WHITEHEAD FAMILY DEEDS: Wm and Mary College Qrtly Vol 11, No. 2., pp. 139-141 Transcribed for the USGenWeb Archives by Margaret Risby ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Page 139 WHITEHEAD FAMILY DEEDS Major William Noland Berkeley, of Charlottesville, possesses some old deeds which have descended in his family, showing the following facts about the Whitehead family of King William county: Richard Whitehead was living in Gloucester county,Va., in 1699. He had issue at least two children, (1) Philip, Page 140 (2) Mary, "eldest daughter," who married Philip Ryan, and had Whitehead Ryan. Attached to the signature of Richard Whitehead, upon several of these papers, is a wax seal bearing for arms "on a chev. between three bugle horns three martlets." The crest is "out of a celestial crown a buglehorn between two wings" These arms are very nearly the same as the arms ascribed by Burke to Whitehead of Uplands Hall, County Lancaster, England. Deed of Richard Whitehead, of Gloucester county, to William Beck, of New Kent, for a tract of land on Mattaponi River, part of a tract of 5,000 acres granted to said Whitehead 24 October, 1673. The deed is dated June 5, 1699. Signed Richard Whitehead, with seal charged with Whitehead arms and crest as above. Deed of Philip Whitehead, of King William county, Gent., and Elizabeth, his wife, to Edmund Berkeley, of Gloucester county, Gent., 2,000 acres in King William county, late in possession of Mr. Richard Whitehead, part of which is a part of 5,000 acres granted to Mr. Richard Whitehead, 26 October, 1699, part of which was given to said Philip by deed of gift March 12, 1699, from said Richard, etc., and another part to said Philip by will of said Richard dated May 13, 1701, and another part purchased by said Philip of Richard Allard, of Gloucester county, and Damazine, his wife, by deed dated October 16, 1702, given to said Damazine by will of said Richard Whitehead, on the south side of the Mattaponi River, near Philip Ryan's corner. Witnesses, Nath(11)Burwell, Lambert Turner, Thomas Musprath, Thomes Carr, Jr., Wm. Chadwick. (This paper bears, opposite to Philip Whitehead's name, a seal which seems to be a saltire between four nags' heads impaling two nags, and opposite to Elizabeth Whitehead's name a seal with the Whitehead arms as described above.) It was recorded at a court held for King William county. 20 November, 1707, Capt. Philip Whitehead acknowledging the said deed unto Capt. Edmund Berkeley and Mr. John Baylor. Teste, Wm. Aylett, Cler. Cur. Deed of Richard Whitehead, of the Parish of Abingdon and county of Gloucester, to his son-in-law, and grandson Philip Ryan and Whitehead Ryan, of King and Queen county, in consideration that the said Philip hath married my eldest daughter. Mary, 600 acres in St. John's Parish, etc. Witnesses, Page 141 Jos Cockerham, Richard Tunstall, Richard Seaford, his mark. 12 Aug., 1698. Rec. in King and Queen county, George Clough, D. CL Deed of Robert Peyton, dated June 18, 1714, of the Parish of Kingston, Gloucester county, of the one part, and Edmund Berkeley, of the Parish of Christ Church, county of Middlesex, for lands patented by Ralph Green, 10 February, 1662, and by him sold to Col. Richard Dudley, Sr., of Gloucester, and by deed dated 1680, assigned over to Robert Peyton, father of Robert Peyton, party to these presents, who, by will dated Nov. 24, 1696, devised same to said Robert Peyton; and Mary Peyton, wife of Robert Peyton, relinquishes dower right. Will of James Dudley, of Christ Church, Middlesex county. Proved 1710-'11. Son James, son Robert, wife Mary Dudley. Deed of James Dudley, of Christ Church, Middlesex, the son and heir apparent of William Dudley, Gent., to Joseph Gore. Dated May 6, 1696. Deed of John Seasbrook, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, mariner, to Edmund Berkeley, of the county of Gloucester, Gent., land in King William, south side of Mattaponi. Dated 1712. Agreement of Charles Degge, of Kingston Parish, with Mrs. Sarah Allaman. Dated 3 June, 1707.