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    1. Re: SAPPs in Delaware
    2. Shirley Martin
    3. I found this and thought it might be helpful to someone. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8074/query001.htm#10 ALLEE, CAHOON, DRAUGHTON, HENRY, HOPKINS, KILLEN, MAYFLOWER, MOOR, NOV, PHILLIP, REES, ROBERT, SAPP, SMITH, SNOW, WIDOW posted by Robert Cooper Moor on Wednesday, October 2, 1996 Is Robert MOOR b. c.1747-d.November 1788 who married Lydia SNOW 23 NOV 1773 [She the great granddaughter of Stephen HOPKINS who was in Jamestown, VA in 1610 and after returning to England in 1613, remarried and came back to America in 1620 aboard the MAYFLOWER, the son of Henry MOOR described below? Henry MOOR made his will in New Castle county in 1751. Henry MOOR's will was probated in Kent County, Delaware. 'Old' Duck Creek Hundred is found on record in 1685, and is given as embracing the land lying between Duck Creek and its southwest branch, called Little Duck Creek, and extending westward to the Maryland line; but the region was not finally settled until many years later. This division left Bombay Hook Island in New Castle County. Old Duck Creek is a very crooked stream, and made a sharp turn about a mile from the Delaware Bay, and then ran thirteen miles to where it joined the Dona River and entered the Bay. Some time previous to 1740 the route to the bay from the landing was shortened by cutting a thoroughfare at the turn, and Hon. Jacob Stout, in 1820, cut the Leipsic, or Little Duck Creek through. In 1841 this thoroughfare was made a part of the northern boundary of Kent County, thus placing Bombay Hook Island in Duck Creek Hundred. History of Delaware by: Scharf P. 1091 Wherefore the will of Henry MOOR, witnessed by Heneritta MOOR, Jacob ALLEE and Thomas CAHOON in 1751, was made in New Castle County and probated in Kent County, Delaware. In the settlement of the inventory of Henry Moor's estate in 1751 there is a payment of 17 shillings and one pence to John Snow who was the father of Lydia Snow who would marry his son Robert Moor twenty two years later on November 23, 1773. Jacob ALLEE who witnessed the will of Henry Moor, also witnessed the will of Henry's son Robert Moor. Henry Moor's will leaves two plantations, one in New Castle County and one in Kent County to his sons Henry II and Robert MOOR. This would indicate that both were about eighteen years of age in 1751when Henry made his will. In 1756 after Isaac SAPP married Elizabeth MOOR, the WIDOW of Henry Moor, and made petition to Kent County Orphans Court the ledger reveals that Abraham Moor paid six pounds sterling, and Mary Moor paid two pounds sterling to Henry Moor's estate. There are individuals listed on this document that married into the KILLEN family which was the family of the mother of the Hopkins sisters! John DRAUGHTON who was the executor of Henry Moor's will had a daughter named Margaret. Margaret DRAUGHTON [Drayton] was married to James Snow and they would had a daughter named Rebecca Snow. Rebecca Snow would marry Henry's brother' John's son John Moor, Jr., after Rebecca's first husband Abel REES died. Abel REES was the sister of Jeremiah Rees who was paid twelve shillings seven and one half pence by Henry MoorÂ’s widow when Isaac SAPP, Elizabeth Moor's new husband made their petition to Orphans Court. It is interesting to note that Henry Moor named three sons Henry, Robert and John and four unnamed daughters, and had two plantations, one in Kent County and one in New Castle County, because of the location of Duck Creek and Bombay Hook. Bombay Hook is one of Delaware's very earliest landmarks. Today [1996] the Moor burial ground is situated in the middle of a cornfield near the Bombay Calendar of Kent County Delaware Probate Records 1680-1800 by Leon deValinger Jr (1944): p. 407 - MOOR, ROBERT. Admin. of, to Lydia Moore, Dec. 16, 1788. Arch vol. A36, pp. 83-4. Register of Wills, Liber M, folio 181. Note: Arch vol. A36, p.83 shows that Lydia Moore married John Maree and mentions heirs, Henry, James, John, Abraham, Robert and Joseph Moore. p. 411 SMITH, PHILLIP. Admin of, to Lydia Moore, D.B.N. May 22, 1789. Arch. vol A47, pp. 137-8. Reg. of Wills, Liber M, folio 194 MOOR, HENRY. Will Made Oct. 5, 1751. New Castle Co. Heirs: sons Henry, ROBERT, John [a minor], wife Elizabeth; 4 daus. unnamed. Exec'x. wife and John Draughton. Wits: Henaritta Moor, Jacob Allee, Thomas Cahoon. Elizabeth the widow m. Isaac Sap; Elizabeth and Rachel Moore daughters. Prob. Oct 14, 1751. Arch. vol. A36, pp. 22-23. Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folio 42. Arch vol. A36 p. 23 indicates remarriage of the widow and daughters' names. Robert Cooper Moor, Jr. PO Box 5, Hockessin, Delaware 19707 (302) 239- 1717 or email Moor@usa.net Shirley Martin Researching Harriett SAPP b. February 14, 1806 in Delaware

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