While we no longer accepts queries, and the email addresses listed in our archived queries may no longer be valid, many of these queries contiain a wealth of information about early residents of Kent County that can provide clues and be useful in ancestor research.
Minter / Minner
Sheila Gremillion Sunday, October 17, 2004 2:28 PM
My gg grandparents were John Hewett and Sarah
Minter (Minner?).
My interest is in Sarah's family.
From what I find her
parents were Thomas Minter (Minner?) and Lydia McNat Minter (Minner?). I
can find nothing further. Have you any information on these folks?
Longfellow
Lou Ann Newsom Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:25 PM
My grandfather is William Jonathan Longfellow of
Harrington DE married Anna Elizabeth Hubertina von Goerres in 1915. His father
is Wm. Longfellow of Harrington. We think Wm. Jonathan was born in 1892 and
died in 1963. We can find him in the 1920 census. I would like to know who was
his mother and then the next generation up from there. Any help would be
appreciated.
Lou Ann Newsom
Greenville, SC
Balke
Ed Mac Monday, December 13, 2004 5:05 PM<
Looking to share information on Otto Balke b Oct 23 1904 NY
State d. June 25, 1986 Dover DEL - ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY - KENT COUNTY,
DELAWARE
wife Hazel A. Balke born August 20, 1917 married June 1, 1932.
Skinner
Brian Skinner Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:15 PM
Looking for information on Thomas Skinner, born May of
1759, died in Indiana in 1843. Served in the Delaware Militia 1777-1779 and
1779-1783. He is known to have lived in Kent County until 1805. His father is
William Skinner @1737-1792, whose wife was Elizabeth Smith.
Thanks, Brian
Skinner
Howell
ncgrit1@comcast.net Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:33 PM
Looking for information about a John Howell who
settled in Kent Co. Delaware in the early 1700's and had 2 sons James and
Thomas Howell. Any information would be helpful.
K.A.
Lemuel Spicer
RalphSpicer@aol.com Thursday, June 09, 2005 7:53 PM
He was born in Kent County, Delaware in
1770. I can trace his history forward until death in Sangamon County, Illinois
(1842) but know nothing of Lemuel's parents or siblings and their experience
in Kent County. Please contact me at Ralphspicer@aol.com. Thank you
Soward / Seward
H. Martin Soward, III Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:45 AM
Seeking information and descendants of the Soward/Seward family of Kent County,
Delaware. George Soward and wife Eleanor Vanderford settled in Kent County in
the mid 1700s, arriving from Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Will exchange
info.
H. Martin Soward, III
5215 Dove Nest St
San Antonio, TX 78250-4708
Manlove
Mariann Fisk Laughlin Monday, January 17, 2005 1:32 AM
I am looking for information on the parents of my 3x great grandfather Bartholomew Manlove.
He was born in Kent County, DE in 1776, according to the 1850 Texas census.
Bartholomew married Avarilla (also spelled Aberilla in some places) Perkins in
Baltimore County, MD in 1807. They moved to Kentucky shortly after that and I
find him in the 1810 and 1830 Kentucky censuses with his family.
I have looked in censuses for Kent County, but they do not show the names of children this early. I need a lookup for land or probate records in Kent county. Bartholomew is said in our family to have been an only child. There is a Bartholomew Manlove born in 1776 whose parents are listed as Ann/Nancy Bolling and William Manlove. Ann/Nancy Bolling is from Virginia, however. She and her sister married brothers. Elizabeth Bolling married Christopher Manlove and Ann/Nancy married Christopher's brother, William.
I can find no conclusive documentation
of Bartholomew's parents or birth, but he seems to have large sums of money to
buy slaves at the age of 24, and I have found documents of sales of land by
him to people in Maryland, prior to his move to Kentucky. Also, I find the
relatives of Dr. Christopher Henry Manlove of Virginia (who left and settled
his family in Robertson County, Tennessee), moving to Texas and settling on
Bartholomew's land grants. So I feel like that these people, also from
Virginia Manloves, must be his relatives.
I also find the name Peter Lowber
(who married Margaret Manlove) associated with him.
Since Ann/Nancy and William seem to have dropped off the face of the earth, I am wondering if Bartholomew could have been orphaned and living in another home with relatives at an early age.
Any lookup help for Bartholomew would
be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mariann Fisk Laughlin
Wooters
Carol Curlile Friday, February 03, 2006 4:02 PM<
I'm working on the Wooters family that lived in Milford, 1890 to 1920, maybe longer. Annie B. Rolston married a Thomas Wooters April 17 1891.
Their children were Bertha and Lester. I am interested in finding Annie's parents, and siblings.
It appears that Annie's mother was a sister to John Wesley Carlisle. Any help would be most appreciated.
Thank you
Carol Curlile
Miller
Judith Goodwin Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:30 PM
Is anyone familiar with a MARK MILLER who appears on the 1800 Census in Little Creek, Kent Co, DE?
I'm looking also for a John MILLER who emigrated from Holland to DE in the early 1800's. He may have
gone on to NY then to IL. Does anyone have anyone in their database who might fit this description. He
may have fought in the War of 1812 in Clinton Co,NY.
Thanks, Judith Goodwin
Cropper / Cully
Arley Meadows Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:08 PM<
I am looking for a record of marriage in Kent County, DE for a Reuben Cropper and Sarah Anne Cully in
the early 1880s (probably between 1883-1885). They lived in Maryland but I have been unable to find any record there.
Thank you.
Arley Meadows
Benson
Morgan Benson Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:59 PM
BENSON, Zenas (or various spellings of the first name) - b. 1822 & d. 1867 in Kent Co., DE. Married Catherine Reynolds in 1843.
They had 10 children (John Thomas, Mary, Sarah Elizabeth, William, Elizabeth, Adeline, Wilmer, Ella Alamina, Alden & Elmer).
Zenas & his wife owned a farm in Kent County & stayed there all their lives. We are desperately trying to find who Zenas parents
were and who his siblings (if there were any) were. He states in census that he was born in DE - during one census a Sarah was
living with them, census taker listed her as a Benson and as his mother (we can find no record of her buried in DE, no birth,
death or marriage date for her and no wills listing her, however). Any one with a Zenas (Yeamus, etc.) Benson in their Kent Co.,
DE family tree, please contact us! I am a direct descendants! My grandfather was Wilmer K. Benson, Sr., son of John Thomas Benson.
Morgan Benson
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