The Hadley House in Mill Creek Hundred
We haven’t seen GetAlong in the last 2 weeks and that was only for a quick stop at McDonald’s near home. Truth was he was on his way to Oregon and needed some chains he left at the house and wanted me to bring them to him. Oregon requires that chains be readily available (on the truck somewhere) during any inclement weather. He barely had time to swallow the burger. He’s in California right now, delivering a load in the Los Angeles area. It was a good paying load, although oversized, and he wasn’t passing it up. After all he’s got four new tires to pay for and the broker “promised” she could get him a good load out of LA. We’ll see.
Sweetpea is looking for another job. I made her quit the last one because her grades were slipping. Actually she was in danger of failing two classes, geometry and chemistry. She has A’s in most everything else. But she pulled through and passed both classes. She has an interview on Monday. Her dance teacher is putting in a good word for her at a local dancewear store. I’m a little concerned that it is too far to drive though. Her old truck drinks fuel like Mona and Birddog drink water. She’s going to a party down the road tonight. I’ve got my fingers crossed for that.
As for me, I’m doing yard work this weekend. If it doesn’t rain soon the grass will be totally brown. I’ve been hearing thunder for two days but only a few drops of rain have managed to hit the ground. I water some here and there but the yard is too big. Besides I can’t get enough water pressure to do much for the other end of the yard. Well water has its down side. But I’ve got lots of bushes to trim and what not. Somehow they continue to grow.
Then I have to get caught up on GetAlong’s books. The more I do the less an accountant has to do and since I won’t spend money on an accountant that means I do alot. I also plan to do some more scanning this weekend. Now if I could just convince GetAlong to take a load to Tennessee and do some genealogical research for me, I would have it made. He actually did that for me once. He was stuck in Pennsylvania one weekend and I just happened to mention that there was a house I really wanted pictures of just across the Delaware line. He went and this is what I got.
These pictures are of the oldest surviving remnant of my ancestral family in this country. The house was built by Simon and Ruth Hadley in 1717. The date is inscribed on the home which still stands, although much improved, in New Castle County, Delaware near the Pennsylvania border. Simon is said to have been murdered in the stone barn, possibly the one pictured above. The property was once known as Mill Creek Hundred and was built in the heart of the Quaker community. I’m sure the present owners humor Hadley descendants quite frequently but they weren’t home this time.
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