Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER sth, 1s47
AT 300 O'CLOCK p. M.


AT 300 O'CLOCK p. M.
in front of The Sussex Trust Company,
in the Town of Milton, Sussex County
and State of Delaware, the following l
described Real Estate. to-wit:
!. ALL that tract of land in Broad
kiln Hundred aforesaid. improved by
a dwelling house, and consisting of
one hundred Q00) acres, more or less,
adjoining lands as described i'm a deed
of conveyance from Emma G.. Parker,
Administrative of John E. Parker, de-
ceased, Henry Sharp, James w. Jones,
and the dover assignment of Emma
G. Parker, which said land was ac-
quired by the said Emma G. Hopkins
| by deed of Samuel j. Dickerson, dated
August IL, 1916, and of record in the
the County aforesaid, in Deed Book
202. page 254.
| 2. ALL that lot of land situated in
or near Milton aforesaid, part of a
sub division known as Milton Heights.
and composed of Lots Nos. 27, 2S 20,
80 and 81 in Block A. as surveyed and
plotted by John G. Lank, surveyor, in
June, 1927, and being the same con-
yeyed to Emma G. Hopkins and Theo-
dore s. Hopkins. her. husband. by
Edith Calhoun, etal., by deed dated
July q. 1941, and of record in the
office aforesaid in Deed Book 333, page
l23, which said lands vested in the
said Emma c.. Hopkins by operation
o., law upon the death. of the said
Theodore S. Hopkins. her husband.
on or about December IA, 1941.
g. ALL that lot of land situated in
Milton as aforesaid, and composed of
Lots /. 2. 3. 4, and 6 in Block a.
improved with a bungalow, being a
part of the lots conveyed to the Said
Emma G. Hopkins and Theodore S.
Hopkins, her husband, by John r.
| Marvel and wife, by deed dated July
g.. 1927. and of record in the office
Inf IN, ~ n
which said lands became vested in
the said Emma c. Hopkins by oper-
alton of Law, upon the death of the
said Theodore S. Hopkins, her hus-
band, on or about December IA, 1941.
A. ALL that tract of land situated
in Broadkiln Hundred aforesaid lying
on what is known as the Cave Neck
Road, containing about seventy-two
and one-quarter (72A) acres, with no
improvements thereon, being the same
and wife by deed dated May ~ 1909
and of record in the office aforesaid,
in Deed Book 1853, page 479.
D. ALL that tract of land situated
in Broadkiln Hundred aforesaid on
the road leading from Harbeson to
Coolspring consisting of one hundred
eighty-three and one-half (1831a)
acres more or less. and being bounded
on the west by the lands of Myrtle
: Hudson and John Hudson on the north
|, by Hunters Mill Pond on the east
by the public road to Hunters Mill,
the public road to Drawbridge and
lands of Daniel H. G. Littleton and on
the south by the State Highway lead
ing from Georgetown to Coolspring.
Being part of the same lands which
were conveyed to Theodore S. Hopkins
, by the deed of Clifford T.. Burton, Ad-
mlnlStratOr, as the same appears in
: Deed Book 205. page 325 and also by
the deed of Mary A. Hopkins as the
: same appears in Deed book 2S3. page
52l, and the remainder having de-
! scended to the said Theodore S. Hop
kins from the estate of Samuel j.
Dickerson, uncle of the said Theodore
S. Hopkins. a part is set i'm timber.
TERMS:-Twenty per cent of the
: purchase money will he demanded on
: the day of sale, and the purchaser or
purchasers shall, on or before the 18th
; day of November. \. D., 1947, being
at an adjourn September Term of
the Orphans Court, in and for Sussex
County, deposit in the Farmers Bank
, of the State of Delaware. at George
town, to the credit of the said Or
: phans' Court, the balance of the pur-
chase money. If the purchaser or pur-
2 chaSers fail to comply with these terms
the percentum paid on the day of sale
= will be forfeited. The purchaser or
purchasers will be required to pay the
costs and expenses of the deed.
NOTICE:-Notice is hereby given
to all persons having any lien or en-
cumbrance against the shares or in
, terests of the said Clara Agnes Mar
tin, Merritt +. Hopkins and George
E. Hopkins, or either of them, to APP
pear in the Orphans Court at OIL
after the said 18th day of November
next and make proof of such claim.
DANIEL J. LAYTON. Esq
t Issued October IS. 1947. II