Thomas Peck Land Grant, 1655 - Gloucester Co. VA To all &c. Whereas &c. Now know yee that I the said Edward Diggs Esqr &c. give and grant unto Mr. Thomas Peck one Thousand Acres of Land lyeing in Glouster County on the North East side of Mettopony River behind the Land of Major Taylor and Mr. Edward Diggs begining at the Creek deviding the land of the above named Gentlemen and runing two hundred and fifty Perches Eastwardly downe along the back of the said Major Taylor and Westwardly along the back of the land of Mr. Diggs two hundred and fifty Perches more runing three hundred and twenty Poles Northerly into the maine Woods behind Each of there said land gennerally throughout this said devidend The said Land being due unto the said Mr. Thomas Peck by and for the transportacon of Twenty Persons into this Collony &c. to have and to hold &c. Yeilding and paying unto the rent gatherers &c. which payment is to be made &c. Dated the sixth of Aprill 1655 ---------- John Lewellin Edward Stone Tho: Peckstone Uursula Jackson Mr. Tho: Peck Elizabeth Peck Walter Stratton William Carter Pe: Peterson Alice Carpenter two Negrowomen Robt: Richardson Rich Lyddeatt David Hamilton Margt. Cheines Mary ffarnell Susan Dayson Alice &c. [possibly means "Dayson" as above?] (Submitter Notes: Transcriber's comments are in brackets [ ]. For clarity, some contractions have been spelled out. Dotted lines (.....) indicate unreadable text. Image format copyrighted by the Library of Virginia. This transcriber has no known connection with the surnames in this document.} Submitted by Regena Cogar **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************