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===Land Records=== | ===Land Records=== | ||
The Swedes and Dutch were the first to give land grants. After the English acquired Delaware, propriety deeds were granted by the Duke of York. These can be found in the General Assembly of the State of Delaware. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216849?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record: Being an Authorized Transcript from the Official Archives of the State of Delaware, and Comprising the Letters Patent, Permits, Commissions, Surveys, Plats, and Confirmations by the Duke of York and Other High Officials from 1646-1679''], Wilmington, DE:Sunday Star Print, 1903, | *'''1646-1679''' - The Swedes and Dutch were the first to give land grants. After the English acquired Delaware, propriety deeds were granted by the Duke of York. These can be found in the General Assembly of the State of Delaware. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216849?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record: Being an Authorized Transcript from the Official Archives of the State of Delaware, and Comprising the Letters Patent, Permits, Commissions, Surveys, Plats, and Confirmations by the Duke of York and Other High Officials from 1646-1679''], Wilmington, DE: Sunday Star Print, 1903. | ||
*'''1682-American Revolution''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249920?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759'']compiled by Allen Winberg and Thomas E. Slattery under the directory of Charles E. Hughes, Jr., Knightstown, Indiana : The Bookmark, 1975. | |||
*'''1682'''- Delaware was divided by the Penn Proprietary into "hundreds." These were areas created for tax purposes and supposed to be occupied by ten families. Until 1897, the original twelve hundreds were divided and added to. The original twelve were: | |||
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Kent County | |||
Duck Creek | |||
Mispillion | |||
Motherkill | |||
Murderkill | |||
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Saint Jones | |||
New Castle County | |||
Appoquinimink | |||
Brandywine | |||
Christiana | |||
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New Castle | |||
Saint Georges | |||
Sussex County | |||
Broadkill | |||
Rehoboth | |||
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