ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Gov. William BERKELEY to John OLLIVER [OLIVER] 2 Jul 1650 Land Patent John COLLINS & wife Eleanor (OLLIVER) to Hugh MATHEWES [MATHEWS] 5 Jan 1667 Assignment of Patent John WAKEFEILD & wife Mary (OLLIVER) [WAKEFIELD] to Hugh MATHEWES [MATHEWS] 5 Jan 1667 Assignment of Patent ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 93 [margin note] Sigill To all to whome these p'sents shall Come I S.r W.m BERKLEY K.t Govern.r of Virginia send greeting in O.r Lord God Everlasting Now know yee that I the said S.r W.m BERKLEY K.t doe w.th the Consent of the Councill of State Accordeingly Give & grant unto John OLLIVER Three hundred Acres of Land lying upon the second Branch of Blackwater pointing towards the head of the Lower Chippokes Creek being in y.e County of James Citty conteyning one Neck of Land joyning upon the Beaver Damms bounded West South West upon the Damms East North East into the Woods betwixt two Swamps & two Small Necks more bounded South West & North west on y.e Maine Swamp and A Lyne Runing North East halfe a point Easterly over one Swamp to the head of a little vally One hundred & Six Chaines To have and to hould y.e said Land w.th his due share of all Mines & Mineralls therein Conteyned to him y.e said John OLLIVER his Heires & Assignes for ever Given under my hand and the Seal of the Collony this second of July 1650 William BERKLEY Endorsed on the Pattent as followeth - I John COLLINS whoe married Eleanor the Daughter of John OLLIVER as alsoe Elean.r my Wife doe Assigne sett over bargain and Alienate unto George BRANCH, and to his Heires Executors Adm.rs & Assignes the One halfe of this Pattent being One hundred & Fifty Acres to him & his Heires for ever w.th Warrantie of the Just Sale thereof ag.t all persons whatsoever, And doe for o.r selves Our Heires Ex.rs & Adm.rs for ever relinquish any Right Title Clayme or Interest to y.e same or any part of the said Land, haveing rec'ed A Considerable sattisfacçon from y.e said BRANCH before the signeing & deliv'y hereof Witness o.r hands this fifth day of Jan.r˙ 1666 [1666/7] John Ĝ COLLINS his m'ke Elean.r × COLLINS her m'ke Signed & deliv'ed in p'sence of Jn.o JENINGS [JENNINGS] - Acknowledged & delivered in Open Court to M.r George BRANCH by John COLLINS and Eleanor his Wife this 9.th day of Jan.r˙ 1666 [1666/7] Att a Co.rt then houlden for the Isle of Wight County Test Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur Record.d 9.th Jan.r˙ 1666 [1666/7] [page break] [p.] 94 Endorsed thus on the Backside of John OLLIVER's ["Ollivers"] Pattent by John WAKEFEILD et Ux.r I John WAKEFEILD whoe married Mary the Youngest Daughter of John OLLIVER Dec'ed as alsoe Mary my Wife doe Assigne sett over bargain and Alienate unto George BRANCH, and to his Heires Executors Adm.rs & Assignes the residue of this Pattent, being One hundred & Fifty Acres To him & his Heires for ever, w.th warrantie of y.e Just sale thereof against all persons whatsoever And doe for o.r selves o.r Heires Ex.rs & Adm.rs for ever relinquish any right Tytle Clayme or interest to y.e same or any Part thereof, haveing rec'ed A Considerable Consideraçon from y.e said BRANCH before the signeing & delivery hereof Witness o.r hands this fifth day of Jan.r˙ 1666 [1666/7] John WAKEFEILD Signed & deliv'ed in p'sence of Mary R WAKEFEILD John JENINGS her m'ke - Acknowledged and delivered in Open Co.rt to M.r George BRANCH by John WAKEFEILD & Mary his Wife this Ninth day of January 1666 [1666/7] Att a Co.rt then held for the Isle of Wight County Test Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur Record.d 9.th Jan.r˙ 1666 [1666/7] [It is unclear why these documents were recorded in Isle of Wight Co., rather than in Surry Co. (formed from James City Co. ca. 1652), where the tract lay. John Oliver did patent 100 acres in Isle of Wight Co., 23 Feb 1652, repatented after his death, 18 Mar 1662, by his daughters Ellinor & Mary, before their respective marriages.] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 93-94 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________