This county in southern Delaware was the site of the first Dutch settlement in the area in 1631. This volume contains a wealth of records for that original county, including civil, court, church, and Bible records. The civil records include many letters, petitions, and resident lists; the court records include land grants, civil suits, wills, administrations, and marriage records; the church records include letters, petitions, subscriber lists, and the vestry records of St. Peter's church for the early 1800s; the Bible records section includes a wealth of birth, marriage and death data. Some Kent County records are also included.
C. H. G. Turner
(1909, 1989), 2019, 5½x8½, paper, index, 418 pp
ISBN: 9781556132490
101-T0249
