I've been following the thread on immigrations with great interest.? It has been quite fascinating and most informative.? To throw in my two cents worth. . . I have transcribed a deed from 1707 which lists within it the persons who were "transported" by the person(s) who received a patent/grant of land.? I learned the following facts about these transportations: 1.? The deed does not state from whence these people came nor where they landed or settled.? Just names. 2.? The deed does not state that these people actually got here. 3.? The deed states males and females names yet these people do not appear to be husbands and wives or even relatives of the receiver(s) of land or each other. That has left me with questions as to whether these people might have been indentured servants - or is my timing wrong on that?? For me, the transcription was an exercise in legalese of the colonial period (which to a degree is not much different from today's legalese) and a peek into some of the fascinating history of the time.? But I don't think I'll do many complete transcriptions again.? My eyes aren't 18 anymore. I truly did not know that persons who were transported in the early years of Delmarva's history would be listed in a deed or patent.? For some foolish reason I thought that all these names would be on an Immigration List.??Imagine the clerk sitting on the banks of the Nanticoke stopping everyone getting off the boat and asking for name, rank and serial number!? Ahhhh if only. Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler still looking (and starting to find) Chandler, Johnson, Johnson, Warrington, Merrick and Harding