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==Tax Records== | ==Tax Records== | ||
*'''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: | *'''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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Original tax assessment records, beginning in 1693, can be found at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. | Original tax assessment records, beginning in 1693, can be found at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702897?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The First Tax List for the Province of Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, 1693''], (Bedminster, Pennsylvania : Adams Apple Press, 1994). | |||
*''Colonial Delaware Records 1681-1731'' by Bruce A. Bendler, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1990). | |||
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