The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-07-20

VINO VIII eXclalm, "Ah here is the name
of my great, great, great grandmother !
who was little girl of but seven or eight
years of age when this coin was deposited
on the ninth of June, 1877, two hundred
years ago I" W. s. F.
In concluding, Mr.. King added 1--WE
here desire to express our united thanks
and appropriations to the Vestry and
Trustees of the Episcopal and the Metho-
dist Churches, for their kind offer, of the
use of their respective churches during the
progress of this building, as it records an
evidence of that Christian charity which
teaches we are all brethren and members of
the same household of faith"
Mr.. King subsequently added the fol-
lowing note to the above: 1--WE are pleas
ed to add that the Upper Friends of
Darlington, with equal kindness, proposed
to open their doors for the transaction of
the business of our approaching Quarterly
Meeting.' Weregret that the official infor-
nation was received too late to be deposit
ted with the other papers,"
When Mr.. King had concluded the read
ing of his own paper, he proceeded to read
an account of Darlington, its location,
origin of its name, places of worship,
first store keepers, and their successors, with
notice of the Academy, &C., which was fur
nished him by Mr.. Benjamin Silver. Mr..
Silver's paper began with the statement
that: darlington is situated, for the
most part, on the divisional line of two
large tracts of land known by the names of
philips Purchase on the east, and Arabia
Petr9," ON the west, at the junction of the
road leading from the Susquehanna at
Rock Run to Dublin, with the road from
Deaths Ford and Priests Ford, on Deer
Creek to the same place-Dublin.
Mr.. Silver adds the following note to
copy (not in the Originally: "In the year
1866 there was man by the name of
James Death living at or near ford" hence
the name. f.
cat the upper end of the village stands
the humble and venerable house of wor-
ship known as Deer Creek Friends Meet
| ing House, erected in 1887. Note, Mr..
King, having examined all available re-
an error. The present building, according
| to his date, before mentioned, having been
erected in the year 1862, w. S. FL The
| Mr.. Silver, twas for a number of years the
the surrounding settlement"
was settled, as far as can be ascertained,
chiefly by emigrants from Darlington,
England, who came over to the colony of
Maryland in the latter hall of the eighteenth
century.
"The first store kept in Darlington, was by
James Rigbie, in the small frame house on
occupied by the late Isaac /. Ely. 1t was |
L., I,r Of tho aI GtoYo , |
door of the store room having been paint |
ed that color.
"He was succeeded in the same house by |
firm, or company, consisting of Robert |
Randle, Randle Wallis, Samuel Wilson, |
recollected. This firm operated Rigbies, |
or Alfred Mills, (now Wilson's), at the
same time, in connection with the store"
Mr.. Silver also inserts another note here
that did not appear in the original, viz
"Tnis mill was said to have been built by
Nathan Rigbie, Jr., son of Col. Nathan
Rigbie, and brother of James Rigbie,
and owned by him and VIM. Husband. -
See commission for establishing Col.
Jno. Halls boundaries of Green Spring
Forest land records, 1774."-F.
"rhs company was succeeded by an
Englishman from Darlington, England,
named Nathan Harpley, in small log
house, which stood where the store Of the
late Philip w. Silver now is.
"The name Darlington is said to have
been given to the place in this wise l.: A
neighbor of Mr.. Harpley came to his store
one day, and in the conversation that took
place. remarked to him: Nathan, we will
call this place Darlington, after the name
of your native town in the old country"
And from that time the name Darlington
was used instead of the Red Store.
Nathan Harpley purchased the land ON
which this store stood from Charles Worth
ington, the grandfather of the present
Charles Worthington, who owned 600 acres
around Darlington. Harpley was succeed
by John Clark, in the year---, who
built a new frame dwelling and store
house. He CLARK obtained his title from
Charles Worthington's heirs Harpley hay
ing failed to pay Worthington.
John Clark sold to george G. Presberry
in George G. Presberry was followed
by Jos. Dallam and he by VIM. Bateman,
father of the late Judge Alfred w. Bate
man; and son-in-law of the late Joseph
Worthington, senior. This store house
and dwelling then belonged to Benjamin
Silver, Senlol ah's ""o D"iAS" III viz
year.
"Wm. Bateman was followed by VIM.
McJilton, the father of John f. McJilton,
in another house, lower down in the vii
lage He was succeeded by Smith 81 Giles;
they by Edward MARYLAND, brother.in-
law of John F. McJilton. lie was follow
ed by Herford of Lancaster Co., Pa, who
occupied new store house built by
Thomas G. Stump, on property purchased
from Joseph Worthington, sen. He was
succeeded by Lewis Haines also of Ian
caster county, Pa.
"Winston d. Smith and MARYLAND kept
store in another house. Lewis Haincs
was followed by Richard /. Jackson in
Stump's house 1888, or 1884, F.
"About this time, Benjamin Silver, SEN
ior, having erected new stone dwelling
and store house in 1882, Philip w. &
Benjamin Silver, Jr., the writer, f. open
ed store in the month of November, in
that year. The store has been continued
in this house up to the present time; and the
late Philip w. Silver was connected with it
to within short time of his death, which
occurred in February, 1876.
"John Perveil, Jr, succeeded Richard |.
Jackson in Stump's store house in 1885.
lie WAS lulloWcu Up bhohiy W. AloPhlus'
Since that time John S. Dallam, Stephen
s. Johns, John Ferguson, VIM. Ely, Charles
Worthington, John Jarrett, Templin
Prigg, and number of others, have en-
ployed their time and means in vending
goods to the creditseeking, tardy-payipg
citizens of the surrounding neighborhood.n
INote.-To every community in which
tim "credit system" prevails this remark OF
Mr. Silver's is equally applicable. But to
the inference that the people of Darlington
ard uicinitu nrn nncnliar in this rnsneat |