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Brandywine Hundred (also known as North Wilmington) is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located to the north and northeast of the city of Wilmington .
Newark Union Church and Cemetery is a historic meetinghouse and burial ground in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware near Carrcroft. [1] Established in 1687, the cemetery is four acres in size and contains approximately 950 graves, including seven men who fought in the American Revolution and members of some the earliest settlers of the Brandywine Hundred.
John Grubb (1652–1708) was a two-term member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and was one of the original settlers in a portion of Brandywine Hundred that became Claymont, Delaware. [1] He founded a large tannery that continued in operation for over 100 years at what became known as Grubb's Landing.
John Grubb (1652–1708), member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and one of the original settlers of the Brandywine Hundred that became Claymont, Delaware is buried at St. Martin's Church; John Larkin, Jr., businessman and first mayor of Chester, donated two acres of land adjacent to the church in 1879 for use as a cemetery. [13]
St. Jones Hundred was created in 1682, and was renamed Dover Hundred in 1823; Dover Hundred was subsequently divided into East Dover Hundred and West Dover Hundred in 1859. Murderkill Hundred was created in 1682 and was divided into North Murderkill Hundred and South Murderkill Hundred in 1855.
The other half is situated in northern Delaware in The Brandywine Hundred in New Castle County. The historic Brandywine River runs along Beaver Valley's western border and one of Pennsylvania and Delaware's most heavily traveled roads, Route 202, forms its eastern border.
Claymont is located at (39.8006685, -75.4596404), [12] in northeastern Brandywine Hundred, on the ridge line between the coastal floodplain of the Delaware River and the upland piedmont area of northwestern New Castle County
The Talleys were a prominent family in the Brandywine Hundred and provided the namesake of the community. [3] [4] In 1928, the Talleyville Fire Company was formed. [5] The William Hicklen House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [6]