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From: "Dick" <>
Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Churches in QA,Caroline, and Kent cos MD, and Kent co DE, 1700-1850
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:39:35 -0400
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I should have said the index contains no Knotts, but I have no reason to
doubt the index.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob KNOTTS" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Churches in QA,Caroline, and Kent cos MD, and Kent co
DE, 1700-1850


> Hi, Dick. It doesn't seem to be complete. There was an Absalom KNOTTS, b
> 1746 in Kent DE., who is pretty famous to DE/MD KNOTTS'. He went to WV in
> 1780 and started the WV KNOTTS'. I think half the KNOTTS in the U.S. are
> descended from him (well, a whole bunch, anyway). His father was Robert
> KNOTTS, b ca 1725, QA co, where my family was. Thanks for checking. Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [DEKENT] Churches in QA,Caroline, and Kent cos MD, and Kent
co
> DE, 1700-1850
>
>
> > The book, "Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware 1686-1800"
> > contains no Knotts entry. All records are not necessarily birth,
marriage
> &
> > death, so this doesn't really eliminate all these churches for you.
Note
> > the 1800 cut-off date.
> > The chapters are:
> > 1. Extracts from Duck Creek Monthly [i.e., Quaker] Minutes 1705-1800
> > 2. Duck Creek Monthly Meeting - Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1686-1800
> > 3. Vital Records from Murderkill and Duck Creek Monthly Meetings
> > 4. St. George's Protestant Episcopal, Indian River
> > 5. Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church
> > 6. Subscribers of Blackwater Presbyterian church, near Frankford
> > 7. Pew Holders of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Lewes, 1789
> > 8. Prince George's Church, Sussex County (Dagsboro)
> > 9. Gleanings by Rev. C. H. B. Turner (includes fragments from St. John
the
> > Baptist, near Milton)
> >
> > Beyond that, the BARRATT and BARRAT names occur several times, but there
> are
> > no William nor Margaret BARRATTs, and the families listed seem to be
> Quaker.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob KNOTTS" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:20 PM
> > Subject: [DEKENT] Churches in QA,Caroline, and Kent cos MD, and Kent co
> DE,
> > 1700-1850
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me what churches existed in Queen Annes, Caroline,and
> Kent
> > cos MD, and Kent co DE between abt 1740 and 1850? I'm looking for
> > information on my gg-grandfather Andrew Levi KNOTTS' parents and family,
> and
> > the marriage of my g-grandfather, William KNOTTS, b 1805, QA co to
> Margaret
> > M BARRATT. I would think that WM and Margaret would have been married in
> > BARRATT's Chapel, as Margaret's grandfather, Col. William BARRATT,
donated
> > the land for the church. Andrew was b ca 1770, QA co. I'd like to know
who
> > was the minister/priest of these churches when they ceased to function,
> and
> > what was done with their records. Thank you. Bob KNOTTS, PHX, AZ
> >
> >
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