Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Vickers, Ralph, 1749 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     Ralph VICKERS, patent, 85 acres, 15 Dec 1749 

[margin note]  Ralph . . .} 
                Vickers 85} 

George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and 
Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.  To all to whom these Presents shall 
come Greeting  Know ye for divers good Causes and Considerations but more 
especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Shillings of good and 
lawful Money for our Use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in 
this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia  We have given granted and 
confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give grant 
and confirm unto Ralph Vickers one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing 
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[p.] 62) 

eighty five Acres lying and being in the County of Isle of Wight on the South 
Side of Black Water Swamp and bounded as followeth  to wit,  Beginning 
at a Maple by the Side of the said Swamp  Then North sixty Degrees West 
twenty Poles to a Maple  Thence South eighty Degrees West forty two Poles to a 
Gum by the Edge of the Lowgrounds of the said Swamp  Then by the various ~ 
Courses of the Edge of the said Lowgrounds to a black Walnut  Then North 
eighty Degrees East seventy six Poles to a Gum  Then South fifty five Degrees 
East twenty four Poles to a Gum by the Side of the Blackwater 
Swamp aforesaid  Then down the various Courses of the Run of the said 
Swamp to the Beginning  With all Woods Underwoods Swamps ~ 
Marshes Lowgrounds Meadows Feedings and his due Share of all Veins 
Mines and Quarries as well discovered as not discovered within the Bounds 
aforesaid and being Part of the said Quantity of eighty five Acres of Land 
and the Rivers Waters and Water Courses therein contained together 
with the Privileges of Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other 
Profits Commodities and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or 
any Part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining  To have hold 
possess and enjoy the said Tract or Parcel of Land and all other the before 
granted Premises and every Part thereof with their and every of their 
Appurtenances unto the said Ralph Vickers and to his Heirs and 
Assigns forever  To the only Use and Behoof of him the said Ralph Vickers 
his Heirs and Assigns forever  To be held of us our Heirs and Successors 
as of our Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and 
common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knight's Service  Yielding 
and Paying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty Acres 
of Land and so proportionally for a lesser or greater Quantity than 
fifty Acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling yearly to be paid upon the Feast 
of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also cultivating and improving 
three Acres Part of every fifty of the Tract abovementioned within three 
years after the Date of these Presents  Provided always that if three 
years of the said Fee Rent shall at any Time be in Arrear and unpaid or if 
the said Ralph Vickers his Heirs or Assigns do not within the Space of three 
years next coming after the Date of these Presents cultivate and improve 
three Acres Part of every fifty of the Tract abovementioned then the Estate 
hereby granted shall cease and be utterly determined and thereafter it shall 
and may be lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to grant the same 
Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other Person or Persons 
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[p.] 63) 

as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit  In Witness whereof we have 
caused these our Letters Patent to be made  Witness our Trusty and Welbeloved 
Thomas Lee  Esq.  President of our Council and Commander in Chief of our said 
Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our said Colony the 
fifteenth Day of December M.D.CC.XL.IX, In the twenty third Year of our Reign. 
                                                   Thomas Lee  P. 
[margin note]  Examd. 


Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 29 (1749-1751), pp. 61-63 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Land Office Microfilm Reel 27 

images online at the LVA's Virginia Memory website (Digital Collections): 
http://www.virginiamemory.com/

While this patent is given as being in Isle of Wight Co., it lies in that 
   portion from which Southampton Co. had been formed, earlier in 1749. 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] 

file at: 
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