Ha--I have a line like that on my maternal grandmother's side: Her father was a doctor on the way to an appointment and his buggy stalled on train tracks and he was hit and killed by the train (in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). His father had been shot in cold blood on the streets of Dublin by a Sinn Feiner. His son (my grandmother's brother) opened a door in a hotel in Montana and stepped in--unfortunately, it was a broken elevator and he fell three floors to his death. My Sussex County ancestors seem to have taken better care of themselves! Andrew H. In a message dated 2/7/2014 3:37:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, elaine@sunde3.com writes: I have several files for Priscilla Fook(e)s but all earlier than your people. So can't contribute to your discussion. I can't help but notice, though, the amazing range of things that happened to people in this family line. Within my direct line I have Fooks who died in hotel fires and run-away buggies. Another was hit by a train. There was even one who, sitting on a chair in the kitchen, took a shot at a 'varmint' out the window; the bullet bounced back, hit and killed him. I have Fookes in prison, insane asylums, and one who played the piano in a bordello. Can something 'uncanny' run in family lines?????????? Elaine -----Original Message----- From: mithry@comcast.net Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Subject: FOOKS, Sussex Co., DE 1862 Ida I would very much appreciate any thing you can send me. You have confirmed some of my suspicions. My research also shows that Henry and Sarah were 1st cousins - does this fit your information? I am assuming that the paralysis was a result of the gun shot wound Sarah Priscilla received when she was 16. Her aunt Priscilla W. FOOKS shot Sarah Priscilla and then herself. Priscilla W. died 5 days later. My husband is descended from Sarah Priscilla's aunt, also Priscilla W.'s sister, Sarah (Sally) FOOKS James Jones. Thank you for all your assistance. I am willing to share all that I have. LeeAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Olroyd" <idamay@mtco.com> To: LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 12:57:14 PM Subject: [LDR] Subject: FOOKS, Sussex Co., DE 1862 Lee Ann (mithry@comcast.net) Henry Washington Cottingham married Sarah Priscilla Bacon 26 April 1864 in Philadelphia. He died 7 July 1898 in Philadelphia of LaGrippe and hepatitis, but she died 5 August 1898 in a hospital for the insane in Norristown, Pennsylvania of paresis which I imagine was paralysis perhaps. They are both buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford, Delaware. I have url's to all these records if you would like me to email them to you. Ida May Melson Olroyd idamay@mtco.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

I have several files for Priscilla Fook(e)s but all earlier than your people. So can't contribute to your discussion. I can't help but notice, though, the amazing range of things that happened to people in this family line. Within my direct line I have Fooks who died in hotel fires and run-away buggies. Another was hit by a train. There was even one who, sitting on a chair in the kitchen, took a shot at a 'varmint' out the window; the bullet bounced back, hit and killed him. I have Fookes in prison, insane asylums, and one who played the piano in a bordello. Can something 'uncanny' run in family lines?????????? Elaine -----Original Message----- From: mithry@comcast.net Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 1:11 PM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Subject: FOOKS, Sussex Co., DE 1862 Ida I would very much appreciate any thing you can send me. You have confirmed some of my suspicions. My research also shows that Henry and Sarah were 1st cousins - does this fit your information? I am assuming that the paralysis was a result of the gun shot wound Sarah Priscilla received when she was 16. Her aunt Priscilla W. FOOKS shot Sarah Priscilla and then herself. Priscilla W. died 5 days later. My husband is descended from Sarah Priscilla's aunt, also Priscilla W.'s sister, Sarah (Sally) FOOKS James Jones. Thank you for all your assistance. I am willing to share all that I have. LeeAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Olroyd" <idamay@mtco.com> To: LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 12:57:14 PM Subject: [LDR] Subject: FOOKS, Sussex Co., DE 1862 Lee Ann (mithry@comcast.net) Henry Washington Cottingham married Sarah Priscilla Bacon 26 April 1864 in Philadelphia. He died 7 July 1898 in Philadelphia of LaGrippe and hepatitis, but she died 5 August 1898 in a hospital for the insane in Norristown, Pennsylvania of paresis which I imagine was paralysis perhaps. They are both buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford, Delaware. I have url's to all these records if you would like me to email them to you. Ida May Melson Olroyd idamay@mtco.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

Ida Olroyd wrote: > Henry Washington Cottingham Thank you...I am from the Cottingham line and they are a hard family to track...I had wondered what happened to him. Once again, thank you. Terri -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.com

Lee Ann (mithry@comcast.net) Henry Washington Cottingham married Sarah Priscilla Bacon 26 April 1864 in Philadelphia. He died 7 July 1898 in Philadelphia of LaGrippe and hepatitis, but she died 5 August 1898 in a hospital for the insane in Norristown, Pennsylvania of paresis which I imagine was paralysis perhaps. They are both buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford, Delaware. I have url's to all these records if you would like me to email them to you. Ida May Melson Olroyd idamay@mtco.com

Thank you, Elizabeth.  Definitely to make future genealogists crazy. ----- Original Message ----- From: EMSCRS@aol.com To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:41:11 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] 1850 Census Sussex Co. DE It also includes Little Creek Hundred, or at least significant portions of   both.  I do not know why it was done this way, unless to make me  crazy.   Elizabeth     In a message dated 2/6/2014 8:26:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,   mithry@comcast.net writes: I have  frequently seen "Subdivision 11" in the 1850 Census for Sussex County,  DE.  I am guessing that "Subdivision 11" includes Broad Creek Hundred but  would appreciate any information anyone cares to share. Thank  you, LeeAnn *************************************** 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

I have frequently seen "Subdivision 11" in the 1850 Census for Sussex County, DE.  I am guessing that "Subdivision 11" includes Broad Creek Hundred but would appreciate any information anyone cares to share.   Thank you, LeeAnn

No doubt that would be why all my male ancestors are named George, with no way to sort out which is which. Elizabeth In a message dated 2/6/2014 9:20:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mithry@comcast.net writes: Thank you, Elizabeth. Definitely to make future genealogists crazy. ----- Original Message ----- From: EMSCRS@aol.com To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:41:11 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] 1850 Census Sussex Co. DE It also includes Little Creek Hundred, or at least significant portions of both. I do not know why it was done this way, unless to make me crazy. Elizabeth In a message dated 2/6/2014 8:26:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mithry@comcast.net writes: I have frequently seen "Subdivision 11" in the 1850 Census for Sussex County, DE. I am guessing that "Subdivision 11" includes Broad Creek Hundred but would appreciate any information anyone cares to share. Thank you, LeeAnn *************************************** 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

It also includes Little Creek Hundred, or at least significant portions of both. I do not know why it was done this way, unless to make me crazy. Elizabeth In a message dated 2/6/2014 8:26:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mithry@comcast.net writes: I have frequently seen "Subdivision 11" in the 1850 Census for Sussex County, DE. I am guessing that "Subdivision 11" includes Broad Creek Hundred but would appreciate any information anyone cares to share. Thank you, LeeAnn *************************************** 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

I'm tackling the line of Nancy Lyden {c1727-}, daughter of Richard Layton/Lyden and Anna Standford of Bridgeville area. Nancy married James WHITE {c1723-}. Actually working on all descendents of Richard and Anna, but concentrating on Nancy at the moment. Have done much work on Nancy's brother Shadrack Lyden, who married Mrs Rebecca Foxwell. Other siblings are Mary; Elinor (Nelly) who married William Montgomery; Richard, who married Martha Hooper; and Sarah. Would like to communicate with anyone working on these families. Thank you, folks. Jim Moore Wilmington (cabin fever capital of the world)

Does anyone have information on the death of Priscilla W. FOOKS in 1862 in Sussex Co., DE.  I am also looking for information on the marriage of her niece Sarah Priscilla BACON and Sarah's marriage to Henry Washington COTTINGHAM, Sarah's first cousin.  Also curious about deaths of Sarah and Henry in 1898.   Many thanks, LeeAnn

I have had some success using Google Newspaper Project. *http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Lyl8M50Wyb0C*<http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Lyl8M50Wyb0C> They have: "The Sunday Morning Star" 1/1/1881 - 1/9/1988 & "Wilmington Sunday Star" 5/10/1953 - 4/18/1954 On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:10 PM, <mithry@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Gerry > > Re: Newspapers Genealogy Bank has only one based in Milford 1861 - 1863. > > Re Tatnall and De Newspapers. Contact the Delaware Historical Society. > They have Hudson and Tatnall Tombstones on microfilm. They also have > microfilms of the Delaware Newspaper Project (a state wide filming project) > which is probably your best bet. They also have some bound versions of > local newspapers. De Newspaper Project is also available at the Delaware > Public Archives and the University of Delaware. I have found DHS to be > more reasonable than DPA with copying costs but suggest you price at both. > DHS also has a number of abstract volumes containing info from DE > newspapers. DHS staff are also pleasant and helpful; DPA good, too. > Happy hunting. Sorry to hear there is still snow on the ground there. > > LeeAnn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gerry Tostenson" <gerrytos@hickorytech.net> > To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:51:09 AM > Subject: [LDR] Delaware Newspapers > > Are there on line newspapers for Delaware, mainly in the Newark/Wilmington > area say for the Civil War period up to maybe 1920? I do have a membership > to Ancestry and don't think they do, but there are others. I am willing to > purchase a month subscription and hit it. Do that every once in awhile for > Fold 3. > *************************************** > 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 >

Gerry Re: Newspapers  Genealogy Bank has only one based in Milford 1861 - 1863.  Re Tatnall and De Newspapers.  Contact the Delaware Historical Society.  They have Hudson and Tatnall Tombstones on microfilm.  They also have microfilms of the Delaware Newspaper Project (a state wide filming project) which is probably your best bet.  They also have some bound versions of local newspapers.  De Newspaper Project is also available at the Delaware Public Archives and the University of Delaware.  I have found DHS to be more reasonable than DPA with copying costs but suggest you price at both.  DHS also has a number of abstract volumes containing info from DE newspapers.  DHS staff are also pleasant and helpful; DPA good, too. Happy hunting.  Sorry to hear there is still snow on the ground there. LeeAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Tostenson" <gerrytos@hickorytech.net> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:51:09 AM Subject: [LDR] Delaware Newspapers Are there on line newspapers for Delaware, mainly in the Newark/Wilmington area say for the Civil War period up to maybe 1920? I do have a membership to Ancestry and don’t think they do, but there are others. I am willing to purchase a month subscription and hit it. Do that every once in awhile for Fold 3. *************************************** 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

Gerry, Elizabeth's recollection about the date is correct. Check the Rebook, section on DE, cemeteries p115.Tatnall was the DE Archivist at that time. This won't help you find your Alexander but There is a typescript at the DE Historical Soc. "700 Revolutionary soldiers and patriots" reproduced in Raymond B. Clark, Jr.'s 1989 *Delaware Tombstone Inscriptions *to which is appended the cemeteries included. Head of Christiana IS in that list but your Alexander is not; there are 3 Alexander's listed at Christiana so to me that says if he was buried there, the stone was not extant when that list was done (when? all one can infer is prior to 1989.) Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Gerry Tostenson <gerrytos@hickorytech.net>wrote: > >From the Tatnall Tombstone Collection via Family Search I have come > across two of my ancestors. Yesterday I contacted the caretaker of Head of > Christinia in Delaware and was disappointed to learn that the church > records burned a ways back. Their only record is the tombstones themselves. > However when I check through Find-A-Grave their tombstones are not listed. > The caretaker is going to check after the snow leaves. But my question is > when were the Tatnall records recorded and was there a WPA walk-about done > for Delaware cemeteries. Feel bad for Samuel B. Alexander who died a nasty > death after being wounded at Cold Harbor. I would like to see him > remembered for his service. > *************************************** > 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 >

As I recall, the Tatnall-Hudson listing was done somewhen in the 1920s. Find-A-Grave only seems to list things of which someone has taken a picture, even if it is only the general area rather than the individual stone. Elizabeth In a message dated 2/1/2014 10:40:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gerrytos@hickorytech.net writes: >From the Tatnall Tombstone Collection via Family Search I have come across two of my ancestors. Yesterday I contacted the caretaker of Head of Christinia in Delaware and was disappointed to learn that the church records burned a ways back. Their only record is the tombstones themselves. However when I check through Find-A-Grave their tombstones are not listed. The caretaker is going to check after the snow leaves. But my question is when were the Tatnall records recorded and was there a WPA walk-about done for Delaware cemeteries. Feel bad for Samuel B. Alexander who died a nasty death after being wounded at Cold Harbor. I would like to see him remembered for his service. *************************************** 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

Are there on line newspapers for Delaware, mainly in the Newark/Wilmington area say for the Civil War period up to maybe 1920? I do have a membership to Ancestry and don’t think they do, but there are others. I am willing to purchase a month subscription and hit it. Do that every once in awhile for Fold 3.

>From the Tatnall Tombstone Collection via Family Search I have come across two of my ancestors. Yesterday I contacted the caretaker of Head of Christinia in Delaware and was disappointed to learn that the church records burned a ways back. Their only record is the tombstones themselves. However when I check through Find-A-Grave their tombstones are not listed. The caretaker is going to check after the snow leaves. But my question is when were the Tatnall records recorded and was there a WPA walk-about done for Delaware cemeteries. Feel bad for Samuel B. Alexander who died a nasty death after being wounded at Cold Harbor. I would like to see him remembered for his service.

Wow, ok, thanks! The reference to 'the Middle point'--is that where the N/S border of MD/Del meets with the E/W border, about halfway between Delmar & Mardela? There is a marker on that point there, according to Google maps. If yes, then this falls into line. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hitch Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:04 AM To: mikehitch@mikehitch.com ; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Sorry for the garbled post - this forum only operates in straight text mode and cut/paste get truncated Best Regards, Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hitch Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:03 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish STEPNEY and PARISH are about halfway between Delmar at the Middle Point at the "corner" of Delaware and about a mile north of the current MD/DE line - in Old Somerset. The tract records are shown below as annotated by John L. : ======== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW1 [] id S2224=NP (SR333-3, SRB064-6) S1814* V20:170 V20:217 >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#2224; So RR 10:333-3 [struck] + So RR 45:064-6; EI#5:394c + EI#6:150p ! ANNS= <I>1-5 L>DP (1762) <pn> for John Hewett Nutters ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex ! RR: 4 xfers ! % <S>MF:148 12 May 1740 from John Huett Nutter et ux. Anne Nutter to Thomas Waller ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! <MW>36:219 and <SW>EB4:131 25 Apr 1762, proved 18 Nov 1767 by LW&T of Thomas Waller, Sr.: life interest to wife Mary Waller [inferred as dwelling plantation, on land already gifted to one of their sons] ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1744- ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 59 ! con 01 Jun 1696 warrant (by renewment) dat 16 Oct 1696 ! ASG= filing: petition of John Huett Nutter that this land had devolved to him through his mother (unnamed), heir of John Huett, of whom he is sole heir rec 18 May 1739 patent frm John Huett [Hewett] certificate to John Huett Nutter (grandson of John Huett) re STEPNEY lbl 1696 Stepney ! TITLE= geographic: one of the Tower Hamlets, London, England, but likely titled for Somerset's recently-created Stepney Parish (1692); cf. adjoining later tract PARISH ! adj 100 ac: on S side of Nanticoke R. back in woods, N side of Blackwater Branch pt spreading white oak lm W8S;102; down w. Blackwater Branch, to pine ln N;160; for length, into woods ln E8N;102; ln ;; end =============== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW2 [] id S1814=NP (SR285-2, SR297-2) S2224* >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#1814; So RR 10:285-2 + So RR 10:297-2 [struck]; IL#A:559c + PL#8:137p ! ANNS= <I>1-6 L>HS ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex; ! RR: 9 xfers; grantee "Thomas Walter" ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! <S>B:100 10 Nov 1755 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son John Waller ($:yeoman) ! % <S>B:210 06 Apr 1758 (30 ac) from John Waller ($:planter) to Thomas Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! % <S>C:204 17 Feb 1764 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to son John Waller ! % <S>C:217 20 Jun 1764 (30 ac) from John Waller (son of Thomas Waller) to Luke Huffington ! % <S>C:241 05 Nov 1764 (30 ac) from Luke Huffington to Aaron Carter ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! % <S>E:069 10 Oct 1769 (30 ac) from Aaron Carter to Thomas Waller, Sr., for £75 ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:143 26 Mar 1771 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to Zachariah Maddox, for £75 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1734N:099 Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1744: Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 29 ! SD1759-71 ! con 15 Sep 1715 special warrant to resurvey or lay out 500 ac in any part of this Province dat 17 Jan 1716 (NS) ! ASG= 25 Feb 1716 assignment from Thomas Jones^ [test: William Jones^] to Waller; filing: petition describes Thomas Jones grant of 01 Apr 1687 for FRIENDSHIP, 500 ac, inadvertently mislocated by surveyor on wrong branch and side of Deep Creek; this plea made by his son to redress rec 02 Mar 1731 (NS) patent frm Thomas Jones (son of Thomas Jones) certificate to Thomas Waller re PARISH (PARIS, PARRISH) lbl 1716 Parish ! TITLE= certainly jocular, in tandem with neigboring STEPNEY, after the local Anglican Parish, est. 1692 ! adj 100 ac: at head of main branch of Barren Creek called Blackwater Branch [adjoins S2224 STEPNEY] pt red oak on N side of said branch near 0.5 mi S of Thomas Waller's house ln N;160; ln E;20; ln NE;40; ln N74E;60; ln S;20; ln S30W;100; ln S85W;50; ln S;92; ln SW;80; ln S;20; ln S40W;56; ln NW;70; ln N62E;34; ln N;42; ln S82W;30; ln N;120; ln N82E;36; ln S;160; ln N82E;49; ln ;; end ========= Best Regards, Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Ramsby Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:19 AM To: Miller's Choice; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Thank you--that explanation helps. So a traveling minister probably wrote births/deaths, marriages etc. in his book as he traveled around, then those were held at the larger church. -----Original Message----- From: Miller's Choice Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:27 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Anne, I can't quote you any references; I just know from 40 years of researching local history. As to specific locations for properties, only two people on this list could help you and one hasn't been on the list for a long time. Your thought on the Wallers' location is still accurate. Mardela is in Stepney Parish. Old Spring Hill Church, which is right on Route 50 in Hebron, was a chapel of ease for the parish, so that would be where they went after c1771. There was a previous structure for that congregation in that locale, which was served by the Rev. Alexander Adams during his tenure as Rector from 1704 until his death in 1768 or 9 I don't remember offhand. Usually, one rector served a whole parish and went from the main church to the chapels of ease, with the records being kept at the main church, which was St. Bart's or Old Green Hill as we locals call it. On Monday, January 27, 2014 1:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote: Anne, > >Have you beeen to plats.net that the State of Maryland maintains? I >find 23 records of land in Worcester County, owned by various Wallers >--namely a Nathaniel Waller, and a Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr Waller. >Some of the records contain scans that can be read online, or >downloaded and saved. > >I just took a sample of one of these records. This was in 1748, Thomas >Waller, and part of the description specified that it was "on the >Borders", wherever that is. > >If you haven't used plats.net before, here's the URL: >http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/html/0000.html > >Then choose the county. On that page, select [Name of County] County >Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats. This should be the top >selection. > >On the next page, select Advanced Search. From there, you can input the >surname (or part of it), or you could also input part of the name of a >plantation or tract. > >Then look for those records that have Direct scans. Records that can't >be read online (no scans) can be ordered. > >There used to be a password, but it hasn't asked me for it any time in >the last couple of years. But the password was never a secret: plato. > >I hope this helps, > >Liz J > > > >On 27 January 2014 12:59, Anne Ramsby <amramsby@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Recently you outlined an area of Stepney Parish for me upon my question. >> As >> I look at a 1742 map of the peninsula (John C Lyon's map), I see that >> would cover a pretty large area. It looks like it would include the >> Green Hill Church (now St Bartholomew), MD, and if you are correct, >> to Laurel, Delaware. >> >> Do you have any maps or descriptive references stating this >> geographical designation by any chance? >> I have supposed ancestors [Waller] who had property named both >> Stepney & Parish and do not know where to begin how to find those >> actual property pieces, as well as most of their children of the >> 1700's+ were listed in the Stepney Parish Register (Ruth Dryden). It >> is confusing because I thought my familiy's land was around the >> MD/DEL line between today's Mardela & Delmar, which seems a bit far >> from old Green Hill Church, if that is where Stepney Parish Records >> came from. >> >> I would be grateful for any assistance on this. >> Thank you, >> Anne Waller Ramsby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Miller's Choice >> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:23 AM >> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish >> >> Stepney Parish covered from the west side of the Wicomico River to >> the Nanticoke River and then north into what is now Laurel, Delaware >> at Old Christ Church. I am fuzzy on how far East it went--possibly >> the Pocomoke River headwaters (roughly Parsonsburg, Pittsville area); >> maybe someone else can help with that. But by the time one got as >> far east as Berlin, that was Worcester Parish >> <LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.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? 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Sorry for the garbled post - this forum only operates in straight text mode and cut/paste get truncated Best Regards, Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hitch Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:03 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish STEPNEY and PARISH are about halfway between Delmar at the Middle Point at the "corner" of Delaware and about a mile north of the current MD/DE line - in Old Somerset. The tract records are shown below as annotated by John L. : ======== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW1 [] id S2224=NP (SR333-3, SRB064-6) S1814* V20:170 V20:217 >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#2224; So RR 10:333-3 [struck] + So RR 45:064-6; EI#5:394c + EI#6:150p ! ANNS= <I>1-5 L>DP (1762) <pn> for John Hewett Nutters ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex ! RR: 4 xfers ! % <S>MF:148 12 May 1740 from John Huett Nutter et ux. Anne Nutter to Thomas Waller ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! <MW>36:219 and <SW>EB4:131 25 Apr 1762, proved 18 Nov 1767 by LW&T of Thomas Waller, Sr.: life interest to wife Mary Waller [inferred as dwelling plantation, on land already gifted to one of their sons] ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1744- ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 59 ! con 01 Jun 1696 warrant (by renewment) dat 16 Oct 1696 ! ASG= filing: petition of John Huett Nutter that this land had devolved to him through his mother (unnamed), heir of John Huett, of whom he is sole heir rec 18 May 1739 patent frm John Huett [Hewett] certificate to John Huett Nutter (grandson of John Huett) re STEPNEY lbl 1696 Stepney ! TITLE= geographic: one of the Tower Hamlets, London, England, but likely titled for Somerset's recently-created Stepney Parish (1692); cf. adjoining later tract PARISH ! adj 100 ac: on S side of Nanticoke R. back in woods, N side of Blackwater Branch pt spreading white oak lm W8S;102; down w. Blackwater Branch, to pine ln N;160; for length, into woods ln E8N;102; ln ;; end =============== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW2 [] id S1814=NP (SR285-2, SR297-2) S2224* >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#1814; So RR 10:285-2 + So RR 10:297-2 [struck]; IL#A:559c + PL#8:137p ! ANNS= <I>1-6 L>HS ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex; ! RR: 9 xfers; grantee "Thomas Walter" ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! <S>B:100 10 Nov 1755 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son John Waller ($:yeoman) ! % <S>B:210 06 Apr 1758 (30 ac) from John Waller ($:planter) to Thomas Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! % <S>C:204 17 Feb 1764 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to son John Waller ! % <S>C:217 20 Jun 1764 (30 ac) from John Waller (son of Thomas Waller) to Luke Huffington ! % <S>C:241 05 Nov 1764 (30 ac) from Luke Huffington to Aaron Carter ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! % <S>E:069 10 Oct 1769 (30 ac) from Aaron Carter to Thomas Waller, Sr., for £75 ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:143 26 Mar 1771 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to Zachariah Maddox, for £75 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1734N:099 Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1744: Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 29 ! SD1759-71 ! con 15 Sep 1715 special warrant to resurvey or lay out 500 ac in any part of this Province dat 17 Jan 1716 (NS) ! ASG= 25 Feb 1716 assignment from Thomas Jones^ [test: William Jones^] to Waller; filing: petition describes Thomas Jones grant of 01 Apr 1687 for FRIENDSHIP, 500 ac, inadvertently mislocated by surveyor on wrong branch and side of Deep Creek; this plea made by his son to redress rec 02 Mar 1731 (NS) patent frm Thomas Jones (son of Thomas Jones) certificate to Thomas Waller re PARISH (PARIS, PARRISH) lbl 1716 Parish ! TITLE= certainly jocular, in tandem with neigboring STEPNEY, after the local Anglican Parish, est. 1692 ! adj 100 ac: at head of main branch of Barren Creek called Blackwater Branch [adjoins S2224 STEPNEY] pt red oak on N side of said branch near 0.5 mi S of Thomas Waller's house ln N;160; ln E;20; ln NE;40; ln N74E;60; ln S;20; ln S30W;100; ln S85W;50; ln S;92; ln SW;80; ln S;20; ln S40W;56; ln NW;70; ln N62E;34; ln N;42; ln S82W;30; ln N;120; ln N82E;36; ln S;160; ln N82E;49; ln ;; end ========= Best Regards, Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Ramsby Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:19 AM To: Miller's Choice; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Thank you--that explanation helps. So a traveling minister probably wrote births/deaths, marriages etc. in his book as he traveled around, then those were held at the larger church. -----Original Message----- From: Miller's Choice Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:27 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Anne, I can't quote you any references; I just know from 40 years of researching local history. As to specific locations for properties, only two people on this list could help you and one hasn't been on the list for a long time. Your thought on the Wallers' location is still accurate. Mardela is in Stepney Parish. Old Spring Hill Church, which is right on Route 50 in Hebron, was a chapel of ease for the parish, so that would be where they went after c1771. There was a previous structure for that congregation in that locale, which was served by the Rev. Alexander Adams during his tenure as Rector from 1704 until his death in 1768 or 9 I don't remember offhand. Usually, one rector served a whole parish and went from the main church to the chapels of ease, with the records being kept at the main church, which was St. Bart's or Old Green Hill as we locals call it. On Monday, January 27, 2014 1:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote: Anne, > >Have you beeen to plats.net that the State of Maryland maintains? I >find 23 records of land in Worcester County, owned by various Wallers >--namely a Nathaniel Waller, and a Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr Waller. >Some of the records contain scans that can be read online, or >downloaded and saved. > >I just took a sample of one of these records. This was in 1748, Thomas >Waller, and part of the description specified that it was "on the >Borders", wherever that is. > >If you haven't used plats.net before, here's the URL: >http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/html/0000.html > >Then choose the county. On that page, select [Name of County] County >Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats. This should be the top >selection. > >On the next page, select Advanced Search. From there, you can input the >surname (or part of it), or you could also input part of the name of a >plantation or tract. > >Then look for those records that have Direct scans. Records that can't >be read online (no scans) can be ordered. > >There used to be a password, but it hasn't asked me for it any time in >the last couple of years. But the password was never a secret: plato. > >I hope this helps, > >Liz J > > > >On 27 January 2014 12:59, Anne Ramsby <amramsby@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Recently you outlined an area of Stepney Parish for me upon my question. >> As >> I look at a 1742 map of the peninsula (John C Lyon's map), I see that >> would cover a pretty large area. It looks like it would include the >> Green Hill Church (now St Bartholomew), MD, and if you are correct, >> to Laurel, Delaware. >> >> Do you have any maps or descriptive references stating this >> geographical designation by any chance? >> I have supposed ancestors [Waller] who had property named both >> Stepney & Parish and do not know where to begin how to find those >> actual property pieces, as well as most of their children of the >> 1700's+ were listed in the Stepney Parish Register (Ruth Dryden). It >> is confusing because I thought my familiy's land was around the >> MD/DEL line between today's Mardela & Delmar, which seems a bit far >> from old Green Hill Church, if that is where Stepney Parish Records >> came from. >> >> I would be grateful for any assistance on this. >> Thank you, >> Anne Waller Ramsby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Miller's Choice >> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:23 AM >> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish >> >> Stepney Parish covered from the west side of the Wicomico River to >> the Nanticoke River and then north into what is now Laurel, Delaware >> at Old Christ Church. I am fuzzy on how far East it went--possibly >> the Pocomoke River headwaters (roughly Parsonsburg, Pittsville area); >> maybe someone else can help with that. But by the time one got as >> far east as Berlin, that was Worcester Parish >> <LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.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? 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STEPNEY and PARISH are about halfway between Delmar at the Middle Point at the "corner" of Delaware and about a mile north of the current MD/DE line - in Old Somerset. The tract records are shown below as annotated by John L. : ======== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW1 [] id S2224=NP (SR333-3, SRB064-6) S1814* V20:170 V20:217 >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#2224; So RR 10:333-3 [struck] + So RR 45:064-6; EI#5:394c + EI#6:150p ! ANNS= <I>1-5 L>DP (1762) <pn> for John Hewett Nutters ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex ! RR: 4 xfers ! % <S>MF:148 12 May 1740 from John Huett Nutter et ux. Anne Nutter to Thomas Waller ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! <MW>36:219 and <SW>EB4:131 25 Apr 1762, proved 18 Nov 1767 by LW&T of Thomas Waller, Sr.: life interest to wife Mary Waller [inferred as dwelling plantation, on land already gifted to one of their sons] ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1744- ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 59 ! con 01 Jun 1696 warrant (by renewment) dat 16 Oct 1696 ! ASG= filing: petition of John Huett Nutter that this land had devolved to him through his mother (unnamed), heir of John Huett, of whom he is sole heir rec 18 May 1739 patent frm John Huett [Hewett] certificate to John Huett Nutter (grandson of John Huett) re STEPNEY lbl 1696 Stepney ! TITLE= geographic: one of the Tower Hamlets, London, England, but likely titled for Somerset's recently-created Stepney Parish (1692); cf. adjoining later tract PARISH ! adj 100 ac: on S side of Nanticoke R. back in woods, N side of Blackwater Branch pt spreading white oak lm W8S;102; down w. Blackwater Branch, to pine ln N;160; for length, into woods ln E8N;102; ln ;; end =============== ! typ Su.N1.02 Su.LCH.01c SVY=WW2 [] id S1814=NP (SR285-2, SR297-2) S2224* >< O=100 decl -1 ref So C#1814; So RR 10:285-2 + So RR 10:297-2 [struck]; IL#A:559c + PL#8:137p ! ANNS= <I>1-6 L>HS ! NOTE= 1762 Alienations N of the West Line (MSA S50-36): 1763 conveyance of 40 ac of STEPNEY and 12 ac of PARISH deemed in Sussex; ! RR: 9 xfers; grantee "Thomas Walter" ! <S>B:098 10 Nov 1755 (60 ac of STEPNEY, 82 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son Richard Waller ($:blacksmith) ! <S>B:100 10 Nov 1755 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller ($:planter) to son John Waller ($:yeoman) ! % <S>B:210 06 Apr 1758 (30 ac) from John Waller ($:planter) to Thomas Waller ($:blacksmith) ! % <S>C:159 08 Jan 1763 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Thomas Waller to son John Waller ! % <S>C:204 17 Feb 1764 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to son John Waller ! % <S>C:217 20 Jun 1764 (30 ac) from John Waller (son of Thomas Waller) to Luke Huffington ! % <S>C:241 05 Nov 1764 (30 ac) from Luke Huffington to Aaron Carter ! % <S>D:245 17 Nov 1768 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John Waller to Robert Pitt ! % <S>E:069 10 Oct 1769 (30 ac) from Aaron Carter to Thomas Waller, Sr., for £75 ! <S>E:093 23 Mar 1770 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Robert Pitt to Ebenezer Waller, for £30 ! % <S>E:143 26 Mar 1771 (30 ac) from Thomas Waller, Sr. to Zachariah Maddox, for £75 ! % <S>E:144 26 Mar 1771 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from Ebenezer Waller to John Magee, for £115 ! <Su>O:010 11 Jul 1788 (40 ac of STEPNEY, 12 ac of PARISH) from John McGee, Sr. to William Long, for £50 ! SD1734N:099 Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1744: Thomas Waller 100 ! SD1759: Thomas Waller 29 ! SD1759-71 ! con 15 Sep 1715 special warrant to resurvey or lay out 500 ac in any part of this Province dat 17 Jan 1716 (NS) ! ASG= 25 Feb 1716 assignment from Thomas Jones^ [test: William Jones^] to Waller; filing: petition describes Thomas Jones grant of 01 Apr 1687 for FRIENDSHIP, 500 ac, inadvertently mislocated by surveyor on wrong branch and side of Deep Creek; this plea made by his son to redress rec 02 Mar 1731 (NS) patent frm Thomas Jones (son of Thomas Jones) certificate to Thomas Waller re PARISH (PARIS, PARRISH) lbl 1716 Parish ! TITLE= certainly jocular, in tandem with neigboring STEPNEY, after the local Anglican Parish, est. 1692 ! adj 100 ac: at head of main branch of Barren Creek called Blackwater Branch [adjoins S2224 STEPNEY] pt red oak on N side of said branch near 0.5 mi S of Thomas Waller's house ln N;160; ln E;20; ln NE;40; ln N74E;60; ln S;20; ln S30W;100; ln S85W;50; ln S;92; ln SW;80; ln S;20; ln S40W;56; ln NW;70; ln N62E;34; ln N;42; ln S82W;30; ln N;120; ln N82E;36; ln S;160; ln N82E;49; ln ;; end ========= Best Regards, Mike Hitch -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Ramsby Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:19 AM To: Miller's Choice; lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Thank you--that explanation helps. So a traveling minister probably wrote births/deaths, marriages etc. in his book as he traveled around, then those were held at the larger church. -----Original Message----- From: Miller's Choice Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:27 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Anne, I can't quote you any references; I just know from 40 years of researching local history. As to specific locations for properties, only two people on this list could help you and one hasn't been on the list for a long time. Your thought on the Wallers' location is still accurate. Mardela is in Stepney Parish. Old Spring Hill Church, which is right on Route 50 in Hebron, was a chapel of ease for the parish, so that would be where they went after c1771. There was a previous structure for that congregation in that locale, which was served by the Rev. Alexander Adams during his tenure as Rector from 1704 until his death in 1768 or 9 I don't remember offhand. Usually, one rector served a whole parish and went from the main church to the chapels of ease, with the records being kept at the main church, which was St. Bart's or Old Green Hill as we locals call it. On Monday, January 27, 2014 1:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote: Anne, > >Have you beeen to plats.net that the State of Maryland maintains? I >find 23 records of land in Worcester County, owned by various Wallers >--namely a Nathaniel Waller, and a Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr Waller. >Some of the records contain scans that can be read online, or downloaded and saved. > >I just took a sample of one of these records. This was in 1748, Thomas >Waller, and part of the description specified that it was "on the >Borders", wherever that is. > >If you haven't used plats.net before, here's the URL: >http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/html/0000.html > >Then choose the county. On that page, select [Name of County] County >Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats. This should be the top >selection. > >On the next page, select Advanced Search. From there, you can input the >surname (or part of it), or you could also input part of the name of a >plantation or tract. > >Then look for those records that have Direct scans. Records that can't >be read online (no scans) can be ordered. > >There used to be a password, but it hasn't asked me for it any time in >the last couple of years. But the password was never a secret: plato. > >I hope this helps, > >Liz J > > > >On 27 January 2014 12:59, Anne Ramsby <amramsby@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Recently you outlined an area of Stepney Parish for me upon my question. >> As >> I look at a 1742 map of the peninsula (John C Lyon's map), I see that >> would cover a pretty large area. It looks like it would include the >> Green Hill Church (now St Bartholomew), MD, and if you are correct, >> to Laurel, Delaware. >> >> Do you have any maps or descriptive references stating this >> geographical designation by any chance? >> I have supposed ancestors [Waller] who had property named both >> Stepney & Parish and do not know where to begin how to find those >> actual property pieces, as well as most of their children of the >> 1700's+ were listed in the Stepney Parish Register (Ruth Dryden). It >> is confusing because I thought my familiy's land was around the >> MD/DEL line between today's Mardela & Delmar, which seems a bit far >> from old Green Hill Church, if that is where Stepney Parish Records >> came from. >> >> I would be grateful for any assistance on this. >> Thank you, >> Anne Waller Ramsby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Miller's Choice >> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:23 AM >> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish >> >> Stepney Parish covered from the west side of the Wicomico River to >> the Nanticoke River and then north into what is now Laurel, Delaware >> at Old Christ Church. I am fuzzy on how far East it went--possibly >> the Pocomoke River headwaters (roughly Parsonsburg, Pittsville area); >> maybe someone else can help with that. 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Thank you--that explanation helps. So a traveling minister probably wrote births/deaths, marriages etc. in his book as he traveled around, then those were held at the larger church. -----Original Message----- From: Miller's Choice Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:27 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish Anne, I can't quote you any references; I just know from 40 years of researching local history. As to specific locations for properties, only two people on this list could help you and one hasn't been on the list for a long time. Your thought on the Wallers' location is still accurate. Mardela is in Stepney Parish. Old Spring Hill Church, which is right on Route 50 in Hebron, was a chapel of ease for the parish, so that would be where they went after c1771. There was a previous structure for that congregation in that locale, which was served by the Rev. Alexander Adams during his tenure as Rector from 1704 until his death in 1768 or 9 I don't remember offhand. Usually, one rector served a whole parish and went from the main church to the chapels of ease, with the records being kept at the main church, which was St. Bart's or Old Green Hill as we locals call it. On Monday, January 27, 2014 1:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote: Anne, > >Have you beeen to plats.net that the State of Maryland maintains? I find 23 >records of land in Worcester County, owned by various Wallers --namely a >Nathaniel Waller, and a Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr Waller. Some of the >records contain scans that can be read online, or downloaded and saved. > >I just took a sample of one of these records. This was in 1748, Thomas >Waller, and part of the description specified that it was "on the Borders", >wherever that is. > >If you haven't used plats.net before, here's the URL: >http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/html/0000.html > >Then choose the county. On that page, select [Name of County] County Land >Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats. This should be the top >selection. > >On the next page, select Advanced Search. From there, you can input the >surname (or part of it), or you could also input part of the name of a >plantation or tract. > >Then look for those records that have Direct scans. Records that can't be >read online (no scans) can be ordered. > >There used to be a password, but it hasn't asked me for it any time in the >last couple of years. But the password was never a secret: plato. > >I hope this helps, > >Liz J > > > >On 27 January 2014 12:59, Anne Ramsby <amramsby@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Recently you outlined an area of Stepney Parish for me upon my question. >> As >> I look at a 1742 map of the peninsula (John C Lyon's map), I see that >> would >> cover a pretty large area. It looks like it would include the Green Hill >> Church (now St Bartholomew), MD, and if you are correct, to Laurel, >> Delaware. >> >> Do you have any maps or descriptive references stating this geographical >> designation by any chance? >> I have supposed ancestors [Waller] who had property named both Stepney & >> Parish and do not know where to begin how to find those actual property >> pieces, as well as most of their children of the 1700's+ were listed in >> the >> Stepney Parish Register (Ruth Dryden). It is confusing because I thought >> my >> familiy's land was around the MD/DEL line between today's Mardela & >> Delmar, >> which seems a bit far from old Green Hill Church, if that is where >> Stepney >> Parish Records came from. >> >> I would be grateful for any assistance on this. >> Thank you, >> Anne Waller Ramsby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Miller's Choice >> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:23 AM >> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LDR] Stepney Parish >> >> Stepney Parish covered from the west side of the Wicomico River to the >> Nanticoke River and then north into what is now Laurel, Delaware at Old >> Christ Church. I am fuzzy on how far East it went--possibly the Pocomoke >> River headwaters (roughly Parsonsburg, Pittsville area); maybe someone >> else >> can help with that. 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