Maps and History of the Area

History of the Area

• Early Ward settlers in Maryland
• Ward Family History, Early Virginia History
• The Wedge When the boundaries were surveyed by Mason and Dixon in 1763-68, the arc was not fully connected to the line between MD and DE, resulting in an area that each state claimed. For those struggling with why your ancestor married in a church in DE, paid taxes in MD and owned one farm in DE and one in PA ,or almost any variation on this theme, this may help you understand .
• History Timeline for the North Sassafras Parish of Cecil County, Maryland
• Cecil County Hundreds
• Assessment of 1783 Cecil County
• 1701 Nottingham Lots now part of Cecil County, Maryland. “In 1701, a company of friends, prominent among whom were John Churchman, Andrew Job, William and James Brown, and Henry Reynolds, removed from the old settlements in the vicinity of Chester and settled on a tract of some 18,000 acres of land called Nottingham on Octorara Creek.” Albert Cook Myers. Immigration of Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania. (Swarthmore, PA:1902)
• Head of Elk and How it Grew
• History of Elk Landing
• “Piracy” on the Chesapeake Bay in the 1600s Part 1
• “Piracy” on the Chesapeake Bay in the 1600s Part 2
• “Piracy” on the Chesapeake Bay in the 1700s
• “Piracy” on the Chesapeake Bay in the 1800s
• The Chesapeake Bay in the 1900s

Maps of the Area

• Map of Hundreds; Cecil County Election Districts
• Cecil County – 1795
• Insurance maps for Cecil County
• Chesapeake Bay Visitors Guide – nice overview of the Chesapeake Bay that helps you see how the different areas fit together

Last Updated: January 30, 2003.