ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John WAKEFEILD [WAKEFIELD] & wife Sarah to Robert THOMAS 18 Jul 1682 Assignment of Patent John WAKEFEILD [WAKEFIELD] & wife Sarah to Robert THOMAS 3 Feb 1683 Assignment of Patent ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 496 Give & grant unto Rowland GRIFFEN Seaven hundred fifty five Acres of Land, lying in y.e Isle of Wight County about one Mile to the Southward of Henry WHITE's ["Whites"] plantaçon att the Blackwater begining att a Poplar, by a small Reedy branch & runing North East 70 pole to a White Oak then East forty pole to a pine then South East by East forty poles to a pine then South East 238 pole to a pine [PB3:109 (q.v.) gives "228"] then South 231 pole to a White Oak then South West 88 pole to a Red Oak near A Branch then West North West 242 poles towards A swamp then North East 302 poles, & from thence to y.e first Station, the s'd Land being form'ly granted to Christopher LEWIS by Pattent dated the 26.th of July 1652 [PB3:109] & by the s'd LEWIS assigned to Francis SOWERBY, as by the s'd SOWERBY's ["Sowerbys"] assignm.t to y.e s'd GRIFFIN To have & to hold Given att James Citty under my hand & the seal of the Colony this 13.th day of Jan.ry 1661 [1661/2] and in the 13.th year of the Reigne of o.r Sov'eigne King Charles y.e Second &c Francis MORYSON Acknowledged in Co.rt by Rowland GRIFFEN & Eliz.a his Wife this 9.th of Aprill 1663 Tho: LUDWELL Secry Test ["John PITT Cl Cur" struck through] John JENINGS Cl Cur Be it knowne unto all men by these p'sents that Wee John WAKEFEILD & Sarah my Wife and both of one consent, for a valluable sum'e of Tobaccoe received by us of Robert THOMAS whereof wee acknowledge the receipt, & discharges him thereof, doe for us o.r heires Ex.rs and Adm.rs sell assigne make over unto the s'd Robert THOMAS his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs or Assignes all the right & Title that wee have to Seaven hundred fifty Acres of Land in this within mençoned Pattent, Which wee doe warr.t unto the said Robert THOMAS and to his heires & to his Assignes, and from the molestaçon or clayme of any P/son or P/sons whatsoever, In witness whereof Wee have hereunto sett o.r hands and fixed our Seales this Eighteenth day of July 1682 John WAKEFEILD Seal Signed sealed and delivered in the p'sence of us Sarah I WAKEFEILD Seal Richard BELL her marke his RB marke Margery S CHITTY Acknowledged in Open Co.rt held for the Isle of her marke Wight County Feb.ry y.e 9.th 1682 by Jn.o WAKEFEILD and Sarah his Wife to be their Act and Deed And Ordered to be Recorded Test John PITT Cler Cur [page end] [p.] 497/ Accordingly give & grant unto John WAKEFIELD & John SHERRER One Thousand & fifty Acres of Land lying in the Isle of Wight County on the Branches of the first swampe of the Blackwater, begining att a Redd Oak runing S:S:E: [PB6:116 (q.v.) gives "E S.E:"] 160 Pole to a Redd Oake in COOKE's ["Cookes"] Line; then S:S:W: 70 pole to COOKE's ["Cookes"] Corner tree, then S:E: 120 pole to a White Oak, then S: 162 pole to a White Oake then West 112 pole to their owne ould marked Trees, then S: 114 pole to a White Oak then South West 88 pole to a Redd Oak then W:N:W: 212 pole to a pine then N:N:E: 532 pole to the first atation whereof Seaven hundred Acres P/te thereof being formerly granted to Christopher LEWIS by pattent dated the Twenty Sixth day of July 1662 [1652; PB3:109 (q.v.)] and by the s'd LEWIS sould to y.e s'd WAKEFIELD & SHERRER, & three hundred & fifty acres the residue being due by & for the transportaçon of Seaven persons into this Colony whose names are on [sic] the Records mençoned undernearth this pattent, To have & to hold the said Land Given under my hand & the seal of the Collony this fifth day of Aprill in y.e in the [sic] year of o.r Lord One Thousand Six hundred Sixty Eight A d Rs Car 2.d 20° Record Teste Phillip LUDWELL Cl [The text (especially the distances) above is considerably at variance with my reading of the patent (PB6:116), which is, however, extremely faint in the scanned, online image.] Be it knowne unto all men by these p'sents that I John WAKEFEILD & Sarah my Wife & both of one consent for a valluable Sum'e of Tob received by us of Robert THOMAS, whereof wee acknowledge the receipt & discharges him thereof, And wee doe for us o.r heires Ex.rs & Adm.rs Sell Assigne & make over unto the s'd Robert THOMAS his Heires Ex.rs Adm.rs or Assignes all the right & Title that wee have to One Thousand & fifty Acres of Land conteined in this within pattent which wee doe warrant unto the s'd Robert THOMAS & to his heires & to his Assignes and from the molestaçon or clayme of any P/son or Persons whatsoever In witness whereof Wee have hereunto sett o.r hands and fixed our Seales this third day of Feb.ry 1682 Anno Reg.s Caroli secundi 34° John WAKEFEILD Seal her marke Sarah I WAKEFEILD Seal Signed sealed & d'd in the p'sence of us Acknowledged in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle W.m LEWER Wight County Feb.ry 9.th 1682 by Jn.o WAKEFEILD Vallentine + CHITTY & Sarah his Wife to be their Act and Deed his m'ke Test John PITT Cler Cur [page end] [John WAKEFEILD & John SHERRER agreed to a division of the land patented above, 17 Mar 1674/5 (WD1:333).] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 496-97; see also p. 333 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 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 ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________