ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - PATENTS - Francis ENGLAND 20 Jun 1642 746 acres ----¤¤¤---- [p.] (857) [...] [margin notes] Francis ENGLAND 746 Exm.d To all &c send &c ["Whereas &c" struck out] Now Know yee that I the Said S.r William BERKELEY K.t doe w.th the consent of the Councell of State accordingly give and grannt Unto Francis ENGLAND ["fower hundred fortie five acres of Land" struck out] being a tract of Land ["being" inserted] in the Countie of the Isle of Wight ["conteining seven hundred forty six acres of land" inserted between lines] and lying Upon a swamp runing to blackwater bounded along Capt PIERCE his marked trees due West twoe hundred Eighty fower pole then South fower hundred and twenty pole and from thence North to Capt PIERCE his corner tree where it first begann fower hundred and twentie pole the Said Seaven hundred fortie six acres of Land being due Unto the Said Francis ENGLAND by and for the transportaçon of fifteene psons into this Colony whose names are in the Records mençoned Under this pattent To have and to hold &c To bee held &c Yeilding and paying &c which [page break] [p.] (858) paym.t is to bee ["paid" struck out; "Made" inserted] Seaven yeares after the date of these p.r sents and not before &c dated the xx.th of June 1642~ Robert HILL, Mary his wife John POWELL Eliza: WEBB Sarah ENGLAND Jo.n LIPPETT Jo.n SYKES, Robert DAVIS Hugh BRENT Edward PALMER Jo.n ACTON Thomas COGGIN James PILAND, Alexandra his wife / Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 1 (1623-1643), pp. 857-58 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Images 001_0864.tif & 001_0865.tif 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 ___________________________________________________________________