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

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

I was wondering if anyone while I was speculating had worked on the Clarke family of Virginia and Somerset County, Maryland? I descend from Rebecca Clarke [Ca. 1648/50-Ca. 1712?] who married Thomas Cox Sr. [Ca. 1646/7-1724]. She came to Somerset County, Maryland "From Virginia" in 1671 witht her brother Daniel Clarke [Ca. 1640/5-Ca. 1680s]. Daniel Clarke, was married and patented a tract of land called "Maidenhead" . He and his wife both evidently, died intestate and Rebecca Clarke Cox inherited "Maidenhead" which she and Thomas Cox sold, source" Somerset County Judicial Records. {I would cite the exact date & an abstract but don't have that file with me!] I have looked in the available secondary source material for Northampton Co. Virginia and Accomack Co. Virginia and have found nothing. Anyone have any opinions? Could Maidenhead have been a place on the Western Shore of Virginia ? I know there is a village in Berkshire, England called Maidenhead but am not sure if it would be worth my while to investigate their records if they are available through the LDS libary. Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike Hilton _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009