South Murderkill Hundred in Magnolia in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Motherkill Friends Meeting Burying Ground
Photographed by Nate Davidson, September 22, 2007
1. Motherkill Friends Meeting Burying Ground Marker
The following named souls were interred in this cemetery between 1769 and 1834. Only a tiny number of graves can be identified thanks to the few surviving headstones. Since the written records may not be complete, it is possible there may be more individuals who were buried here.
Waitman Sipple 30 Jan 1769 • Sarah Mifflin May 1773 • John George May 1777 • Waitman Sipple 14 Sept 1778 • Ann Spencer Feb 1779 • Ann Hunn 28 Jul 1780 • Michael Lowber 6 Nov 1780 • Mary Spencer 1 Sept 1781 • John Lowber 12 Dec 1781 • Boazin Hunn 13 Feb 1782 • Mary Mifflin 23 Feb 1783 • Elizabeth Mifflin 29 Feb 1783 (died [infant]) • Elizabeth Mifflin Sept 1783 (wife of Warner) • Daniel Hunn 27 Nov 1784 • Mary Hunn 4 Nov 1785 • Hannah Mifflin 5 Nov 1785 • Thomas Hanson Howell 28 Mar 1786 • Jadez Jenkins 30 Jul 1787 • Thomas Jenkins 7 Aug 1787 • John Sipple Dec 1787 • James Sipple Dec 1787 • Rachel George 10 Apr 1788 • Joseph George 8 May 1788 • Elizabeth Sipple 25 Aug 1788 • Margaret Newell Feb 1789 • Walker Mifflin 1 Mar 1790
Caleb Luff 5 Oct 1790 • Susannah Howell 17 Jan 1791 • Sarah Rowland 12 Feb 1791 • Elizabeth Rowland 16 Feb 1791
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Henry Newell 22 Dec 1799 • Sarah Wilson 12 Mar 1800 • Daniel Howell 25 May 1800 • Patience Jenkins 11 Feb 1801 • Joseph Bennett Aug 1801 • Ezekiel Nock 15 Sept 1801 • Stiomore Wilson 12 Nov 1801 • Ann Berry 12 Jul 1802 • Richard H. Jenkins 23 Sept 1802 • Jacob Howell Oct 1802 • Waitman Sipple Luff 1 Sept 1803 • Walker Howell Sept 1803 • Rebecca Rowland 11 Mar 1804 • Garrett Sipple 1 May 1804 • Arcada Stroud 13 Jan 1805 • Elizabeth Dolby 1 Sept 1806 • Samuel Howell 16 Oct 1806 • Samuel Howell, Jr. 5 Dec 1806 • Rebecca Baggs 7 Dec 1806 • Ann Howell 27 Aug 1807 • Tabitha Covington 7 Sept 1807 • Patience Jenkins 11 Feb 1808 • Sarah Neall 1 Oct 1808 (wife of Daniel) • Sarah Neall 7 Oct 1808 (widow of Jonathan) • Rachel Berry 5 Dec 1808 • Elizabeth Evans 8 Dec 1808
Govey Emerson 22 Sept 1809 • Ann George 5 Jan 1810 • Rachel Edmondson 10 Jul 1810 • James Edmondson 14 Sept 1810 • Elizabeth Roberts Nov 1810 • Louisa Davis 5 Feb 1811 • Nathaniel Jenkins 14 Jul 1811 • Sarah Mifflin 20 Aug 1811 • Susanna Kemp Dolby 21 Oct 1811 • Hannah Neall 1 Dec 1811 • Edward Mifflin Mar 1812 • John Emerson 24 Jun 1812 • Lydia Dolby 22 Jul 1812 • Mary Lowber 23 Oct 1812 • Ann Elizabeth Rowland 6 Dec 1812 • Daniel Mifflin 31 Dec 1812 • Ruth Lewis 3 Apr 1813 • Sarah Neall 19 Jul 1813 • Oliver Nock 21 Jul 1813 • Thomas Nock 7 Dec 1813 • Robert Holliday Jenkins 30 Mar 1814 • Rachel Kemp 2 Feb 1816 • Patience George 20 Apr 1816 • Jane Cord 11 Oct 1816 • Thomas Jenkins 25 Nov 1816 • Mary Rowland 1 Jan 1817 • Patience Hunn 1817
Mary Campbell 1818 • Ruth Rowland 7 Jun 1818 • Ann Hunn 2 Sept 1820 • Jonathan Hunn 27 Oct 1820 • Isaiah Rowland 3 Nov 1820 • Patience Jenkins 21 Aug 1821 • Ann Brady 22 Aug 1821 • Elizabeth Lowber 3 Oct 1823 • Angela Bennett 29 Jun 1824 • Isaac Bennett 16 Sept 1825 • Graham Basin Mar 1826 • Bowers Lowber, Jr. 24 Mar 1826 • William Dolby 22 Feb 1827 • Susan Dolby 27 Mar 1828 • Susan B. Mifflin 24 Sept 1828 • Lydia Ann Lowber 24 Sept 1828 • Elizabeth Howell 19 Mar 1829 • John Jenkins 25 Sept 1831 • Elizabeth Bickham Lowber 17 Oct 1831 • Debbe Howell 3 Nov 1831 • Rachel B. Jenkins 13 Dec 1831 • John Wilson Jenkins 27 Jan 1832 • Elwood Jenkins 1 Sept 1832 • George W. Jenkins 7 Apr 1833 • Penn Lowber 2 Mar 1834 • [Female] Mifflin 6 Mar 1834
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 30, 1769.
Location. 39° 4.547′ N, 75° 28.754′ W. Marker is in Magnolia, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in South Murderkill Hundred. It is on South State Street south of Quaker Hill Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16 Quaker Hill Rd, Magnolia DE 19962, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Motherkill Friends (Quaker) Meeting House and Burying Ground (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (here, next to this marker); Warner Mifflin 1745-1798 (here, next to this marker); Station 55 Archive Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); Banning Meeting House (approx. 1.4 miles away); The St. Jones River: Why the Mansion Faces South (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Dickinsons in Delaware (approx. 2½ miles away); Toward a Future Union (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Magnolia.
Other markers no longer nearby. Warner Mifflin (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2026, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on January 4, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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