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Written by Carey Bracewell
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VIRGINIA LAND GRANTSby Carey Bracewell
To all Cr.ns Whereas &c Now Know yee that I...William Berkeley Knt Goverr &c give and grant unto Mr ROBERT BRACEWELL Eight hundred Acres of Land in ye upper parrish of Nansimond County, begining at a marked white oake, and so Runing West North West 320 pools to a mked pine Standing in a pocosson, and soe South South West 400 pools to a marked white oake and soe East South East 320 pools to a marked red oake and soe north north East 400 pools (on ye mile end of ?) his owne Land & JAMES LONGS Land to ye first Station the said Land being due by and for ye Transport of Sixteen prsons &c to have and to hold & yeilding and paying &c Provided &c Dated this 22nd day of Aprill 1670
MARY GREENE THO. MEKINS WM. CROACH. HUMP. THORNE WM. MINGAY PETER GREGORY RICH. ROBERTS CHARLES GRIGSON MARG. RAYSON JNO. THORNAPE(?) WM. JONES ROBT. BEST HUGH GREEN ABR. KIMBERLY JNO. DAVYS DOROT. PARSONS
Source: VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS, VOLUME 6, PAGE 310 VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, RICHMOND: LAND OFFICE RECORDS, MICROFILM REEL 6
Note: This 800-acres in Nansemond County was near St. Luke's Church. The Isle of Wight / Nansemond boundary was vague at that time. The grant was to REV. ROBERT BRACEWELL and was made posthumously, and awarded a decade later by the Isle of Wight County Escheat Court to his oldest surviving heir, his daughter, widow JANE STOKES.
To all to whome these prsents shall come I Sr John Harvey Lt Governr &c and &c whereas &c NOW KNOW yee that I the said sr John Harvey Kt doo wth to consent of the Councell of State accordingly give and grant unto AMBROSE BENNETT three hundred acres of land Scituate lying and being in the Countie of the Isle of Wight being bounded betweene two Creekes the one called Reynolds his Creeke the other being a branch of the said Creeke which Land runneth into the woods East and by South the said three hundred acres of land being due unto him the said AMBROSE BENNETT by and for the transportation at his own prper Cost and charges of six prsons into this Colony whose names are in the Records mentoned under this pattent To have and to hold &c dated the 8th day of day 1638...
MORRIS BENNETT WILLIAM MORRIS RICHARD JONES ANTHONY COLE HENRY EATON HUMPHREY WEST
VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS, VOLUME 1, PAGE 529
To all to whome these prsents shall come I Sr John Harvey Lt Governr &c and &c NOW KNOW YEE that I the said Sr John Harvey Kt doo wth the consent of the Councell of State accordingly give and grannt Unto Leuft JOHN UPTON one thousand acres of Land, Scituate lying and being in the Countie of the Isle of Wight adjoining to the outside of AMBROSE BENNETTs land lying, Northerly Upon the said branch and five hundred acres of Land more on the other Side of the Said branch opposite against the aforesaid Land running Easterly into the woods beginning at an Indian path which goeth and the head of that branch and runneth Southerly upwards from the head of the said branch the said fifteene hundred acres of land being, due unto him the said Leift JOHN UPTON by and for the transportation of thirty prsons into this Colony whose names are in the Records mentioned this pattent To have and to hold &c dated the 10th of November 1638...
VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS, VOLUME 1, PAGE 605
TO ALL &c Whereas &c now Know Ye that I the said Sir William Berkeley Knight Governor &c give and grant unto THOMAS POOLE one hundred Acres of Land lying in the lower parish of the Isle of Wight County Beginning at a marked Peckickory joining to the said POOLS Land, thence runing North 160 poles at a black Oak, thence, north West and by north 60 Poles to the Land of Mr ROBERT BRACEWELL thence by the marked trees of the said BRACEWELLS Land, South Southwest & Southwest and by South 320 poles to the Corner tree of the said POOLS Land, thence running by the marked trees of the said POOLS Land to the first station. The said Land being due by Transportation of two persons &c TO HAVE AND TO HOLD &C TO BE HELD &C Yielding and paying &c provided &c Dated the 16th of February 1662—
VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS, VOLUME 4, PAGE 576
VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, RICHMOND:
LAND OF OFFICE RECORDS, MICROFILM REEL 4
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