marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: >My understanding is that Indian Town was across the Pocomoke at Snow Hill. <snip> >On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM, <t.metz@comcast.net> wrote: > In investigating my Lynch clan, I keep running into the place named Indian >> Town. Was this to the west of Snow Hill at the big gathering area or >> elsewhere. <snip> ______________________________ Not so fast, everybody. “Indian Town” was applied to any number of early native sites. The most recognized are shown at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdsomers/lyonmaps/earlysomerset1.htm where #2 is Askiminikansen - the largest - north of the Pocomoke below Snow Hill. But this isn’t where the Lynches lived – they were in what’s now southern Sussex. Several land record references place them along the head of “Indian Town Branch”, which is now Dirickson Creek into Little Assawoman Bay. Along this creek was a small native settlement (not shown on my map, but another “town”), which was the home, from at least the 1670s, of the native group that moved by 1711 to take the patent at the site called ASKECEKY near Millsboro. The first Maryland patents (1677) in southeastern Sussex mention the Indians at the earlier site. In fact, the native presence was surely the motivation for establishing trading outposts there. It wasn't for another decade that settlers from MD began to take up permanent residence there. By the time the Lynches arrived, that early town was gone, but the branch name survived through the colonial period. But all things pass, and it's now Dirickson Branch. John

Please correct any assumptions on my part: This place in Sussex was once considered to be Worcester Co. There are still Lynches in Worcester around Berlin/Taylorville who are related to the descendants of the Lynches in Sussex and in fact have been in the Berlin area for some time. It makes sense that this is the same family as the area in question is "relatively" small. Since James H. married Prudence Parker if I can find out where her parents are, I will likely at least know the correct region that James was hanging around in prior to marriage.-The problem with this statement is that these people really got around. It is amazing how much ground they could cover and where they pop up. As a side question: I keep running into wills of folks who leave land in Dear Harbour. Is that anywhere near where present day Deer Harbour is in Wicomico Co.? According to Deer Harbour ledgend, there was an indian trail here that ran from present day Tony Tank through Deer Harbour  to the indian town just west of Snow Hill. Again, this is not really that as far a distance as it sounds. Thanks for your help Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnlyon0@cs.com To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:00:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [LDR] Indian Town marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: >My understanding is that Indian Town was across the Pocomoke at Snow Hill. <snip> >On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM, <t.metz@comcast.net> wrote: > In investigating my Lynch clan, I keep running into the place named Indian >> Town. Was this to the west of Snow Hill at the big gathering area or >> elsewhere. <snip> ______________________________ Not so fast, everybody.  “Indian Town” was applied to any number of early native sites.  The most recognized are shown at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdsomers/lyonmaps/earlysomerset1.htm where #2 is Askiminikansen - the largest - north of the Pocomoke below Snow Hill. But this isn’t where the Lynches lived – they were in what’s now southern Sussex.  Several land record references place them along the head of “Indian Town Branch”, which is now Dirickson Creek into Little Assawoman Bay.   Along this creek was a small native settlement (not shown on my map, but another “town”), which was the home, from at least the 1670s, of the native group that moved by 1711 to take the patent at the site called ASKECEKY near Millsboro.  The first Maryland patents (1677) in southeastern Sussex mention the Indians at the earlier site.  In fact, the native presence was surely the motivation for establishing trading outposts there.  It wasn't for another decade that settlers from MD began to take up permanent residence there. By the time the Lynches arrived, that early town was gone, but the branch name survived through the colonial period.  But all things pass, and it's now Dirickson Branch. 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