Nanticoke Native Americans

Chesapeake by James A. Michener mentioned the Nanticoke tribe.

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The Nanticoke Indians of southern Delaware were first encountered in 1608 by Captain John Smith They then occupied the peninsula between the Atlantic ocean and Chesapeake bay.

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Settled Near Brandywine Creek

. Memoirs of Ann [Baker] Carson (published in 1822):

Partial Map - Brandywine Creek, Delaware (LOC)

James McCutchen, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America and settled near Brandywine Creek in Delaware, afterwards removing to Philadelphia.

"Captain Thomas Baker (Born in England) and Jane McCutcheon (Born in Ireland) met in Philadelphia in the late 1700s and had a son James McCutcheon Baker. Everything listed below stems from them. We have no information on Captain Thomas Baker other than he was born in England 1758 and died of yellow fever in 1820." [Message Board]

Who? Scotch Irish Pioneers In Maryland

Owls At The Salisbury Zoo In Wicomico County, Maryland

Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America,  By Charles Knowles Bolton

"Before 1690 there were three and perhaps four congregations in Somerset County which then included Worcester County, Maryland with their meetinghouses at Snow Hill (1684 ), Manokin, Wicomico and Rehoboth. These places lie south of the present southern boundary of Delaware."