t.metz@comcast.net wrote: >Is  wolf pit ridge in Sussex in the present day Dirickson Creek area or in Worcester county?  If you mean Abraham Lynch’s survey LYNCHES CHOICE, mentioning Wolf Pit Ridge, it’s now in Sussex. I think it’s just east of the Great Cypress Swamp, a little above the MD border. Exact placement is vague from MD records, but seems to have been 3-4 miles west of the Dirickson Creek Lynch properties. But I may be wrong on my interpretation of the siting; there’s not much to go on. A problem here, as in the “Indian Town” question, is that there were about half a dozen sites across the Lower Shore called “Wolf Pit Ridge”, named in almost 30 patents. John

I've run into a couple of tracts named "Wolf Pit Ridge" or some variation. Anyone willing to venture a guess as to the origin of the term and why it was used so frequently? Jim Moore Snowed-in in Wilmington On 1/28/09, Johnlyon0@cs.com <Johnlyon0@cs.com> wrote: > t.metz@comcast.net wrote: > > >Is wolf pit ridge in Sussex in the present day Dirickson Creek area or in Worcester county? > > > If you mean Abraham Lynch's survey LYNCHES CHOICE, mentioning Wolf Pit Ridge, it's now in Sussex. I think it's just east of the Great Cypress Swamp, a little above the MD border. Exact placement is vague from MD records, but seems to have been 3-4 miles west of the Dirickson Creek Lynch properties. But I may be wrong on my interpretation of the siting; there's not much to go on. > > A problem here, as in the "Indian Town" question, is that there were about half a dozen sites across the Lower Shore called "Wolf Pit Ridge", named in almost 30 patents. > > 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

Lots of wolves back in the day (as referenced by the bounty on wolf ears in the old Somerset Judicials) - probably just a reference to a ridge with a wolf's lair included....lots of tracts name "Beaver Dams" if I remember correctly, as well... Best Regards, Mike Hitch "so often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..." - Eagles (Already Gone) -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Moore Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:23 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] wolf pit ridge I've run into a couple of tracts named "Wolf Pit Ridge" or some variation. Anyone willing to venture a guess as to the origin of the term and why it was used so frequently? Jim Moore Snowed-in in Wilmington On 1/28/09, Johnlyon0@cs.com <Johnlyon0@cs.com> wrote: > t.metz@comcast.net wrote: > > >Is wolf pit ridge in Sussex in the present day Dirickson Creek area or in Worcester county? > > > If you mean Abraham Lynch's survey LYNCHES CHOICE, mentioning Wolf Pit Ridge, it's now in Sussex. I think it's just east of the Great Cypress Swamp, a little above the MD border. Exact placement is vague from MD records, but seems to have been 3-4 miles west of the Dirickson Creek Lynch properties. But I may be wrong on my interpretation of the siting; there's not much to go on. > > A problem here, as in the "Indian Town" question, is that there were about half a dozen sites across the Lower Shore called "Wolf Pit Ridge", named in almost 30 patents. > > 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 *************************************** 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

Hi. Jim! What's this "snowed in" mean? In Bed? In the Barn? In your Snow Plow? I've been here in Florida so long, I have almost forgotten what the term means! Chuck