Kathleen, Thank You. Bear's Quarter was patented by John's(1) Son, John(2), and most of the others (not sure of Charles' Lot) by Grandsons and John(2) Nephew John(Peter)(3). Lots of Johns And Peters back then. Oh for a middle name or initial! I'll check out the Md Archives link. Thanks again, Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "kathlingram" <kathlingram@inteliport.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: [LDR] LDR] Looking for Patents/ Parsons info > It looks like there may have been 2 of them( at least) one in St.Mary's > and > one on the Eastern Shore around the same time: > Kent MD he had the following:Beaver Dams, Charles' Lot,Parson's > Addition,Well Meaning and in Somerset Bears' Quarter.. > > actually looks like 3 of them? John Parosn also in Talbot. > Unless he was very busy as most of those lands were settled beginning c. > 1683. > Kathleen > > *************************************** > 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