or his successors; to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated the **sixteenth** day of **January [and?]** in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-^^three^^ two The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if there shall not hereafter appear any lawful let or impediment, by reason of any pre-contract, consanguinity, affinity, or any other just cause whatsoever, but that the above mentioned **googe Benston and Elisabeth Freeman of the same place** may lawfully marry; and that there is not any suit depending before any judge, ecclesiastical or civil, for or concerning any such pre-contract; and also if the said parties, and each of them are of the ages following; to wit: female of eighteen, and male of twenty-one years; and are not under the tuition of his or her parents, or have the full consent of his ^^or her^^ parents or guardians respectively, to the said marriage, and if they or either of them are not indented servants; and do and shall save harmless and keep indemnified the above named **Calob Radney** Esq. and his successors, for and concerning the premises; and shall likewise save harmless and keep indemnified the clergyman or minister who shall join the said parties in matrimony, for or by reason of his so doing . then this obligation to be void, or else to stand and remain in full force and virtue. **Googe Benston** [sealed] **William Benston** [sealed] Sealed and delivered In the presence of: **William Freeman** **James Freeman**

From: jmh963@hotmail.comTo: jmh963@hotmail.comSubject: FW: Archibald Smith of GeorgiaDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:30:36 +0000 From: jmh963@hotmail.comTo: russellhenderson@aol.comSubject: RE: Archibald Smith of GeorgiaDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:03:27 +0000 Hi Russell, Do you have any approximate dates for the Archibald Smith in Telfair Count, Georgia.You will find Archibald Smith Sr. & Jr. in Hancock Co. Georgia, actually they came from Worcestor County, Maryland probably sometime in 1787 to Washington Co. Georgia, Hancock Co. Georgia was carved out of Washington Co. Ga in the early 1790s. Archibald Smith Sr. [1736-1799] was the son of George Smith Sr. [Ca. 1708-1775] & Judith Turner [Ca. 1710-After 1761?]. He named several children in his Will in Hancock Co. Georgia, my ancestor his son Archibald Smith Jr. [ca. 1765-1824] and his wife Elizabeth Vaughan [1770-After 1838] left Hancock Co. Georgia about 1809 for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, where he lived for several years until moving to St. Landry Parish, Louisiana and from there in about 1824 he moved to Texas with Elizabeth Vaughan and his youngest children, the four oldest children staying in Louisiana. It is possible that your Archibald Smith was the son of George W. Smith {ca. 1770-? ]who was one of the brothers of Archibald Smith Jr. or of one of his other brothers. How far is Telfair County, Georgia from Hancock Co. Georgia? Hope this helps give you some clues.Mike Hilton From: RussellHenderson@aol.comDate: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:46:44 -0500Subject: Archibald Smith of GeorgiaTo: jmh963@hotmail.com You recently posted the information below on LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. My ancient ancestors were Henderson and McKendrick in Scotland (depending on whether they were recorded in English or Gaelic records). Several males married Smiths. Of particular interest to me is the wife (and ancestry) of my 3rd ggf, Randall Henderson (b. 1769 Argyll, Scotland - d.1807 Tattnall County, Georgia). She, Nancy C. Smith, was born possibly around 1769 and died in 1861 in Clinch County, Georgia. There is a multi-volume series of books regarding early settlers of Georgia: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia," by Folks Huxford and after his death by the Huxford Genealogical Society. The scholarship of Judge Huxford has proved to be very reliable. In writing of my ancestor Nancy Henderson in "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia Volume VII", by page 185-186 her brother is referred to as " ...Archibald Smith, an early and prominent citizen of Telfair County ... ". That has been my one clue over the years trying to find which of the many Archibald Smiths is this one and from that, who are the parents of Archibald and Nancy. I've got a lot of Archibald Smiths who it could be, but nothing definitive. Your entry seems to show that you know enough about that Archibald Smith that you know when he was born. Perhaps you know more and perhaps you can help me break through the brick wall of "Who are the parents of Nancy C. Smith with brother Archibald of Georgia?" Thanks for any help, Russell HendersonGainesville, FloridaHere is a transcript of a Power of Attorney from Archibald Smith [1736-1799] of Georgia {Hancock County} to sell part of Bacon Quarter. This Power of Attorney concerns a two tracts, containing 137 Acres that formed part of Bacon Quarter which he had previously sold. Immediately following this power of attorney is a quitclaim deed followed by another quitclaim deed to this land.WORCESTOR COUNTY MARYLAND DEEDS R: 138-139 ARCHIBALD SMITH OF GEORGIA TO GEORGE JAMES & JOHN MADDEXKnow all men by these presents that I Archibald Smith late of Worcestor County but now of the State of Georgia do hereby ordain constitute and appoint George Jones and John Maddex or either of them of Somerset County of the said State of Maryland my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me and in my __- and stead and in my bane to do and Execute and act or acts deed or deeds to transfer make over and confirm unto John Anderson or his assigns forever all and every the tracts or parcels of land being part of Bacon Quarter situate lying and being in Worcestor County aforsaid contained and limited by the bounds causes and customs folowing that is to say:Beginning for one tract at the end of the 81st and the beginning of the 82nd line of the whole tract it being a corner line of Solomon Smith's part of the said tract called Bacon Quarter and running thence south 57 Degrees west 12 Perches South 15 West 112 perches South 60 West 16 perches south __ East 10 perches South 50 West 20 perches South 88 __- 18 perches south 74 west 26 perches North 18 perches South 79 East 34 1/2 perches hence to the beginning containing 84 Acres more or less.And beginning for one other tract or parcel of land at the first boundary of a tract of land called Myrtle Grove and running thence South 20 Degrees East 8 perches South 2 Degrees 15 Minutes West 66 perches South 16 Degrees 44 Minutes East 14 Perches South 73 Degrees 30 Minutes East 62 perches North 50 Degrees East 46 perches South 14 East 2_ perches south 50 West 34 perches North 73 Degrees West 87 perches North 45 Perches North 65 West 110 perches North 39 West 52 Perches North 28 East 6 perches South 89 East 83 perches North 18 perches thence wsith a straight line to the beginning containing 53 Acres more or less.Hereby ratifying and confirming every act and acts deed and deeds which shall or may be done by said attorneys or either of them on the premises for the above purposes hereby declaring the same to be good and effective in Law and Equity as aforsaid was present and did them myself.In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of May in the year 1795.Archable SmithSigned sealed and delivered in presence ofThomas HearneJohn ParkerWorcestor County } To with John Parker came this day before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of ALmight God that he is a subscribing witness to the within Instrument of writing and that he saw the within named Archibald Smith sign and seal the same and also that he saw Thomas Hearne the other witness sign the same as a witness at the same time.Swirbn before me this 6th day of May 1796.Boaz WalstonMarch the 29th Day Anno Dominio 1796 then were delivered unto me the subscriber the foregoing power of attorney in order to be enrolled among the records of Worcestor County which said Power of Attorney together with the Probate thereof endorsed and accordingly recorded among the same Records in Lib R folio 136 & 137.John C. HandyNote: These pages are numbered 138 & 139 on the copy I made from Mdlandrec.netMike Hilton A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. See how it works. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009

Thanks for the infrormation John about the name Levin. I was curious because I have not run across that name previously and thought it might have been a name particular to the Delmarva Region. Most of my ancestors that settled on the Eastern Seaboard settled in the area between North Carolina and Maryland in the 1600s-1700s with some Dutch ancestors settling in New Amsterdam & Fort Orange and then moving south as well as my share of Pennsylvannia Germans and French settles in Louisiana. Thanks, Mike> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:10:46 -0500> From: Johnlyon0@cs.com> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] The Name LEVIN> > mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com> wrote:> > >I've noticed in the Delmarva Region that the name Levin, has been used since the early 1700s and was wondering with whom the name Levin originated? There is a Levin Vaughan, Levin Smith, Levin Gale, Levin Dashiell, & others in the 1700s and 1800s and was wondering if anyone had any ideas about the name Levin and its use in the Delmarva peninsula.> > __________> > It's an old Hebrew name, akin to Levi and thus "Biblical". Surely the earliest Levin on Delmarva was the Quaker Levin Denwood of Accomack and Northampton (b. 1603, per Torrence), whose son Levin came to Monie in Somerset ca 1665 with other Quaker exiles from VA, inspiring in-family namings of Levin Covington, Levin Gale, etc. It appears in many, many Somerset famiiies.> > I have Levins in my ancestry in colonial New York and New England, too. It's not that rare. Not like Affradozy and Zorobabel, which are pearls of great price.> > John> ***************************************> 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009

When I lived in Japan, my Japanese maid told me that she would not be coming to work for me the next week because she had to go to Yokohama for "Erection Day". Not knowing what to say and a little embarrassed, I asked her what she did on "Erection Day". She looked very unconcerned and said. "Vote". Nancy -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Florence LaDene Leader Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:06 PM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day Betty this is good we all need a laugh  from time to time Thanks Flo  --- On Thu, 1/15/09, bettyandrayterry@aol.com <bettyandrayterry@aol.com> wrote: From: bettyandrayterry@aol.com <bettyandrayterry@aol.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 11:52 PM Well --as long as we're digressing in a humorous vein--imagine the double-take I did when a Japanese friend mentioned that his Honda got into this country with "headrights"--! Right.? Rots of ruck! -----Original Message----- From: Bob Nichol <bnichol@iname.com> To: Ruth <elmag@netamumail.com>; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45 am Subject: Re: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day Well --as long as we're digressing in a humorous vein--imagine the double-take I did when a Japanese friend mentioned that his Honda got into this country with "headrights"--! ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth To: LoWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:02 -0600 Genea laugh for the day (also known as What were his parents thinking???) Hope this guy didn't go into Personnel Services! Person Freezer m. Jane King 7-7-1834 Gallia Oh, according to extracted records. (Too good to pass by unnoticed!) Ruth *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM

Betty this is good we all need a laugh  from time to time Thanks Flo  --- On Thu, 1/15/09, bettyandrayterry@aol.com <bettyandrayterry@aol.com> wrote: From: bettyandrayterry@aol.com <bettyandrayterry@aol.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 11:52 PM Well --as long as we're digressing in a humorous vein--imagine the double-take I did when a Japanese friend mentioned that his Honda got into this country with "headrights"--! Right.? Rots of ruck! -----Original Message----- From: Bob Nichol <bnichol@iname.com> To: Ruth <elmag@netamumail.com>; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45 am Subject: Re: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day Well --as long as we're digressing in a humorous vein--imagine the double-take I did when a Japanese friend mentioned that his Honda got into this country with "headrights"--! ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth To: LoWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDR] Genea Laugh for the day Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:02 -0600 Genea laugh for the day (also known as What were his parents thinking???) Hope this guy didn't go into Personnel Services! Person Freezer m. Jane King 7-7-1834 Gallia Oh, according to extracted records. (Too good to pass by unnoticed!) Ruth *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com *************************************** 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John or Mike, I would appreciate any help. I am trying to find out how I can locate exactly where a piece of land called Carters Lott might be so I could visit with some of the Timmons family. It was sold to Wm Timmons in 1686 and is located in old Somerset and was near or in what was known as Bognernorton which I think was Snow Hill. The Land Records show a George Carter as Grantor and Wm Trimmings(Timmons) as Grantee. Later, Wm Timmons widow split it between two sons and in 1723 they sold it. I have also found some references to Bognernorton as a Quaker area. Wm and Priscilla came to Somerset in 1880 and appear to have been indentured briefly. I know someone has a copy of a map which shows the relative location of some of the early land holdings in Somerset. Again, I would appreciate any help.