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'fi 6.1 atotap[)loultn’towiniotton’ttoftg-iu-igegea e a hitofowleyereAveiityarehn-vedeenadeera,»^ergetbutteraave'ereup uite reat um.iuctfaatHOMr.der,lavelingtra-rainlit.dayiexiandBter.theA LITTLE CHILD'S HAND CUT OFF! “?I SC It AF OF LOO A I, If I h TO U IWlml n llnnd (tl'Siiitnidi l*rival«*»*r’N-iim-ii Hid nt lloiiilmy Hook .In tho year 107fi Sir Edmond AndroHS granted to Morris Liston several tracts of land “in the parks of Cedar Greek, and on the Apoquinimy one of these tracts lay upon the Bhore of Delaware buy. between Blackbird creek and Bombay Hook; there the forests of immonHe poplars, oaks and walnuts Blopod gently upward from tho fringe of green marsh along the bay, and again downward to the marshes of Blackbird ereek, and tho “Cedar swamp.” The soil was rich and kind ; there Liston nettled, cleared land, built bis house and reared a family. And bis name iH familiar still, for the great poplar tree at “Morris Liaton’u” stood as a landmark for ail the navigators of the Delaware until a few years ago, when it was destroyed by lightning.On the southern part of this tract, on ground commanding a beautiful view of the bay, Edmund Liston, a descendant of Morris, built himself, in 1730 a brick bouse,in which some of his lineal descendants Htill live and farm their broad acreB, aud look out on the bay, on whose waters their ancestors came sailing from England 2U0 years ago. In the same locality the occurrences took place, the record of which is here transcribed. The people of Philadelphia and N-w Castle wero very much alamo d by reports of threatened attacks by the Spauibh naval forces and the following depositions, taken in Philadelphia, added very much to their fright.Edmund Liston, of Appoqmniniink hundred, in tho county of New lt;astlo, yeoman, being one of the people culled Quakers, on his solemn animation declares and allirms that on Huu lay, the 12th day of this instant, July, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, a company of foreigners, which this aftirniant believes to ho Spaniards, to the number of lit, came ashore in an open beat from u pilot boat riding at anchor in the liver Delaware, over against the atUrniaiit's liotiso, which is about four miles above Bombay Hook, and about half a mile from the banks of the said river Delaware ; and, as this nllirmant was afterwards told by bis daughter, as soon as they landed some of them ran to the place where his daughter and a negro girl happened to be getting crabs, seized the negro girl, tyed her and put her into the boat. '1 his atlirmunt further declares that the said foreigners canio directly to him, this allirm-ant, armed with guns, cutlasses and pistols, and tolling liitu they belonged to a Spanish privateer not far off, they demanded Ins negroes, money, and the keys of his drawers, ami having got sonic key’s from him they proceeded to rille and plunder bis house, and took out of it several sorts of wearing apparel, bedding, clothes and furniture, and tying them in separate bundles they carried them to the shore, und afterwards put themon board the open boat. They likewise took a negro woman and two little negro children, one of them a sucking child,and then clapping their pistols to this alHrnmnt’s breast, they compelled him to go with them to the next plantation, belonging to James Mart, at the distance of about half a mile.hisEdmund E. I.. Liston.mark.Aflirmcd July 27th, 1717, before me, Thomas HopkiuHon.I 11 tl Kill I (lll'f A I \ I w hi • ill I 11 11* I 11 I t t.l Ilt;1 ill
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Wilmington Delaware State Journal
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1880
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