Liz, we meet at mdcecil as well, I see! How extensive are you Cecil cnty, MD resources? I have only: History of Cecil County Maryland by Johnston Maryland Deponents 1634-1799 by Peden Inhabitants of Cecil County Maryland 1649-1774 by Peden Abstracts of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 and 1734-1763, both by Brown I'm trying to follow: Francis SMITH Sarah (Smith) PEIRCE/PEARCE (husband Henry, NOT related to Henry Ward PIERCE) Robert EYRE Richard HOE/HOWE/HOW (wife Joan/Jane/Jean PEIRCE) John HALL (wife Elizabeth PEIRCE) Richard REYNOLDS (wife Sarah[2] PEIRCE)

I hope you won't mind but I have searched I think forever for George and Jane Bing and John Bing who m Esther Cragge. All ln the early 1700. Do either of you see them in your sourses? It would be a marvelous help. Ginny in WY where they are not quite sure MD is a state. -----Original Message----- From: downeast@concentric.net To: mdcecil@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Early Anglican Church Records - E Johnson Liz, we meet at mdcecil as well, I see! How extensive are you Cecil cnty, MD resources? I have only: History of Cecil County Maryland by Johnston Maryland Deponents 1634-1799 by Peden Inhabitants of Cecil County Maryland 1649-1774 by Peden Abstracts of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 and 1734-1763, both by Brown I'm trying to follow: Francis SMITH Sarah (Smith) PEIRCE/PEARCE (husband Henry, NOT related to Henry Ward PIERCE) Robert EYRE Richard HOE/HOWE/HOW (wife Joan/Jane/Jean PEIRCE) John HALL (wife Elizabeth PEIRCE) Richard REYNOLDS (wife Sarah[2] PEIRCE) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Hi Judy, Good to see you here too. I don't have those books, so I am very appreciate of your past postings and also your current work. Many of your past postings have been very useful to me. I had once thought that most of the people I am following lived near Middletown Delaware. But now I find more and more who were very close to the state line, or in Maryland. I'll send you what SMITHs and REESE and etc I have, but I am still collecting info --these might make more questions than answers. But I am hoping if we post enough, we'll eventually crack each others problems somehow. If you or anyone wants more info on something here, just ask. Whatever I have so far I will share. I have --all of these pre-RevWar, some much earlier; BELVILLE-CANNON-CAZIER Middletown DE area ELIASON, DuSHANE Eliason lvd on both sides of the state line, 1700 and on; both orig in New York (Dutch church) & Staten Island. Van BEBBER from 1700 and PETERSON Cecil Co. and Middletown DE area from 1670's. WOOD; Middletown, DE; 1785-1863. Interested in all WOOD --desc of the Joseph WOOD who m. Francina HERMAN (d/o Augustine) need more research --I have Jacob WOOD who m. Catalina PETERSON, Middletown DE in 1755. Cornelius JOHNSON of New Castle, who d. 1684, m Elizabeth PETERSON, the sister of Adam sr who was a Justice etc, Middletown land owner. They had sons Johannes and Paulus (Paul) what happened to those two? Mary KIRK married Nicholas BELVILLE, him b. bef 1730, later moved to Ohio. Is she rel to Samuel KIRK?? VIGEROUX - Viggerou, etc, before 1700 --Most Wanted! Interesting land deals of these folks. WILLIAMS and WILLIAMS-NEERING. Interested in all WILLIAMS until I can prove who they were. LeROU, LARUE, LEROUX: Desc of the Pierre Laroux who d. c1709; Looking for an Ann who may be desc from him --an Ann "Laroun" marr Jacob aka James Van BEBBER (son of hendrick) b, ca 1685, lived Bohemia River/Middletown; a Peter LeROUX marr Christina Van BEBBER (dau of Isaac Jacobss. van Bebber) b. 1698 - North Sasafrass / St. Stephen's Parish. VRYMAN way early: Pierre LeROUX marr Alida VRYMAN in NY Dutch Church in 1692, 3 children (see above); she married again in Westchester NY BUT there was a Hendrick VRYMAN who signed the 1657 agreement at Ft. Casimir (New Castle), fixing prices for the trading of pelts. Need marr and children for him. REESE and THONY -Toney - maybe "DONEY" --Isaac DONEY in 1781 deeds, Middletown DE area --is he related to John Daniel THONY whose wife ws Elizabeth REESE? His dau married one of my DuSHANEs. There are probably more, but that's much of my shopping list. If anything looks interesting, please ask. Willing to work on any of these. Thanks again, Liz J On 11/3/06, Judy Ardine <downeast@concentric.net> wrote: > Liz, we meet at mdcecil as well, I see! How extensive are you Cecil cnty, > MD resources? I have only: > > History of Cecil County Maryland by Johnston > Maryland Deponents 1634-1799 by Peden > Inhabitants of Cecil County Maryland 1649-1774 by Peden > Abstracts of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 and 1734-1763, > both by Brown > > I'm trying to follow: > Francis SMITH > Sarah (Smith) PEIRCE/PEARCE (husband Henry, NOT related to Henry Ward PIERCE) > Robert EYRE > Richard HOE/HOWE/HOW (wife Joan/Jane/Jean PEIRCE) > John HALL (wife Elizabeth PEIRCE) > Richard REYNOLDS (wife Sarah [2] PEIRCE) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Liz and all, You mentioned that you have the Eliason and DuShane families. I also have a Thomas Ward of that same early 1700s era, living on or near the state line, and from Staten Island. I think there were several families that may have moved at or about the same time from Staten Island/NY to this MD/DE area that we've been discussing. Does anyone know where to look to follow-up on this idea? Liz, have you followed up on the Eliasons and DuShanes before they lived "here"? This is one of those ideas that I've had but haven't pursued yet. Ellen Ward -----Original Message----- From: mdcecil-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdcecil-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of E Johnson Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:07 PM To: mdcecil@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Early Anglican Church Records - E Johnson Hi Judy, Good to see you here too. I don't have those books, so I am very appreciate of your past postings and also your current work. Many of your past postings have been very useful to me. I had once thought that most of the people I am following lived near Middletown Delaware. But now I find more and more who were very close to the state line, or in Maryland. I'll send you what SMITHs and REESE and etc I have, but I am still collecting info --these might make more questions than answers. But I am hoping if we post enough, we'll eventually crack each others problems somehow. If you or anyone wants more info on something here, just ask. Whatever I have so far I will share. I have --all of these pre-RevWar, some much earlier; BELVILLE-CANNON-CAZIER Middletown DE area ELIASON, DuSHANE Eliason lvd on both sides of the state line, 1700 and on; both orig in New York (Dutch church) & Staten Island. Van BEBBER from 1700 and PETERSON Cecil Co. and Middletown DE area from 1670's. WOOD; Middletown, DE; 1785-1863. Interested in all WOOD --desc of the Joseph WOOD who m. Francina HERMAN (d/o Augustine) need more research --I have Jacob WOOD who m. Catalina PETERSON, Middletown DE in 1755. Cornelius JOHNSON of New Castle, who d. 1684, m Elizabeth PETERSON, the sister of Adam sr who was a Justice etc, Middletown land owner. They had sons Johannes and Paulus (Paul) what happened to those two? Mary KIRK married Nicholas BELVILLE, him b. bef 1730, later moved to Ohio. Is she rel to Samuel KIRK?? VIGEROUX - Viggerou, etc, before 1700 --Most Wanted! Interesting land deals of these folks. WILLIAMS and WILLIAMS-NEERING. Interested in all WILLIAMS until I can prove who they were. LeROU, LARUE, LEROUX: Desc of the Pierre Laroux who d. c1709; Looking for an Ann who may be desc from him --an Ann "Laroun" marr Jacob aka James Van BEBBER (son of hendrick) b, ca 1685, lived Bohemia River/Middletown; a Peter LeROUX marr Christina Van BEBBER (dau of Isaac Jacobss. van Bebber) b. 1698 - North Sasafrass / St. Stephen's Parish. VRYMAN way early: Pierre LeROUX marr Alida VRYMAN in NY Dutch Church in 1692, 3 children (see above); she married again in Westchester NY BUT there was a Hendrick VRYMAN who signed the 1657 agreement at Ft. Casimir (New Castle), fixing prices for the trading of pelts. Need marr and children for him. REESE and THONY -Toney - maybe "DONEY" --Isaac DONEY in 1781 deeds, Middletown DE area --is he related to John Daniel THONY whose wife ws Elizabeth REESE? His dau married one of my DuSHANEs. There are probably more, but that's much of my shopping list. If anything looks interesting, please ask. Willing to work on any of these. Thanks again, Liz J On 11/3/06, Judy Ardine <downeast@concentric.net> wrote: > Liz, we meet at mdcecil as well, I see! How extensive are you Cecil > cnty, MD resources? I have only: > > History of Cecil County Maryland by Johnston Maryland Deponents > 1634-1799 by Peden Inhabitants of Cecil County Maryland 1649-1774 by > Peden Abstracts of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 and > 1734-1763, both by Brown > > I'm trying to follow: > Francis SMITH > Sarah (Smith) PEIRCE/PEARCE (husband Henry, NOT related to Henry Ward > PIERCE) Robert EYRE Richard HOE/HOWE/HOW (wife Joan/Jane/Jean PEIRCE) > John HALL (wife Elizabeth PEIRCE) Richard REYNOLDS (wife Sarah [2] > PEIRCE) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI Ellen, I had just started to wonder if your WARDs had been connected with those closer to NY. I have run into the name there somewhere, but had not gotten time to check into that more. Yes, I have followed up on some of my families who previously lived closer to the NY area before moving don to Delaware. Also have followed up on some who emigrated direct to DE/MD. I am better with some ethnic groups or religious orientations, than I am with others. If I had to say where a good starting point would be for checking into families who migrated to DE/MD, from NY and Staten Island, also from both ends of NJ and from Bucks Couinty PA and greater Philadelphia, I would have to say, go search list archives from the Dutch-Colonies-list on Rootsweb. Just this month (maybe going back to last month), there was a thread posted, entitled "Books I Like." In there are several good recommendations, notably a post by Howard Swain, who listed his best, most detailed, reliable resources. I would choose a name to research, then do a Search of D-Col archives over the years, and see what pops up. Spell the name several ways if you don't immediately get hits. There is a magazine published by Dorothy Koning called "New Netherland Connections" which can be very useful. Indexes to that are available. Rootsweb is "no-ad" but again check D-Col archives for mention of families who have been written about in that publication, which usually give the issue number and date. Also Dorothy publishes Queries (free) so take advantage by reading past queries and by posting new ones. I also use online resources such as baptism records of New Amsterdam and other Dutch Churches. I find baptismal sponsors that way, who often turn nout to be family members or associats who also did come down to our area. One resource or resource person who is probably under-utilized is Dr. Peter Stanley Craig and his works. In addition to publishing several books, his articles with profiles of families who emigrated direct (in most cases) to the Delaware River settlements in the Swedish era, which was before the Dutch takeover in 1655. These articles can be found in the magazine of the Swedish Colonial Society and are downloadable in PDF. I can share my web bookmarks which may also be useful. For example, there's a directory of Dutch settlers to New Amsterdam online that is very useful. Also, some wills of persons who lived in New York state are available. I have located will abstracts for several key persons of mine, in Philadelphia wills abstracts, which are online in USgenweb archives. The NJ-List on Rootsweb also has some very good resources posted, some of which were also posted to USgenweb for the state of NJ. Wills abstracts for the early colonuial era are posted; an entire volume of (mostkly) land records has been posted to the NJ list. In those land recordss are also land records of New Castle County, and some records of other locations along the non-NJ side of that river. Also, Maryland State Archives are online and can be quite useful, as they are searchable. Because the border between Maryland and Delaware did move, MD archives can often yield info about Delaware people. Lots of goodies buried in there. I'll try to make time to create a table of useful bookmarks. Might not get to that this weekend; I am waayyy behind where I am "supposed" to be. But remind me if that sounds interesting. I'm probably leaving out more than I can put in here. If you can come back with more specific questions, maybe I can direct you more precisely. I am not up to speed on WARD nor on DYRE (nor REESE), so I have not many more hints for those especially (yet). Did you need ELIASON or DuSHANE specifically --or was the question more general, about migrations into our area? If these families are wanted I can work up something on them, especially if you can tell me where or on whom to focus. Hope this is what you needed. If not, or if you need something more specific, just let me know & I'll try. Best wishes, Liz J On 11/3/06, Ellen Ward <ellen@bcpl.net> wrote: > Hi Liz and all, > > You mentioned that you have the Eliason and DuShane families. I also have a > Thomas Ward of that same early 1700s era, living on or near the state line, > and from Staten Island. I think there were several families that may have > moved at or about the same time from Staten Island/NY to this MD/DE area > that we've been discussing. Does anyone know where to look to follow-up on > this idea? Liz, have you followed up on the Eliasons and DuShanes before > they lived "here"? This is one of those ideas that I've had but haven't > pursued yet. > > Ellen Ward