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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. 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> | ||
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> | ||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=mqwUAAAAYAAJ&dq=motherkill+hundred+history+-map&source=gbs_navlinks_s John Thomas Scharf; ''History of Delaware : 1609-1888: Local History''] </ref> and ''History of the state of Delaware'' <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZkYVAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Little+creek+Hundred%22+history+-map+-wikipedia&source=gbs_navlinks_s Henry Clay Conrad: ''History of the state of Delaware'']</ref> | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appoquinimink_Hundred Appoquinmink Hundred] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appoquinimink_Hundred Appoquinmink Hundred] | ||
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*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36881&Result=1 Georgetown Hundred Marker] | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36881&Result=1 Georgetown Hundred Marker] | ||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48582 Gumboro Hundred Marker] | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=48582 Gumboro Hundred Marker] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=48583 Indian River Hundred Marker] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_%26_Rehoboth_Hundred Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred Marker] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_%26_Rehoboth_Hundred Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred Marker] | ||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39051 Little Creek Hundred Marker] | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39051 Little Creek Hundred Marker] | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mispillion_Hundred Mispillion Hundred History] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mispillion_Hundred Mispillion Hundred History] | ||
*[http://deahgp.genealogyvillage.com/sussex/nanticoke-hundred-sussex-county-delaware.html Nanticoke Hundred Marker] | *[http://deahgp.genealogyvillage.com/sussex/nanticoke-hundred-sussex-county-delaware.html Nanticoke Hundred Marker] | ||
*[ | *[https://archives.delaware.gov/delaware-historical-markers/north-murderkill-hundred/ North MurderKill Hundred Marker] | ||
*[ | *[https://deahgp.genealogyvillage.com/sussex/northwest_fork_hundred_sussex_county_delaware.html Northwest Fork Hundred] | ||
*[http://www.delawareroots.org/index.php/new-castle/48-new-castle-county-history/60-pencader-hundred-history Pencader Hundred History] | *[http://www.delawareroots.org/index.php/new-castle/48-new-castle-county-history/60-pencader-hundred-history Pencader Hundred History] | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZkYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA528&lpg=PA528&dq=%22red+lion+hundred%22+history+-map+-wikipedia&source=bl&ots=Y4Yj89v-K1&sig=GrVOppw3zDGGyCJ-R_nRgbWj1bo&hl=en&ei=DZPlTdbpEpL4swPI1KSNBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22red%20lion%20hundred%22%20history%20-map%20-wikipedia&f=false Red Lion Hundred History] | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZkYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA528&lpg=PA528&dq=%22red+lion+hundred%22+history+-map+-wikipedia&source=bl&ots=Y4Yj89v-K1&sig=GrVOppw3zDGGyCJ-R_nRgbWj1bo&hl=en&ei=DZPlTdbpEpL4swPI1KSNBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22red%20lion%20hundred%22%20history%20-map%20-wikipedia&f=false Red Lion Hundred History] | ||
*[http://www.livingplaces.com/DE/New_Castle_County/St_Georges_Hundred.html St. George Hundred History] | *[http://www.livingplaces.com/DE/New_Castle_County/St_Georges_Hundred.html St. George Hundred History] | ||
*[ | *[https://archives.delaware.gov/delaware-historical-markers/seaford-hundred-6/ Seaford Hundred Marker] | ||
*[ | *[https://deahgp.genealogyvillage.com/kent/south_murderkill_hundred_kent_county_delaware.html South Murderkill Hundred] | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=mqwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1077&lpg=PA1077&dq=West+Dover+hundred+history+-map&source=bl&ots=nJBvBQ6FY2&sig=_gqi1F0w3BZD_mBYl_0u_DVCXIo&hl=en&ei=fozlTbSJCJHEsAOM4t3nBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=West%20Dover%20hundred%20history%20-map&f=false West Dover Hundred History] | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=mqwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1077&lpg=PA1077&dq=West+Dover+hundred+history+-map&source=bl&ots=nJBvBQ6FY2&sig=_gqi1F0w3BZD_mBYl_0u_DVCXIo&hl=en&ei=fozlTbSJCJHEsAOM4t3nBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=West%20Dover%20hundred%20history%20-map&f=false West Dover Hundred History] | ||
*[http://xtinahs.org/PLACES/WhiteClayCreekHundred.html White Clay Creek Hundred History] | *[http://xtinahs.org/PLACES/WhiteClayCreekHundred.html White Clay Creek Hundred History] | ||