| State | Delaware |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Sussex |
| Other Counties | – |
| Family Name | Street |
| Family History Notes | 1. David Street, born about 1736, was a twenty-three-year-old, born in Sussex County, who was listed in the 11 May 1759 muster of Captain John Wright's Company in the French and Indian War, in the same list with Samuel and Thomas Hanzer of Sussex County and Andrew McGill, an Indian born in Maryland [Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, 278-9]. He and his wife Mary had a daughter Hannah who was born in 1770 and baptized in St. George's Episcopal Church in Indian River Hundred in 1785 (called David Strite) [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 106]. He purchased land in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, from Smith Frame on 15 February 1777 and sold it on 21 April 1783 [DB N-13:2]. He was taxable on the north side of Broadkill Hundred in 1770, in Indian River Hundred in 1784, and a delinquent taxable there in 1787 [DSA, RG 2535, roll 1 & 2]. He was head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [DE:454]. He died before 11 March 1816 when administration on his Sussex County estate was granted to Jeremiah Street. His inventory totaled $130 [DSA, RG 4545, frames 758-767]. He may have been the father of 2 i. Jeremiah, born before 1776. 2. Jeremiah Street, born say 1763, was taxable in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, in 1784 and 1789 [DSA, RG 2535], head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:438], 8 in 1810 [DE:454] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:208]. He was administrator of the Sussex County estate of David Street. In his account of the estate he listed a debt David owed him for eight months work his son Haslet did for David as well as feeding his cattle, providing corn and fire wood for him [DSA, RG 4545, frames 758-9]. He or perhaps a son by the same name and Betty Clark (Colour'd) married in Sussex County on 19 December 1816 [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 327]. He was a ninety-seven-year-old "Mulatto" counted in the Indian River Hundred census for 1850 with (his son?) Wingate Street [family no. 24]. He was the father of i. Hazlet, head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:206]. He and Jenny Harmon (Colour'd) married in Sussex County on 23 December 1812 [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 323]. He was called a "Negro" when administration on his Sussex County estate was granted to Jacob Tingle "Negro" in December 1833 [DSA, RG 4545, frames 786-789]. ii. ?Priscilla, born about 1780, a seventy-year-old "Mulatto" woman counted in the 1850 census for Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, with Major and Letty Drigas [family no. 106]. iii. ?Wingate, born about 1782, head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [DE:454]. He was married to Mary Thompson on 16 February 1816 when they received a legacy of $34.58 from her father's estate. On 29 March 1817 they sold for $170 their rights to Tresham's Mill which Mary received by the will of her father Levin Thompson, a "Blackman" [DB 33:299; DSA, RG 4545.009, roll 240, frames 264-78]. Wingate was head of an Indian River household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:206], and a sixty-eight-year-old "Mulatto" farmer with $500 real estate counted in Indian River Hundred with (wife?) Nancy in 1850 [family no. 24]. iv. ?Asa, married Rebecca Durham, 23 January 1811 bond, Asa Street (signing) and Daniel Songo bondsmen [DSA, Marriage Records 18:292]. |
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