Would this PETERSON be related to or one of yours?? NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE LAND RECORDS 1715-1728 by Carol Bryant; pp.98-99 Deed. On 15 Feb 1725 Peter PETERSON smith Sr of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, & Catherine his wife to Peter PETERSON smith Jr of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, son of Peter PETERSON smith Sr. Whereas Hans PETERSON, late of Philpots Creek in the Hundred aforesaid, yeoman, dec'd in about the year 1703 by virtue of a patent was seized in a tract of land called New Land, bounded by the Creek, land late of Cornelius EMPSON & land late of Paul PETERSON containing 210 acres, did by deed of gift granted the 210 acres unto his son the Peter PETERSON Sr. Whereas Peter PETERSON Sr did by mortgage dated 01 Feb 1723, granted the land to John RICHARDSON, John FRENCH & Joseph ENGLAND as trustees for the General Loan Office. Whereas Peter PETERSON smith Sr & Catherine his wife confirmed unto Henry STEDHAM of the Hundred, yeoman, 2 pieces of the land lying together containing 103 acres & 104 perches. Now Peter PETERSON smith Sr & Catherine his wife for 40 pounds granted to Peter PETERSON smith Jr all the remainder of the said land being 106 acres. Signed: Peter PETERSON smith & Catherine PETERSON smith. Delivered in the presence of: Sam KIRK, Alice KIRK & William TREHEARNE. (G1:568) [JKA Note: via e-mail from descendant of the above Peter PETERSON, the name Peter Peterson SMITH is incorrect, his trade was blacksmith] pp.121-122 Deed. On 14 Feb 1725 Peter Peterson SMITH of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, & Katherine his wife; Peter Peterson SMITH Jr of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, the son of the 1st mentioned Peter to Henry STEDHAM of the Hundred, yeoman. Whereas Hance PETERSON, late of Shilpot Creek in the said Hundred, yeoman, dec'd in about the 1703 did by virtue of a patent become seized in a tract of land called New Land on the west side of Shilpot Creek containing 210 acres. Hance did by deed gift dated 10 Feb 1703 granted to his son Peter Sr all the 210 acres. Whereas Peter PETERSON did by mortgage dated 01 Feb 1723 granted to the Trustees of the General Loan office the 210 acres. Now Peter Peterson SMITH, the father, & Katherine his wife & Peter Peterson SMITH Jr for 6.16 pounds grnted to Henry STEDHAM a piece of land being part of the afore mentioned tract bounded by land late of Francis KNOWLS & land late of Isreal PETERSON containing 13 + acres. Peter Peterson SMITH Sr & Katherine his wife to pay mortgage. Signed: Peter Peterson SMITH, Katherine Peterson SMITH & Peter Peterson SMITH Jr. Delivered in the presence of Alice KIRK, William TREHEARNE & Samuel KIRK Recorded: 28 Mar 1727. (H1:91]

Hi Judy and all, Thank you very much for posting these very interesting land transfers. > [JKA Note: via e-mail from descendant of the above Peter PETERSON, the name > Peter Peterson SMITH is incorrect, his trade was blacksmith] I agree, and wish the capitalization in these transcriptions of the land deed recitations would be changed to reflect the correct surname and occupation. > Would this PETERSON be related to or one of yours?? Closest I can see now is that Hans PETERSON to me would be something like a 3rd cousin 9 times removed. But I haven't tracked these people very far yet. I do not know who was Peter PETERSON senior's wife, Catherina. Does anyone have that? Some of the Hans PETERSON in-laws lived at Head of Elk or along Sassafrass River. I haven't found a marriage of one of the Brandywine PETERSONs to one of the Middletown PETERSONs yet. Hans PETERSON was said to be from Holstein (at the time part of Denmark), born about 1631, and had arrived on the Delaware as a soldier, working for the Dutch. He married two Swedish or Finnish wives. His second wife was Magdalena, a daughter of Pauel Jonsson "Mullica." Hans PETERSON and wife Magdalena inherited a half share of Pauel Jonsson Mullica's estate at "Wilde Hoek" also known as Wild or Indian Point. The other half of the Wild Point land was inherited by Pauel Jonsson's wife, Margareta (Andersdotter) PETERSON, who sold her share to Paul Mansson (her grandson) in September 1674 --who sold it on the same day back to Hans PETERSON (his uncle). Hans PETERSON also owned lands at Shellpot ( Skilpot) creek, including a mill or part of a mill. He and Magdalena Pauelsdotter had three sons: Peter (senior), Paul, and Israel PETERSON. There should also be a Carl PETERSON, son of Hans' first wife. If Peter PETERSON, jr is now (1725) selling land, somewhere previous there should be deeds from Israel PETERSON and from Paul PETERSON to their brother Peter junior, for his share. I tried to figure out if there was a special reason why these parcels of land were sold to Henry STEDHAM. The closest relationship I can find --and i am not sure I have all of the STEDHAMs listed here --is this: Hendrick STEDHAM, son of Adam, is a first cousin of Margaret Lyloffse STEDHAM, dau of Lulof STEDHAM. Margaret Lyloffse STEDHAM was married to Israel PETERSON --a grandson of Hans PETERSON. So, Peter PETERSON jr is selling land to his brother's wife's cousin. It would be interesting to see how the portion of the land that had once been Cornelius EMPSON's had come to Hans or Peter PETERSON. I don't think I have all the EMPSON relationships yet... Cornelius EMPOSN's daughter Sarah Empson was supposedly one of the four wives of Edward Robinson. His first wife had been Anna Walraven, who died about 1712. Anna WALRAVEN's father was Walraven Jansen "de Vos", a former soldier for the Dutch West Indies Company. His widow, Christina Ollesdotter, had married (2) to Margaret Lyloffse STEDHAM's grandfather, Timen STEDHAM, a doctor-surgeon for the New Sweden colony who died about 1686. If these's another connection between Hans PETERSON and Hendrich STEDHAM, I would be interested to know it. And I am also interested in descendents of Cornelius EMPSON. His son Ebenezer Empson married Susannah Wood, a daughter of Joseph Wood and Francina (Augustine) Herman. Thanks again for these land deed transcriptions. I find them fascinating as well as useful. All the best, Liz J On 11/8/06, Judy Ardine <downeast@concentric.net> wrote: > Would this PETERSON be related to or one of yours?? > > NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE LAND RECORDS 1715-1728 by Carol Bryant; > pp.98-99 > Deed. On 15 Feb 1725 Peter PETERSON smith Sr of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, > & Catherine his wife to Peter PETERSON smith Jr of Brandywine Hundred, > yeoman, son of Peter PETERSON smith Sr. > Whereas Hans PETERSON, late of Philpots Creek in the Hundred aforesaid, > yeoman, dec'd in about the year 1703 by virtue of a patent was seized in a > tract of land called New Land, bounded by the Creek, land late of Cornelius > EMPSON & land late of Paul PETERSON containing 210 acres, did by deed of > gift granted the 210 acres unto his son the Peter PETERSON Sr. > Whereas Peter PETERSON Sr did by mortgage dated 01 Feb 1723, granted the > land to John RICHARDSON, John FRENCH & Joseph ENGLAND as trustees for the > General Loan Office. > Whereas Peter PETERSON smith Sr & Catherine his wife confirmed unto Henry > STEDHAM of the Hundred, yeoman, 2 pieces of the land lying together > containing 103 acres & 104 perches. > Now Peter PETERSON smith Sr & Catherine his wife for 40 pounds granted to > Peter PETERSON smith Jr all the remainder of the said land being 106 > acres. Signed: Peter PETERSON smith & Catherine PETERSON smith. Delivered > in the presence of: Sam KIRK, Alice KIRK & William TREHEARNE. (G1:568) > > [JKA Note: via e-mail from descendant of the above Peter PETERSON, the name > Peter Peterson SMITH is incorrect, his trade was blacksmith] > > pp.121-122 > Deed. On 14 Feb 1725 Peter Peterson SMITH of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, & > Katherine his wife; Peter Peterson SMITH Jr of Brandywine Hundred, yeoman, > the son of the 1st mentioned Peter to Henry STEDHAM of the Hundred, yeoman. > Whereas Hance PETERSON, late of Shilpot Creek in the said Hundred, yeoman, > dec'd in about the 1703 did by virtue of a patent become seized in a tract > of land called New Land on the west side of Shilpot Creek containing 210 > acres. Hance did by deed gift dated 10 Feb 1703 granted to his son Peter Sr > all the 210 acres. > Whereas Peter PETERSON did by mortgage dated 01 Feb 1723 granted to the > Trustees of the General Loan office the 210 acres. > Now Peter Peterson SMITH, the father, & Katherine his wife & Peter Peterson > SMITH Jr for 6.16 pounds grnted to Henry STEDHAM a piece of land being part > of the afore mentioned tract bounded by land late of Francis KNOWLS & land > late of Isreal PETERSON containing 13 + acres. > Peter Peterson SMITH Sr & Katherine his wife to pay mortgage. > Signed: Peter Peterson SMITH, Katherine Peterson SMITH & Peter Peterson > SMITH Jr. > Delivered in the presence of Alice KIRK, William TREHEARNE & Samuel KIRK > Recorded: 28 Mar 1727. (H1:91] > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >