 2/29/10
When We Were Greers, Part IX
by Glenn N. Holliman
Joppa Town, Maryland - A Place for Family Weddings!
During their first marriage, Sarah and John had numerous children. Our direct ancestor is one of their sons, John Greer, Jr., my generation's 6th great grandfather, who was born 1714, again on the Gunpowder River. He would die May 1782 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Notice the migration south. Much of this extended family will settle in North Carolina, including our direct ancestors.
John Greer Jr. married Sarah Day Elliott at the St. John's Parish in Joppa, Maryland in 1736. A second wife would be Nancy Lowe Walker.
Below is the plot of land, roped off, where the church stood.Samuel and Mary Harrod Stansbery (Stansbury) also married at this location in 1761. In the left background is a 1962 structure, the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, signifying the rebirth of Joppa in the 1960s, two hundred years after it achieved ghost town status.
In the 1960s a real estate development company, realizing the potential of a location along slow moving rivers, near I - 95 and only 25 miles from downtown Baltimore, created a 'new' Joppa Town. Below is an advertisement from that era. Click twice and the images will enlarge. Oh, to have 1960 prices with 2010 incomes!
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