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''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Delaware|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 (1862), 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> 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>  "A "hundred" is an old Saxon land division which is comprised ten [http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/many-tithings-made-up-hundred-377691.html tithings] of ten freeholder families each, or 100 families." <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref> This usually consisted households with the average of 10 members each, the family plus servants. 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 The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref>
 
*[http://delgensoc.org/dedivide.htm The Delaware_Maryland Divide and Hundreds Boundaries 1775-1830]
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://www.answers.com/topic/delaware  Use of Hundreds]
*[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>
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]
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37404  Baltimore Hundred Marker]
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37404  Baltimore Hundred Marker]
 
*Broad Creek Hundred Marker-See Gumboro Hundred
==History Of Delaware’s Hundreds==
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36932 Cedar Creek Hundred History]
"A "hundred" is an old Saxon land division which is smaller than a county or shire and larger than a tithing. It comprised ten tithings of ten freeholder families each, or 100 families." <ref> [http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm The Hundreds of Delaware] </ref>
*Dagsborough Hundred Marker-See Gumboro Hundred
*[http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/scharfs-history-of-delaware-1609-1888.html The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog]
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36881&Result=1 Georgetown 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]
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=39051 Little Creek Hundred Marker]
*[http://mchhistory.blogspot.co.nz/  Mill Creek Hundred History Blog]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mispillion_Hundred Mispillion Hundred History]
*[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://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]
*[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://xtinahs.org/PLACES/WhiteClayCreekHundred.html White Clay Creek Hundred History]
*[http://wilmington-hundred.co.tv/ Wilmington Hundred History]


==Maps==
==Maps==
The  State of Delaware has a color coded map of the Hundreds that is easily downloadable at [http://history.delaware.gov/museums/vc/vc_hundreds.shtml The Hundreds of  Delaware]  
The  State of Delaware has a color coded map of the Hundreds that is easily downloadable at [http://history.delaware.gov/museums/vc/vc_hundreds.shtml The Hundreds of  Delaware]  
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List of Delaware_Hundreds List of Hundreds]</ref>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Delaware List of Hundreds]</ref>
*[http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Delaware_Hundreds Maps of Delaware Hundreds]
*[http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Delaware_Hundreds Color Coded Map Of Delaware Hundreds]
*[http://delgensoc.org/dedivide.htm The Delaware-Maryland Divide and Hundreds Boundaries 1775-1830]
 
==List of Delaware Hundreds==
==List of Delaware Hundreds==
===Hundreds of New Castle County===
===Hundreds of New Castle County===
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" style="width: 633px; height: 75px;"
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" style="width: 633px; height: 75px;"
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Hundred'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Hundred'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Primary Town'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Primary Town'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Name Origin'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Name Origin'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notee'''<br>
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notes'''<br>
|-
|-
|Appoquinimink Hundred
|Appoquinimink Hundred
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|Brandywine Hundred
|Brandywine Hundred
|Brandy
|Brandy
|1862
|1682
|Original
|Original
|Bellefonte
|Bellefonte
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|was part of Christiana
|was part of Christiana
|}
|}
<br></blockquote>
<br>


===Hundreds of Kent County===
===Hundreds of Kent County===
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|Dover  
|Dover  
|Divided into East and West Dover in 1859
|Divided into East and West Dover in 1859
|East and West Dover Hundreds
|East and West Dover Hundreds<br>
|<br>
|-
|-
|Duck Creek Hundred
|Duck Creek Hundred
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|Smyrna
|Smyrna
|Duck Creek
|Duck Creek
|Part is in Little Creek and Part in Kenton
|Part is in Little Creek and Part in Kenton<br>
|<br>
|-
|-
|East Dover Hundred
|East Dover Hundred
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|Dover Hundred
|Dover Hundred
|City of Dover
|City of Dover
|Formally Dover <BR>
|Formally Dover<br>
|-
|-
|Kenton Hundred
|Kenton Hundred
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|Was Part Of Dover<br>
|Was Part Of Dover<br>
|}
|}
<br></blockquote>
<br>
 
===Hundreds of Sussex County===
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" style="width: 633px; height: 75px;"
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Hundred'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Abbrev'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Estab'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Parent Hundred'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Primary Town'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Name Origin'''
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Current Name'''<br>
|-
|Baltimore Hundred
|Baltim
|1775
|Worcester County, MD
|Millville
|Part of never-erected Maryland county
|Was Part of Worcester County, MD<br>
|-
|Broadcreek Hundred
|BroadC
|1775
|Somerset County, MD
|Bethel
|Broadkill River (also known as Broad Creek)
|Part is now Gumboro & Dagsboro; was MD<br>
|-
|Broadkill Hundred
|Broadl
|1696
|Broadkill Hundred
|Original
|Milton
|Broadkill River Part is now in Georgetown Hundred. Variant name is Broadkiln.<br>
|-
|Cedar Creek Hundred
|CedarC
|1702
|Broadkill Hundred
|Milford
|Cedar Creek
|Part Established in 1696 as an original Hundred, part of area called "Old Sussex". Part is now in Georgetown Hundred. Variant name is Broadkiln.<br>
|-
|Cedar Hook Hundred
|CedarH
|1702
|Cedar Creek Hundred
|Milford
|Cedar Creek
|Now Cedar Creek <br>
|-
|Dagsborough Hundred
|Dagsbo
|1773
|Worcester County, MD
|Millsboro
|Dagsboro
|Part was Broad Creek; Part was MD, 1775 <br>
|-
|Deep Creek Hundred
|DeepCr
|
|Somerset County, MD
|
|
|Now Nanticoke <br>
|-
|Georgetown Hundred
|George
|1863
|Broadkill Hundred
|Georgetown
|Georgetown
|Also 1833-35; was Part of Broadkill <br>
|-
|Gumborough Hundred
|Gumbor
|1873
|Dagsboro Hundred
|
|Gumboro
|Was Part of Broad Creek and Dagsboro<br>
|-
|Indian Creek Hundred
|Indian
|1706
|
|
|
|Now Indian River <br>
|-
|Indian River Hundred
|IndiaR
|1706
|Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
|Angola
|Indian River (inlet and bay)
|Also Called Indian Creek <br>
|-
|Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
|LewesR
|1692
|Original
|Lewes
|Lewes (Whorekill)
|Was Also Rehoboth <br>
|-
|Little Creek Hundred
|LitCrS
|1774
|Somerset County, MD
|Laurel
|Little Creek
|Was Part of Somerset County, MD <br>
|-
|Nantiocke Hundred
|Nantic
|1775
|Somerset County, MD
|
|Nanticoke River
|Was Deep Creek <br>
|-
|Northwest Fork Hundred
|Northw
|1775
|Dorchester County, MD
|Bridgeville
|Northwest Fork, Nanticoke River
|Part is Now Searford: Was Maryland <br>
|-
|Seaford Hundred
|Seafor
|1869
|Northwest Fork Hundred
|Seaford
|Seaford
|Was Part of Northwest Fork <br>
|}
<br>


==Sources and Footnotes==
==Sources and Footnotes==
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<references/>
[[Category:Sussex_County,_Delaware]]
[[Category:New_Castle_County,_Delaware]][[Category:Kent_County,_Delaware]]
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