Perrin Family Letter, c1648 - Gloucester Co. VA Son John: My love to you, and I was very glad to heare of yor health, but very sorry to heare of ye accident wch befell you by fire. I have sent you a boy bch I desire that you would have as much care of as if he was yor ownealsoe. I have sent you some things, so much as I am able at this tyme, and if God shall enable me to live another yeare I shall send you more. Yor father hath departed this life, and hath left you a little house in ye South-gate streete in burg worth the matter of 40lb, there is a noate in ye barrell it lieth at ye toppin ye new blankett, and I have sent you by Tho: a small peece of gould for yor wife alsoe I have pd for ye boy his passage, his name is Backer yor uncle Christopher lives at Ascamack at Cheryston creeke, & as you desire my bless-ing have a care of ye boy, and learn him his trade, and not to pt from him ** * my love to you & yor wife desiring of God to keepe * * * Your loveing mother, Susan Perrin. [This letter which is without date is entered in the proceedings of the court for 1648.] (Archivist's note: To me, this looks as if John Perrin has imigrated to the states & his mother is writing to him from the old country. For more information, check out tombs004.txt listed under Cemeteries. This will also list the volume of William & Mary Quarterly that this letter was published in. Letters are so rare & precious that I wanted to list this seperately as I was afraid it would not be found easily listed at the bottom of a file about old Tombstone Transcriptions.) Submitted by the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project http://www.usgwarchives.net/special/wmmaryqtr/index.htm **************************************************************** 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. ****************************************************************