Good evening All; I have read with great interest the exchange on the subject of the rams that were built in Bethel Delaware. Bethel was indeed called Lewisville. From the research that I have done, Kendall Major Lewis was the gentleman that founded the town by investing and beginning the shipbuilding that made the Nanticoke Famous. Mr. Lewis was from the family of Lewis' that lived in Hurley's Neck in Dorchester County. According to what I have found in my research, Kendall Lewis was not of age when his father Levin Lewis passed. His older brothers one of which was James Kendall Lewis who built the brick home in Vienna told him that if he did their bidding, when he become of age they would give him his portion of their fathers estate. Well the time came and Kendall asked for his portion of what he was entitled to and he was denied his inheritance. Kendall went from Dorchester County to Georgetown just outside of Washington D.C. Long story short, he married into a wealthy family became a Captain owning several vessels plying the Bay and the coastal waters. As you well know the rest of the story Kendall ended up in the area of Bethel still sailing and owning several vessels and started the shipbuilding that made Lewisville a.k.a. Bethel famous. On a side note, I posted asking for some information on the family of Walter Abner Gibbs from the Wilmington Delaware area. I am looking for descendants of his that may be able to help me in the research that I am doing on his trap (furbearing animal) research, development, manufacturing. Mr. Gibbs' company was sold to the Animal Trap Company in Litiz PA. I wonder if Mr. Gibbs' son William was part of this process as I have also found but need to get and copy several photos of Animal Trap Company personnel in the Griffiths Neck/Bestpitch Ferry area of Dorchester County and was told that they too did research and development of traps on those marshes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tom Reid's Grove Country Store Tom Bradshaw 5106 Rhodesdale Vienna Road Rhodesdale, Maryland 21659 410-943-1212 Home 410-463-4366 Cell Email rgcs5106@comcast.net