Gypsy Vanner Horses for Sale near Crisfield, MD

About Crisfield, MD

The Annemessex, a branch of the local Pocomoke Indian tribe of the Algonquin Nation, were the first inhabitants of the area. Their small fishing village was known as Annemessex Neck. The nearby Annemessex River is also named after them. On February 10, 1663, Benjamin Summers, a settler from Yorkshire or Hertfordshire, England, arrived from Northampton County, Virginia to claim his headright. He patented a 300-acre (1.21 km 2) [though in actuality only 250 acres (1.01 km 2)] parcel of land, which he named "Emmessex".