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==History Of Delaware’s Hundreds== | ==History Of Delaware’s Hundreds== | ||
William Penn described it as settlements divided into sections of One Hundred Families.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=qb9YfuQRWWUC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=%22Hundreds+of+Delaware%22+William+Penn&source=bl&ots=EKMwJUfYz2&sig=Ka0GYkhVwhO4sN4IOh67aK8Xcms&hl=en&ei=Y0HkTZO0Jo6CsQOC84kW&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Hundreds%20of%20Delaware%22%20William%20Penn&f=false Healing America] </ref> 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 [http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/many-tithings-made-up-hundred-377691.html tithings] comprised a "Hundred" with 100 families each. This usually consisted households with the average of 10 members each, the family plus servants.<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> <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref> | William Penn described it as settlements divided into sections of One Hundred Families.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=qb9YfuQRWWUC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=%22Hundreds+of+Delaware%22+William+Penn&source=bl&ots=EKMwJUfYz2&sig=Ka0GYkhVwhO4sN4IOh67aK8Xcms&hl=en&ei=Y0HkTZO0Jo6CsQOC84kW&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Hundreds%20of%20Delaware%22%20William%20Penn&f=false Healing America] </ref> 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 [http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/many-tithings-made-up-hundred-377691.html tithings] comprised a "Hundred" with 100 families each. This usually consisted households with the average of 10 members each, the family plus servants.<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> <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm University of Delaware Library ~ The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref> | ||
A great resource 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> | |||
*[http://xtinahs.org/PLACES/AppoquiniminkHundred.html Appoquinmink Hundred] | *[http://xtinahs.org/PLACES/AppoquiniminkHundred.html Appoquinmink Hundred] | ||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37404 Baltimore Hundred Marker] | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37404 Baltimore Hundred Marker] | ||