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From: "Joyce A. Wolfe" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] Whites of Lewes
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:35:20 -0500
References: <50dc50a0706080547y1c2ed8e6lf1016cc8b0eceab4@mail.gmail.com>


Hi Chris,

It's very interesting about the middle name of your father-in-law and
husband. Were they born, and did they grow up on the Eastern Shore? You
know there has to be a connection since using surnames for the first and
last names of children were quite common.

Let me know if you ever find out anymore on this and I'll do the same for
you.

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris white" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 7:47 AM
Subject: [LDR] Whites of Lewes


> Hi Bob,
>
> I've only been able to get my Whites back to the mid-1800's so I don't
> have
> anything useful to say about your Reece and Mary. The thing that caught
> my
> eye was your last name. Wolfe is my husband's middle name and I've never
> found any reason for it - it was also his father's middle name. I wonder
> if
> there's a connection to you there?
>
> And PatCLARE - I've also seen the name Comfort Leatherbury, but in
> relation
> to Prettymans (also on my husband's side) in the late 1600s. But my
> research there is terribly shoddy and I wouldn't even be able to cite a
> source for you.
>
> Enjoy!
> Chris White
>
> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:00:36 -0500
>> From: "Joyce A. Wolfe" <>
>> Subject: [LDR] White Family of Lewes, DE
>> To: <>
>> Message-ID: <000601c7a968$6cd74a50$>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> I've noticed the recent traffic on the White family of Lewes, so I
>> thought
>> I
>> would put my two cents in and see if anyone can help me.
>>
>> My Reece Wolfe (b-1733, d-1979) was from Lewes, DE. He married Mary
>> White
>> abt. 1754. We know from family bible and public records that she was
>> born
>> May 6, 1738 and died April 28, 1799 in Lewes, DE. I have a great deal of
>> info on her but have never been able to link her with her White
>> family. I'd
>> appreciate it if anyone can help me.
>>
>> Bob Wolfe
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "chris white" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:28 AM
>> Subject: [LDR] Whites of Lewes, DE
>>
>>
>> > Hi Eva,
>> >
>> > Wow - I haven't run into a single name that you mentioned. Maybe the
>> > folks
>> > you mention are just farther back than I've reached yet.
>> >
>> > Thanks for looking, though.
>> >
>> > Chris White
>> >
>> >
>> > Message: 5
>> >> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:08:10 -0700 (PDT)
>> >> From: "Eva J. Ruben" <>
>> >> Subject: [LDR] Whites of Lewes, Delaware
>> >> To: chris white <>, ,
>> >>
>> >> Message-ID: <>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>> >>
>> >> Now you have really perked my interest. Grace White married Peter
>> Lewis
>> >> of Lewes, Delaware, before 1692. Their daughter, Elizabeth Lewis,
>> >> married
>> >> Robert West. He died in Lewes in 1742. Grace was the daughter of
>> Ambrose
>> >> White and Comfort Waddilow. They had 2 additional children - Ambrose
>> >> &
>> >> Wrixham.
>> >> I also noticed in my database that I had a Wrixham West White born in
>> >> 1812
>> >> Eva (Mrs. Dana West Ruben)
>> >> chris white <> wrote:
>> >> Hi ladies,
>> >>
>> >> I married a White from Lewes, DE and have recently been researching
>> >> his
>> >> side of the family (just learning how to do this and just starting
>> >> with
>> >> what
>> >> I can find on the internet). The farthest back that I've been able to
>> >> find
>> >> records of his family are a Robert and Mariah White. According to the
>> >> census Robert was born ~1847 and Mariah ~1846. Their children were
>> John,
>> >> Charles and William. Any chance these folks are related to your
>> Whites?
>> >>
>> >> And if it would be better to post this to the group, I'll happily do
>> that
>> >> - I just wasn't sure what was the proper etiquette.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks so much,
>> >> Chris White
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 21:14:49 EDT
>> From:
>> Subject: Re: [LDR] White Family of Lewes, DE/Rees Wolfe
>> To:
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> In a message dated 6/7/2007 8:01:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> My Reece Wolfe (b-1733, d-1979) was from Lewes, DE. He married Mary
>> White
>> abt. 1754. We know from family bible and public records that she
>> was born
>> May 6, 1738 and died April 28, 1799 in Lewes, DE. I have a great deal
>> of
>> info on her but have never been able to link her with her White
>> family. I'd
>> appreciate it if anyone can help me.
>>
>> Bob Wolfe
>>
>> Do you have a wife Comfort Leatherbury for him also?
>>
>> and :
>>
>> Does anyone know who this William Mason was who was assoc with this Rees
>> Wolfe?
>>
>> Land Records of Sussex County Delaware 1681-1725 Mary Marshall Brewer
>>
>> Page 197-198
>>
>> 6 May 1707. At a court ...
>>
>> ...Rice Wolfe ackn unto William Mason 130a. ne side of Loves Cr by deed
>> of
>> sale bearing date 4 Feb 1706. (A:pg 307)
>>
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