Mispillion Hundred in Harrington in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Home of Judge Thomas White

Refuge of Francis Asbury

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2019

1. Home of Judge Thomas White – Refuge of Francis Asbury Marker

Inscription. Near this site stood the home of Judge Thomas White, member of the Colonial Maryland legislature and Delaware House of Assembly, Chief Justice of the Kent County Court of Common Pleas, and delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Conventions of 1776 and 1791-1792. This was also the boyhood home of his son, Samuel White, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1801-1809. Here the future Methodist Bishop, Francis Asbury, found refuge during the tumultuous Revolutionary War years of 1778-1780. While living with the Whites, Asbury developed the ideas that would shape the future of American Methodism.

Erected by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number KC-46.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives, and the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1776.

Location. 38° 56.814′ N, 75° 43.092′ W. Marker is in Harrington, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in Mispillion Hundred. It is on Whiteleysburg Road. Touch for map. Marker

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is at or near this postal address: 1355 Whiteleyburg Road, Harrington DE 19952, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Greensboro (approx. 4.7 miles away in Maryland); Choptank River Park (approx. 4.8 miles away in Maryland); Greensboro Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 5 miles away in Maryland); Letter to Lincoln (approx. 5 miles away in Maryland); Peter Harrington (approx. 5.1 miles away in Maryland); Goldsborough House (approx. 5.1 miles away in Maryland); Cow Marsh Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 6.7 miles away); Harrington (approx. 7 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Greensboro (was approx. 5.1 miles away in Maryland but

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2019

2. Home of Judge Thomas White – Refuge of Francis Asbury Marker

has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2019

3. Home of Judge Thomas White – Refuge of Francis Asbury Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 651 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 14, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.