Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Emerson, Thomas, 1642 

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Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     Thomas EMERSON, patent, 200 acres, 20 Aug 1642 

            To all &.c Whereas &c Now Know yee that I the Said 
            S.r William Berkeley K.t doe w.th the consent of the 
 Thomas     Councell of State accordingly give and grannt Unto ~ 
 Emerson    Thomas Emerson his heires and assignes for ever twoe 
   200      hundred acres of land lying Upon the Westerne branch of 
            Nansamund river begining at a Pokikory marked w.th 
            fower notches Adjoyning Upon a p'cell of Land of William 
            Storeys and runing East South East for length and South 
    Exmd:   South west for breadth The Said twoe hundred acres being 
            due Unto him by and for the transportac'on of fower p'sons 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 ever yearely at the feast of S.t Michaell 
            the Arch'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 presents and not before according &.c Provided &.c 
            dated the twentieth of August 1642 

                 Edmund Knight  John Ellis Nicholas Emerson 
                 John Ellis 
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           ŻŻŻ 

Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 1 (1623-1643), pp. 789 
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] 

[ELLIS, EMARSON, EMERSON, KNIGHT, STOREY, STORIE, STORY] 

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http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/deeds/01pb789a.txt