Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Gookins, Daniell, 1637 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Daniel GOOKINS, patent, 2500 acres, 29 Dec 1637 To all to whome these p'sents shall come I S.r John HarVey K.t Govern.r &c send &c whereas &c Now Know yee that I the Said S.r John HarVey K.t doe w.th the Daniell ConSent of the Councell of State accordingly give and Gookins grannt Unto Daniell Gookins Esq.r twoe thousand 2500 five hundred acres of land Scituate lying and being in the Upper Countie of New Norfolke Upon the North west Exmd: of Nansamund river begining at the South East Side of a Small Creeke which lyeth in the midway betweene the mouth of the Said Nansamund river and the mouth of Chuckatuck at New Towne haven river Extending Upwards Upon Nansamund river South west and back into the woods North west The Said twoe thousand five hundred acres of Land being grannted Unto him the Said Daniell Gookins by order of Court bearing date the 25.th of February 1634 being alsoe due Unto him the Said Daniell Gookins by and for the transportac'on at his owne p'per costs and charges of fiftie p'sons into this Colony whose names are in the Records menc'oned Under this pattent To have and to hold &c dated the 29.th of December 1637 Ut in al˙s [transportees' names largely illegible in online image] ___ ŻŻŻ Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 1 (1623-1643), p. 511 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/ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] [GOOKIN, GOOKINS] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/deeds/01pb511.txt