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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
−	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 43~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Truitt and Callette, 43.</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 44-48~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Truitt and Callette, 44-48.</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 46~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Truitt and Callette, 46.</ref>

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

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	=== History ===		=== History ===

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−	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ~~[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results~~ Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL ~~book~~ 975.221 H2t; ~~fiche~~ 6087644]</ref>	+	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
−	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ~~[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results~~ Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL ~~book~~ 975.221 H2t; ~~fiche~~ 6087644]</ref>	+	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ~~[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results~~ Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL ~~book~~ 975.221 H2t; ~~fiche~~ 6087644]</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ~~[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results~~ Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL ~~book~~ 975.221 H2t; ~~fiche~~ 6087644]</ref~~> <br~~>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>

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	== History ==		== History ==

−	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>	+	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
−	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>	+	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[~~Portal:Virginia\|~~Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />	+	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Portal:Virginia\|Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />	+	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Portal:Virginia\|Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry].</ref>
	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />		*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
−	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 43~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Truitt and Callette, 43.</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 44-48~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Truitt and Callette, 44-48.</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>~~Reginald V.~~ Truitt, and ~~Millard G. Les~~ Callette~~, ''Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia'' (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977)~~, 46~~. (Book {{FHL\|975.221 H2t}}; Fiche {{FHL\|6087644}}]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672 WorldCat entry]~~.</ref>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Truitt and Callette, 46.</ref>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[~~Portal:Virginia\|~~Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />	+	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>

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	*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*Old Worcester county was created on the previously neglected ocean side of [[Maryland\|Maryland]] shortly after a 26 November 1669 surveyor report of Dutch encroachment at Cape Henlopen (see [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]]). <ref name="WCMA">Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 39 and 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Portal:Virginia\|Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />	+	*Old Worcester County, Maryland extended along the entire Atlantic coast between [[Portal:Virginia\|Virginia]] (southern most branch of Rehobeth Bay) and [[Pennsylvania]] (40<sup>o</sup> north latitude). This included all of the present day [[Delaware\|State of Delaware]]. It also seems to have included [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] which had just been organized by the Maryland Council a month before in what is now southern [[Kent County, Delaware\|Kent County, Delaware]], and northern [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex County, Delaware]].<ref name="WCMA" />
	*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>		*47 new land grants for [[Maryland\|Maryland]] were granted in [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] as late as 1682, although [[Durham County, Maryland\|Durham County]] should have been incorporated into old Worcester County, Maryland in 1670.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 43. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>	+	*In 1674, at the end of an Anglo-Dutch war, the Duke of York assumed authority over the [[Delaware]] part of [[New Netherland\|New Netherland]] which overlapped Lord Baltimore's sparsely settled Maryland claim. In 1682 the Duke of York paid an old debt by giving his claim of Delaware's lands to William Penn. Penn immediately declared an act of union between the [[Delaware]] counties and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 44-48. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref>
−	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[~~Portal:Pennsylvania\|~~Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>	+	*In 1685 in order to settle the overlapping claims of Lord Baltimore ([[Maryland\|Maryland]]) and William Penn ([[Pennsylvania]]), the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations decided to split the Delmarva peninsula and decreed old Worcester County, Maryland reverted to the King. Although full provisions and acceptance of this decree were delayed until 1738, the decree resulted in the end of old Worcester County.<ref>Reginald V. Truitt, and Millard G. Les Callette, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3016672&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worcester County Maryland’s Arcadia] (Snow Hill, Md.: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977), 46. [FHL book 975.221 H2t; fiche 6087644]</ref> <br>

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