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Facts and Events
Information on Jonas Erskine
From "History of Delaware: 1609-1888: General History", by John Thomas Scharf, pub. 1888, pg. 115:
The dispute between Penn and the authorities of Maryland assumed an alarming aspect at the beginning of 1684, from a hostile invasion of the lower counties. Colonel Talbot was again at the head of this expedition with a force armed with guns and axes. They terrified the people throughout New Castle County with threats, but their main object was plainly to disaffect the inhabitants from any sympathy with Penn's government. This was fully appreciated by the Pennsylvanians, for when Penu issued a commission to William Welsh, John Simcock and James Harrison to defend the lower counties, they were instructed to put down all "rebellious practices," as well as to put down the riots of the Marylunders. An instance of Talbot's proceedings was furnished to the Council at Philadelphia in a letter from Samuel Land, of New Castle, dated May 30th. He acquainted them that the colonel had visited the houses of Jonas Erskine, Andrew Tille and a widow named Ogle, all residing near New Castle; and, accompanied by three musketeers, to add force to his demands, had informed them that unless they would acknowledge Lord Baltimore as their proprietor within three weeks, and pay their rents to him in the future, they would be dispossessed of their land and turned out of their homes.
References
- Clark, Bertha Lewis, and Margaret Byrnside Ballard. The Erskine family of Monroe County, Virginia (now W. Va). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977).
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