Is this a free data base ? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: [SHANNON-L] NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE WILLS, 1682-1800 > from Ancestry.com database: > NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE WILLS, 1682-1800 > > Often containing detailed descriptions of family relationships, probate > records > can be among the most helpful sources of ancestral information. This database > is > a collection of will abstracts from New Castle County, Delaware between 1682 > and > 1800. Each record provides the individual's name, date the will was created, > and > date it was filed. Most entries also provide names of witnesses and family > members who received a portion of the person's estate. It contains nearly > 1,700 > entries and about 7,000 names. > > Info listed: Name, Will Loc, Will Made Date, Will Probate Date, Will > Book/Page, & Comment: > > Roger SHANNON - 7 Jun 1749, 14 Aug. 1749 - G/325, Mother; sister's son, John > Fitzpatrick; George Lawson. Exc. George Lawson. > > John SHANNON - Chris. Hd., 27 Sep 1745, 25 Jan. 1750 - G/473, dau., Mary > SHANNON, Exc. Richard Malone, Samuel Adams, Walter Dewison, Lawrance Hahan, > in Jamaica; John Kinsey, Dr. Reese Jones, in New Castle. > > Peter Hastings - Mill Crk. Hd., 20 Apr 1748, 17 Dec. 1750, G/440, Son, John; > granddau., Patience SHANNON; eldest son, Peter; dau., Isabel and her two > children; dau., Jane; dau., Mary; dau. Grace; son, Isaac. Exc. John Hastings > (son), Capt. William McCrea. > >