Misc. Notes
Pg 404 Sussex Co DE Deeds K-294: 3 Nov 1767 John Ponder Sr: Jacob Sheltman & his wife Sarah, d/o John Gum, William Tharp & Mary, his wife d/o the said John Ponder Sr; William Mitten & his wife Sarah, also d/o John Ponder Sr to Jacob Gum, land on which the said Jacob Gum lives, etc
39945,35584
Gum, Jacob, dec’d, Petition for division of his lands, Libro E, Yr 1789, Pg 149
39946 (Same Jacob?)
Gum, Jacob, dec’d, Report on division of his lands, Libro E, Yr 1789, Pg 149
DE Public Archives, Probate Database: (File: Genealogy Data, DE, DE Archives)
Gum(m), Jacob, Date 1787-1807, Location: Sussex County
Jacob Gum Will dtd 7 Apr 1787, dau: Rachel Conwell
41760 (which wife is her mother? Witnesses Relationship?)
Witnesses: David Conwell, Alice Conwell, George Claypoole
Land Records of Sussex Co DE 1763-1769 by Johnita P. Malone, Mary Marshall Brewer, F. Edward Wright, Elaine Hastings Mason
35423 Pg 57 25 Feb 1764. Deed. Jacob Gum of Suss Co tanner, Isaac Hardy of Worchester Co MD and Martha his wife & Hananah Gum of Suss Co spinster for 10 pounds sold to Samuel Grove of Suss Co cooper ... a 500 a. tr of land in Broadkill Hund which by virtue of a warrant was surveyed to a certain Thomas Moulston 4 Mar 1681, 100 a. of which the said Thomas Moulson conveyed to a certain Roger Gum, and Roger Gum who decd not having sufficiency of personals to satisfye (sic) his just debts, William Clark adminr of his estate by virtue of an order of the Orphans Court sold the 100 a. unto a certain William Smith, and he conveyed the same unto John Gum grandfather of the afsd Jacob Gum, Martha w/o Isaac Hardy and Hannah Gum, and Abraham Gum son of said John Gum dying intestate the 100 a. decended unto the said Jacob, Martha & Hannah ... adj. land of Hermanus Wiltbank decd now in possession of John Heverlo & Hannah his wife ... the grantors constitute Daniel Nunez Junr esqr their atty to ackn this deed in open court. Wit: Thos Grove, Robert Cade. Ackn 7 Aug (Same Jacob? Martha his wife?)