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Roberta
Nothing in particular, just to give you a look at the site to see if there
where any connections.
Roy
-----Original Message-----
From: Jhall [mailto:jhall@voyager.net]
Sent: 24 June 2005 22:16
To: CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
Roy,
Thank you...
I took a quick look at your index of family names and I did not see any
listings for a Mary b. abt. 1770 nor did I see any Hall family names listed.
Was there something in particular you were wanting me to see?
Roberta Hall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Clayton" <RoyClayton7(a)NTLWorld.com>
To: <CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
> Please see my web site at http://Homepage.ntlworld.com/roy.clayton7/
>
>
> Regards
> Roy Clayton
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richbrice1(a)aol.com [mailto:Richbrice1@aol.com]
> Sent: 23 June 2005 18:28
> To: CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
>
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
>
> am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
> know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
> I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is
> very
> incomplete.
>
> I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I
> believe
> he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She
> had
> two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann
> Hall
> b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
> In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
> Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth
> Township. This
> could be my Mary's father.
> My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
> of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were
> neighbors
> so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in
> Georgia
> in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
>
>
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Roy Clayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Richbrice1(a)aol.com [mailto:Richbrice1@aol.com]
Sent: 23 June 2005 18:28
To: CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is very
incomplete.
I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I believe
he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She
had
two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann
Hall
b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth
Township. This
could be my Mary's father.
My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were
neighbors
so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in
Georgia
in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
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Roy Clayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Jhall [mailto:jhall@voyager.net]
Sent: 23 June 2005 20:16
To: CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
Right now I don't know much more than what I have here on my Clayton line.
The information came to me from a related family member who researched our
connecting Lyle family line.
I descend from John Hall b. 1807 so to find out his mother was a Clayton was
news.
As I mentioned before these families lived all together in Allegheny Co.,
Elizabeth Township, Pa. My John Hall b. 1807 purchased land in 1839 in
Jefferson Co., Indiana where they stayed till my husbands grandfather sold
his share of the family farm in 1973. Members of the James Lyle family also
moved to the same Indiana location as did some from the connecting Crawford
line. I however don't have anything at this time on any Clayton family
members. I will have to go back and check the records.
I would like to learn more about this Clayton line. All I can tell you is
there is a church connection as they are all Presbyterians. They moved to
the same small Indiana town and were members of the same Presbyterian church
there. Many family members were buried in the same cemetery.
That is really all I know at this time. Tell me something about your line.
Is it possible in any way your Georgia line could have come for the Pa. area
that I spoke of?
Roberta
----- Original Message -----
From: <Richbrice1(a)aol.com>
To: <CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
>
> am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
> know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
> I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is
> very
> incomplete.
>
> I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I
> believe
> he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She
> had
> two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann
> Hall
> b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
> In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
> Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth
> Township. This
> could be my Mary's father.
> My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
> of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were
> neighbors
> so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in
> Georgia
> in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
>
>
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Roy Clayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Jhall [mailto:jhall@voyager.net]
Sent: 23 June 2005 20:16
To: CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
Right now I don't know much more than what I have here on my Clayton line.
The information came to me from a related family member who researched our
connecting Lyle family line.
I descend from John Hall b. 1807 so to find out his mother was a Clayton was
news.
As I mentioned before these families lived all together in Allegheny Co.,
Elizabeth Township, Pa. My John Hall b. 1807 purchased land in 1839 in
Jefferson Co., Indiana where they stayed till my husbands grandfather sold
his share of the family farm in 1973. Members of the James Lyle family also
moved to the same Indiana location as did some from the connecting Crawford
line. I however don't have anything at this time on any Clayton family
members. I will have to go back and check the records.
I would like to learn more about this Clayton line. All I can tell you is
there is a church connection as they are all Presbyterians. They moved to
the same small Indiana town and were members of the same Presbyterian church
there. Many family members were buried in the same cemetery.
That is really all I know at this time. Tell me something about your line.
Is it possible in any way your Georgia line could have come for the Pa. area
that I spoke of?
Roberta
----- Original Message -----
From: <Richbrice1(a)aol.com>
To: <CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
>
> am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
> know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
> I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is
> very
> incomplete.
>
> I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I
> believe
> he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She
> had
> two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann
> Hall
> b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
> In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
> Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth
> Township. This
> could be my Mary's father.
> My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
> of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were
> neighbors
> so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in
> Georgia
> in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
>
>
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>
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FACTS ABOUT LA GRANGE (the BARCZEWSKI FARM)
* La Grange farm (also known as the Anne N. Barczewski farm) is located
at 2467 Pulaski Highway, Glasgow, DE. It is comprised of a single
tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and
approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of
its tributaries run through and form the northern boundary of the
property.
* In 1942, Anne and her late husband, Steven Barczewski, Jr., bought the
historic home and farm and set about restoring it. It was operated as a
dairy farm (West End Dairy) until the 1960s. Anne stated on numerous
occasions throughout her life that she did not wish to see the farm
developed.
* La Grange was originally owned by Glasgow physician, University of
Delaware trustee, and State politician Dr. Samuel Henry Black. General
Marie Joseph Lafayette, of Revolutionary War fame, gave the farm its
name, "La Grange," in 1824, during a visit. Lafayette remarked to Dr.
Samuel H. Black that Black's farm and house reminded him of his estate
in France.
* Dr. Black's wife, Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black, was a
great-granddaughter
of Cooch family patriarch Thomas Cooch, Sr.
* The 1815 federal style manor house and nearby granary building are
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The granary, which
is the earliest documented example of a building of its type, is also
listed on the Historic American Building Survey. Enforcement of
existing regulations could prevent demolition of these structures.
* There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment
sites on the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites).
To comply with existing policies, a level II archaeological
investigation (including excavation) may be required prior to any
development.
* In the farm's woods are authenticated, intact remains of British and
Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War
battle of Cooch's bridge. Although the battle was fought about two
miles away, numerous Revolutionary War cannon and musket balls have
been found in the farm's fields, as the British forces camped on the
premises.
* There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's
venture to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical
Marker NC-59). The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to
be built from the Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate
goal of the canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways.
The project failed, however, because but the state of Delaware ran out
of money before the canal was completed.
* In the U.S. Census of 1810 and of 1820, there are three free
African-Americans (unnamed husband, wife, and daughter) listed as part
of Dr. Samuel H. Black's household.
* Major areas of drainage and wetlands crisscross the Barczewski farm
property. Eight distinct and separate areas have been designated as
national wetlands. Seven distinct areas have been designated as state
wetlands. The total state wetland areas are larger than the total
national areas. These wetlands warrant protection under existing
environmental regulations.
* A quarter of the water recharge area for Glasgow is on the Barczewski
farm.
* The entire property is under a New Castle County Historic District
zoning overlay. The farm abuts and overlaps two other historic district
overlays, along its east side.
* In 1989, La Grange was designated as a Delaware Farm of Distinction.
* In 1994, with the help from the US Department of Agriculture's local
National Resources Conservation Service, a long-term tree management
plan was implemented for the farm.
* In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious preservation
award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review Board,
after she placed the entire farm under an historic overlay.
* In 1997, Anne Barczewski was recognized as Delaware's Tree Farmer of
the Year.
* Anne Barczewski retains 76% ownership rights in La Grange. Her three
children each own eight percent.
* Anne Barzewski is 94 years old, is suffering from advanced
Alzheimer's disease, and is currently in hospice care. She is currently
represented by attorney Tom Posatko.
* Anne's son, George Barczewski is the current tenant of the property.
* Five acres of the farm, at the west end of the property near route
40, are zoned commercial. The rest of the farm is zoned suburban.
* Last year, New Castle County officials made a $9.6 million offer to
buy all but the five commercially zoned acres of the farm for
preservation.
* At a September 2004 public hearing before the New Castle County
Council, attorney David Ferry, who represents brothers Steven and
George Barczewski, insisted the farm was worth at least $12 million,
and that his clients would not accept anything less. Steven and George
Barczewski have actively courted development offers in recent years.
* As recently as January 2005, New Castle County and Delaware state
government officials were in contact with Anne Barczewski's daughter,
Joanne Lewis, about putting together another deal to purchase the farm
for preservation, at a price of roughly $12 million. Although Mrs.
Lewis was amenable to discussions, Mr. Ferry threatened Mrs. Lewis with
legal action on behalf of her brothers if she delayed any longer
signing a sales agreement with a developer.
* The farmhouse roof has been neglected for several years and is
believed to be in need of replacement. In response to several
"demolition by neglect" complaints filed with County code enforcement,
a County inspection took place in late March 2005. Although old water
damage was noted on least one interior wall, no active roof leak was
found. However, the exterior paint was found to be in poor repair
(cracking and peeling) and a violation notice was issued.
* After the current owners attempted to ignore the initial notice, a
second violation notice was issued. The owners are currently having the
code violations addressed.
* In early February 2005, a sales agreement was signed with local
developer Steven J. Nichols, at an offering price of $14.25 million.
The initial deposit paid to the family was $25,000, with another
$225,000 due in early May. The agreement gave Nichols 90 days to
determine if the farm could be developed to his satisfaction. The
agreement then gave him another six months to close the sale.
* Pam Scott, wife of New Castle County Council President, Paul Clark,
and Andy Taylor are among the attorney's representing Mr. Nichols. In
response to conflict of interest concerns raised by Friends of Historic
Glasgow, Mr. Clark has promised to recuse himself from any County
Council decisions involving the Barczewski property. The Council would
need to vote on zoning changes that were cleared by the Land Use Office.
* The Nichols team appeared before the New Castle County Historic
Review Board, off the agenda, on April 13, 2005. Nichols presented what
were called preliminary plans for development of the farm. The plans
showed every field full of housing, some commercial development along
Route 40, and a new elementary school west of the La Grange manor
house. The house was left with a 500 ft. buffer surrounding it, which
is the minimum requirement under existing County codes.
* In late April, the Nichols team also held a private meeting with
County Land Use Office representatives, and again presented their
preliminary plans. No formal public hearings have been held.
* It is not clear if Nichols plans will require zoning changes to
proceed, or not. Friends of Historic Glasgow believes that the school
and commercial construction, as presented at the April 13th HRB
meeting, may require zoning changes.
* Mr. Nichols failed to comply with the terms of the original sales
agreement. In early May, he offered an amendment to the sales agreement
along with a partial payment of $125,000. The amendment asked for an
additional 45 days to determine if the property could be developed to
his satisfaction, and placed other contingencies on the sellers.
However, three of the four sellers (all but Joanne Lewis) voted to
accept the amendment and Nichols was allowed to proceed.
* A level I archeological investigation, contracted for by Nichols in
May 2005, has uncovered roughly 1600 Native American artifacts, most
from the period 1000 BC to 1000 AD. Level I investigations are limited
in their depth and scope, but such a large number of artifacts suggests
the need to conduct a Level II study. It is almost certain that there
were Native American settlements on the farm property, as previously
noted.
* Along with his final $100,000 in deposit monies, Mr. Nichols recently
offered another amendment to the sales contract, reducing his offering
price by $2.25 million, to $12 million, but moving up the closing date
to October 10, 2005. It is not known if the sellers will agree to this
reduction in price. Nichols had earlier attempted to reduce his
offering price to $10 million, but apparently more than one of the
sellers refused.
* The Historic Review Board has stated that it is opposed to allowing
development on the property. The Board would have to approve any
development plans before they could be undertaken, but it cannot
prevent any and all development.
* The New Castle County Land Use Office is opposed to rezoning any of
the property to allow commercial, industrial, or high-density
residential construction.
* There is significant public and community opposition to development
of this farm. Friends of Historic Glasgow has gathered over 1,300
signatures opposing development.
* At this time, Anne Barczewski's three adult children and her legal
representative
are continuing down the development road, in spite of her clearly
stated wishes to have her legacy preserved as undeveloped farmland.
IF YOU WANT TO SIGN THE PETITION SAVE LA GRANGE, CLICK ON THE PETITION
LINK ON THE MAIN FOHG PAGE.
This information is current as of June 17, 2005.
on 6/23/05 1:01 AM, Margaret Stephens at itsmetoo(a)earthlink.net wrote:
> I thought Historical Homes can not be torn down. That is why they are
> classed them that way. Now you mentioned about Indian relics and the like.
> If I am correct if the Indians state this is a Indian Burial ground, no one
> can disturb this hallow ground. You also mentioned wetlands. There are many
> orgs. that protect wetlands. Infact as I understand the Dept. of the
> Interior takes care of that too. With this all said, one petition should go
> to each of these orgs:
>
> 1) Dept of Indian Affairs
> 1) Dept of the Interior
> 1) to each Senator in that State
> 1) to each member of the State Legisture
> 1) each Federal Senator
> 1) each member of the House of Representives
> 1) Council on Historic Preservation
> 1) Bureau of Land Management
> 1) Council on Environmental Quality
> 1) US Environmental Protection agency
> 1) Fish and Wildlife Service
> 1) Dept of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board
> 1) Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
> 1)Natural Resources Conservation Service
>
> Now include this e-mail with the petition and I hope next time I go to that
> site to sign the petition is loads.
> (Excellent e-mail)
>
> I hope this helps you in your endevor to save this precious land,
> Margaret Stephens
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Historic Glasgow Park" <historicglasgow(a)earthlink.net>
> To: <CLAYTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:34 PM
> Subject: [CLAYTON-L] HIGH RISK OF DESTRUCTION BY DEVELOPMENT -- Native
> American and Revolutionary War sites, and environmental resources on The
> LaGrange (Barczewski) farm in Glasgow, DE
>
>
>> HIGH RISK OF DESTRUCTION BY DEVELOPMENT -- Native American and
>> Revolutionary
>> War sites, and environmental resources on The LaGrange (Barczewski) farm
>> in
>> Glasgow, DE
>>
>>
>> Stephen J. Nichols, a developer in Glasgow, DE, has signed a contract to
>> purchase by November 10, 2005, with the intent to immediately develop, the
>> entire Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange or Dr. Samuel Henry
>> Black farm). Mr. Nichols wants to place over 220 houses and a 26 acre
>> commercial shopping center, on the property. He also intends to allow the
>> Christina School District to have over 50 acres of the farm, including the
>> historic manor house and granary, so that a public elementary school can
>> be
>> built.
>>
>> This property is crisscrossed by state and Federally recognized wetlands
>> and
>> over 1 mile of drainage, is in the Christiana watershed, contains part of
>> the Glasgow recharge aquifer, and is bounded by over 3/4 mile of the Muddy
>> Run Creek. The 136 acres of woods on the farm are in a US Department of
>> Agriculture's local National Resources Conservation Service long-term tree
>> management plan.
>>
>> The Barczewski farm's 236 acres contain two documented Native American
>> Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of
>> Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin Latrobe feeder canal from
>> 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places
>> (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black was the wife of
>> Samuel H. Black. General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a
>> visitor there in October 1824. The Federal US Censuses of 1810 and 1820
>> for
>> DE/NCCo/Pencader Hundred, show that there were three FREE
>> African-Americans
>> (unnamed - husband, wife, and daughter) who were part of Dr. Samuel H.
>> Black's household.
>>
>> The farm is located near the northwest corner of Routes U.S. 40 and Del.
>> 896
>> in Glasgow (New Castle County, Pencader Hundred), and is comprised of a
>> single tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and
>> approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of its
>> tributaries run through and form the 3/4 of a mile of the northern
>> boundary
>> of the property.
>>
>> This property contains the historic home and farm of Glasgow's early
>> physician, University of DE trustee, and state politician, Dr. Samuel
>> Henry
>> Black. The land, however, had been farmed for over 100 years before Dr.
>> Black acquired it. The property has a carefully restored historic home
>> and
>> preserved granary, each dating to 1815, and more recent barns and
>> outbuildings dating to the property's days in the 1940s through 1960s as
>> the
>> West End Dairy farm. Other family names associated over time with this
>> farm
>> include Middleton, Frazier, Leasure, Congo, Cooch, and Veach.
>>
>> Dr. Samuel H. Black built the property's granary. The building
>> incorporates
>> consolidated storage and processing functions and wheeled vehicle access.
>> This building is the earliest documented example of a drive-through
>> granary
>> of the type that was to become popular throughout the Northeastern U.S. in
>> the mid-19th century.
>>
>> In July 1974, the large manor Federal period home and the granary were
>> incorporated into the National Park Service's National Register of
>> Historic
>> Places (NRHP #74000601). Areas of NRHP significance of this property
>> include Health/Medicine, Architecture, Social History, and Agriculture.
>>
>> In 1985, the La Grange granary was incorporated into the highly selective
>> Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering
>> Record (HAER) conducted by the US Department of the Interior and
>> maintained
>> by the US Library of Congress (Survey # HABS DE-216).
>>
>> There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment sites on
>> the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites). These
>> sites
>> date from 10,000 BC to 6,500 BC. Over 1,800 authentic Paleo-Indian and
>> Early
>> Archaic periods' arrow points, axe heads, and other stone implements have
>> been found all over the farm's land.
>>
>> In the farm's woods there are authenticated, intact remains of British and
>> Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War
>> battle of Cooch's bridge. The trenches run parallel to the remnants of a
>> historic and ancient, but now abandoned road, of which the last remaining
>> vestiges exist on the LaGrange Farm. The earthworks are also parallel Rt.
>> 40 West from Glasgow, DE, to Elkton, MD, and face Iron Hill.
>>
>> There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's
>> venture
>> to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical Marker
>> NC-59).
>> The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to be built from the
>> Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate goal of the canal
>> connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways. The project failed,
>> however, because the state of Delaware ran out of money before the canal
>> was
>> completed. The remnants of the feeder canal run from Rt. 40 West through
>> the
>> La Grange farm.
>>
>> On May 30, 1973, Anne Barczewski vowed that the 236 acres of her farm
>> "will
>> never fall into the hands of builders and developers." ("Threatened by
>> Cloverleaf", The News Gazette, New Castle, DE.)
>>
>> In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious historic
>> preservation award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review
>> Board. The Board placed a protective Historic Zoning overlay upon the
>> entire 236 acres of the La Grange farm.
>>
>> In 1997, Anne Barczewski was recognized as Delaware's Tree Farmer of the
>> Year. On June 27, 1997, Anne Barczewski told preservation advocates, "If
>> it was my last word, my last breath, I'd say 'no' to a developer."
>>
>> If you would like to help protect this property from development and
>> permanently preserve its historic, cultural, and natural resources for
>> future generations, please contact The Friends of Historic Glasgow, ATTN:
>> Nancy V. Willing, 5 Francis Circle, Newark, DE 19711. Telephone: (302)
>> 366-1855. E-mail: historicglasgow(a)earthlink.net
>>
>> A petition focused on saving the Glasgow Historic Area, including the
>> Barczewski farm, is located at
>> http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark
>>
>>
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Right now I don't know much more than what I have here on my Clayton line.
The information came to me from a related family member who researched our
connecting Lyle family line.
I descend from John Hall b. 1807 so to find out his mother was a Clayton was
news.
As I mentioned before these families lived all together in Allegheny Co.,
Elizabeth Township, Pa. My John Hall b. 1807 purchased land in 1839 in
Jefferson Co., Indiana where they stayed till my husbands grandfather sold
his share of the family farm in 1973. Members of the James Lyle family also
moved to the same Indiana location as did some from the connecting Crawford
line. I however don't have anything at this time on any Clayton family
members. I will have to go back and check the records.
I would like to learn more about this Clayton line. All I can tell you is
there is a church connection as they are all Presbyterians. They moved to
the same small Indiana town and were members of the same Presbyterian church
there. Many family members were buried in the same cemetery.
That is really all I know at this time. Tell me something about your line.
Is it possible in any way your Georgia line could have come for the Pa. area
that I spoke of?
Roberta
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From: <Richbrice1(a)aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CLAYTON-L] Need help please New to list
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
>
> am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
> know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
> I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is
> very
> incomplete.
>
> I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I
> believe
> he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She
> had
> two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann
> Hall
> b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
> In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
> Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth
> Township. This
> could be my Mary's father.
> My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
> of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were
> neighbors
> so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>
>
>
>
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>
> I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in
> Georgia
> in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
>
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In a message dated 6/23/2005 7:38:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
jhall(a)voyager.net writes:
am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might
know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is very
incomplete.
I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I believe
he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She had
two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann Hall
b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township,
Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth Township. This
could be my Mary's father.
My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know
of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were neighbors
so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I'm interested in what you find. My Clayton line starts, for me, in Georgia
in the late 1700's. I think they were in the Carolina's prior to that.
Hi everyone,
I am new to the list and was hoping to find out if anyone on the list might know anything about my g-g-g-great grandmother's family.
I only found out about her a couple of days ago and my information is very incomplete.
I have a Mary Clayton Hall. I don't know who her husband was but I believe he was a John Hall. Mary was probably born in the mid to late 1770's. She had two children that I now know of. John Hall b. 1807 in New Jersey and Ann Hall b. 1809 also in New Jersey.
In 1830 I have a Mary Hall living in Allegheny Co., Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania. In 1820 there is a David Clayton living in Elizabeth Township. This could be my Mary's father.
My John and Mary Clayton Hall's two children (those that I currently know of) both married into the Lyle family. The Clayton's and Lyle's were neighbors so to speak in Elizabeth. Both families were Presbyterian.
This is most all I have, does anyone know this family and would be willing to help me with mine?
Roberta Hall
HIGH RISK OF DESTRUCTION BY DEVELOPMENT -- Native American and Revolutionary
War sites, and environmental resources on The LaGrange (Barczewski) farm in
Glasgow, DE
Stephen J. Nichols, a developer in Glasgow, DE, has signed a contract to
purchase by November 10, 2005, with the intent to immediately develop, the
entire Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange or Dr. Samuel Henry
Black farm). Mr. Nichols wants to place over 220 houses and a 26 acre
commercial shopping center, on the property. He also intends to allow the
Christina School District to have over 50 acres of the farm, including the
historic manor house and granary, so that a public elementary school can be
built.
This property is crisscrossed by state and Federally recognized wetlands and
over 1 mile of drainage, is in the Christiana watershed, contains part of
the Glasgow recharge aquifer, and is bounded by over 3/4 mile of the Muddy
Run Creek. The 136 acres of woods on the farm are in a US Department of
Agriculture's local National Resources Conservation Service long-term tree
management plan.
The Barczewski farm's 236 acres contain two documented Native American
Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of
Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin Latrobe feeder canal from
1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places
(Dr. Samuel Henry Black). Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black was the wife of
Samuel H. Black. General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a
visitor there in October 1824. The Federal US Censuses of 1810 and 1820 for
DE/NCCo/Pencader Hundred, show that there were three FREE African-Americans
(unnamed - husband, wife, and daughter) who were part of Dr. Samuel H.
Black's household.
The farm is located near the northwest corner of Routes U.S. 40 and Del. 896
in Glasgow (New Castle County, Pencader Hundred), and is comprised of a
single tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and
approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of its
tributaries run through and form the 3/4 of a mile of the northern boundary
of the property.
This property contains the historic home and farm of Glasgow's early
physician, University of DE trustee, and state politician, Dr. Samuel Henry
Black. The land, however, had been farmed for over 100 years before Dr.
Black acquired it. The property has a carefully restored historic home and
preserved granary, each dating to 1815, and more recent barns and
outbuildings dating to the property's days in the 1940s through 1960s as the
West End Dairy farm. Other family names associated over time with this farm
include Middleton, Frazier, Leasure, Congo, Cooch, and Veach.
Dr. Samuel H. Black built the property's granary. The building incorporates
consolidated storage and processing functions and wheeled vehicle access.
This building is the earliest documented example of a drive-through granary
of the type that was to become popular throughout the Northeastern U.S. in
the mid-19th century.
In July 1974, the large manor Federal period home and the granary were
incorporated into the National Park Service's National Register of Historic
Places (NRHP #74000601). Areas of NRHP significance of this property
include Health/Medicine, Architecture, Social History, and Agriculture.
In 1985, the La Grange granary was incorporated into the highly selective
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering
Record (HAER) conducted by the US Department of the Interior and maintained
by the US Library of Congress (Survey # HABS DE-216).
There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment sites on
the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites). These sites
date from 10,000 BC to 6,500 BC. Over 1,800 authentic Paleo-Indian and Early
Archaic periods' arrow points, axe heads, and other stone implements have
been found all over the farm's land.
In the farm's woods there are authenticated, intact remains of British and
Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War
battle of Cooch's bridge. The trenches run parallel to the remnants of a
historic and ancient, but now abandoned road, of which the last remaining
vestiges exist on the LaGrange Farm. The earthworks are also parallel Rt.
40 West from Glasgow, DE, to Elkton, MD, and face Iron Hill.
There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's venture
to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical Marker NC-59).
The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to be built from the
Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate goal of the canal
connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways. The project failed,
however, because the state of Delaware ran out of money before the canal was
completed. The remnants of the feeder canal run from Rt. 40 West through the
La Grange farm.
On May 30, 1973, Anne Barczewski vowed that the 236 acres of her farm "will
never fall into the hands of builders and developers." ("Threatened by
Cloverleaf", The News Gazette, New Castle, DE.)
In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious historic
preservation award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review
Board. The Board placed a protective Historic Zoning overlay upon the
entire 236 acres of the La Grange farm.
In 1997, Anne Barczewski was recognized as Delaware's Tree Farmer of the
Year. On June 27, 1997, Anne Barczewski told preservation advocates, "If
it was my last word, my last breath, I'd say 'no' to a developer."
If you would like to help protect this property from development and
permanently preserve its historic, cultural, and natural resources for
future generations, please contact The Friends of Historic Glasgow, ATTN:
Nancy V. Willing, 5 Francis Circle, Newark, DE 19711. Telephone: (302)
366-1855. E-mail: historicglasgow(a)earthlink.net
A petition focused on saving the Glasgow Historic Area, including the
Barczewski farm, is located at
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark
Public Notice
In accordance with Title 7 Delaware Code, Chapter 54, Subchapter II, the
Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Department of
State, hereby gives notice of the discovery of unmarked human skeletal
remains and burials. The location of these burials is within the proposed
Bowers Landing Subdivision, located on the north side of Bowers Beach Road
(Co. Rd 18), south of Mulberrie Point Road (Co. Rd 373), east of Skeeter
Neck Rd. (Co. Rd 372), and west of Old Bowers Rd (Co. Rd 375), in the
vicinity of Little Heaven, Kent County, Delaware. An estimate of 100 to150
burials being present was made based on an archaeological investigation
completed in 2004. Fragmentary remains of three (3) individuals were
encountered during this investigation; however, no determinations of age,
sex or race were possible. At present, the burials are believed to be
Caucasian; however, African-Americans may also be present. It is known that
slaves were maintained by family members who owned this and adjacent
properties in the 18th century. No artifacts were retrieved which could
assist in the dating of these burials. Archival research has produced
information which provides a reasonable opportunity to identify the extended
family associated with these unmarked burials. The parcel of land wherein
these burials are located was part of a 17th century tract of land known as
³Bartlett¹s Lot.² As one of the earliest tracts of land recorded for
Murderkill Hundred, this land was originally owned jointly by Nicholas
Bartlett, John (1) Newell and Samuel Burberry. In addition to John Newell
(1), records show a William (1), a James and a Stephen Newell were also
acquiring tracts of land in this immediate area of Kent County, as well as
along the St. Jones River and also in western Kent County near the
Marshyhope in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It is believed these
men were brothers. No information is currently known on James and Stephen;
if they married, to whom and if there were any heirs. William (1) Newell (b.
before 1685 - d. ca. 1734) had a wife named Mary (1) (maiden name unknown),
who remarried in 12/16/1729 to a John Bowers. William (1) and Mary (1) had
at least two (2) sons- Samuel (d. after 1758) and Joseph (d. ca. 1745).
Samuel¹s wife was named Sarah. Joseph¹s wife¹s name is unknown. It is
believed John (1) Newell, who died 1/16/1739, had two wives. His first wife
was named Elizabeth; his second wife was Mary (2) Warren Newell. John (1)
and Mary (2) Newell¹s 4 children were: William (2) (b. before 1685 - d.
circa 1748); John (2) (b. before 1685 d.1759), Thomas (b. after 1685 d.
ca. 1744), and Elizabeth (1) (b. after 1685 - d-?). Elizabeth (1) married
Henry Pennington and had two daughters, Elinor Penington Sipple and Offee
Pennington Garrit. It is believed Elizabeth (1) married a second time, to a
James (1) Clayton, and had a son also named James (2) (b. 6/16/1737).
William (2) Newell¹s wife was Sarah (1), who died ca. 1754. They had five
daughters: Sarah (2) [who married John Thomson and had a daughter, Sarah],
Louisa, Mary (3) [who married Adam Fisher and had 8 children-John, Adams,
Joseph, Molliston, Isaac, Mary, Susannah and Sarah], Elizabeth (2) and
Rachel (1) [who married Henry Sapp). It is known that John and Sarah(2)
Thomson lived in her father¹s house after his death, which was associated
with the original ³Bartlett¹s Lot² land patent. Thomas Newell who lived
near the Marshyhope and the MD state line, had a wife (name unknown) and at
least one daughter, Elizabeth (3), who married Peter Adams, of Dorchester
Co, MD. John (2) Newell had 2 wives. One wife was Mary (3)Emmonds (or
Edmunds); the other wife was Rachel (2)Warren (married ca. 1747). John (2)
had two sons: Henry (b. ca. 1741 d. 12/22/1799) and William (3) (b.
unknown d. ca. 1769). Records suggest there was a third son-Vancey (birth
& death unknown). John (2) also had four daughters: Tabitha (1) [who
married Ebenezer Russell], Lydia (1) or Lyday Newell (b.4/9/1752 - d.
11/31/1824), Hannah Newell [who did marry but no information was found on
her husband and possible children], and Miriam Newell (b. 3/12/1750- d.
unknown) [who married Thomas Crammer and had 7 children: Skidmore, George,
Jonathan, Thomas, Mary (who married a Black), Margaret and Lydia Crammer].
Upon their father¹s death, Henry and William (3) received the lands of their
father; whereas, Vancey received only valuables. Their sisters were given
valuables and slaves. No information was available regarding whether
William (3), a tailor, ever married and had children. Henry Newell, who was
listed as a ship carpenter by trade and who received the portion of land
where his parents resided and where the cemetery is located, married
Margaret Wilson (b. ca. 1745 d. 2/7/1789) on 5/5/1762. Margaret, daughter
of George Wilson, Talbout Co., MD, was a Quaker (Society of Friends).
Henry, after his marriage to Margaret joined the Society. They had seven
daughters; two dying as infants/children. Their surviving children were:
Patience (1) (b.3/23/1764 d.4/20/1816) [who married Joseph George and had
at least 5children- Rachel George (b. 3/28/1782), Margaret or ³Molly² George
(b. 9/27/ 1785), John George (b. 11/26/1787), Mary George (b. 4/20/1790) and
Newell George (b.12/26/1792 d. 10/17/1855)]; Mary (4) (b. 2/16/1766 d.
9/1813) [who married Phillip Barratt, associated with Barratt¹s Chapel]; Ann
(b. 3/17/1768 - d. 1796) [who married Elias Sipple and had 4
children-Elijah, Margaret, Tabitha, and Lydia], Tabitha (2) (b. 11/27/1777
d. 12/1813) [who married Ezekiel (1) Hunn (b. 3/1774 d. 12/1821) and had
4 surviving children]; and, Lydia (2) (b. 5/13/1780 d. 1824). Henry,
Margaret, as well as their children, practiced their faith and were buried
in the Murderkill Hundred Friends¹ cemetery. When Henry Newell died in
1799, he divided his property between his daughters and his wife. It was
his daughter, Tabitha (2), and her husband, Ezekiel (1) Hunn, who eventually
acquired all of Henry¹s property from her siblings and mother, except that
willed to Ann and Elias Sipple. Tabitha (2) and Ezekiel (1) Hunn¹s children
were: Mary (b.9/1797 d. 9/1813), Patience (2) (b. 8/1805 d. 8/1889), who
married twice (to Jabez and George Jenkins), Guliema (b. 1810 d.? ), who
married Joseph Hanson from Philadelphia, and Ezekiel (2) (b. after 1810-d ?
). A reference found noted the infant, Jonathan Hunn, was buried in the
family burial ground-the subject being discussed here. Ezekiel (1) Hunn
lived on the Newell family property until 1822, when he died. The Newell
Family property, which had dwindled down to about 193 acres, was
consolidated by Tabitha and Ezekiel¹s (1) daughter, Guliema and her husband,
Joseph Hanson. In 1837, they sold the Newell family property to Henry
Williams, thus ending about 150 years of interest, ownership and control of
this land by the Newell family.
While Henry Williams owned the land, he added more adjacent land to his
holdings. In 1877, he conveyed 120 acres to his son, Caleb. It¹s on this
land, where the unmarked cemetery is located. Research on the Williams
family has shown they were buried in Barratt¹s Chapel cemetery; thus, ruling
out the likelihood of any Williams¹ being buried in this unmarked cemetery.
After the property was deeded to Caleb¹s son Elmer, in 1915, several tenants
were reported to have lived on the property in addition to members of the
Williams¹ family until it was sold. It is unlikely any tenants would have
buried their relatives on land they didn¹t own.
Thus, with the information presented above, it is our belief that
individuals buried in this unmarked cemetery are members of this extended
Newell Family. Additionally, there is the possibility that slaves, who
were known to have been present in the 18th century and possibly as early as
the original acquisition of the land in the 17th century, may have been
buried here too. In 1733/34, John (1) Newell deeded a slave named Hannah,
age 13, to his granddaughter Sarah (3) Thomson and her husband John, who
lived on land which was part of the original Bartlett¹s Lot. John (1), in
his will, also identified a slave named Solomon to be given to his son
Thomas; a slave, named Peter to be given to his son William (2) after
William¹s mother dies, and, a female slave (name unknown) to be given to his
daughter Elizabeth. When John (2) Newell¹s estate was probated in 1759, his
daughter, Tabitha (1) Russell, received ³1 negro girl name Fin;² his
daughter, Hannah, received ³1 negro girl name Feebe;² and, his daughter,
Miriam, received ³1 negro boy name Cato² Also, the presence of slaves on
the Newell Farm was confirmed by a 10/26/1776 reference from the Vital
Records of Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, which noted that Margaret Newell,
wife of Henry Newell (not yet a member of the Society of Friends at the
time) acknowledged they had slaves. No other information regarding
African-Americans being part of the extended Newell Family households were
found. The probability for having African-American individuals buried in
this cemetery must be considered likely.
Any persons who having reason to believe they may be Next-of-Kin to these
individuals or have evidence they have relatives buried in this unmarked
cemetery should contact the Director, Division of Historical and Cultural
Affairs, #21 The Green, Suite B, Dover, DE 19901-3611; telephone
302-739-5313 weekdays between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:00 pm within thirty
(30) days of this Notice. Next-of-Kin, by law, are entitled to review and
approve the treatment and disposition plan the Division will develop to
ensure the long term preservation and protection of these remains.