EXAMINING THE 17th CENTURY THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS OF THE DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES
1646 - Land grant from William Kieft, Director General of the West India Company
1654 - Jon Nilson passport signed by Johann Rising
1656 - Land grant from Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Boyer
1680 - Deed from Sachem Meghaeskitt
1685 - Iwottama Sawum sells land to Norton Claypoole and Matthew Taylor
1664 - Articles of agreement, dated October 1, 1664
1677/8 - Survey for Kingston upon Hull
c. 1680 - Survey for Whitwell's Chance, 1000 acres
1680 - Census of the Householders from Cedar Creek to Duck Creek
1680 - Sussex County court docket
1680/1 - Description of Sussex County Courthouse to be built
1682 - New Castle County Court Docket, William Penn addresses the County Court
1683 - Instructions from William Penn to Justices at New Castle
1684 - List of Kent County Landowners
1684 - Survey for Peter Alrich's lands
1690 - Proclamation for suppressing cursing
c. 1688 - List of Kent County Landowners
1688 - Petition to permit an annual fair in New Castle and Lewis
1691 - Kent County Court of General Sessions court record
1699 - Kent County Court Docket - Three boys indentured
1683 - List of people naturalized/ desiring to be naturalized
