ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Francis ENGLAND to Edward JONES 3 Jan 1671 Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 225 This Indenture made the third day of Jan.ry Anno Dom 1670 [1670/1] Between Frances ENGLAND on the One parte & Edward JONES on the Other Parte Witnesseth y.t I ye said Frances ENGLAND for a valluable consideraçon rec'ed of him the s'd Edward JONES doe for my selfe my heires Executo.rs Adm.rs or assignes rattifie confirme avouch by these p'sents for ever pass over unto him the s'd Edward JONES his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs & Assignes, Six hundred & fifty Acres of Land scituate lyeing & being in y.e Isle of Wight County lyeing on y.e Westward Side of the first Branch of Blacwater called by the name of the long Point & Hulls Branch, and begining att the [word omitted at line break] of y.e Orphans Branch & soe runing up the branch Westward to the said ENGLAND's ["Englands"] head line being by estimaçon three quarters of A mile, downe the maine Swamp South, to the Mouth of A branch called Kings Branch & soe to the former head lyne, And four hundred Acres more adjoyning to it begining att A Cyprus in the Mouth of Hulls Branch & runing up the said Branch 160 Pole to a white Oake, then North East 400 Pole to A Pine then South East 160 Pole to the Swamp, to y.e former parcell of Land being in all 650 Acres be it more or less accordeing to y.e pattent of y.e said Frances ENGLAND to w.ch relaçon being had more att large appeareth To have & To hould all & singular the s'd Land being Six hundred & fifty Acres more or less w.th all Mines & Mineralls therein conteyned & w.th all rights proffitts & Comodities thereunto belonging or any waies apperteining unto him the s'd Edward JONES his heires Executors Adm.rs & Assignes for ever, in as large & ample manner to all intents & purposes, as is expressed in a Charter of Orders, from the late Treasurer & Company bearing date y.e 18.th of November 1618 as in & by the s'd Frances ENGLAND's ["Englands"] pattent bearing date att James Citty y.e 29.th of September 1664 more att large appeareth [PB5:462-63] to hould of o.r Sovreigne Lord his Heires & Successo.rs as of his Mann.r of East greenwitch in free & comon Soccage not in Capite nor Knights service, Yeilding and paying unto o.r Sovreigne Lord the King or his Rent gatherers, for the said [page break] [p.] 226 Six hundred & fifty Acres the sume of two shillings P/ hundred att the feast of S.t Michaell the Archangell, as in & by the said Frances ENGLAND his pattent whereunto relaçon being had more att large appeareth, In witness whereof I the said Frances ENGLAND, & my Wife Joyce ENGLAND have interchangeably sett o.r hands & seales the day & year above written Frances FE ENGLAND / Sigill Signed Sealed & delivered in y.e his marke p'sence of us Joyce I ENGLAND / Sigill Sam.ll DARLEY her marke George BRANCH / Cap.t Frances ENGLAND & Joyce his Wife hath acknowledged & delivered this Conveyance unto Edward JONES, his Sonne for y.e use of his Father, in Open Co.rt held for this County y.e Ninth day of Jan.ry 1670 [1670/1] w.th the words, Wee deliver this as o.r Act & Deed to Edward JONES his Sonne for y.e use of his Father And then Recorded Teste John JENINGS ["Jenigs"] Clr Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 225-26 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] see also Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 5 (1661-1666), pp. 462-63 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Images 005_0479.tif & 005_0480.tif ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________