ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - PATENTS - Christopher LEWIS 26 Jul 1652 750 acres ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 109 [...] To all &c Whereas &c Now Know yee that I the Said Richard BENNETT Esq.r &c give and grant Unto Christopher LEWIS Seven hundred and fifty Acres of Land lying in the Isle of Wight County about a Mile to the Southward of Henry WHITE's ["whites"] plantation at the blackwater - begining at a poplar by a Small Reedy branch and runing North East Seventy poles to a white oake then East forty poles to a pine then South East by East forty poles to a pine then South East two hundred twenty Eight poles to a pine then South two hundred thirty one poles to a white oake then South west Eighty Eight poles to a red oake near a branch then west North west two hundred forty two poles towards a Swamp then ["Nor" inserted] North East three hundred & two poles to first Station The Said Land being due Unto the Said Christopher LEWIS by & for the Transportation of fifteen persons &c To have and to hold &c Yielding &c which payment is to be made Seven yeares after the first grant or Seating thereof and not before provided &c Dated the 26.th of July 1652 [margin note] Ex John HARBOTTLE} Amey SEAGRASSE } Edward YEOMANS} Henry PAINE John OWEN } John KNIGHT } Richard CASE } George GILES Mary REDMAN } Richard WEAVER } Joseph BURGESS} Mary WHITE Phill: THOMAS } Alexander MURRY} James WACMOTT[?] als' CLINTON - [page end] Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 3 (1652-1655), p. 109 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 002_0537.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 ___________________________________________________________________