History of Delaware

The history of Delaware as a political entity dates back to the early colonization of North America by European-American settlers. It is made up of three counties established since 1638, before the time of William Penn. Each had its own settlement history. Their early inhabitants tended to identify more closely with the county than the colony or state. Large parts of southern and western Delaware were thought to have been in Maryland until 1767. All of the state has existed in the wide economic and political circle of Philadelphia.
Native Americans
Before Delaware was settled by Europeans, the area was home to the Lenni Lenape , Susquehanna, Nanticoke, and other Native American tribes. After the Swedish, Dutch colonists settled there, and the native peoples traded with the settlers for a half century.
Dutch and Swedish colonies
The Delaware watershed was claimed by the English based on the explorations of John Cabot in 1497, Captain John Smith, and others, and was given the name held as a title by Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, the governor of Virginia from 1610 until 1618. At that time the area was considered to be part of the Virginia colony.
However, the Dutch thought they also had a claim, based on the 1609 explorations of Henry Hudson, and under the auspices of the Dutch West India Company were the first Europeans to actually occupy the land. They established trading-posts: Fort Wilhelmus in 1624 at "Hooghe Eyland" , now Burlington Island, opposite Burlington, New Jersey; Fort Nassau, near Gloucester City, New Jersey, in 1626; and at Zwaanendael, now Lewes, Delaware, in 1631. Peter Minuit was the Dutch Director-General of New Netherland during this period and probably spent some time at the Burlington Island post, thereby familiarizing himself with the region.

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[@raimondasmarciulevicius7599]

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[@carltonwitte]

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[@paulbriggs3072]

Read by a robot. All kinds of images drastically unrelated to what is being read. Lousy.

[@conspiracyathome2416]

I cant post a pic here but this was when William Penn gace authority to my relative William Clarke. Since then we have removed the E from the last name Clarke.
WM. PENN PROPRIETARY & GOVERNOR OF YE PROVINCE OF PENSIL- VANIA & TERRITORIES THEREUNTO BELONGING.
TO MY LOVEING FREIND WM. CLARKE:-Greeting.-By Virtue of ye Authority derived unto me I doe hereby in ye Kings Name constitute appoint & Authorise the Wm. Clark to be a Justice of ye Peace & President of ye Court of Justice in ye County of Sussex formerly called ye Whorekill, who with any three other Jus- tices shall be a Court of Judicature in ye sd County giveing the full Power to Act in ye sd Office according to Law & ye trust reposed in thee, of wch all persons are to take Notice & to give the due respect & obedience belonging to thy place in ye discharging of thy Duty this Commission to be in force for ye Space of One Year after ye date hereof or untill further Order.
Given under my hand & Seal at Lewis in ye sd County of Sussex the First day of the third Month 1683. Being ye Second Year of my Government.
WM. PENN.