Mill Creek Hundred in Hockessin in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Daniel Nichols House

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 22, 2019

1. The Daniel Nichols House Marker

Inscription. British General Sir William Howe embarked on a campaign to capture the city of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War in 1777. While marching from Cooch’s Bridge to Kennett Square onward to the Battle of Brandywine Howe and his army passed through Mill Creek Hundred. The army ransacked farms taking livestock and supplies. The house approximately 100 yards to the east of this spot, served as Howe’s headquarters during an encampment along Limestone Road on September 8 and 9, 1777. Generals Cornwallis, Grant, and Knyphausen joined Howe during this encampment.

Delaware Public Archives 2017 NCC-228

Erected 2017 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number NCC-228.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 8, 1777.

Location. 39° 46.179′ N, 75° 42.555′ W. Memorial is in Hockessin, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Mill Creek Hundred. It is on Limestone Road (Delaware Route 7) 0.1 miles south of Sheringham Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map.

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Memorial is in this post office area: Hockessin DE 19707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tweed's Tavern (approx. half a mile away); The Bulah Family and Brown v. Board of Education (approx. 0.6 miles away); James Henry "Nip" Winters (approx. 1.1 miles away); First African-American Schoolhouse In Hockessin (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hockessin School #107C (approx. 1.2 miles away); Chippey African Union Methodist Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sentinel Tree Planting (approx. 1.4 miles away); Chair of Honor (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hockessin.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 22, 2019

2. The Daniel Nichols House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 829 times since then and 84 times this year. Last updated on March 10, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 24, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.