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ABSTRACTS OF CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND LAND RECORDS 1734—1753. June D. Brown.  1999, 5½x8½ paper, index, vi+258 pp. 

These records are taken from the Cecil County Deed Book Numbers five (1734-39) pp. 1-539; six (1739-45) pp. 1-486; and seven (1745-53) pp. 1-547. Contains Deed Book Number 5, 6, and 7. There are 8,714 entry names given. For a listing of land patents of Cecil County, 1649-1774, see Inhabitants of Cecil County, Maryland 1649-1774 by Henry C. Peden, Jr. Also contained in this volume are a list of naturalizations, petitioners, tax lists and sundry other lists. Cecil County was created from Baltimore and Kent Counties in 1674. The boundary extended from the Susquehanna River down the Bay to Swan Point, to Hell Point, and up the Chester River. In 1706, Kent County was bounded by Eastern Neck, up the Bay to Sassafras River and  to Long Horse Bridge. It is believed that the first settlement of the English, within today’s Cecil County, was upon Palmer’s Island (later called Watson’s Island), near the Susquehanna.

NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS OF HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTIES, 1822-1830. F. Edward Wright. Marriages, deaths, legal notices, property sales, chancery court cases, intentions to move, local events, any item relating to an individual is abstracted here. About 3,500 names. (1984), 1995, 5½x8½, paper, index, 81 pp.