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1872 David H. Holland. Edward Jones, George M. Davis, James T. Thomp- son, John Hickman, Hugh Martin, Jesse B. Stevenson.
1874 Asa F. Conwell, George H. Phillips, Robert Lambdin, John W. Phillips, Joseph G. McNeal. Paynter Frame, Shepard P. Houston.
1876 David L. Mustard, Peter Robinson, Kendall Richards, John L. Thompson, William W. Morris, Hugh Martin, Miles Messick.
1878 Joshua Webb, Isaac N. Fooks, Shepard P. Houston, James Law, Eli S. Short, Jacob G. Cannon, Clement C. Hearn.
1880 William P. Jones, Peter Robinson. Philip C. Mathews, Joseph G. Mc- Neal, Thomas N. Williams, Peter W. Tomlinson, Amos J. Stayton.
1882 George W. Risler, Thomas J. Perry, William A. Jacobs, Samuel H. Messick, Stansbury J. Wheatley, Thomas Dukes, James Rawlins.
1884 John O. Truitt, David H. Atkins, Jacob H. Adams, John Tatman, W. R. McCabe, Jacob W. Cannon; Joseph B. Hearn.
1886 William R. McCabe, Thomas R. Wilson, William C. Rust, Lemuel W. Waples, Robert W. Dasey, George W. Magee, William T. Perry.
1888 Charles H. Sackett, Henry H. Morgan, Daniel Short. John A. Lingo, Charles H. Maull, McKendree Downham, Lewis E. Wallace.
1890 William H. Chapman, Horace J. Hickman, Elihu J. Morris, Robert R. Morris, William L. Sirman, John A. Tindall, Jolin H. West.
1892 George A. Bryan, Randall M. Lynch, Horace J. Hickman, Robert W. Dasey, John H. Prettyman. John S. Jacobs, Samuel S. Kenney.
1894 John M. Robbins, Newell Ball, Edward S. Burton, George H. Town- send, Charles L. Moore, Horace Brown, Henry H. Morgan.
1896 Emory B. Riggin. Matt Ford Short. Asbury Smith, Thomas Johnson, Elisha C. Dukes, Isaac N. Whitney, John C. Thompson.
1898 Mark L. Davis, George S. Buell, Thomas E. Cottingham, James C. Conoway, William F. King, William P. Short, George H. West, Joseph W. Hunter, John T. Wagaman. David Hazzard.
1900 George B. Clendaniel, Robert R. Layton, Walter M. Hearn, William J. West, David W. Ralph, Shadrach Short, Daniel J. Long. Harry S. Prettyman, Eli Pepper, Ebenezer W. Warren.
1902 John W. Bennett, Oliver A. Newton, Frank Allen, Samuel J. Messick, Samuel J. Lowe, Rufus D. Lingo, Jr., Jobn E. Townsend, Frank W. Lawson, Thomas R. Purnell. Joseph B. Thompson.
1904 Charles D. Abbott, John T. Vandenberg, Daniel W. Ellis, Charles W. Messick, Edward P. Ellis, Rufus D. Lingo, Jr., Timothy E. Townsend, Henry O. Bennum. Henry Marshall, Harry V. Lyons.
1906 William H. Richardson, Oliver A. Newton, Joshua J. Lambden, Noah H. James, William H. Elliott, James S. Donaway. William G. Williams, Henry O. Bennum, Jr., Dr. John W. Messick, James C. Palmer.
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GENERAL HISTORY OF THE STATE.
Speakers of the State House of Representatives.
1777 Samuel West
1847 Lewis Thompson
1782 Simon Kollock
1849 Daniel Cummins
1784 Thomas Duff
1851 Samuel Jefferson
1786 John Cook
1853 John R. McFee
1787 Thomas Rodney
1855 Samuel Biddle
Y1788 Jehu Davis
1857 George WV. Cummins
1790 Henry Latimer
1859 John W. F. Jackson
1791 Allen McLane
1861 John F. Williamson
1793 George Wilson
1863 John Sorden
1794 Stephen Lewis
1865 Shephard P. Houston
1795 Peter Lowber
1867 William Polk
1796 Stephen Lewis
1869 John Hickman
1804 Jesse Green
1871 Sewell C. Biggs
1806 Thomas Laws
1873 Joseph Burchenal
1807 William Warner
1875 Thomas Holcomb
1808 Stephen Lewis
1877 Hugh Martin
1811 Cornelius P. Comegys
1879 Swithin Chandler
1816 Nathan Vickars
1881 Reynear Williams
1820 John Cummins
1883 George H. Bates
1822 Alrich Ryland
1885 William A. Comegys
1823 George Clark
1887 William R. McCabe
1824 Joshua Burton
1889 Johu H. Hoffecker
1825 Arnold Naudain
1891 William L. Sirman
1831 Joshua Burton
1893 J. Harvey Whiteman
1832 Thomas Davis
1895 Henry H. McMullen
1833 John Raymond
1897 Emory B. Riggin
1835 William D. Waples
1899 Theodore F. Clark
1839 John P. Brinkloe
1901 James V. McCommons
1841 Robert Houston
1903 Henry S. Anthony
1843 William O. Redden
1905 William D. Denney
1845 William Temple
1907 Richard Hodgson
Clerks of the State House of Representatives.
1778 James Booth 1823 William P. Brobson
1795 Robert Clark
1824 Kemp Roberts
1796 James Sykes
1825 John W. Ruth
1797 John Caldwell
1832 Ignatius T. Cooper
1800 Thomas Clayton
1833 Joshua G. Baker
1803 John Caldwell
1837 Charles G. Ridgely
1807 Jolin Fisher
1839 Henry Todd
1811 Molton C. Rogers
1841 Joseph P. Comegys
1812 John Barratt
1843 John R. McFee
1815 Joshua Gordon Brinckle
1845 N. B. Smithers
1816 Alexander L. Hayes
1849 Edward Gibbons
1820 John M. Clayton
1851 Dudley B. Tinker
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1853 Clayton C. Cowgill
1831 David T. Marvel
1855 James D. Prettyinan
1883 E. W. Waples
1857 Charles B. Lore
1885 C. L. Williamson
1859 John B. Peningten
1887 Ezekiel T. Cooper
1861 Caleb S. Layton
1889 William A. Gum
1863 John B. Penington
1891 Francis M. Dunn
1865 J. Frank Hazel
1893 John H. Layton
1867 Ignatius C. Grubb
1895 Edward T. Hastings
1869 Beniah Watson
1897 George W. Spicer, Jr.
1871 John B. Penington
1899 Benjamin F. Sheppard
1873 W. Fiske Townsend
1901 William T. Deighton
1875 William D. Hazel
1903 Richard Hodgson
1877 Charles H. B. Day
1905 Thomas S. Lewis
1879 John F. Saulsbury
1907 William J. Swain
HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
New Castle County is the most northerly of the three coun- ties of the State. It is bounded on the north by the State of Pennsylvania, on the east by the Delaware River, on the south by Kent County, and on the west by the State of Maryland. With very little change the boundaries of the county have re- mained as originally established. The early records describe the county as extending from Stony Creek (now Quarryville Creek) to Bombay Hook. After the settlement of the boun- dary line of the State between Lord Baltimore and William Penn, the northerly line of the county was of course extended to the circular boundary line of the state on the north. The subdivisions of the counties of the state are known as hun- dreds, as contra-distinguished from townships or election dis- tricts, the latter subdivisions being the usual terin applied in other states. The records disclose the name " hundred " as early as the year 1687.
Originally New Castie County was divided into five hun- dreds, viz., Brandywine Hundred, being all that part of the county lying north and east of the Brandywine Creek ; Chris- tiana Hundred, all the land north of the Christiana Creek and west of the Brandywine ; New Castle Hundred, all lying south of the Christiana Creek and north of St. George's Creek ; St.
THE ORIGINAL COURT HOUSE BUILT AT NEW CASTLE, A. D. 1676.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
George's Hundred, all lying between St. George's and Appo- quinimink Creeks; and Appoquinimink Hundred, all the territory lying between Appoquinimink Creek on the north and Duck Creek, the southern boundary of the county, on the south.
In 1710 the number of hundreds had been increased to nine by the addition of the hundreds of Pencader, Red Lion, Mill Creek and White Clay Creek. In 1833 Wilmington was made a separate hundred, and about the year 1875 Appo- quinimink Hundred was divided, and Blackbird Hundred, as at present constituted, was carved out of it.
During the early Swedish reign the seat of government was at Christina and New Amstel. The early courts for the county were held in the forts. The first fort was Fort Chris- tina. The second fort, called Fort Casimir, was built by the Dutch in 1651, and was the starting point of the present city of New Castle. The fort seems to have been rather frail in construction, and only lasted a few years, although some parts of it were standing when William Penn first came to New Castle in 1682. The first forts were succeeded by block houses, which served as places of defence, and they were also used for the holding of the primitive courts of that day.
Nothing in the nature of a permanent court house was built until after the advent of Penn. About 1676, the east wing of the court house at New Castle, still standing, was built. It served for years, both as a state house and court house for New Castle County, and it was not until 1779 that the state house at Dover was built, and it was after that year that Dover became the established capital of the state, and thereafter the sessions of the General Assembly of the state have been held there. The east wing of the original court house at New Castle served all purposes until about the year 1708, when a large addition was made, which constitutes the present middle or main building, and about 1767 a further addition was made to the westward, and eighty years later, that part of the build- ing was still further enlarged. The jail in 1771 was in the
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rear of the court house. A new jail was built in 1798, and served until 1858, when the jail was greatly enlarged and im- proved, and an adjoining residence built for the use of the sheriff of the county.
This jail served for the county until, in the year 1899 pro- vision was made for the erection of a county work-house. Legislation for this purpose was enacted by the General As- sembly in the year 1899, and from this grew the erection of a modern work-house, located at Greenbank, in Christiana Hun- dred, controlled by a board of trustees, appointed for a term of years by the judges of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware residing in New Castle County. The original board appointed in 1899 was composed of the following persons : J. Newlin Gawthrop, Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., J. Frank Ball, George G. Kerr, and Daniel W. Corbit and the same have con- tinued to the present (1905). The county prisoners were trans- ferred from the old jail at New Castle to the new work-house on the 23d day of November, in the year 1901. The manage- ment of the institution has been so admirable that it has won the full confidence of the right-thinking people of the county, and the institution itself is doing so excellent a work in caring for the prisoners under its charge that there is a likelihood in the near future that the State may take charge of the work- house instead of the county alone. The New Castle County work-house as at present managed, is one of the ideal penal institutions in the country.
As early as 1803 a movement was made towards the re- moval of the county seat from New Castle. Thirty years later an earnest effort was made headed by James A. Bayard, Esquire, to remove the county seat to Wilmington, and a like effort was made at almost every session of the General As- sembly until 1847. In that year a movement was started to divide the county, but that also failed. At the session of the General Assembly in 1879 a bill passed both houses of the General Assembly by an almost unanimous vote, providing for the erection of a new court house in Wilmington, and
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COUNTY ALMSHOUSE AT WILMINGTON. 1852 TO 1887.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
authorizing the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow $70,000 for that purpose.
The authorities of the City of Wilmington, after conference with the Levy Court of the county, donated the " Basin Lot," on Market street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets, for a site for the new court house, and on August 22, 1879, the contract was awarded for the erection of the new court house on that site. The building was completed late in the year 1880, and on January 20, 1881, the county records were re- moved to the new building, and the first session of court was held in the new building in February, 1881. The contract price for the court house was $66,203, but the total cost of the building, grading, equipment, furniture, etc., was $112,605.33.
It was not until the year 1785 that steps were taken for a county almshouse. In that year the overseers for the poor of Christiana Hundred (which included Wilmington), purchased a tract of land on the old Kings Road (now Broome street), between Front and Fourtli streets, and erected thereon a suit- able building for the accommodation of the poor of the Hun- dred. This movement led to action being taken in 1791 for the building of almshouses for the three counties. The same year New Castle County succceded to the ownership of the building erected by Christiana Hundred alone, and thereafter it was conducted as a county almshouse. Additional land was purchased in 1829. The original buildings were burned in 1804, and two years later new buildings were erected on the same site at a cost of $15,000. The insane department was added in 1843, and a hospital building was erected at Fourth and Broome streets in 1848. It was afterwards known as the smallpox hospital.
The second almshouse, built in 1806, was burned down in 1850. New and enlarged buildings were substituted two years later, and continued in use until 1885, when the trus- tees of the poor of the county moved the almshouse and insane department to the handsome and commodious buildings erccted for the purpose on a farm of about 100 acres that had
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been purchased in 1882 from Graham Blandy. The new buildings are in New Castle Hundred, on the public road lead- ing from Wilmington to Hare's Corner, and their cost com- plete was over $300,000. The plot of ground owned by the trustees of the poor in Wilmington had greatly enhanced in value, owing to the growth of the city. It was turned over to a board of trustees to be sold for the benefit of the trustees of the poor, the proceeds to be used in liquidating the debt created by the erection of the new buildings.
At the session of the General Assembly in 1889, an act was passed providing for the purchase by the State of Delaware of the building or buildings that had been erected for the insane in combination with the county almshouse. A non-partisan board of trustees, to be appointed by the governor, was pro- vided for, and thereafter the institution was to be conducted by the state under the name of " The Delaware State Hospital for the Insane." The management is non-partisan, and the personnel of the trustees has been representative of the best citizenship in the state. Several of the leading physicians of the state have been members of the board. Dr. John J. Black has been president of the board since its inception, and through his wise counsels, seconded by the other trustees, the institution ranks with the best in the country.
Prior to 1793 the matter of levying taxes for county pur- poses seems to have been entrusted to the justices of the peace, but in the latter year an act was passed providing for Levy Court Commissioners, one from each of the hundreds except Christiana and Appoquinimink, each of the latter hundreds being entitled to two Commissioners. This act continued in existence until within a few years past, except that each hun- dred has for many years been entitled to one commissioner, the whole body of commissioners being elected from the county at large. This made a body of eleven, on whom was the duty of assessing and levying taxes for county pur- poses, also taxes necessary for the support of the poor, and in- cidentally for the maintenance of public roads and bridges.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
The General Assembly of 1891 changed the law by divid- ing the county into five districts, one commissioner to be elected from each of the districts. The first district was composed of the hundreds of Brandywine, Christiana and Mill Creek ; the second district of all that portion of the City of Wilmington lying north of Sixth street ; the third of all that portion of the City of Wilmington lying south of Sixth street; the fourth to be composed of the hundreds of Red Lion, New Castle, Pen- cader and White Clay ; and the fifth of the hundreds of St. George's, Appoquinimink and Blackbird. The General As- sembly of 1901 amended the law, increasing the number of commissioners from five to seven, so that the Levy Court Com- missioners for the county at present compose a body of seven members.
Immediately after the advent of William Penn, the inhabi- tants were invited to take an oath of allegiance to the new form of government. The list of inhabitants, at that time, who took the required oath has been preserved and is as follows :
Peter Alrichs
Jan Erkelsen Cock
Roelof Andries
Oele Clemenson
Jacob Aertsen
Arnold DeLagrange
Jacobus Andries
Peter De Witt
Pieter Abrinck
Henry Doll
Hendrick Andriessen
Moses De Gam
Claes Andriessen
Hendrick Dulgar
Christian Andriessen
Mathias De Ringh
John Barrentsen
Amellius De Ringh
Ambroose Becker
Hendrick Evertsen
Mary Blocq
Abraham Euloos
David Bilderseck
Eldert Egbertson Foraben
Jurian Boatsman
Jan Peterson Frost
Joseph Barrons
Hendrik Fronsen
Jan Bisk
Hendrick Garretson
Anthony Bryant Jan Boyer
Paul Garretson Lasse Andries Gubban
Peter Bayard
John Hermonson
Jacob Classen
Jan Hendrickson
Reyner Vander Collen
Evert Hendrickson
William Croesie
Ephriam Hermon
Simeon Erkelsen Cock
Casparus Hermon
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Dirck Hingbertsen
Dr. Tymen Stiddem
Justa Andriessen de Haen
Lucas Stiddem
Peter Jacquet
Joslyn Sempill.
Jean Paul Jacquet Jan Jacquet Jurian
Luloff Stiddem
Erasmus Stiddem
Peter Jogan
Adam Stiddem
Sybront Jansen
Samuel Samuells
Harmon Jansen
Corell Stalcop
Harmen Laurien
Jan Stalcop, Jr.
Huybert Laurenson
Jan Andriessen Stalcop
Paul Laersen
Andries Stalcop
Hendrick Lemmens
Olle Thomassen
Engelbert Lott
Olle Tearson
Hans Hansen Miller
Olle Ollsen Tassen
Peter Maisland
Lasse Oesen Tassen
Christopher Myer
Isaac Tayne
Hans Marckussen
Mathias Laersen Tossen
Jan Mornsen
Hendrick Vonder Burgh
John Nommers
Garret Jansen Van Beck
John Williamsen Neering
Arent Jansen V. Burgh
Gerritt Otte
Cornelius Vandeveer
Gick Oelkins
Jean Garretson Verhoff
Michael Oelsen
Corneles Jansen Vrier
Hans Petersen
Mathias Vanderheyden
Justa Poulsen
Jan Valch
Samuel Petersen
Sybront Valch
Olle Poulsen
Peter Volkertsen
Clays Danielsen Prays
Jacob Vandeveer
Carell Petersen
Mathias de Vos
Adam Petersen
Gerrardus Wessles
Niels Nielson Ripot
Hendrick Walraven
Broor Sinnexson
Dirck Willicmsen
Isaac Saboy
Gysbert Walraven
CIVIL LIST FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
Sheriffs.
Under the Dutch, the Sheriff was called the Schout. The first one for this county seems to have been Gregorius Van Dyck, appointed in 1657. He acted as deputy under the schout who lived at New Amsterdam. His successor was Gerrit Swearwingen, appointed in 1660, who served four years. Captain Edmund Cantwell was the first Sheriff under the English, being appointed in 1668, and serving until 1683.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
He was in turn succeeded by Abraham Mann. He served one year, his successor being Samuel Land, and he in turn gave way to Edward Gibbs, who served from 1686 to 1690. Here follows, as near as can be obtained from the records, a list of the Sheriff's since the year 1700 :
Joseph Wood
1700-1703
Marcus E. Capelle
1830-1833
John French
1703-1712
James Gardner
1833-1833
Richard Clark
1712-1715
Peter Vandever
1833-1836
Anthony Houston
1715-1718
Nathaniel Wolfe
1836-1838
Roland Fitz Gerald
1718-1725
Elihu Jefferson
1838-1840
William Battell
1725-1726
W. G. Moore
1840-1842-
John Gooding
1726-1728
Abraham Boys
1842-1844
William Read
1728-1731
Jacob Caulk
1844-1846
Henry Newton
1731-1733
George Platt
1846-1848
Jobn Gooding
1733-1735
James Grubb
1848-1850
Henry Newton
1735-1739
Samuel Chandler
1850-1852
John Gooding
1739-1744
William R. Lynam
1852-1854
Gideon Griffith
1744-1749
John A. Willard
1854-1856
John Van Dyck
1749-1756
Thomas M. Ogle
1856-1858
William Golding
1756-1757
Abraham Cannon
1858-1860
John McKinly
1757-1760
Levi B. Moore
1860-1862-
Thomas Dunn
1760-1765
Lewis W. Stidham
1862-1864
Thomas Duff
1765-1766
George S. Hagany
1864-1866
John Thompson
1766-1770
William Herbert
1866-1868
Thomas Duff
1770-1773
Jacob Richardson
1868-1870
John Thompson
1773-1775
Tames Armstrong
1870-1872
John Clark
1775-1779
R. Lewis Armstrong
1872-1874
Samuel Smith
1779-1783
William H. Lambson
1874-1876
Joseph Stidbam
1783-1785
"Isaac Grubb
1876-1878
Thomas Mckean
1785-1788
John Pyle
1878-1880
John Stockton
1788-1791
Philip R. Clark
1880-1882
Daniel Jenifer Adams
1791-1794
James Martin
1882-1884
William Stidham
1794-1797
-Thomas Ford
1884-1886
Maxwell Bines
1797-1800
Giles Lambson
1886-1888
Joseph Israel
1800-1803
Alvan Allen
1888-1890
Richard C. Dale
1S03-1806
William Simmons
1890-1892
Francis Haughey
1806-1809
Pierce Gould
1892-1894
Thomas Perkins
1809-1811
Paul Gillis
1894-1896
William Moore
1811-1815
William R. Flinn
1896-1899
Francis Haughey
1815-1818
John E. Taylor
1898-1901
John Moody
1818-1821
Samuel A. McDaniel
1901-1903
David C. Wilson
1821-1824
Emmit F. Stidham
1903-1905
Peter B. Dulany
1824-1827
Harry I. Gillis
1905-1907
William Herdman
1827-1830
Henry Stafford
1907-
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
Coroners.
Robert Robinson
appointed
1686
Joseph Story
1724
Henry Vining
1769
Joseph Stidham
1774
John Stockton
66
1783
William Stidham
1790
Alexander Harvey
1797
Thomas Anderson
1803
Benjamin Ogle
1806
Alexander Porter
1809
John Bates
1812
Thomas Clark
66
1815
James Thompson
1818
Peter L. Ogle
66
1824
Henry Vining
1827
William Thompson
served from
1830-1834
James Adams
66
1836-1838
Eli Crozier
66
1840-1842
John Moore
1842-1846
Outten D. Jester
1846-1848
Isaac Janvier
1848-1850
John Stillwell
1850-1854
Lindley Pearce
1854-1856
James Rickards
1856-1858
John Boys
1858-1860
Joseph Kilgore
66
1860-1862
Owen Zebley
66
66
1862-1864
John Currey
1864-1866
Benjamin Bellew
1866-1868
Lawrence Pendegrass
66
1868-1870
Daniel B. Woodward
1870-1872
Charles A. Winslow
1872-1874
Richard Groves
1874-1876
David C. Rose
1876-1878
Jacob Butz
66
1878-1880
Rayworth Weldin
66
1880-1882
Frank E. Smith
1882-1884
Bayard Widdoes .
1884-1886
George T. Barnhill
1886-1888
Nevin C. Gamble
1888-1890
Charles E. Sparks
66
1890-1892
Joseph H. Kirk
1892-1893
1821
Eli Crozier
1834-1836
Archibald Gordon
1838-1840
William Woonsock
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WHIPPING-POST ANDEPILLORY, NEW CASTLE.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
George C. Rothwell
served from
1893-1894
Emmit F. Stidham
66
1894-1896
J. Thomas Wright
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1896-1898
Alfred D. Vandever
66
1898-1901
John L. Frick
1901-1903
Samuel McCormick
66
1903-1905
William T. Purks
66
66
1905-1907
James H. Calloway
1907-
Registers of Wills.
Prior to 1684, the courts had, upon petition, appointed per- sons to administer on the estates of deceased persons. In the latter year John Cann was appointed Register of Wills by the Provincial Council. After Jobn Cann came John French, who served from 1717 to 1721. The following list is incom- plete between 1721 and 1800, but as far as the records dis- close, the following persons served in the office of Register of Wills for New Castle County :
Robert Gordon
appointed
1728
William Reed
1735
William Shaw
1738
Theodore Maurice
66
1766
Gunning Bedford
1788
Evan Thomas
served from
1799-1804
Nehemiah Tilton
1804-1809
Evan Thomas
1809-1832
Evan H. Thomas
66
1832-1837
Jacob Caulk
66
1837-1842
Joshua E. Driver
1842-1847
Amos H. Wickersham
1847-1854
Peter B. Vandever
66
1854-1864
Robert C. Fraim
1864-1869
Benjamin Gibbs
66
1869-1874
Sewell C. Biggs
1874-1884
Ignatius C. Grubb
66
1884-1886
John K. Bradford
1886-1891
J. Wilkins Cooch
1891-1896
Calvin W. Crossar
66
1896-1903
Fred. Eden Bach
1903-1907
Francis M. Walker
1907-
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
Clerks of the Peace.
The first clerk of the courts on the South River seems to have been William Tom, and his jurisdiction extended from Upland to the southern part of Delaware. He served prior to 1676. Governor Edmond Andros reorganized the courts in 1676, and the same year Ephraim Herman was appointed clerk, and served until 1684, when he was succeeded by John White, who served five years, his successor being James Clay- poole, who was appointed in 1689 and served until 1694. Following is a list of the Clerks of the Peace since 1728, not entirely complete in the earlier years :
David French
appointed 1728
William Till
1738
Richard Mc Williams
1748
Theodore Maurice
66
1766
J. A. Keith
served from
1800-1805
Hugh W. Richie
1805-1810
Alexander Reynolds
1810-1817
Joseph Roberts
66
1817-1822
David Paynter
1822-1827
Thomas Stockton
1827-1835
John Gordon
1835-1840
Charles H. Black
1840-1850
John D. Dilworth
1850-1855
Edward Williams
66
1855-1860
John Merritt
1860-1870
John P. Springer
1870-1880
Edwin R. Cochran
66
1880-1890
William P. Biggs
1890-1895
Jefferson B. Foard
1895-1901
Winfield S. Quigley
1901-
Recorders of Deeds.
Robert Gordon
appointed
1727
William Read
1735
John Mackey
1746
Richard Mc Williams
1748
Richard Me Williams
1777
George Booth
1799
Evan Thomas
1800
Daniel Blaney
1804
Evan Thomas
=
1805
-
297
HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND HUNDREDS.
Daniel Blaney
appointed
1811
Abraham Van Dyck
66
1814
Henry Steele
1821
Abraham Van Dyck
66
1822
Matthew Kean
1822
James S. White
1834
John Wiley
1835
Matthew Kean
1836
Cornelius D. Blaney
1841
William Ocheltree
served from
1847-1855
Samuel Thompson
Charles M. Allmond
1859-1863
Abraham P. Shannon
1863-1868
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