ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - William COOK & wife Mary [COOKE] to Hugh MATHEWES [MATHEWS] 17 Jun 1667 Assignment of Land Certificates William COOK & wife Mary [COOKE] to Hugh MATHEWES [MATHEWS] 17 Jun 1667 Assignment of Survey ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 113 Att a Co.rt held for Isle of Wight County y.e 9.th of Feb.ry 1666 [1666/7] P'sent Co.ll Rob.t PITT } L.t Co.ll Jn.o GEORGE } } } Justices M.r Nich: SMYTH } Cap.t Francis HOBBS } Cap.t Anthony FULGHAM - Certificate granted M.r Arthur RUHTRA for two hundred Acres of Land for the importaçon of Lettice POWELL, One Negro Called Tony, One other Negro Man & A Negro Woman haveing Assigned his right of this Certificate to William COOK sen.r ¶ Certificate granted John BERF[?] for two hundred & fifty Acres of Land for the Importaçon of himselfe, John BERF Jun.r, Mary his Wife, Jane BERF & Joseph RUDD, haveing assigned his right of this Certificate to W.m COOK sen.r ¶ Certificate granted Humphra BRANCH for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land for the Importaçon of himselfe, & Humphra his Sonne, & Anne his Wife haveing assigned his right of this Certificate to W.m COOK sen.r ¶ Certificate granted Edward MILLER the 11.th of March 1666 for two hundred & Fifty Acres of Land for the Importaçon of Sarah HITLON [HILTON?], Eliz.a NEWMAN, Anne BROOKES; Elizabeth BURGAN, & Joan MORGAN, haveing assigned his right of this Certificate to W.m COOK Sen.r Endorsed on the back of these Certificates thus - I William COOK doe by these p'sents make over Eight hundred & fifty Acres of Land unto Hugh MATHEWES his Heires [redundant "his Heires" struck through] Ex.rs Adm.rs and Assignes for ever, And that this is my Act & Deed, I the said W.m COOK doe ingage my selfe my Heires Ex.rs & Assignes to make it good as aforesaid to Hugh MATHEWES & his Heires for ever witness my hand this 17.th day of June 1667 W.m COOKE's MC m'ke ["Cookes"; mark- inverted W, reversed C] Test Jn.o JACKSON Mary COOK N her m'ke Humphry BARNES W.m COOK & Mary his Wife Surrenders their rights of these Certificates to Hugh MATHEWES in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County this 9.th 9.ber 1667 Record.d 9° N.o 1667 Test Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur [page break] [p.] 114 The Survey of Cookes Land is Thus May the Seaventh 1667 Surveyed for William COOKE Sen.r Eight hundred Acres of Land lying in the Isle of Wight County, upon the Second Branch of y.e Blackwater begining at a White Oak on the Swamp by the Mouth of a small Branch and runing the Swamp Three hundred and Twenty Pole to a White Oak which is Cap.t BAKER's ["Bakers"] Corner Tree then East along by his marked Trees Two hundred & forty Pole then South Two hundred and Six Pole to the head of A Branch in a pocoason, then West fifty Two Pole in the Pocoasan then South Sixty Pole runing out of the Pocoason then West Three hundred & forty Pole by the marked Trees of William MILES and the said COOKE's ["Cookes"] former Land North West two hundred Poles to a Pine att the head of y.e aforemençoned small Branch then down the said Branch North North West Sixty Pole to the first Station By Tho: WOODWARD Surveyo.r Endorsed on the back of the Survey thus - I William COOK doe by these p'sents make over 850 Acres of Land to Hugh MATHEWES, his Heires Ex.rs Adm.rs & Assignes for ever, And that this is my Act & Deed I the said William COOK doe ingage my selfe my Heires, Ex.rs or Assignes to make it good as aforesaid to Hugh MATHEWES & his Heires for ever, Witness my hand this 17.th day of June 1667 William COOKE's MC m'ke ["Cookes"; mark- inverted W, reversed C] Test John JACKSON Mary COOK N her m'ke Humphry BARNES W.m COOKE Sen.r & Mary his Wife Surrender all the right of this Survey to Hugh MATHEWES & his Heires for ever in Open Co.rt held for Isle of Wight County this 9.th day of November 1667 Record.d 9° N.o 1667 Test Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur [page end] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 113-14 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 ___________________________________________________________________