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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Delaware Hundreds''' | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Delaware Hundreds''' | ||
==The Hundreds of Delaware== | ==The Hundreds of Delaware== | ||
In colonial times, townships were geographically divided into groups called Hundreds , patterned after the old English division of a county <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_%28county_subdivision%29 Hundred County Subdivision]. </ref> Originally there were 5 Hundreds in New Castle, 5 Hundreds in Kent, and 2 Hundreds in Sussex. As the population grew, so did the groups of Hundreds. By 1875 the Hundreds grew to be the present day Thirty five. Delaware is the only state that continues to use this division. <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref><ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 297. ({{FSC|479190|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb}}). [[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]].</ref> | In colonial times, townships were geographically divided into groups called Hundreds , patterned after the old English division of a county <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_%28county_subdivision%29 Hundred County Subdivision]. </ref> Originally there were 5 Hundreds in New Castle, 5 Hundreds in Kent, and 2 Hundreds in Sussex. As the population grew, so did the groups of Hundreds. By 1875 the Hundreds grew to be the present day Thirty five. Delaware is the only state that continues to use this division. <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref><ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 297. ({{FSC|479190|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb}}). [[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]].</ref> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-1868-hundreds-maps Delaware 1868 Hundreds Maps] | ||
*[http://archives.blogs.delaware.gov/tag/william-penn/ Have You Ever Wondered ~ What is a Hundred?] | *[http://archives.blogs.delaware.gov/tag/william-penn/ Have You Ever Wondered ~ What is a Hundred?] | ||
*[http://delcode.delaware.gov/title9/c001/index.shtml Boundaries of Counties and Hundreds] | *[http://delcode.delaware.gov/title9/c001/index.shtml Boundaries of Counties and Hundreds] | ||
*[ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware List of Delaware Hundreds] | ||
*[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=156916 The Hundreds of Delaware] at HMDB.org, The Historical Marker Database | |||
==History of Delaware's Hundreds== | |||
William Penn described it as settlements divided into sections of One Hundred Families. An old Saxon land division term for a parcel of land that is smaller than a county or shire yet larger than a tithing is what they called a "hundred". Ten freeholder families or ten tithings comprised a "Hundred" with 100 families each. This usually consisted households with the average of 10 members each, the family plus servants.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "List of hundreds of Delaware" in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware, accessed 27 October 2023.</ref> | |||
William Penn described it as settlements divided into sections of One Hundred Families. | |||
A couple of great resources for histories of the various Hundreds can be found in ''History of Delaware : 1609-1888: Local History'' <ref> | A couple of great resources for histories of the various Hundreds can be found in ''History of Delaware : 1609-1888: Local History'' <ref> | ||