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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVC_union-lodge-no-5-a-f-a-m_Middletown-DE.html
Chartered on June 24, 1765 by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania A.Y.M., Lodge No. 5 at Cantwell's Bridge (later known as Odessa) became the first Masonic lodge established in Delaware. The lodge was admitted to membership under the Grand Lodge of De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF2_mcdonough-burial-ground_Middletown-DE.html
Here lie the remains of the family of James McDonough, an Irish immigrant who purchased land at this location in 1748. Seven children were raised here by James and his wife Lydia. Their eldest, Thomas McDonough, was a prominent local physician. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NSQ_former-site-of-the-alston-and-hunn-farms_Middletown-DE.html
Near this location were the farms of John Alston (1794-1872) and John Hunn (1818-1894), cousins who shared the Quaker faith and were well documented operatives on Delaware's Underground Railroad. John Alston sometimes employed fugitives as laborer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHX_three-welsh-members_Middletown-DE.html
Three Welsh members of the St. George's Anglican Church were reinterred here on Jun 20, 1937, the 232nd anniversary of St. Anne's Parish. Their remains were removed from the church cemetery when the C & D Canal was widened in 1937.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHW_this-tree-was-living-when-william-penn-came-to-pennsylvania_Middletown-DE.html
1682 - 1932This tree was living whenWilliam Penncame to Pennsylvania1682White Oak, Quercus AlbaGirth Breast High, 1932, 14ft. 4 ins.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN73_old-st-annes_Middletown-DE.html
As early as 1705 a log chapel was established at '' Appoquinimy' by the S.P.G. with the Rev. Thomas Jenkins appointed its first missionary, 1708. Queen Anne of England, for whom the Church was named, is said to have been a patron. This Church was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6VU_locust-grove_Middletown-DE.html
This home was once the residence of Joshua Clayton (1744-1798), an eminent physician and distinguished government leader in post-Revolutionary Delaware. After attending the University of Pennsylvania he established a successful local practice and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TQ_middletown_Middletown-DE.html
Beginning in the 1690s, settler Adam Peterson and his family acquired several tracts of land here. One tract, surveyed in 1733 was given the name "Middletown." The origin of the name is believed to derive from the area's location at the middle poi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TP_middletown-academy_Middletown-DE.html
In 1824 area residents petitioned the General Assembly for a lottery to erect a building for education and public worship. Construction of the Academy began in 1826 and was completed the next year. For many years the building served as the center …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TN_sgt-william-lloyd-nelson_Middletown-DE.html
William Lloyd Nelson was born near Dover, Delaware, on February 22, 1918. He was the son of J. Clarence and Carrie Phillips Nelson. Following his family's move to a farm near Middletown, he was educated in the public schools of the community. He a…
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