Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred
Scope and Content Note
This document is a land indenture between Hugh Glasford, an inn-keeper from Newark, Delaware, and his wife Ann, and Robert Ferguson, a yeoman, also from Newark. It is for 223 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, dated February 21, 1780. Ferguson paid 5,680 pounds and 15 shillings for the land. The indenture was acknowledged in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle.
The indenture traces the owners of the land back to the original patent under the seal of the province of Pennsylvania to John Guest, a prominent jurist of Philadelphia, in 1702. It also traces the boundaries of the property and gives the location of the other deeds referred to in the document.
The deed is handwritten on paper, tied with ribbon and stamped with two paper and wax seals. The document is in fragile condition.
Dates
- Creation: 1780 February 21
Creator
- Glasford, Hugh, 1750- (Person)
- Ferguson, Robert, active 1780-1781 (Person)
- Glasford, Ann, active 1780 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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Biographical Note
The three eighteenth-century individuals who are the primary parties of this indenture are Hugh Glasford, an inn-keeper from Newark, Delaware, his wife, Ann Glasford, and Robert Ferguson, a yeoman, also from Newark.
Biographical information derived from the document.
Extent
1 item (2 pages) ; 40 x 33 cm
Abstract
Eighteenth-century land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for 223 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, dated February 21, 1780.
Source
Unknown.
Shelving Summary
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 oversize (20 inch)
Processing
Processed and encoded by Keith Minsinger, September 2008. Further encoded by George Apodaca, June 2015.
Subject
- Guest, John, -1707 (Person)
- Miles, Edward, active 1748-1759 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2008 September 26
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository