The Duke of York record has a confirmation of a land grant to one "Andren CARR and Margerite his wife" for "Matiniconk Island in Delaware River" on October 1, 1669. See page 141 of the book, _Original Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record._ Noted in this doc is that Marguerite was prevoiusly the wife of Joost De La Grange. Therefore this Matiniconk Island (of which there were several by that name in the Delaware River) is also known as Tinicum island, and is the one sold by Armgard Prinz (New Sweden Governor Johann Prinz's daughter) to Joost de la Grange in 1662. NB the place-name "Matiniconk" seems to be an Indian word in an Algonquian dialect that can be applied to various islands. I forget what the meaning is at the moment... the "kunk" or "konck" at the end means "place of." The Europeans seemed to apply the -um suffix in place of the -kunk suffix to place-names in much the same way they sometimes Latinized thair names in documents, as in "Antonius" for "Anthony" or "Antoine." This place is now a bit south of where Philadelphia International Airport is, but I am not sure if it's still an island. This map here, while representing events which took place about a hundred years later, does show the area in detail: http://home.comcast.net/~fredra/MifflinSW.jpg Now: A John CARRE also appears in the Duke of York record. Page 160, "Captain John CARRE" had (past tense?) land at one time at New Castle (town). Looks like it had been transferred to "Charles Floyd and John Henry &c" by September 1669. Okay, I'm back to work. Best, Liz J

I looked for the name Matiniconk, and can't find it anywhere. Did find the following, though. Aug 22, 1683, Otto Ernest Cock agreed to surrender Tinicum Island to Arnoldus de la Grange, who claimed title through purchase of the island by his father, from Armegot Printz. De la Grange then sold the island on 2 Feb 1683/4, to Christopher Taylor. Sandra -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 6/25/2006

> Aug 22, 1683, Otto Ernest Cock agreed to surrender Tinicum Island to > Arnoldus de la Grange, who claimed title through purchase of the island by > his father, from Armegot Printz. Yes. There's a rather complicated story about how that happened. There had been some question of Armegard's inheritance (back in Sweden with other family members), also some question about the title to Tinicum Island, so the title couldn''t be transferred for some time. Meanwhile Cock had been granted that land by (I think) the English. That boils it down probably further than it should, but details of this are available online. (probably available in my hard drive, which is harder to google lately) <g> > I looked for the name Matiniconk, and can't find it anywhere. Just play with the spelling. Googling | Matiniconck | will bring up a couple of NJ colonial records and will also bring up E. A. Louhi's article: "The Delaware Finns..." The page that comes up also has mention of the Captain John Carr I mentioned earlier. Also, googling | Mattinacunck | will bring results. **Note It's important to determine which Matiniconck is meant in each instance. One was located at Burlington NJ, one may have been farther down along the Delaware coast a ways; one had been the "real" Tinicum at Philadelphia, of which there was also "Little Tinicum." The one at Burlington was owned in part by Henry Jacobs, aka Henry Jacobs Valckenburg, who also owned some land in the lower Delaware (maybe New Castle County, I forget) and at Little Egg Harbor, NJ. The mysterious Peter Jegou also owned part of the island at Burlington. I find the history of the pre-English settlements along the Delaware fascinating. Thanks Liz On 6/27/06, Sandra Ferguson <ferg@ntelos.net> wrote: > I looked for the name Matiniconk, and can't find it anywhere. Did find the > following, though. > Aug 22, 1683, Otto Ernest Cock agreed to surrender Tinicum Island to > Arnoldus de la Grange, who claimed title through purchase of the island by > his father, from Armegot Printz. De la Grange then sold the island on 2 Feb > 1683/4, to Christopher Taylor. > Sandra >