David Driggett was the son of William and Charlotte Driggett of Delaware. William and Charlotte were living in Romulus Twp., Wayne Co., Mich. in 1880.

Hester Ann Durham was the daughter of Elisha Durham (d. 1864) and Hester Concealor [aka Counsellor] (d. 1840) of Delaware.

William T. Hansor married Hattie Drygget [sic] in New Boston, Wayne Co., on 28 Oct 1877. Harriet was born ca. 1858/59, probably in Delaware Co., Camden Co., New Jersey. She moved with her family to Wayne Co., Mich., in the late 1860s.

I am not related. I belong to a research group that is interested in a mixed-blood community (with Native American origins) that has existed in Delaware for almost three hundred years. The Driggus family was one of the families in the community. Starting in the 1850s, a number of these families moved to Wayne Co., Michigan, where they continued to intermarry for a number of decades, before they began to marry with families outside the community. The Driggus name became Driggett after the move; some of the other family names also changed.

You will find much to read about these families at the site www.mitsawokett.com. You may wish to consider joining our research group.

Do you have information on when and where David and Hester passed away? What research have you already performed? I have extracts from census records for this family from 1850 to 1880, and some additional information from Wayne Co. birth, death, and marriage records.

I maintain a Durham web site (there is a link to it from the Mitsawokett site). The Durham name can be traced in Delaware back to the mid-1720s. Unfortunately, none of us in the research group has information on Elijah's parents, to be able to tie him back to the earlier generation of Durhams.