Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Westra to Rowe, 1757 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds 
     Benjamin WESTRA & wife Elizabeth to William ROWE, 
     indenture dated 2 Mar 1757, acknowledged 10 Mar 1757 

[margin notes] Westra & ux 
                  to 
                 Roe 

This Indenture made this Second Day of March in the year of our Lord Christ One 
Thousand seven hundred & fifty Seven Between Benjamin Westeror & Eliz.a his Wife 
of Southampton County of the one part & William Roe of the s,d County of the 
Other part  Witnesseth that the s.d Benjamin Westeror & Eliz.a his Wife for & in 
Consideration of the sum of Fifteen pounds Current Money of Virg.a to them in 
hand paid the Receipt whereof they doth hereby Acknowledge themselves fully 
satisfied & paid have Bargained Sold Aliend Enfeof'd & Confirmed & by these 
presents doth Bargain sell Alien Enfeof & forever confirm unto the s.d W.m Roe 
his Heirs & Assigns forever all the Right Title Interest possession Claim & 
Demand of him the s.d Benjamin Westeror & Eliz.a his Wife all that Tract or 
Percel of Land containing One Hundred Acres more or less Bounded as followeth 
that is to say beginning at a Gum standing in the Cypress Swamp at the Mouth of 
a Branch so up the Branch to a pine a Corner Tree between Eliz:th Clother & Mary 
Clother then along the s.d Clothers Line to a Marked black oak so Runing down a 
line of Marked trees so down to the head of the Deviding Branch from thence down 
to the swamp & then up the swamp to the first station To have & to hold the s.d 
Hundred Acres of Land more or less to the s.d William Roe his Heirs Ex'ors 
Adm'ors and Assigns forever & the s.d Benjamin Westeror & Elizabeth his Wife for 
themselves their Heirs Ex'ors Adm'ors shall & will Warrant the s.d Land & 
premises unto the s.d W.m Roe his Heirs Ex'ors Adm'ors and Assigns from all 
manner of persons laying any Claim by from or Under them In Witness whereof the 
s.d Benj.a Westeror & Eliz.a his Wife hath hereunto set their Hands & seals the 
Day & Date first above writen 
Sign'd Seal'd & Deliver'd}                             Benj.a Westra  /Ls/ 
   in presence of us     }                                    her 
W.m Haynes                                             Eliz.a E Westra  /Ls/ 
Henry Joyner                                                  mark 
Chris.r W Wade 
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[p.] 156) 

Rec'd this Second Day of March of W.m Roe the full Consideration within 
Mentioned &c 
 Teste 
W.m Haynes                                            Pr. Benj.a Westeror  /Ls/ 
Henry Joyner                                           Eliz.th E Westeror  /Ls/ 
        his 
Chris.r W Wade 
       mark 

At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 10.th day of March 1757 
This Indenture & the Receipt endorsed were Acknowledged by the Within Named 
Benj.a Westra & Eliz.a his wife (She being first Privily Exa.d as the law 
Directs & Ordered to be Recorded 
                                                       Test  R. Kello  Cl 
[margin note] Ex.d 

Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 2 (1753-1760), pp. 155-56 
The Library of Virginia, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 1 

images online at The Brantley Family Association Southampton Project: 
http://www.brantleyassociation.com/southampton_project/southampton_project_list.htm

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] 

[CLOSIER, CLOSER, CLOTHIER, CLOTHER, HAYNES, JOYNER, ROE, ROWE, WADE, WESTER, 
 WESTEROR, WESTRA, WESTRAY]