18th/19th Century Residents of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Project and DEGenWEb Project Archives by Don Mosemann , May 3, 1997 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for other commercial presentation. The following two lists were compiled by Isaac Starr beginning in 1794, including the names of residents of Wilmington, DE who lived past the age of sixty. In 1845 these lists were published in "A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware" by Benjamin Ferris. The "FIRST LIST" gives the names of individuals who were over sixty in 1794 when the survey began. The "SECOND LIST" gives the names of residents who were added later. For specific name searches, use the "Search" or "Find" feature of your browser. FIRST LIST AGE YEAR AGE IN OF AT NAME 1794 DEATH DEATH Elizabeth Blackford 61 1816 83 Widow Burgess (removed) 61 Watkins Crampton’s wife 61 1806 73 Jonas Canby 61 1822 87 George Evans 61 1814 80 Widow Ford 61 James Hall (coloured) 61 1814 80 Philip Truax 63 1795 64 Henry Metz 61 1821 88 Widow Reynolds 61 1798 65 Orpha Shallcross 61 1806 73 Jacob Shreve (coloured) 61 1819 86 Samuel Biays 62 1797 65 Widow Hewen 62 1820 88 Joshua Kirk’s wife 62 1795 63 James Buckingham’s widow 63 1802 71 Jehu Hollingsworth 62 1819 87 Vincent Gilpin 63 1810 79 John Dickinson 63 1808 77 Jacob Fussell 63 1815 83 Jane Starr (widow of William) 63 1812 80 Joseph Shallcross 63 1814 83 John Wood (fishing tackle) 63 1815 85 Widow Wilson 63 1814 83 Philip Sliver 63 1797 66 Jas. Valentine’s wife (coloured) 63 1800 69 Hannah West, widow of Joseph 63 1806 75 Jeremiah Carter’s wife 64 1794 64 James Craig 64 1812 82 John Erwin’s wife 64 1821 91 Jane Griffith 64 1812 82 Isaac Hewes’s wife 64 Hugh Montgomery 64 1806 76 Rebecca Shipley 64 1797 67 John Thelwell 64 1812 82 Bancroft Woodcock 64 1819 89 Watkins Crampton 64 1820 90 John Lea’s wife 64 1808 78 Widow Rumsey 64 Caleb Seal 64 1824 93 Joseph Nicholson (coloured) 65 1816 87 Gerard Blackford 65 1816 87 Thomas Dean’s wife 65 1805 76 Rose Hugall (coloured) 84 1798 88 George Harrison’s wife 65 1804 75 Widow Robinson 65 Wm. Shipley, son of Wm. & Elizabeth 65 1794 65 Samuel Bonsall 65 1795 66 Widow Cline 66 William Kennedy 66 1800 72 Joshua Kirk 66 1818 90 Hannah Mendenhall 66 1816 82 Jonathan Stacy 66 1817 89 Widow Vining 67 1800 73 Bridget Woodward 66 1798 70 Ruth Byrnes 67 1815 88 Jeremiah Carter 67 1798 71 John Erwin 67 1797 70 Sarah How 67 1795 68 Widow Rankin 67 1802 75 Isaac Starr 67 1811 84 Peter Steinmetz 67 1797 70 John Thelwell’s wife 67 1794 67 James Valentine (coloured) 68 1807 81 Isaac Hewes (carpenter) 68 1807 81 Cornelius Hines 68 1803 77 John Lea 68 1803 77 Nicholas Robinson 68 1814 88 Robert Thomas 68 1816 90 Widow Wilson 2d 68 1802 76 William Westbay 68 1795 69 Thomas Dean 69 1797 72 John Hawkins 69 1796 71 Hugh Montgomery’s wife 69 1803 78 Jane McKinley 67 1805 78 William Harlan’s wife 67 1807 80 Widow Springer 61 1802 69 Obadiah Holt 67 1808 81 Widow Jefferis 67 Widow Kayford 70 1810 86 John Campbell 68 Elizabeth Vaughan (nurse) 68 1806 83 William Conner 71 William Collet 71 Widow Giffing 71 1798 75 William Harlan 71 1819 96 Widow Jordan 71 Jane Hartley 71 1798 75 Margaret Lea 71 1805 82 Hugh Means 71 1798 75 Widow Nichols 71 1802 79 Widow Smith 71 1790 76 Peter Valoe 71 1795 72 Widow Wallace 71 1807 84 Widow Woolston 71 1800 77 Hannah Shields 71 1794 72 Terence Boyd 72 1800 78 Widow Crow 72 1801 79 James Lea 72 1798 74 Mercy Minshall 72 1797 75 George Harrison 72 1811 89 Jonas Stidham 74 1795 75 John Armstrong 73 1807 86 A. Davidson’s wife 73 1807 86 Fortune, Dr. M’Kinley’s African 73 1803 82 Joseph Rider 73 1805 84 Benjamin Mendenhall 67 1797 70 Samuel Hogg 74 1797 77 Samuel Hogg’s wife 74 1796 76 Martha Boyle 70 1807 83 Vincent Bonsall 74 1796 76 Captain Davis 74 1795 75 John McKinley 74 1796 76 Widow Woodcock 74 1796 76 Martha Cove 75 1795 76 Alexander Davis 75 1796 77 Joseph Bennet 76 1808 90 Isabella Lisle 76 1800 82 Widow Richmond 76 1797 79 Widow Alrichs 77 1794 77 Widow McIntyre 77 1795 78 Sarah Snow 76 1803 85 Zechariah Ferris 78 1803 86 George McNealy 78 1795 79 Martha Hewes 79 1795 80 John Kendall 80 1795 81 Samuel Fisher 81 1800 87 Ann Armstrong 81 1799 86 James Broom 81 1794 81 Dutch Dolly 84 1806 96 Negro Fortune 81 1800 87 Lucy (coloured woman) 83 1806 96 Old Joan Hugall 84 1794 84 Griffith Minshall 84 1801 91 Widow Ford 86 1800 92 Mary Gilpin 86 1794 86 John Hedges 85 1794 85 William Vanneman 85 1801 92 Jane Porter 87 87 Sarah Lee 89 1800 95 Donald McDonald 89 1799 94 Mary McKinney 90 1794 90 Saba (coloured) 99 1798 103 Rachel Woodward 85 1794 85 Mary Taylor 91 91 Bru us (coloured) 101 1795 102 Widow Campbell 68 1817 91 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SECOND LIST AGE YEAR AGE IN OF AT NAME 1794 DEATH DEATH George Smith 1760 Isaac H. Starr 1760 (yet living) Thomas Richardson 1760 1825 65 Thomas Jones 1738 1824 86 Phebe Woolley 1741 1819 78 Caleb P. Bennett 1758 1836 78 Henry W. Physick 1758 1821 63 Wm. Canby 1748 1830 82 Martha Canby 1747 1826 79 Samuel Canby 1751 1832 81 Edward Hewes 1741 1826 85 Edward Brookes 1758 1826 68 Joseph Ashburnham 1744 1822 78 Rachel Ashburnham 1750 1822 72 Mary Warner 1744 1823 79 Stephen Hayes 1742 1830 87 Caleb Johnson 1740 1819 79 Mary Johnson 1741 1820 79 John Jones 1758 1825 67 Frederick Craig 1756 1841 85 Mary Hanson 1743 Rebecca Robinson 1752 1841 89 Elizabeth Yarnall 1742 1828 86 Joseph Shipley 1752 1832 80 Mary Hewes 1751 John Pennock 1753 1840 87 John Saville 1749 John Welsh 1751 1823 73 Ezekiel Costen (coloured) 1741 1841 100 William Cook 1730 1821 91 Frederick Schrader 1756 1828 72 Cyrus Newlin 1747 1824 77 Sarah Newlin 1751 1824 73 Moses Rea 1751 1834 83 Sarah Rea 1751 1839 88 Richard Molan 1750 1822 72 Nathaniel Richards 1756 (yet living) Francis Way 1752 1824 71 Joshua Stroud 1753 1834 81 Barney Harris 1744 1825 81 Ann Donaldson 1743 1825 82 David Kirkpatrick 1754 1839 85 Ann Latimer 1760 1839 79 Hance Naff 1757 1841 84 Polly Naff 1759 Edward Gilpin 1760 1845 85 John Ferris 1746 1828 82 Allen McLane 1746 1828 82 Eli Mendenhall 1756 Wm. Hemphill 1743 1823 80 Isabella Hemphill 1743 1825 82 Valentine McNeil 1760 Ann White 1742 1822 80 Sarah Rumford 1748 1820 72 Sarah Richarson 1744 1834 90 Capt. Henry Geddes 1749 1833 84 James Hamilton 1755 1824 69 Edward Roche 1754 1821 67 Widow Broom of Jacob Ruth Nichols 1754 1842 88 James Lisle 1753 1829 76 Bridget Benderman 1754 1839 85 Joshua Jackson 1745 1822 77 Joseph Hedges 1740 1823 83 Hannah Hedges 1742 1828 86 John White (hatter) 1755 1826 71 Abm. Doras (coloured) 1758 1825 67 Samuel Bush 1747 1831 84 Archibald Croxen 1756 Isaac Hendrickson 1757 Samuel Painter (turner) 1743 1829 86 John McCloskey 1740 1824 84 Rebecca Martin 1756 James Brobson 1759 1833 74 Mary Bonsall 1743 1825 Michael Wolf, sen. 1736 1825 89 Hannah Chandler 1750 1841 91 Edith Ferris 1742 1815 73 Tabitha Roberts 1750 1844 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE END