Land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, and Joseph Kinkead, New-Ark, New Castle County, Delaware
Scope and Content Note
This land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, deeds a parcel of land located in New-Ark, White Clay Creek Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, to Joseph Kinkead on July 24, 1781.
Dates
- Creation: 1781 July 24
Creator
- Ferguson, Robert, active 1780-1781 (Person)
- Kinkead, Joseph, 1750- (Person)
- Ferguson, Jane (Jean) (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
Robert Ferguson was a yeoman who, with his wife Jane, sold a parcel of land in Newark to Joseph Kinkead in 1781. He had previously purchased the land from Hugh Glasford on February 21, 1780.
Joseph Kinkead was a clock-maker who purchased land in Newark from Robert Ferguson in 1781. He sold the property to John Ochletree in 1796. Four years later he purchased four acres on the road from Newark to Welsh Tract. Previously (1788), Kinkead bought 20 acres near the Christiana Bridge on the road to Newark from Benjamin Ogle. In that deed Kinkead is described as "watchmaker of White Clay Hundred."
Conrad, Henry C. "Old Delaware Clock-Makers."Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, no. 19-23: 28-29. Additional biographical information derived from the document.
Extent
1 item (3 pages) ; 41 x 33 cm
Abstract
This land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, deeds a parcel of land located in New-Ark, White Clay Creek Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, to Joseph Kinkead on July 24, 1781.
Source
Purchase, 2008.
Shelving Summary
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 oversize (20 inch)
Processing
Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, September 2008. Further encoded by George Apodaca, March 2015.
Subject
- Anderson, James (Person)
- Bedford, James (Person)
- Booth, Robert (Person)
- Davis, David (Person)
- Giles, Abigail (Person)
- Glasford, Hugh, 1750- (Person)
- Guest, John, -1707 (Person)
- Johnston, Dan (Person)
- Johnston, Samuel (Person)
- Jones, Rachel (Person)
- Lowman, Samuel (Person)
- MacGregor, Samuel (Person)
- Miles, Edward, active 1748-1759 (Person)
- Platt, Samuel (Person)
- Thomas, Richard (Person)
- Wallace, Robert (Person)
- Johnson, Napthtaly (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, and Joseph Kinkead, New-Ark, New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2008 September 3
- 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