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From: "Billie R. Lewis" <>
Subject: Re: [MDGEN] Joppa, Md.
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:20:36 -0500


I have been s wamped with company and my manuscript and don't remember
whether or not I answered your nice message.

The church in Joppa was the St. John's Church (which I think may have
been Episcopal). The marriages took place in the early to middle
1700s. Thanks much. Billie
-----Original Message-----
From: <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MDGEN] Joppa, Md.


>My two cents *S*
>
>Hi there: I grew up in Joppatowne. It is currently in Harford
County but
>parts of old Joppa may still be in Baltimore County. It is one of
those
>situations where the place is right at the county lines. I don't
recall
>this old church you are referring to but it may still exist.
>
>I remember getting some info out of a book a ways back and can't
recall the
>title but what i do remember is:
>
>Joppa was pretty much a tobacco port and I think much of the "town
and/or
>activities" centered around the water (Gunpowder River which leads
out to
>Chesapeake Bay). There was an old mansion there-still is i think-
called
>the Rumsey mansion and this guy Rumsey was a tobacco merchant. The
mansion
>and waterway are in what is now Joppatowne and I am almost sure was
once
>Joppa.
>
>My parents still live there and I can ask if they have ever heard of
the
>church-what's the name of it again?
>
>Hope this tidbit of info helps
>
>Susan Owens Lee
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Billie R. Lewis" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:57 PM
>Subject: Re: [MDGEN] Joppa, Md.
>
>
>> Thanks, Keith. I'll have to wait until the next time I get to the
>> Hall of Records, I guess. Did I tell you my homepage address to
see
>> if we have any names in common? Billie
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: M Keith Ellingsworth <>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:46 AM
>> Subject: [MDGEN] Joppa, Md.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Billie R. Lewis,
>> >Joppa is a US postal area (zip 21085) in Baltimore County.
>> >It does not have anyone to keep/ask for records.
>> >You would have to go to the church, County or State
>> >for records.
>> >Keith
>> >
>> >
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