Northampton County, NC - Deed - SAMUEL RUFFIN to ROBERT PEELE-1741 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Horace Peele (formerly Bertie Co) Robert Peelle (1709-1782), the son of Robert Peelle and Judith Edwards, was born in Nansemond County, VA on June 29, 1709. He married his first wife Elizabeth Edgerton (1712-1749), the daughter of Patrick and Mary Edgerton, in Virginia about 1729. Robert was a very very virile person, he had a total of 14 children by two wives over a 36 year time span. All of his children except two reached maturity and married, again enlarging the scope of this family. Robert led the way for the first known move of any Peelle into Northampton County of North Carolina. The distance was only about 60-70 miles from his father's land near Sleepy Hole in Nansemond County, Virginia. Robert may have gone first and purchased land before the others moved. Robert and Elizabeth had three children, Robert (1730), Passco (1733) and Elizabeth (1736) who were born in Virginia. In addition to his own children, it is believed that Robert took his brothers Josiah (age 18 in 1741) and John Jellary (age 12 in 1741) with him. In February 1741, it is recorded that Robert purchased 500 acres of Northampton County land for 40 pounds of Virginia currency from Samuel Ruffin. The beautiful hand written deed reads as follows, notice the spelling of Robert's last name: Deed of Sale To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come Greeting in our Lord God everlasting Know ye that I Samuel Ruffin of North Carolina in the County Of Northampton planter for & in consideration of the Sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia to me in hand paid before the Ensealing & Delivery hereof by Robert Peelle Junr of Nansemond County in the Colony of Virginia planter the Receipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge and my self therewith fully satisfied & contented and thereof & of every part & parcel thereof do Exonerate Acquitt and Discharge the said Robert Peelle his heirs Executors & administrators forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold alienated conveyed & confirmed and by these presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell alien convey & confirm unto the said Robert Peelle his heirs & assigns forever one tract of land containing by estimation five hundred acres (*?) lying & being in Bertie County & in the Province afore said on Catowisky Meadow then North Seventy One West Two Hundred & Fifty Four Pole to a White Oak then So[uth] Fifteen West Two Pole to a Pine then So[uth] Seventy West one hundred & sixty pole to a live oak on Catowisky (Provison *?) thence the various courses of the said (Provison*?) to the first station which land was granted by Patent bearing date the 11th Day if November 1719 to Robert Hicks & by him elapsed forward of due seating & planting thereon and them became due to James Wood by virtue of an order of Council bearing date the First Day of April 1723: To have & to hold the said granted and Bargained Premises with all the appurtenances previledges and commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Robert Peelle his heirs & assigns forever to his & therin only proper use benefit & behoof forever and I the said Samuel Ruffin for me my heirs executors & administrators do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Robert Peelle his heirs & assigns that before the Ensealing hereof I am the true sole & lawful owner of the above bargained premises and am lawfully seized & possessed with the same in mine own Proper Right as a good profeit & absolute Estate of Inheritance & have in my self good Right fullpower and lawfull authority to grant bargain sell convey & confirm the said bargained premises in manner as afore said & that the said Robert Peelle his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time and at all times forever here after by virtue of these presents leave peacably and quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the said demised and bargained premises with the appurtenances free & clear & freely and clearly dequitted exonerated & discharged of & from all & all manner of formes gifts grants bargins sales leases mortgages wills intails joynters dowries judgments Executions & Incumbrances Whatsoever & I the said Samuel Ruffin do further Covenant & bind my self my heirs Executors & administrators firmly by these presents to Warrant and defend the said Robert Peelle his heirs & assigns in quiet peacable possession of all & singular the said granted premises against any just and lawfull claim of any Person or Persons Whatsoever. In witness whereof: I the said Samuel Ruffin have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal 1741/2. Samuel Ruffin & a Seal. Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of us Isaac Carter Jacob Carter. Bertie County February Court 1741. The within deed of sale was acknowledged in open Court in the due form of law (*?) on (*?) is ordered to be registered. Test. Benjamin Hill, Clerk Court. Source: Bertie County, North Carolina, Deed Book F, Page 317. End Of Deed The land was located on Catowisky Creek in the newly formed Northampton County, formed from Bertie County in 1741, the same year the land was purchased. This deed, along with many others, was recorded in the Bertie County Courthouse since Northampton County had not yet build their Courthouse. The names of "Catawisky", "Ahoskey", "Cashy" and "Wattom" are connected to many deeds for the family with much of these lands being located just on the Northampton and Bertie County lines and in both counties. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================