Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Mauldin, Francis, 1642 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Francis MAULDIN, patent, 100 acres, 22 May 1642 To all to whome these p'sents shall come I S.r William Francis Mauldin Berkeley K.t Govern.r &.c whereas &.c Now Know yee 100 that the Said I S.r William Berkeley K.t doe w.th the consent of the Councell of State accordingly give and grannt Unto Francis Mauldin one hundred acres of Land Scituate lying and being in the Countie of Upper Norforke Upon the Westerne branch of Nansamund river begining Exm:d at a fresh runne adjoyning on a p'cell of Land of Thomas Emerson and running East South East for length and South South west for breadth which land &.c The Said one hundred acres of Land being due Unto him the Said Francis Mauldin by and for the transpor= tac'on of twoe SerVants into this Colony whose names are in the records menc'oned Under this pattent To have and to hold &.c To bee held &.c Yeilding and paying Unto o.r Said Soveraigne Lord the King his heires and Successo.rs for every fiftie acres of Land herein by these [page break] [p.] (775) p'sents given and grannted yearrely at the feast of S.t Michaell the Arc'ell the fee rent of one shilling to his Maj.ties Use which paym.t is to bee made Seaven yeares after the date of these p'sents and not before according &.c Provided always &.c Given &.c the twoe and twentieth of May 1642 / Thomas Serridan John Carre ___ ŻŻŻ Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 1 (1623-1643), pp. 774-75 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] [CARR, CARRE, MAULDEN, MAULDIN, SERRIDAN, SHERIDAN] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/deeds/01pb774b.txt