ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - James SEWARD Jr. merchant to William BRESSIE merchant 11 Oct 1672 Assignment of Patent; Deed of Bargain & Sale William BRESSIE & wife Susannah to Anthony FULGEHAM, Mathew TOMLIN [TOMLYN] & John FULGEHAM [FULGHAM] 9 Nov 1674 Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 281 The Assignm.t made by M.r William BRESSIE & Susanna his Wife unto Anthony FULGEHAM Mathew TOMLIN & John FULGEHAM of the Conveyance made to him by m.r James SEWARD are in these words followeing:/ Know all men by these p'sents that wee William & Susannah BRESSIE doe Sell assigne & make over, from us & o.r heires for ever, all o.r right clayme & interest, of the Land w.th in specified being in two pattents as followeth, One Pattent of fower ["hundred" inserted then struck through] Acres to m.r Anthony FULGEHAM and his heires for ever, the other pattent, of Twelve hundred Acres, to Mathew TOMLYN and John FULGEHAM and their heires for ever, Reserveing to o.r selves liberty of Timber, for o.r owne use dureing o.r lives Witness o.r hands & seales this 9.th of November 1674 ~ Signed Sealed & deliv'ed in W.m BRESSIE -/ Sigill the p'sence of - Susanna BRESSIE / Sigill James TULLAGH This Conveyance was acknowledge w.th the Assignm.t Will' REID by m.r W.m BRESSIE & Susanna his Wife, and deliv'ed by them as their Act & Deed, unto m.r Anthony FULGEHAM m.r Mathew TOMLYN & m.r John FULGEHAM, in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County this Ninth day of November 1674 And y.n Recorded - - P/ me Jn.o JENINGS Cler Record.r This Indenture made the Eleaventh day of October, in the four & twentieth Year of the reigne of o.r Sov'eigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King defender of the faith &c and in y.e year of o.r Lord God 1672 Between James SEWARD of the Citty of Bristoll in England merchant Sonne of John SEWARD late of the said Citty m'chant deceased (who dyed in Virginia) of the one part And William BRESSIE m'chant now resident in y.e said Citty of Bristoll, of the other part Witnesseth, that the said James SEWARD for & in Consideraçon of the sume of Tenne pounds of lawfull money of England to him in hand p.d by y.e s'd W.m BRESSIE before thensealing [sic] & delivery of these p'sents, The rec.t whereof the s'd James SEWARD doth hereby acknowledge and himselfe to be fully sattisfied and thereof and of ev'y part & parcell thereof doth clearly & absolutely, exonerate acquitt & discharge him y.e said W.m BRESSIE his heires [page break] [p.] 282 ~ Executo.rs & Adm.rs & every of them for ever by these p'sents Hath given granted bargained Sould aliened enfeoffed & confirmed, and by these p'sents doth fully freely & absolutely, give grant bargaine sell alien, enfeoff & confirme unto the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes for ever, All the Lands & Woods of him the s'd James SEWARD w.ch were given devised and bequeathed unto him by his S'd late Father, John SEWARD dec'ed in & by his last Will and Testam.t w.ch s'd Land was comonly called & knowne by the name of Blackwater, and are scituate lying & being in the Isle of Wight County in Virginia and alsoe all other y.e Lands woods & Plantaçons of him the s'd James SEWARD scituate elsewhere in Virginia, which were given or devised to him by his said Father, dec'ed And alsoe all houses & buildings thereon And all waies waters Watercourses, pastures feedings Woods underwoods, proffitts Comodities, advantages & apperten'ces whatsoever, to the s'd Lands belonging or in any wise apperteyning or accepted reputed taken or knowne as part parcell or member thereof Togeather w.th the rev'sion & rev'sions, remainder & remainders, thereof and of every part & parcell thereof And all rents Issues proffitts thereof and of ev'y part thereof, and alsoe all the Estate, right, Tytle, Interest, freehould inhereitance challenge clayme, & demand, whatsoever, of him the s'd James SEWARD his heires & Assignes of in & to the same and ev'y or any part or parcell thereof, And alsoe all pattents, Deeds evidences & writeings touching & concerneing the premises w.ch the s'd James SEWARD hath in his Custody, & possession of any other person or persons to his use or by his deliv'y To have & to hould the s'd Lands Woods & p'mises hereby bargained & sould and ev'y part & parcell thereof w.th y.e apperten'ces to him the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heirs & Assignes for ever, To & for y.e onely proper use & behoofe of him the s'd W.m BRESSIE, his heires & Assignes for evermore To be had & houlden of the cheif Lord or Lords of y.e Fee or Fees of the p'mises by y.e rents & services thereof anciently due & of Right accustomed And the said James SEWARD for himselfe his heires Ex.rs & Adm.rs & every of them doth Coven.t promise & grant to & w.th the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes by these p'sents That he the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes or any of them shall or lawfully may from tyme to tyme & all times for ever hereafter, peaceably & quietly enter into have hould use occupie possess & enjoy the s'd Lands Woods & p'mises hereby bargained & sould or meant mençoned or Intended [page break] [p.] 283 Intended to be hereby bargained & sould & every part & parcell thereof w.th y.e apperten'ces w.th out any manner, of lett suit, trouble, evicçon ejecçon molestaçon disturbance clayme deniall or demand of or by him the s'd James SEWARD his heires or Assignes or any of them, or of or by, any other person or persons whatsoever, lawfully claymeing or to clayme for from or under him them or any of them or by or under, his s'd Father dec'ed or by their or either or any of their actt or Acts Estate Tytle meanes or procurem.t And that freed & discharged or otherwise well & sufficiently saved and kept harmless by him the s'd James SEWARD his heires Executo.rs & Adm.rs or by some or one of them of and from all former & other Guifts, grants, bargaines Sales, Leases, Mortgages, Tytles, troubles, charges & incumbrances whatsoever had made comitted done suffered or consented unto by him the s'd James SEWARD his heires or assignes or any of them or by any other person or P/sons claymeing or to clayme ["by" struck through] from ["him y.m" inserted] or any of them, or by or under his s'd late Father deceased, or their, or any or either of their Act or Acts Estate or Tytle And the s'd James SEWARD the s'd Land & premises hereby bargained & sould w.th the apperten'ces & every part & parcell thereof unto the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes ag.t him the s'd James SEWARD & his heires shall & will warr.t acquitt & defend for ever by these p'sents And Lastly the s'd James SEWARD hath made, assigned, ordeyned, authorized appointed & deputed and in his place & stead by these p'sents hath putt & constituted his loveing Friends Thomas MILNER, Edmond WICKENS, Rob.t FLAKE, & John CARROLL, of Virginia Planters his true & lawfull Attorneys Joyntly & either of them by himselfe sev'ally for him & in his name & stead to enter into & take possession & seizen of the s'd Lands before granted or of some part thereof in the name of the whole and after such possion [sic] thereof soe had and taken then for him & in his name & stead to deliver y.e peaceable possession & seizen thereof or of some parte thereof in the name of the whole to the s'd W.m BRESSIE or to his Attorney in that behalfe To hould to him the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes for ever_ [page break] [p.] 284 Accordeing to the true intent & meaning of this p'sent Deed Rattifieing Confirmeing and alloweing all & whatsoever, his s'd Attorneys Jointly or either of them sev'ally shall doe in the p'mises by vertue of these p'sents In witness whereof the parties first above named to these p'sents Indentures Interchangeably have putt their hands & seales, Dated the day & year first abovewritten; James SEWARD Sealed & deliv'ed in y.e p'sence of Sigill William HASWELL Henry DANIELL M.r Henry MILLS hath taken Oath in Open Co.rt Henry MILLS held for y.e Isle of Wight County this 9.th day Roger NEVILL of Aprill 1673 that he was p'sent & saw m.r W.m SCOTT m.r James SEWARD, Signe Seal & deliver this Tho HARTWELL N.o Pub'ick/ Conveyance unto M.r W.m BRESSIE, and acknowledge it to be his Act & Deed And Recorded y.e 9.th day of June followeing Test Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur: & Record.r [John SEWARD (SEAWARD) patented and/or repatented several tracts of 400 acres, or tracts totalling 400 acres, and it is unclear which is conveyed above. See PB1:191-94,544,&634, and PB2:117.] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 281-84 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 2 (1643-1651), p. 116 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 002_0149.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 ___________________________________________________________________