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Tables of Contents for History of Cecil County, Maryland
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Chapter I
1
6
Captain John Smith, of Virginia, explores the navigable waters of Cecil County
Smith's account of the Susquehannock Indians
Other Indian tribes in the upper part of the Peninsula
Their weapons and culinary utensils
Chapter II
7
4
First English settlement on Watson's Island
Edward Palmer
Wm. Clayborne establishes a trading post on Watson's Island
Chapter III
11
9
George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore
He is a member of the Virginia Company
Plants a colony in Newfoundland
Obtains a charter for a colony in Maryland
Is succeeded by his son Cecil, who obtains another charter
Extracts from the charter
The first colony under Leonard Calvert settles at St. Maries
War with the Susquehannocks
Treaty with them
Chapter IV
20
7
Early settlements on the Delaware
Henry Hudson
Captain Mey and others
Names of the Delaware
Fort Nassau
Swanendale
Peter Minuit plants a Swedish colony at Wilmington
Fort Cassimir
Peter Stuyvesant conquers the Swedes
Chapter V
27
15
First permanent settlement in the county
Other settlements
Spesutia Island
Trouble between the Dutch and English
Nathaniel Utie
He is sent to New Amstel
Augustine Hermen and Resolved Waldron visit Maryland
Their meeting with the Governor and Council
Account of the early life of Augustine Hermen
His Map of Maryland
Extracts from his will
He obtains a grant of Bohemia Manor and Middle Neck
Makes a treaty with the Indians at Spesutia Island
First reference to Cecil County
Thompsontown
Indian forts
Chapter VI
42
13
Council of Maryland meet at Spesutia Island
Examination of persons who had suffered from the depredations of Indians along the Delaware River
Interesting correspondence between the Governor of Maryland and Alexander D'Hinoyossa, Governor of New Amstel
The Council declare war against the Susquehannocks
Instructions to Captain Odber
Letter from D'Hinoyossa
Augustine Hermen tries to make peace between the Dutch and English
Council meets at Susquehanna Point and are shown the commission of Captain Neals recently arrived from England
Many of the Swedes from Delaware settle in Sassafras Neck
Chapter VII
55
16
Treaty with the Passagonke Indians at Appoquinimink
Copy of the treaty
Scarcity of corn
Captain Odber gets into trouble
A cowardly soldier
Trouble with the Senecas
Treaty with the Delaware Bay Indians
Capture of a Seneca Indian
Letter from the justices of Baltimore County respecting the captive
Francis Wright and Jacob Clawson
Torture of an Indian prisoner
War with the Senecas
Another treaty with the Susquehannocks
The Senecas attack the Susquehannock's fort at Turkey Hill, Lancaster County, and are repulsed
End of the Susquehannocks
Chapter VIII
71
13
Augustine Hermen and others naturalized
The Hacks
Hermen has a dispute with Simon Oversee
He tries to establish a village
Trouble among the Dutch
Sir Robert Carr conquers them
The name of New Amstel changed to New Castle
Account of D'Hinoyossa
Efforts of the Marylanders to extend their jurisdiction to the Delaware River
Durham County
Road from Bohemia Manor to New Castle
Grant of St. Augustine Manor
Ephraim George, and Casparus Hermen
Original limits of Baltimore County
Erection of Cecil County
The first court-house at Jamestown
Augustine Hermen and Jacob Young appointed commissioners to treat with the Delaware Indians
Account of Jacob Young
Chapter IX
84
25
The Labadists
Sluyter and Danckers
Their journal
They meet with Ephraim George Hermen and wife
Visit New Castle and Bohemia Manor
They go on down the Peninsula
Return and purchase the Labadie tract on Bohemia Manor, and establish a community there
Description of the Labadie tract and how they got it
Peter Bayard and others
Description of the community on Bohemia Manor
Augustine Hermen's quarrel with George Holland
Letter from Hermen
Hermen's patents of confirmation
He obtains a patent for Misfortune, or the three Bohemia Sisters
Extent of his possessions
He invests his son Ephraim George with the right and title to Bohemia Manor
A curious deed
Augustine Hermen's last will
His death and monumental stone
His place of burial
Codicil to his last will
His daughters
Chapter X
109
24
Delaware granted to William Penn
Death of Cecilius Calvert, who is succeeded by his son Charles
George Talbot
Obtains a patent for Susquehanna Manor
Its metes and bounds
Courts Baron and Courts Leet
The name of Susquehanna Manor changed to New Connaught
Extent of Connaught Manor
Talbot obtains a patent for Belleconnell
Belle Hill
Talbot lays out New Munster
Makes a demand on William Penn for all the land west of the Schuylkill and south of the fortieth degree of north latitude
Runs a line from the mouth of the Octoraro to the mouth of Naaman's Creek
Lord Baltimore visits England
Talbot presides over the council during his absence
Presides over the court of Cecil County
Account of the court - Talbot makes a raid on the settlers east of Iron Hill
Builds and garrisons a fort near Christiana bridge
Account of the fort
Talbot's Rangers
Beacon Hill
Trouble about the collection of the king's revenue
Talbot murders Rousby
Is carried prisoner to Virginia
Makes his escape
Returns to Cecil County
Takes refuge in a cave near Mount Ararat
Surrenders to the authorities of Maryland
Is taken to Virginia by command of the King
Is tried and convicted of murder, but pardoned by the King
Returns to Cecil County and executes a deed for Clayfall
Returns to Ireland
Enters the Irish brigade, and is killed in the service of the King of France
Chapter XI
133
36
New Munster
Its metes and bounds
The Alexanders
Society
Cecil Manor
Charles Carroll
Fair Hill
The Scotch-Irish
Christiana Presbyterian Church
Rock Church
The English Revolution
Its effect on the Colony of Maryland
Nottingham
The Nottingham Lots
Original grantees
Reasons why the grant was made
The first Friends' meeting-house
The Little Brick or Nottingham Friends' meeting-house
Poppemetto
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church
Treaty with the Conestoga Indians
Thomas Chalkley visits them
Account of some of the first settlers of Nottingham
The Welsh tract
Its boundaries
The Baptist church on Iron Hill
The Pencader Presbyterian Church
Rev. David Evans
Rev. Samuel Davies
Iron Hill
Chapter XII
169
17
Characteristics of the early settlers
Augustine Hermen succeeded by his son Casparus
Account of Casparus Hermen
Farms on Bohemia Manor
Death of Casparus Hermen
Succeeded by his son Ephraim Augustine
Sketch of Ephraim Augustine Hermen
His wives and children
John Lawson marries Mary Hermen
Peter Bouchell marries Catharine Hermen
Peter Lawson
Catharine (Herman) Bouchell
Her death
Joseph Ensor
Quarrel about the possession of Bohemia Manor
Joseph Ensor, Jr.
Division of Bohemia Manor
Death of Peter Lawson
Chapter XIII
186
19
The Van Bibbers
They settle on Bohemia Manor
Their mill
John Jawert marries Casparus Hermen's widow
Keeps Elk Ferry
Wild stock
Rangers
Collection of the King's revenue
Wild animals
Trade with England
Bill of lading
Slave trade
The Jesuit mission at Bohemia
The Cross Paths
James Heath, the founder of Warwick
Bohemia a port of entry
Ancient cross
Father Mansell
Peter Atwood and other Jesuits
The Jesuit school
Efforts to suppress the Josuit mission
Labors of the Jesuit Fathers
Chapter XIV
205
18
First Friends' meeting-house
First Episcopal minister
North and South Sassafras parishes
First vestrymen
Population
Curious lot of church property
First Episcopal Church
Chapel of Ease in Elk Neck
Shrewsbury parish
Rev. Hugh Jones
Chapel on Bohemia Manor
Sketch of Rev. Hugh Jones
North Elk parish
First vestrymen
Richard Dobson
John Hamm
Rev. Walter Ross
Chapel near Battle Swamp
Rev. William Wye
St. Mary Ann's Church, North East
Taring the Church
Death of Rev. Mr. Wye
Rev. John Bradford
Rev. John Hamilton
Clayfall
Chapter XV
223
17
Williams Dare
Bulls Mountain
``Friendship''
Old Simon
Transtown
Ye Swedestown
John Hans Stillman
Smith's mill at Head of Elk
The Jacobs family
Henry Hollingsworth
Quarrel about New-Munster road
Bridges over the head of Elk River
Road from head of Elk to New Castle
Sketch of Hollingsworth family
North East
First iron works
Roads leading to North East
Principio Iron Company
Samuel Gilpin settles at Gilpin's Rocks
William Black's account of North East
Immigration
Character of immigrants
Susquehanna ferry
Road from ferry to Philadelphia
Chapter XVI
240
13
Hundreds
Hotels
Charles Rumsey
Trials by jury
The Justices' court
Rules of the court
Removal of county seat from Jamestown to Court-house Point
Court-house and jail
Town at Court-house Point
Elk ferry traditions
Quarrel among the justices of the court
The lawyers
Chapter XVII
253
22
Efforts to establish towns
Ceciltown, at mouth of Scotchman's Creek
Fredericktown
Georgetown
The Acadians or French Neutrals
Account of them
They are sent to Louisiana and Canada
Reasons for building Charlestown
Its location
Public wharf and warehouse
Its exports
Fairs
Introduction of tea and coffee
History of Charlestown
Population by census of 1880
Chapter XVIII
275
21
Presbyterian Church at Bethel
Visit of Rev. George Whitefield
Preaches at Elkton and on Bohemia Manor
Presbyterian Church at Elkton
Disruption of Nottingham Presbyterian Church
Rev. Samuel Finley
Nottingham Academy
The Free School on Bohemia River
Rev. John Beard
The present church buildings
Name changed to Ephesus
Rev. James Magraw
Revival of Nottingham Academy
The Rock Presbyterian Church
Disruption
Rev. James Finley
Murder of Hugh Mahaffey
Rev. James Finley goes West
Present church buildings
Rev. John Burton
Rev. Francis Hindman
Lotteries for church purposes
Manners, customs and character of the early Presbyterians
The Alexanders, and other emigrants to South Carolina
Chapter XIX
296
22
Border war
Davy Evans dispossesses Adam Short
Petition of Samuel Brice
Arrest of Isaac Taylor and others
Agreement between the heirs of William Penn and Lord Baltimore respecting the settlement of the boundaries
Proceedings in chancery
Renewal of border war
Thomas Cresap
Order of the King in Council
The temporary boundary line
Decree of Chancellor Hardwick
Diary of John Watson
Cape Henlopen
The trans-peninsular line
Death of Charles Calvert
Another agreement
Location of due north line
Difficulty of the work
Mason and Dixon
They land in Philadelphia
Latitude of that city
Account of their labors for the next five years
Re-location of the north-east corner of Maryland
Chapter XX
318
34
The Revolutionary War
The Quakers
Convention of 1774
Committee of Safety
Delegates to convention of 1775
First military organization in the county
Henry Dobson
Military organizations in the county
Henry Hollingsworth makes musket barrels and bayonets for the army
Edward Parker makes linen and woolen goods for the use of the soldiers
Invasion of the county by the British
They land at Court-house Point
Sir William Howe's proclamation
Part of British army march to Head of Elk
Another part overrun Bohemia Manor
Account of the invasion
Court-house not burned
Doings of the American army
Skirmishing on Iron Hill
Robert Alexander
Disloyalty of the citizens of Newark
Tories trade with the British
The Quakers refuse to perform military duty, and are court-martialed
Brick Meeting-house used for a hospital
Burglary at Head of Elk
Interesting correspondence
Lafayette's expedition to Yorktown passes through Head of Elk
His route through Cecil County
Journal of Claude Blanchard
Forteen Stodder, the negro soldier
Confiscated property
The Elk Forge Company
John Roberts hanged for treason
The Principio Iron Company
Susquehanna Manor
Lots in Charlestown
Property of Rev. William Edmisson
Chapter XXI
352
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Removal of seat of justice to Charlestown
Reasons of the removal
Interesting correspondence
Charlestown Ferry
Condition of society
Stephen Porter kills Thomas Dunn
Escapes from jail, etc
Is tried at Charlestown and convicted of manslaughter
Unsuccessful efforts to build up Charlestown
Removal of county seat to Head of Elk
Rev. Joseph Coudon's address to citizens of Elk
Opposition of the citizens of Charlestown to the removal of the county seat
Act of Legislature authorizing the erection of public buildings at Elktown
Elkton incorporated
Court meets in Elkton
Members of the Elkton bar
Trouble about roads
The first almshouse
Sale of free school farm
Rumsey's steamboat
The Susquehanna Canal
Rivalry between Havre de Grace and the town of Chesapeake
First arks on the Susquehanna River
Malignant fever in Elkton
Chapter XXII
381
20
Octoraro forge
Cecil Manufacturing Company
New Leeds
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Benjamin H. Latrobe
The canal feeder
Riot at Elkton
``Treeket the Loop''
Supplementary Act
Work resumed on the canal
John Randel
He sues the canal company
Completion and cost of the canal
Difficulty of construction
Port Deposit
Philip Thomas
Port Deposit Bridge Company
Bridge burned
Sale of Susquehanna canal
The log pond
Susquehanna and Tide Water canal
Chapter XXIII
401
7
County divided into election districts
County commissioners
Location of boundary line between Cecil and Harford
Number of mills in Cecil County
Elkton wheat market
Manufactories
Charlestown
Elkton bank
Line of packets between Baltimore and Philadelphia via Elkton
Frenchtown and New Castle Turnpike Company
Curious provision in the charter
Chapter XXIV
408
16
War of 1812
British fleet in Chesapeake Bay
Camp of observation on Bulls mountain
General Thomas M. Foreman
Forts Hollingsworth and Defiance
Colonel William Garrett
Persons employed in building Fort Defiance
British land on Spesutia Island
Visit Turkey Point
Burn Frenchtown
Zeb. Furgusson
British fail to reach Elkton
Incidents and anecdotes
Burning of Havre de Grace
Poetical extract
Pillaging
British burn Principio Furnace
Destruction of Frederick-town and Georgetown
Brave defense of Colonel Veazey
List of militia under him
Treaty of Ghent
Rejoicing
Accident at Fort Hollings-worth
Chapter XXV
424
9
First steamboats on the Elk River
Lines of transportation
French-town and New Castle Railroad Company
Construction of Frenchtown and New Castle Railroad
First locomotives and cars
Telegraphing
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Riot at Charles-town
Sale of Frenchtown and New Castle Railroad
Chapter XXVI
433
30
Clergy of the Established Church
Their powers and duties
They incur the displeasure of the common people
What Rev. William Duke says of them
Presbyterian clergymen
Spiritual condition of the people
Introduction of Methodism
First Methodist society
Character of the early Methodist preachers
Rev. Francis Asbury visits Bohemia Manor
He refuses to take the oath of allegiance
Methodists favor the royal cause
Retrospective glance at the history of the Episcopal Church
North Elk parish
Rev. John Thompson
Rev. Joseph Coudon
St. Augustine parish
Progress of Methodism
Cecil circuit
Hart's meeting-house
First Methodist meeting-house at North East
First parsonage
Bethel meeting-house
Goshen
Revival at Bethel
North Sassafras and St. Augustine parishes
Richard Bassett joins the Methodists
Rev. Henry Lyon Davis
Death of Rev. Joseph Coudon
Rev. William Duke
His life and labors
Methodism supplants Episcopacy
First Methodist society at Elkton
Methodism and Presbyterianism at Charlestown
Hopewell and Asbury
Methodist Protestant churches
Chapter XXVII
463
17
Miscellaneous information
Newspapers
Fisheries
Chrome
Granite quarries
Iron
Iron Works
Paper mills
Free schools
Population
Chapter XXVIII
480
The Hall family
The Evans family
Dr. Amos A. Evans
The Mitchell family
Colonel George E. Mitchell
The Rumsey family
The Mauldin family
The Gilpin family
The Rudulph family
The Leslie family
The Hyland family
The Churchman family
The Defoe family
The Hartshorne family
Colonel Nathaniel Ramsay