The First Settler of Lewes
Learn about efforts underway to save the historic and environmentally important Fourth Street Preserve.
IIn 1670, the first officially deeded land in Lewes was granted by the Duke of York to the town’s earliest settler, Helmanias Wiltbanck—30 of the original 104 acres of Wiltbanck’s beloved preserve remain pristine and undeveloped today, right in the heart of Lewes. Three families owned this land for 312 of the past 355 years. Their tales involve attacks by pirate ships and the British, death and survival during the “fever years” and a prominent but forgotten judge who helped write the original Delaware Constitution and fund its Revolutionary War troops.
Local author and preservation leader Michael Rawl tells these stories and unfolds the long history of this piece of the heart of Lewes.
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$8.75The First Settler of Lewes
Learn about efforts underway to save the historic and environmentally important Fourth Street Preserve.
IIn 1670, the first officially deeded land in Lewes was granted by the Duke of York to the town’s earliest settler, Helmanias Wiltbanck—30 of the original 104 acres of Wiltbanck’s beloved preserve remain pristine and undeveloped today, right in the heart of Lewes. Three families owned this land for 312 of the past 355 years. Their tales involve attacks by pirate ships and the British, death and survival during the “fever years” and a prominent but forgotten judge who helped write the original Delaware Constitution and fund its Revolutionary War troops.
Local author and preservation leader Michael Rawl tells these stories and unfolds the long history of this piece of the heart of Lewes.
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Learn about efforts underway to save the historic and environmentally important Fourth Street Preserve.
IIn 1670, the first officially deeded land in Lewes was granted by the Duke of York to the town’s earliest settler, Helmanias Wiltbanck—30 of the original 104 acres of Wiltbanck’s beloved preserve remain pristine and undeveloped today, right in the heart of Lewes. Three families owned this land for 312 of the past 355 years. Their tales involve attacks by pirate ships and the British, death and survival during the “fever years” and a prominent but forgotten judge who helped write the original Delaware Constitution and fund its Revolutionary War troops.
Local author and preservation leader Michael Rawl tells these stories and unfolds the long history of this piece of the heart of Lewes.
