ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - PATENTS - Thomas WOOMBWELL [WOMBWELL] 25 Sep 1649 650 acres ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 5 [...] [margin notes] WOOMBWELL 650 To all &.c. Whereas &c Now Know yee that I y.e S'd S.r Henry CHICHELEY K.t dep.ty Gov'ner &c Give & Grant Unto m.r Thomas WOOMBWELL Sonn & heire to m.r Tho: WOOMBWELL late of y.e Isle of White County Gentl Six hundred & fifty Acres of Land Scituate & in the upper parish of Isle of White County afores'd in y.e fork of y.e first and second branches of y.e Maine black water and Comonly Known. by y.e name of Timber Neck the S'd 650 Acres of Land being part of a pattent for 1050 acres granted to m.r George HARDY m.r Tho: WOOMBWELL & Peter HULL [HALL] Orphane y.e 15.th July 1651 Viz: 400 acres to the Said Peter HULL orph'. & y.e Residue betweene y.e S'd m.r WOOMBWELL & m.r HARDY who Assigned his whole Right of y.e afores'd pattent to y.e S'd m.r WOOMBWELL y.e 20.th no'br 1654 bounded thus begining at a m.r ked Gum' Standing on y.e North west side of the fist branch North three degrees [?"sterly"; 'Ea' or 'We' overwritten] Fower hundred & Eight pole to a marked white oak. thence West one hundred Seaventy pole to a Small live oak on y.e South East Sid. & on y.e second branch or Swamp Near y.e Mouth of y.e beaverdam branch & thence by Various Courses down y.e run of y.e Second branch till it meetes y.e first in y.e fork & then up y:e Run of y.e first branch or Swamp to y.e first Station or Marked gum. To have & to hold &c To be held &c Yeilding & paying &c dated y.e Tenty fifth of September One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Nine Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 7 (1679-1689), p. 5 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Image 007_0007.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 ___________________________________________________________________