ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John WAKEFIELD & John SHERER 5 Apr 1668 1050-acre Patent John WAKEFEILD [WAKEFIELD] & John SHERRER [SHERER, SHERWOOD] 17 Mar 1675 Division of Patent ----¤¤¤---- [Patent Book 6, p.] (116) [margin notes] WAKEFIELD and SHERER 1050 [check mark] To all &c whereas &c Now Know yee that I the Said S.r W.m BERKELEY kn.t Govern.r &c give and grant Unto John WAKEFIELD and John SHERER one thousand and fifty acres of land lying in the Isle of Wight County on the branches of the first swampe of the black water begining at a red oake and runing E.S.E: 160 pole to a red oake in COOKE's line, then S.S.W: 70 pole to COOKE's Corner tree, then S.E: 120 pole to a white oake then S: 164[?; WD1:497 gives "162"] pole to a white oake, then W: 112[?] pole to their owne old marked trees, then S: 154[?; WD1:497 gives "114"] pole to a white oake, then S.W: 88 pole to a red oake, then W:N:W: 242[?; WD1:497 gives "212"] pole to a pine, then N.N.E: 534[?; WD1:497 gives "532"] pole to the first Station, even hundred acres part thereof formerly granted to Xph.r LEWIS by pattent dated the twenty Sixth Day of July 1652 and by the S.d LEWIS sold to y.e S.d WAKEFIELD and SHERER ~ ~ ~ and the [illegible] due by and for [illegible] dated the fifth Day of Aprill 1668 Tristam EATON Luke MANSEUX[?] Merrick EDWARDS Robert SAMPSON Merlin CANT Joseph BAKER & Francis RIPPINGTON ~ ~ ~ [page end] [Extremely faint in scanned, online image.] [Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds,Etc., Vol. 1, p.] 333 Articles of Agreement made & Confirmed by me John WAKEFEILD & Jn.o SHERWOOD [sic] both inhabitants of y.e Isle of Wight County in Virginia this 1.st day of June in the year of o.r Lord 1671 [sic] That whereas y.e aboves'd John WAKEFEILD & John SHERRER are possest of A tract of Land lyeing & being in y.e aforesd County as by Pattent doth appear bearing date y.e first day of Aprill 1668 ["fifth Day" in PB6:116] & being granted in both o.r names as of the s'd WAKEFEILD & SHERRER Wee therefore doe think it fitt & convenient to devide y.e s'd Land between us the said WAKEFEILD & SHERRER, for us & o.r heires for ever, Therefore it is concluded & mutually agreed upon, of both P/ties to o.r owne Content, And to avoid trouble, molestaçon incumbrance difference w.ch may arrise have made A division as followeth That is for Jn.o WAKEFEILD to begin att the fardest extent of y.e Land att y.e Middle of the Runne of y.e Maine Branch & soe N:W: to y.e extent of y.e bounds, & for New Land to begin on the North side of a small Branch & soe running downe y.e Cart Path to A Pond or A Corner tree, And for Jn.o SHERRER for his part of Land to begin att A Branch Towards Jn.o CLERKE's ["Clerkes"; CLARK's] Land & soe runing up the Branch towards Henry WEST's ["Wests"] Land & all y.e ould Land John SHERRER is to have of y.e main Branch that y.e s'd SHERRER is now seated upon being y.e S:W: side and for New land y.e said SHERRER does begin upon a small branch adjoining to Jn.o WAKEFEILD's ["Wakefeilds"] Ould Land upon y.e North side of y.e Swamp w.ch Alexander WEBSTER now liveth upon & runing along y.e EAst path to A Corner Tree near A Pond & from thence towards Henry WEST's ["Wests"] Land And haveing thus agreed upon y.e division & bounds above menconed, Wee y.e s'd Jn.o WAKEFEILD & Jn.o SHERRER doe bind o.r selves, o.r heires Ex.rs Adm.rs firmely by these p'sents Witness o.r hands this 17.th day of March 1674 [1674/5] John WAKEFEILD Jn.o J SHERRER Witnesses his m'ke Thomas WILLIAMSON Alexand.r W WEBSTER his m'ke This Agreem.t between Jn.o WAKEFEILD & Jn.o SHERRER for y.e devision Of y.e Land w.th in mençoned between y.m was acknowledged & d'd to each other as their free act & deed in an Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County the 9.th day of Aprill 1675, & desired by y.m to be Recorded Test Jn.o JENNINGS Cl'Cur & Record'u [page end] Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 6 (1666-1679), p. 116 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 006_0118.tif Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), p. 333; see also pp. 496-97 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 3 (1652-1655), p. 109 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 002_0537.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 ___________________________________________________________________