Yes, keep it here. Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware persons were all connected "somehow" - after the holidays (Thanksgiving, at least <grin>) remind me to send/add what I have found referencing Price which married with Sinex - I also have some legal document of a Price in hopes it was the one who connected with my Sinex. I have started to decipher/transcribe it but too hectic a time right now. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Ward" <ellen@bcpl.net> To: <mdcecil@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Liz J: LARKIN, PEARCE, PRICE > > I think its good that we talk about our families whose records are in > Cecil > County and Delaware and Pennsylvania. That is one of the hardest parts of > research, particularly very early research, in this area. When I started > out > I thought I'd just focus on Cecil County but you can't. If you do, you'll > never know about those nuggets of information hiding across a border: a > border that exists now but not back then! For my part, I think these are > important discussions to have on this list. > > It's also great to have everybody helping out other researchers with their > personal knowledge and their reference works. Thanks to everyone for > everything that has been contributed to this list and my best wishes for a > Happy Thanksgiving! > > Ellen Ward > > -----Original Message----- > From: mdcecil-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdcecil-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Judy Ardine > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:00 PM > To: mdcecil@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MDCECIL] Liz J: LARKIN, PEARCE, PRICE > > Oh, lawdy, Liz J, these old Chester/Delaware cnty, PA surnames! Mine for > the most part BELONG in Delaware (earlier Chester) cnty, PA rather than > Cecil cnty, MD. > > There's gonna be some confusing conflicts w/the PEARCE/PEIRCE/PIERCE > families in Cecil cnty and Delaware cnty AND New Castle cnty. I have a > Henry PEIRCE, wife Sarah SMITH, of Kennett, then Concord, in PA; his wife > inherited land from her brother in Cecil cnty, MD. No relationship to the > PEIRCE (all spellings) family in Cecil cnty from which eventually sprang > Henry Ward PEIRCE who we find in all 3 counties (same man). Nor is "my" > Henry PEIRCE related to the George PEIRCE family of Concord. I have > primary > documentation to prove that. > > My LARKINs are also mainly of Chester/Delaware cnty, PA. Keep in mind, > PRICE was mostly likely Welsh and at one time AP RHYS (ap Rhys) and PRICE, > RICE and REESE could all be related families in the very early days, the > 1600s in this area of PA, MD, DE. *sigh* > > One more thing and then I would say most of my further comments should be > moved to the PA-OLD-CHESTER, PACHESTE, PADELAWA lists rather than taking > up > MDCECIL list space. > > That last thing is your access to EARLY western NJ records. Like 1670s to > 1710. EYRE is pronounced AIR so you can imagine the possible spellings, > including EAYER, etc. as well as the more common AYER, etc. > > My original immigrant ancestor, Robert EYRE (grndfthr of the Robert EYRE > who md: Ann PRICE) settled in Bethel twp, now in Delaware cnty, PA c1682. > Several history books refer to his having settled first in NJ. I suspect > he > did NOT, but has been considered a relative of a George EYRE who settled > in > the Burlington, NJ area and was the progenitor of the well-known > shipbuilding "Kensington" EYREs. This George EYRE didn't arrive in the > Burlington, NJ area until 1727 or so, some close to or more than 20 years > after the death of "my" Robert EYRE. Anyway, if you have access to those > early will, land, etc. records: 1670-1710 or so, and could keep an eye out > for EYRE of any spelling it would be appreciated. > > My apologies to the majority of the members of this MDCECIL list for > dragging in so many relatives, etc. from early PA and DE. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Thanks very much for the votes of confidence. I am coming more and more to realize how very much we can't completely separate parts of Maryland from NJ and from Delaware and PA. Likewise we can't really separate this area from Virginia or from West Virginia. To get at the necessary info about certain families, at some point we must discuss other people and places --if only to eliminate or separate them out. We do lose people because of in- and out-migrations, and we also find them again by posting what we know as well as what we need. Also we need to test each other's ideas in a forum like this, or else we're all groping in the dark alone in hopes of inventing one wheel (to mix metaphors) ...One wheel makes a wheelbarrow, but those are small and tippy. Two wheels makes a cart, and better yet: four wheels makes a good solid wagon which can carry more cargo. If it was easy, we would not be here. I wish I knew more about early-Colonial Virginia, but others do and I hope they would help. I wish I knew more about the early Quakers and Quaker-Baptists and those who lived just up there on the border with Pennsylvania --but others do, and I hope they would jump in too. Antoinette, I would love to see what you had on PRICE when you have time. Ellen, hello again; I was just looking at the page of yours which has the old manor houses on it. The history of St Stephen's parish is very helpful. I think I might understand now why there is such trouble finding records of my earliest ELIASONs. Greetings to others who are quiet on this thread, even though I know you are also there. Thanks to you all too. Anyway, it will be good if we can make some more progress. I am finding it much easier to work forward in time from the earliest settlers, rather than backward from specific ancestors of mine. It might seem like more work and more vague, but because there are so many inteersonnections in ethnic groups and across borders which only exist(ed) as consensual psychological and political constructs, working forward from the beginning really seems to help in the long run. Thanks again everyone. I hope now we can get my name off this thread, and get back to what we all enjoy doing best. Have a wonderful weekend all. Liz J