^^ / 



Figure 17. — Views of North Devon harvest jug used in Sussex County, Delaware. This 

 jug, II inches high and dated 1698, is in the collection of Charles G. Dorman. The in- 

 scription reads: 



"Kind S'': i com to Gratifiey youre Kindness Love and 

 and Courtisy and Sarve youre table with Strong beare for this 

 intent i was sent heare: or if you pleas i will supply youre workmen when in 

 harvist dry when they doe labour hard and swear" good drinke is better far then Meat" 



nificaiit is the lact that no sgraffito ware occurs here. 

 A gravel-tempered pan (fig. 23) from the Coke-Gar- 

 rett House site was found in a context that can be 

 dated about 1740-1760. 



WESTMORELAND COUNTY, \TRGIN1.\: SITE OF JOHN 

 WASHINGTON HOUSE. 



In 1930 the National Park Service became custo- 

 dians for "Wakefield," the George Washington birth- 

 place site on Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County. 

 About a mile to the west of "Wakefield" itself, but 

 within the Park area, is the site of Bridges Creek 

 Plantation, purchased in 1664 by John Washington, 

 the earliest member of the family in America. It was 

 occupied by John at least until his death in 1677, and 

 probably by Lawrence Washington until a few years 

 later. Much artifactual material was dug from the 



jihintation house site, including the largest deposits 

 of North Devon types found outside of Jamestown.'^' 



STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA: MARLBOROUGH SITE. 



A short-lived town was built in 1691 at the con- 

 fluence of Potomac Creek and the Potomac River on 

 Potomac Neck. The town was abandoned by 1 720, 

 but six years later became the abode of John Mercer, 

 who developed a plantation there. The site of his 

 house was excavated by the Smithsonian Institution 

 in 1956. Two small sherds of North Devon gravel- 

 tempered ware were found there in a predominantly 

 inid-18th-century deposit. 



^*J. Paul Hudson, "George Washington Birthplace National 

 Monument, Virginia," National Park .Service Historical Hand- 

 book Series, no. 26, Washington, 1956. 



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