Lewes Historic District in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lewes

Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 11, 2010

1. Lewes Marker

Inscription. Under orders from Peter Stuyvesant the Dutch erected Fort At Hoorn Kil (Lewes Creek) 1659 but were soon dispossessed by the Marylanders. Here was also a communistic settlement established in 1662 by Mennonites from Holland under Peter Cornelis Plockhoy. Sir Robert Carr, 1664, “Destroyed quaking colony of Plockhoy to a Naile.”

Erected by The Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number S-31.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1659.

Location. 38° 46.561′ N, 75° 8.405′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in the Lewes Historic District. Marker is on Front Street near West Market Street, on the left when traveling north. Located at Mary Vessels Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lewes DE 19958, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Last Lewes Pilot Skiff (within shouting distance of this marker); Dodds Corner (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Old Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cannonball House (within shouting distance of this marker); John Penrose Virden (within shouting distance of this marker); The New Devon Inn (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewes.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 15, 2010

2. Lewes Marker

Lewes Marker in Mary Vessels Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

3. Lewes Marker in Mary Vessels Park

Mary E. Vessels Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 3, 2013

4. Mary E. Vessels Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 650 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 19, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on February 5, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.