Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Bennett, Robert, 1635 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Robert BENNETT, patent, 700 acres, 20 Jun 1635 [p.] (188) To all to whome these p'sents shall come I Cap.t John West Esq.r Govern.r and Cap.t Gener'll of Virginia send greeting Robert in o.r Lord God Everlasting Whereas by letters bearing Bennett date the twoe and twentieth day of July one Thousand Patt p/ 700 Six hundred thirtie fower from the Lords of his Maj.ties most acres Hono.ble Privie Councell their Lordshipps dis authorize the Govern.r and Councell of Virginia to dispose of Such p'porc'ons of lands to all planters being Freemen as they had power to doe- before the yeare 1625 when according to diverse orders and constitutions in that caSe p'Vided and appointed all devidents of land any waies due or belonging to any Adventureres or planters of what condic'on Soever were to bee laid out and assigned Unto them _ condic'ons according to the Severall ^ in the Same menc'oned Now Know yee that I the Said Cap.t John West Esq.r doe w.th the Consent of the Councell of State give and grannt Unto Robert Bennett Seaven hundred acres of land Scituate lying & being about a mile and a halfe Up a Creeke neare the Exmd: Mouth of Nansamund river & begining at a pine marked w.th the letters of his name (Vizt) RB bordering Upon a p'cell of Land marked by Robert Newman Upon the East side of the said Creeke the Creeke runing Up South or neare there abouts from the river the Said Seaven hundred acres of - land accrewing due Unto him the said Robert Bennett by and for the transportac'on at his owne p'per costs and charges of fowerteene p'sons into this Colony whose names are in the records menc'oned Under this Pattent To have and to hold Seaven hundred acres of land w.th his due of all Mines and Minneralls therein conteyned and w.th all rights and priviledges of hunting hawking Fishing and Fowling alsoe all woods waters and rivers and all p'fitts comodities and hereditam.ts whatsoever w.th in the p'cincts of the said Seaven hundred acres of land or to the Said lands or any of them in any wiSe belonging Unto the Said Robert Bennett his heires Executo.rs Admo.rs and assignes for ever in as large and ample manner to all intents and purposes as is expressed in the said orders and Constitutions or by ConSequence may bee justly Collected out of the same or out of his ~~ Maj.ties Letters Pattents whereon they are grounded To bee held of o.r S.d Soveraigne Lord the King his heires and Successo.rs as of his Mann.r of East Greenwich in free and comon Soccage and not in Capite nor by K.ts Service Yeilding and paying Unto o.r said Soveraigne Lord the King his heires & Successo.rs or his or their rent gatherers for every fiftie acres of land herein by these p'sents given and grannted yearely at the feast of S.t Michaell the Archangell the fee rent of one shilling to his Maj.ties Use Porvided alwaies that if the said Robert Bennett his heires or assignes shall not plant or seate or cause to bee planted on the Said Seaven hundred [page break] [p.] (189) acres of land w.th in the time and terme of three yeares now next ensuing the date hereof That then it shall and may bee lawfull for any Adventurer or planter to make Choice of and seate Upon the same Given Under my hand at James Citty and sealed w.th the seale of the Colony the Six and twentieth day of June one Thousand Six hundred thirtie five and in the xi.th yeare of the reigne of o.r Soveraigne Lord King Charles over England &c~ _____ ŻŻŻŻŻ James Leonard Peter Rice Eliz: Gilbert Georg Rawles Rob.t Rabye Rich' Hayes Phill Pharrin[?] Geo: Rotheram Jo.n Ford Jo.n Lee Ann BuSby Rich.d Smith Edward Mays Eliz: BuSey Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 1 (1623-1643), pp. 188-89 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, Land Office Microfilm Reel 1 images online at the LVA's Virginia Memory website (Digital Collections): http://www.virginiamemory.com/ [This tract was re-patented 18 Aug 1637 (PB1:458). The headrights are spelled differently there, in several instances.] Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] [BENNET, BENNETT, BUSBY, BUSEY, FORD, GILBERT, HAIES, HAYES, LEE, LEONARD, MAY, MAYS, NEWMAN, PHARRIN, RABEY, RABYE, RABY, RAWLES, RICE, ROTHERAM, ROWLES, RUSSEY, SMITH] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/deeds/01pb188.txt