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==History Of Delaware’s Hundreds== | ==History Of Delaware’s Hundreds== | ||
"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. <ref> [http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/origins/hundred.shtml Origin of the Hundred's System] </ref><http://delgensoc.org/delhund.htm Delaware | "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. <ref> [http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/origins/hundred.shtml Origin of the Hundred's System] </ref> <ref>[http://delgensoc.org/delhund.htm Delaware Genealogical Society's List of Delaware's Hundreds]</ref> | ||
*[http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/scharfs-history-of-delaware-1609-1888.html The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog] | *[http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/scharfs-history-of-delaware-1609-1888.html The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog] | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||