Thomas Phillips (1801-1877)

Eleanor S. (Nellie) Cordrey (1810-1887)

Drucilla Caroline Phillips (1843-1917)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Rev. Elijah Hitch Alfred Charles Hitch Fannie E. Hitch Elon Gardner Hitch+ Drucilla Caroline Phillips 3 Born: 29 Apr 1843, DE 1 4 5 6 7 Marriage (1): Rev. Elijah Hitch on 31 Jul 1872 in Sussex Co., DE 1 2 Died: 23 Mar 1917, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1 4 8 Buried: Abt 26 Mar 1917, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 8    In the Federal Census of 1900, D.C. Hitch is indicated in a household in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware as follows: - D.C. Hitch, born 4/1843 in DE - Alfred C. Hitch, born 10/1873 in DE - Fannie E. Hitch, born 1/1876 in DE - Elon G. Hitch, born 8/1885 in DE. In the Federal Census of 1900, D.C. Hitch is indicated in a household in the 4th District, Sussex County, Delaware as follows: - Druscilla C. Hitch, age 68, born in DE (parents born in DE) - Fannie E. Hitch, age 34, born in DE - Elon G. Hitch, age 24, born in DE. Drucilla married Rev. Elijah Hitch, son of Robert Hitch and Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright, on 31 Jul 1872 in Sussex Co., DE.1 2 (Rev. Elijah Hitch was born on 15 Nov 1807 in Sussex Co., DE,1 9 10 11 12 died on 18 Oct 1888 in Near Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1 13 and was buried about 21 Oct 1888 in Ralph Hill Cemetery, Route 509, Sussex Co., DE 8.)

1 "A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931.

2 DE Marriage Records.

3 Daisy Hitch Davies tree of 1930.

4 Gravestone Record.

5 1900 DE Census, Listed as D.C. Hitch, born in April 1843 in DE, in the 1900 Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex Co., DE Census.

6 1880 DE Census, Listed as age 37 in the 1880 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

7 1910 DE Census, Listed as age 68 in the 1910 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

8 "Genealogy of Womach, Scott, Hitch, Kerry & Related Families", compiled by W. Richard Womach, 502 Bayfront Drive, Broadkill Beach, Milton, DE 19968. (302) 684-3170 [1995].

9 1850 DE Census, Listed as age 43 in the 1850 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

10 1860 DE Census, Listed as age 52 in the 1860 Laurel, Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

11 1870 DE Census, Listed as a farmer, age 62, in the 1870 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

12 1880 DE Census, Listed as age 72 in the 1880 Broad Creek, Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

13 DE Death Records.