ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John BOND to Thomas HARRIS 13 Jan 1664 Deed of Bargain & Sale Thomas HARRIS & wife Alice to John BOND 20 Oct 1664 Assignment of Patents Thomas HARRIS & wife Alice to Giles DRYVER [DRIVER] 2 May-1 Nov 1667 Deeds of Lease & Release ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 38 [...] Know all men by these p'sents that I John BOND of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia hath bargained sould and delivered unto Thomas HARRIS of the afores'd County One Corne mill standing att the head of the Pagan Creek in the said County of the Isle of Wight as shee now goeth w.th all such Materialls or thereunto belongeth [altered from "belonging"] with free priviledge to take what Tymber the said HARRIS shall have Occasion to use for the necessary repair of the said Mill worke or Fludgates with free passage to & from the said Mill soe as not any damage or hindrance may happen thereby unto the said BOND his Heires Executo.rs or Assignes, which Mill I hence disclayme as wholly belonging to him the said HARRIS his Heires Executo.rs Adm.rs or Assignes for ever with warranty from any Claymes to be made there, unto the said Mill, by me my Heires or Executo.rs, as Witness my hand [altered from "hands"] this 13.th day of January 1663 [1663/4] and seal Witt's John BOND Henry KING Alce W PHILLIPS her m'ke Acknowledged and delivered by Majo.r John BOND unto Thomas HARRIS in Open Court this First day of May 1665 Test Jn.o JENNIGS Cler Cur Record.d First May 1665 [page end] [p.] 39 Know all men by these p'sents, That I Thomas HARRIS of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia Planter, and Alice my Wife doe for us o.r Heires Executo.rs & Administrato.rs make over bargaine, sell & alientate, unto Maj.r John BOND of the same County gen.t his Heires Executo.rs or Assignes, One hundred & Ninety Acres of Land Comprized in two severall Pattents scituated lyeing & being att y.e head of the Pagan Creek in the aforesaid County (vizt) one pattent being in y.e name of John VASSER Conteyning One hundred & Fifty Acres of Land & bearing date the Eighteenth day of November 1635 and in the Eleaventh year of the reigne of o.r Soveraigne Lord King Charles the first, [VASLER, PB1:310] and the other Pattent conteyning forty acres, of Land and taken in the name of the said Thomas HARRIS, bearing date y.e Fourteenth day of August 1652 [PB3:205; renewed 6 Jun 1664, PB5:273] the said hundred & Ninety Acres of Land, to have and to; ['hold' omitted] accordeing to y.e bounds expressed in each Pattent, with all the cleared grounds, houseings Fences & Orchards all Priveledges & Royaltyes whatsoever thereunto belongeth unto him the said John BOND his Heires Executo.rs or Assignes for ever, with Generall Warranty against the Claymes Tytles or Molestaçons of any P/son or Persons whatsoever, to any P/te or P/cell thereof; for all which Wee the aboves'd Thomas and Alce [sic] doe acknowledge o.r selves fully paid and sattisfied before the sealing & delivery hereof And for A full and absolute Confirmaçon To all and singular intents and purposes, doe Oblidge o.r selves to acknowledge this Our volluntary Act & Deed, att the next Court to hould in the Isle of Wight County, Witness our hands Seales, This Twentieth day of October 1664 ~ Signed Sealed & delivered Thomas HARRIS In the P'sence of Sigill Henry KING Alce + HARRIS Alce ~~ PHILLIPS Sigill her marke her marke [¼'d circle] This Conveyance is delivered and acknowledged Unto Maj.r John BOND in Open Co.rt by M.r Thomas HARRIS and Alce his Wife y.e 1.st day of May 1665 Teste Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur Record primo die Maÿ 1665 [page end] [p] 116 Know all men by these p'sents that I John BOND of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia hath bargained sould & delivered unto Thomas HARRIS of the aforesaid County, One Cornemill standing att the head of the Pagan Creek in the same County of the Isle of Wight as shee now goeth with all such materialls as thereunto belongeth, with free priveledge to take what Timber the said HARRIS shall have occasion for to use for the necessary repair of the said Mill work or Floodgates with free passage to & from the said Mill soe as not any damage or hindreance may happen thereby unto ye said BOND his heires Ex.rs or Assignes which Mill I doe disclayme as wholly belonging to him the said HARRIS his Heires Ex.rs Adm.rs or Assignes for ever, with Warrantie from any Claymes to be made thereunto the said Mill by me my Heires or Ex.rs as witness my hand the 13th day of Jan.ry 1663 John BOND Sigill Wit Henry KING Alce PHILLIPS W her m'ke Acknowledged & delivered by Major John BOND unto Thomas HARRIS in Open Co.rt this first day of may 1665 And then Recorded Test Jn.o JENNIGS Cler Cur These p'sents witness that I Thomas HARRIS of ye Isle of Wight County for a valluable Consideraçon in hand rec'ed doe Assigne & make over unto M.r Giles DRYVER of the said County his Heires Ex.rs Adm.rs and Assignes all my Right Title Clayme & interest to the Bill of Sale within menc'oned for A Mill with all its priveledges and appert'ences, whatsoever therein expressed with Warranty against all Claymes whatsoever as alsoe ag.t any Clayme or P'tence of Clayme now or hereafter to be made by me ye sd Thomas HARRIS my Heires or Adm.rs or any Person or Persons whatsoever by us or any of Our precurem.ts In witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this 2.d day of May in the year of Lord 1667 Tho: HARRIS Sigill Signed Sealed & d'd in ye P'sence of Nich HILL Josep RUDD J m'ke This Mill w.th in mençoned to be delivered w.th its appert'ences to M.r DRYVER or his Assignes ye 5.th day of 9.br [November] next & untill y.t tyme ye whole P'fitts to be ye use And behoofe of M.r Tho: HARRIS or Assignes In witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this 2.d day of May in the year of Lord 1667 Tho HARRIS Sigill Witt Nich HILL Joseph RUDD J m'ke [page break] [p] 117 Know that I Thomas HARRIS and Alce my Wife doe by these P'sents Assigne make over possess and deliver unto M.r Giles DRYVER the Mill with all the appertences thereunto belonging to him his Heires Ex.rs Adm.rs and Assignes for ever, w.th warranty of the Just Sale thereof from us or either of us our heires Executo.rs Adm.rs or Assignes or any other Persons whatsoever in this Sale mençoned And doe oblidge o.r selves to Acknowledge this our Act in the Open Court of Isle of Wight County the 9.th day of this p'sent month Witness our hands the first day of November 1667 Tho: HARRIS Alce HARRIS + m'ke [¼'d circle] Signed & deliv'ed in p'sents of us John BOND John HARDY Acknowledged & Confirmed this Sale of the Mill by M.r Thomas HARRIS and Alce his Wife unto M.r Giles DRYVER in ye Open Co.rt held for the Isle of Wight County the 9.th day of December 1667 And then recorded Test Jn.o JENNINGS Cler.Cur [Thomas' wife Alice (his 2d) may have been a WEST; she 2m. John SOJOURNER. John BOND is thought to have 3m. Dorothy HARRIS BAKER, Thomas' sister and widow of John BAKER.] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 38-39, 116-17 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 1 (1623-1643), p. 310 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 001_0312.tif Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 3 (1652-1655), p. 205 Image 002_0634.tif Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 5 (1661-1666), p. 273 Image 005_0290.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 ___________________________________________________________________