[Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

[Ginga Wilder]

I don't know a lot about DE history, but I believe it was settled by Swedes
early in 17th Century.  Not too many years later, it came under English
control.  Believe DE was the first state.

The area is rich in history.

Ginga



On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of my ancestors, a Captain Bryant McDonnell (or McDonald, spelling
> being somewhat fluid in those days!) settled in that area around 1689. He
> had got on the wrong side of one of the wars of succession and apparently
> thought it more prudent to depart for the colonies, as indeed it proved to
> be.
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Our daughter, Ginny+ is priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Old Swedes,
> > Wilmington, DE.  The building in a National Historic Place, build in
> 1698.
> > First Swedish Lutheran, then Dutch Reformed, then Church of England, and
> > following Revolutionary War, Episcopal.  The windows show Jesus as really
> > blond and blue-eyed.
> >
> > FWIW,
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Perren Hayes is in Lewes, DE, which is a very early settlement. Nice to
> > > visit in summer, but probably not now. I was offered a travel
> assignment
> > > there which would have been summer-early fall. I still regret not
> taking
> > > it!
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Southern Rhode Island and Connecticut are very beautiful (although we
> > > tend
> > > > not to tell people ... keep sending them to the Cape). The first half
> > of
> > > > the train ride from Boston to New York is a revelation.
> > > >
> > > > Maine is like another universe and is lots more like Canada than the
> > USA
> > > > (for many reasons). You still see bedsheets hung on porches (in
> hunting
> > > > season) with inked messages: animals dressed, five cents a pound. You
> > can
> > > > drive for miles&miles without seeing more than a village or two, a
> > couple
> > > > of farms.The coast, of course, is mostly summer people. Winter
> > caretakers
> > > > this time of year, a few lobstermen. Even the bears are hibernating.
> > > > -M
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:27 AM, Roger Stokes <
> > > > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 15/12/2016 01:26, Judy Fleener wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> I see you are taking the southern route this time.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought of the weather. The states I haven't been in yet included
> > the
> > > > > likes of Utah, Nevada and South Dakota to the West or the
> > North-eastern
> > > > > ones like Maine, Connecticut and (perhaps surprisingly) Rhode
> Island.
> > > > > Driving there did not seem appealing at this time of year.
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>