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EDMUND CANTWELL
Near this spot was the home of Edmund Cantwell, first sheriff of New Castle County 1672. Surveyor of many early grants. Here John Moll and Ephraim Herman, deputies of William Penn, met October 28, 1682, taking possession of the lower counties, now Kent and Sussex, by Act of Seisin, receiving “turf and twig water and soyle in part of all.”
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LOCATION: Marker is inactive/removed. U.S. 13 East Side of highway. One mile of Odessa. The Delaware Public Archives operates a historical markers program as part
of its mandate. Markers are placed at historically significant locations and sites
across the state. For more information on this program, please contact Moira Conlan at (302) 744-5035
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