GB415104@aol.com wrote: >As a young man,  my ancester, Dudson Bacon was a ward of William Vaughan, the >elder. I have  Maryland Tax List records of 1735 showing Dudson living in the >household of  William Vaughan but I have never known where that was. John >Lyon, I believe I  recall you having commented on Cox's Discovery in the past >although I don't  remember in what context.   __________ COXES DISCOVERY hugged Little Creek south of now-Laurel, Delaware. Its northern edge was about two miles south of Little Creek's mouth on Broad Creek and it extended about 1.7 miles south from there, and extended about 2/3 of a mile west of Little Creek along its length. It totaled 745 acres. It was originally surveyed on 15 May 1688 for Edward Day and patented to him 04 Dec 1688 [see MD Patents B#23:134]. Dudson Bacon acquired two parts of it from Edward Day's heir Day Scott -- 100 ac in 1735 by So Deeds EI:187, and 145 ac in 1740 by So Deeds MF:185. Bacon also owned a few other pieces of land opposite Little Creek, east of the above. John