Source file
Proprietary warrant authorizing a survey of 200 acres for William Simpson of Kent County.
Kent County, Delaware, Land Warrants and Surveys, file folders R3-W7, warrant to William Simpson for 200 acres, 1 December 1718; "Kent, Delaware, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CG-8SPW-H?view=explore : accessed 23 May 2026), image 77 of 572; Image Group Number 008664135; citing Kent County Recorder of Deeds.
The 1 December 1718 warrant authorized a survey of 200 acres for William Simpson of Kent County in the forest of Kent County.
This is the earliest adult land record presently used in William’s public profile. It fits the chronology of a man born about 1686 and established in Kent County by the early eighteenth century.