Indenture, 30 March 1832 Between John McCrone the younger and Hannah his wife of the Hundred and County of New Castle, Delaware and Edward Tatnall of Brandywine hundred in the County of New Castle Whereas the said John McCrone the younger is bound unto the said Edward Tatnall in the Sum of Seven thousand two hundred dollars lawful money upon a Condition to [re]pay to the said Edward Tatnall . . . Security for the loan: All that Plantation and Tract of land in New Castle Hundred Bounded by the Public road leading from Wilmington to Clarks Corner by land of John Peach and by a Tract of land of James Riddle called Belmont . . . containing eighty acres more or less and also all that other tract situated adjacent to the Plantation of land aforesaid . . . containing 59 acres three roods and 33 perches of land more or less The above said Parcels conveyed to John McCrone by James Riddle and wife 28 March 1832 Signed John McCrone, Hannah McCrone Witness Geo. B. Rodney, George Platt Recorded 5 April 1832 [Side note] 28 Feb 1851 - Edward Tatnall acknowledges to have received payment and satisfaction in full for the pincipal and interest
The reported inscription on the grave stone, giving Hannah's age as 17 at time of death, would appear to be in error. She was known to be the wife of John Jr. in 1832, when she co-signed a deed, and she had children born that year, meaning she would have been no more than 14 at the time of her marriage. While this is possible, it seems unlikely.
