Sure. Strange; the writer must have had a temporary brain wave. They just got the Dutch part at the wrong time, but at the right place. :-) Liz J On 4 January 2013 13:01, marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: > Liz, thanks for this. > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:41 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There was no Dutch government at NY in 1692. The English took over the > > Dutch colony in 1664. The Dutch briefly regained their colony in 1673, > but > > had to return it to England at the signing of the Treaty of Westminster > in > > November 1674. > > > > I read elsewhere that Waples petitioned the Whorekill Court on 2 > September > > 1692 for a license to keep a ferry across the Indian River near his > house. > > The Whorekill (Hoorkill or Hoorenkill) was the old Dutch name for the > place > > that is now Lewes, Delaware. > > > > > > -- > Marjorie > "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to > play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke > *************************************** > 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 >