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'John Walker from Ireland 1720' was born 1697. He emigrated from Derry, Ireland in 1720. Settled in Appoqinimink Hundred, Delaware near a small town called App Aquinimink.
Was a farmer in moderate circumstances. Lived and died there in 1742. Buried in a church yard called Back Creek Church on the Bohemia River.
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On October 25,1682, William Penn directed that Delaware be divided into hundreds for the purposes of taxation. A 'hundred' is an old English Saxon land division which is smaller than a county or shire and larger than a tithing. It comprised ten tithings of ten freeholder families each or one hundred families. The hundreds of Delaware originally served as judicial or legislative districts, but now they remain only as a basis for property tax assessment(1). Originally, there were five hundreds in New Castle (NC) county, five in Kent (KT) county and two in Sussex (SX) county. As the population grew, several of the hundreds divided, creating new hundreds. By 1875, the total number of hundreds had grown to thirty-three. Since then, there have been no more changes. The present hundreds (designated by*) and all the former names are listed below(1):
hundreds*(2)(county) abbrevestab remarks(former or later name) appoquinimink*(nc) appoqu 1682 part is now blackbird baltimore*(sx)baltim 1775 was part of worcester countymd blackbird*(nc) blackb 1875 was part of appoquinimink brandywine*(nc) brandy1682 broad creek*(sx) broadc 1775 part is now gumboro & dagsboro; was md broadkill*(sx) broad 1696 part isnow georgetown; also broadkiln cedar creek*(sx) cedarc 1702 also called cedar hook(sx) cedarh 1702 now cedar creek christiana*(nc)christ 1682 part is now wilmington dagsborough*(sx) dagbo1773 part wasbroad creek; part was md<1775 deep creek(sx) deepcr nownanicoke dover(kt) dover1823 wasst. jones, now e&w dover duck creek*(kt) duckcr1682 part is now little creek and partis kent on east dover*(kt) edover1859 was part of dover georgetown*(sx) george1863 also 1833-35 was part of broadkill gumborough*(sx)gumbor1873 was part of broad creek and dagsboro indian creek(sx)indian 1706 now indian river*(sx)indiar1706 also calledindian creek kenton*(kt) kenton1869 was duck creek and little creek lewes& rehoboth*(sx) lewesr1692 wasalso rehoboth little creek*(kt) litcrk1869was part of duck creek little creek*(sx) litcrs1774 was part of somerset county md milford*(kt) mifor 1830 was part of mispillion mill creek*(nc)millcr1710 mispillion*(kt) mispil1682 part is now milford motherkill(kt) mother1682 now n&s murderkill (kt) murder wasmotherkill, nown&s murderkill nanticoke*(sx) nantic1775 was deep creek new castle*(nc) newcas1682 north murderkill*(kt) nmurde1855 was part of murderkill northwest fork*(sx) northw1775 part is now seaford; wasmaryland pencader*(nc) pencad1710 red lion*(nc) redlio1710 rehoboth(sx)rehobo1696 now lewes & rehoboth st. georges*(nc) stgeor1682 st. jones(kt) stjone 1682 seaford*(sx)seafor 1869 was part of northwest fork south murderkill*(kt) smurde1855 was part of murderkill west dover*(kt)wdover1859 was part of doverwhite clay creek*(nc) whitec1710 wilmington*(nc) wilmin1833 was part of christiana references for hundreds 1. from donn devine's article in delaware 1782 taxassessment and census list(1994) by ralp d. nelson, jr., catherine b. nelson, thomas p.doherty and mary fallon richards and john c. richards. see this article for a more thorough discussion on hundreds. 2.*= present day 'hundreds'-- seemap of hundreds in delaware genealogical research guide edited by thomas p. doherty or in Delaware 1782 tax assessment and census list(1994) by Ralph D. Nelson, Jr., Catherine B. Nelson, Thomas P. Doherty and Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards.