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.

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