Notes from the Records of York County; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 23, No. 1, 1914 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ 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 *********************************************************************** Notes from the Records of York County William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1. (Jul., 1914), pp. 10-20. NOTES FROM THE RECORDS OF YORK COUNTY. (Continued from Vol. XXII., p. 248). Att a court holden for the county of Yorke the 26y of October 1646: Whereas Thomas Beale hay in Cort made sufficient pfe that yere is due to him twoe hundred & fifty Acres of land for ye transportation of five psons into yis Collony vizt Tho: Beale, Alice Beale, Morgan Hennett, John Ashfield & John Heyward, The court doy order that certificate yereof be made ut sup. Whereas it appearey to the court by the confession of John Merryman that he stands indebted to Thomas Harrwod the sume of one thousand powndes of tob: for consideration of a man to keepe his booke & rec. tob: in ye imployment of Capt. Derrickson as alsoe twoe hundred powndes of tob: more wch he paid to Capt. Chri: Calthropp at ye request of ye sd Merryman for ye sd Derrickson's debt. The Cort doy Therefore order yat ye sd Merryman shall make payment of ye sd twelve hundred powndes of tob: to ye sd Thomas Harrwod with Courth charges within tenn dayes ells exec. Whereas there was divers men liveing at the lower end of Yorke Psh who weare delinquent in sending upp a man to ye Middle Plantation for that genrall worke in setting upp a pale yere according to former order whereby Capt. Robert Hig- ginson was forst to put a man in his Rome, The Court doy Yerefore order that the sd men soe delinquent shall upon demand pay to ye sd Capt Robert Higginson the sume of yerty five powndes of tobacco p. poll for satisfacon of the hire of a man in yier room & by him imployed as afforesd and yat upon refuseall Ye sherr. to distrayne for the same as in public leavyes. Whereas it appeareth to the Court by Attestacon out of Holland as ----- by the oath of John Merryman that Capt Derrickson carryed home in his shipp a maide servant by name Trinity Slough belonging to Mr. Richard Glover, the Court doy therefore order that the sd Richard Glover shall have an attach- Page 11. ment against the estate of ye sd Capt. Derrickson for satisfacon of ye sd Maide servant & damages yereby sustained. Nov. the 20th 1646 prsent Capt. Nicholas Martian Mr. William Pryor Capt. Wm Taylor Mr. Rowland Burnham. Thomas Bremore committed to the Sheriff to be detayned in prison for "be- having himself unseemly" in ye presents of ye Court for drunkeness. The Court doy order that if any any Cort hereafter there by any man dis- tempered with drinke whereby they may as fformerly boy abuse yemselves and yis court. And if it appeare they had ye sd drinke from Thomas Deacon that yet ye sd deacon for letting yem ye sd drinke shall yerefore bide ye censure of yis Court. Whereas there was du to Robert Lewis from Edward Shelendine, Wm. Todd, John Hartwell and Wm. Hunt sixe days worke for the soulder wch was presst for Rappahannock, It is therefore ordered that ye sd Shellendine, Hartwell, todd & Hunt pay ye sd Lewis 100 tob. p day for the sd worke according to former order ye counsell of war. Nov: the 26th 1646: Whereas Mr. Thomas Hampton Cler obtayed the Guardianship of the orphants of John Powell late of yis County dec. & hay possest himselfe with yere estates and hay alsoe removed on of ye sd orphants with most pte of ye sd estates out of yis county and left behinde ye oyer orphant by name Wm. Powell wiyout necessary pvison to say even starke naked, where upon ye Court upon ye pet of ye sd Wm Powell doy order yat Thomas Harrwod shall take into his keeping Wm. Powell orphant and to pvide sufficient & necessary Cloaying for ye sd Wm Powell and at ye next County Court to give an act yereof at wch Cort furyer order to be taken yerein and yt ye sherr shall hereby have power to make seizure of soe much tobacco as is due from a negro woeman for her wages yis yeare wch belongs to ye sd orphants. Page 12. And that a bull belonging to ye sd orphants wch dayley doy trespass ye Neighbours as p ye pet. of Rich: Wyate to ye Court be sold at ye best rate & payment hereof made to ye sd Tho. Harrwod whoe is to give accot hereof at ye next Court. December 21, 1646. Richard Wyat order to pay Thomas Eaton of London Currigion one hhd of tobacco with Court charges. Att a Court holden for the county of Yorke the 25th January, 1646 prsent &c. In the name of God amen. I Wm. Pryor being sicke in body but pfect in minde & memory praysed be god revokeing all former wills doe make and ordayne Yes my last will & testament in manner & forme following. Impmis I give & bequeath my soule into ye hands of almighty god my maker & my body to decent Christian buriall, and as concerning my temporall estate vizt. I give & bequeath to my eldest daughter Margareth my whole pte of the shipp Honor and five hundred and ninety one powndes sterling. I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary five hundred pownds sterling. I give & bequeath to ye eldest sonn of my broyer law Jasper Clayton fifty pounds. I give & bequeath to ye wife of Richard Kemp Esq fifty pownds sterling. I give & bequeath to Ric. Bennett Esq. yirty pounds sterling. I give & bequeath unto Capt. Thomas Harrison, capt of ye shipp Honor yerty pounds sterling. I give & bequeath unto Capt. Thomas Harrwod yerty pounds sterling. I give & bequeath to my eldest daughter Margaret the whole divident of land where I now live with all the appurtenances thereto belonging as howses, orchards or the like, but for the rest and remainder of my land, I give and be- queath to my daughter Mary. I give & bequeath to Mrs. Mary Kerton one hundred pounds sterling. My will is yat if in case I have not soe much money now in England to pay & discharge the legacyes abovesd Page 13. that my children being my exectrs shall be pd in ye first place, and the legacy to others following that is out of ye pceed of ye tob: that shall be sent home yis yeare or yereafter what shall be pduced out of my estate yere in Virginia. And for the rest of my temporall estate of what kinde & quality or condition soe ever that shall be remaining I freely give & bequeath unto my two daughters Margarett & Mary to be equally divided betwixt them whom I make & ordeyn my full & sole exers to see yis my will p'formed and my leyacyes pd & I doe hereby yis my will & testament request & appoynte my beloved ffriends Jasper Clayton my brother-in-law, Capt. Thomas Harrison and capt Thomas Harrwood overseers in trust for & in behalfe of my children In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 21y day of Jaun. 1646. William Pryor the seale. Sealed & delivered in the presence of John Rose Wm Hockaday pbatr in cur comt. Ebora vicessimo quinto die mensis Januarii Sacrament Johanes Rose et Wm. Hockaday. Ano 1646. The agreement of Capt. Wm Brocas Esq and Mary his wife conveys to capt Thomas Harrison "maister of the shipp Honnor" "two negroe men servants", and also consigns to his keeping a quantity of tobacco to be delivered to William Allen, merchant in London - the said tobacco being rated 12 shillings per 100. Dated Jan. 30. 1646. By the Govnor and Capt. Generall of Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come I Sr Wm Berkeley Knt Govrnor & Capt. Generall of Virginia send Greeting in our Lord God everlasting, whereas Wm Pryer gentleman, late of the County of Yorke dec. did by his last will & testament make & ordayne Margaret and Mary Pryor his twoe daughters execrs Page 14. of his last will & testament & alsoe Mr Jasper Clayton Capt Tho Harrison & Capt. Thomas Harwood overseers of ye same. And whereas at a Cort holden at York the 26th day of January last the sd Capt. Tho. Harrison & Captain Thomas Harwood make humble suit to the cort that a p'bate myght be made unto yem of the sd last will & testament in ye behalfe of ye children Margarett & Mary Pryor for wch cause full power & authority accordingly is given yem on ye sd estate in the behalfe of ye sd Margaret & Mary Pryor and for the dispensing of ye same according to ye true intent & meaning of ye sd testator, given under my hand & sealed with ye seal of ye Collony this foweth of feb. 1646. William Berkeley. Robert Ellison is allowed to satisfy his claim for 1030 pounds of tobacco out of Robert Jackson's estate. 25th of January, 1646. Where is appearey to ye court by the oath of Mr Richard Anderson Cler that he gave unto Thomas Hardy twoe heifers and twoe Calves for his servis done for him. And that ye sd Anderson made ouer the sd Catle to Geo: Hardy as in trust for the use of the sd Thos: Hardy. And for as much as ye sd Thomas Hardy hay peticon to yis Cort that the sd Mr Richard Anderson myght by order deliver to him the sd Catle This cort doth therefore order that the sd Mr Richard Anderson Clu shall forthwith deliver the sd Catle to ye sd Thomas Hardy And that the bill made for the sd Catle by the sd Mr Richard Anderson to Geo. Hardy be voyde and of noe force against him for the sd Catle. The Cort order that Capt. Nicho: martian, Mr John Chew and Mr Row: Burnham or any twoe of yem take the oay of Mrs Wormley, Wife to Capt. Ralph Wormeley, on the Inventory of her late husband's estate dec. January 27, 1646 The under sheriff Phillip Thacker ordered to collect corne or the value thereof from whom it is due and to pay Nicholas Sebril "for his servis done at the Midle plantaton the last yeare wch was to be collected and pd to him by the then sherr." Page 15. Whereas Edward Wright stands indebted unto Thomas deacon one Mayde servant wch should have been pd the 25th day of December last, for paymt whereof the sd Wryght made over in Cort one cowe & one yearling wiy his cropp of tob and corne And for as much as the sd Wryght hay not made payment of ye sd servant, the Court doth yerefore order that ye sd deacon shall have execucon against ye sd cow & yearling cropp of tob & corne for satisfacon of ye sd Maide servant & charges of Court. I, Henry Brooke, doe acknowledge to have rec of Mr Wm Hockaday for the use of Barnaby Brooke, dec, the sume of fourteen pownds & five shillings six pence for wch sume I rec. twoe yousand & twoe hundred pounds of tob in the yeare 1643 it pducing the sume afforesd in holland & noe more witness my hand yis 14 y of June 1644. P me Henry Brooke Teste Tho: Heath Know all men by these prsents that I Nicholas Browne of the backe river in Virginia, gentlemen, ye lawful attorney of Charles foxe, Leather seller of London, doe by vertur of a letter of Attorney to me & oyers directed accquit & discharge Wm. Edwards, Thomas Wombill & Wm Hockaday yere heyres executors or Admtors frome one bill of fifty odd pounds sterling due & payable to ye sd Charles foxe & doe hereby binds myselfe to deliver the bond or the true copy yereof Lawfully Attested ye next returne of shipping unto Virginia as witness my hand yis 3d of Jan: Ano dom 1644. Witness Robert Bradshaw, Nicholas Browne. Received of Mathew Hawkins three hoghds of tob marke M.H. by me capt Derrick Derrickson, for the prceed and pfitt of the sd tob according to order rec. from the sd Matthew Hawkins I doe bind me my heires, exectrs Admtrs & Assignes to be accountable, necessary charges & the danger of ye seas excepted, In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hands this 21y of March 1645. Derrick Derrickson* Page 16. Witness by Humphrey Floyd Ralph Ring John (T.) Merriman his mark *From Graft in Holland. Att a court holden att the house of Capt Rich Townshend Esq. the 5y of feb 1646. prsent. Sr Wm Berkeley Knt Govrnor Capt John West Mr Rich Kempe Capt Richard Townshend Geo Ludlow, esqrs. In the difference depending betwixt Capt. Nicholas Martian and Mr. Rich Lee High Sherr of Yorke County concerning the seizure of a man servant of ye sd Capt Martian's for county Levyes is referred to be tried ye 4th day of March cort next before the Govrnor & counsell. "James Stone of London Marcht" acknowledges a debt to "Robert Vaus of Virginia Marcht." Robert Blackwell given a certificate for 250 acres of land for transporting 5 persons into the colony. Certificate granted to John Holding for the transportation of 13 persons. At a Quarter Court at James City the 6th of May 1645 the following were present Sr Wm Berkeley Govrner & c Richard Kempe Capt Humphrey Higginson esqrs Page 17. Capt. Tho: Petters George Ludlow Ruggby's patent (August 16, 1640). Know all men by these prsents shall come I Sr Wm Berkeleys Kt, Govr. & Capt. generall of Virginia send greeting in our lord god everlasting, Whereas by his Maties instructions directed to me and the Counsell of State his matie was graciously pleased to authoryze me the sd Governor & the counsell to grant pattents and to assign such p'portion of land to all adventurers & planters as have been made heretofore in like cases either for adventures of money or trans- portation of people according to ye order of the late Company & since allowed by his Maty & likewise that there bee ye same p'portion of fifty acres of land granted and assigned for every pson that hath been transported into ye Collony since midsomer 1625 and that the same be continued to all persons transported by them untill it shall be oyerwise determined by his Matie now, know ye &c &c (400 acres granted on Rugsby's creek near Chesapeake Bay). John Chew's deed conveying to Robert Linsey & Henry Lowry, Churchwardens of the p'ish of Yorke, for the use benefitt & behoofe of ye sd p'ish for there Glebe 200 acres of land lying on the west side of Wm Hawkins which is p'te & p'cell of seaven hundred and fifty acres of land lying on the north side of Chisman creek as p a Pattent once granted bearing date ye 18th day of February, 1638 may more fully at large appeare, January 16, 1642. This bill of sale was surrendered upp in Cort by Peter Rugby & his hieress & assignes forever by John Clarkson and Robert Todd, churchwardens, successors to Linsey & Lowry, 24th of September 1647. Mr. Bushrode Loveing ffriend with my best respects remembered I pray you to lett me intreat you to p'secute a suite for me against capt. Ralph Wormley for a debt due to Joseph Nettmaker from the estate of Luke Stubbins dec. I have sent you Mr. Nettmakers letter of attorney by wch I give you power to psecute ye suite yourselfe or to appoint one other. I have sent Page 18. you also Mr. Stubbins his note under Mr. Nettmaker his hand and Mr. John Stringer's deposition to prove ye debt. I believe Capt Wormeley will pay ye debt without suite when he sees Mr. Stringer's deposition. Not ells at present. I am your to be commanded Cornelius Loyd. A true & pfect Inventory of the estate of Mr Wm Kellaway dec in ye hands of Capt Ralph Wormeley gentlen Administrator Yereof taken yis 5y of August 1647 by us whose names are hereto subscribed. b tob Imprmis one old cloath suite & Cloathes & one old cloak lines with plus all 0350 Itm 3 pre of new boates being much damnified 0090 Itm 3 pre of old boates at 20b P paire is 0060 Itm one old suite & coate of Clouy 0050 Itm one pre of shooes smale & greate at 20b pre 0320 Itm 1 new Kersey suite for a servant at 0060 Itm twoe . . . suites of Cloyes for boyes 0100 Itm fower small shirts for boyes 0040 Itm fower pre of sheepe skine gloves 0024 Itm twoe little piece of coarse ribbon 0003 Itm twoe old Holland sheirts at 20b p sheirt 0040 Itm twoe quire of pap 0006 Itm twoe new pre of course yarn stockins for boyes 0016 Itm two pre of old patched stockins 0008 Itm twoe knives 0006 Itm twoe old Hatts 0020 Itm one pap of garden seeds 0030 Itm one old beauer brush 0003 Itm sixe little books 0100 Itm old old sea Coate 0040 Itm one old . . . 0040 Itm one old trunk 0025 Itm one smale Trunke 0025 Itm a pcell of old cufts & bands & bolt of house linen 0080 Itm five Rundells & conteyninge 23 gallons of strong waters at 20b p gallon 0460 Itm one bill of debt due from Mr Burnham 1500 ______ Sume is 3530 b tob Page 19. Row. Burnham, Rich Lee Ralph Wormeley Jurantr Coram me John Chew. Money debts due to ye estate found as followeth b s d Itm Capt Thomas Pettus bill for 31 - 15 - 00 Itm Corronell ffrancis Trasford bill for 81 - 00 - 00 Itm Eliz Johnson her bill for 14 - 11 - 08 Itm Grace Stillington her bill for 15 - 00 - 00 Itm an accot of Rich Kempe esq for 17 - 00 - 00 whereof due upon the ballance _____________ Sume is 159 - 06 - 08 More three servants sold by ye Administratr wiy there beding & cloathing b s d One to Sr Wm Berkeley for 08 - 00 - 00 One mayd servant to Capt Upton 14 - 10 - 00 One boy to Mr Edwin Connaway for 150 b tob caske Exhibitr in our comt Eboras pr sacrementum Capt Ralph Wormeley vicessimo quarto die Sept Ano 1647 Recordatr p Ro. Bouth Clu Cur. Appraisement of such goods as Jone Jackson presented tot he view of us whose names are here under written belonging to the estate of Robert Jackson late deceased being sworne before Capt. Richard Barnhouse the 9th of ffebruarie 1646. Jurattor Cor. me Richard Barnhouse 579 b tob and 2505 b tob 9ber ye 25th 1647. Edward Burwell intermarried with the relict of Henry Maggett. John Hansford appears int he suit of Basset vs. Hansford. Thomas Gibson's deed of gift date 15th day of November 1641 to Elizabeth Bouth daughter to Robert Bouth of Charles River in Virginia offoresd gentle granting fifty acres of land being the same tract granted to sd Gibson "of Queens creeke in the county of Charles River in Virginia planter" by John Utie by a bill of sale dated the 13th day of November 1639. Page 20. Whereas Francis Wheeler of London, Marchant, being now bound a voyage to Virginia in the good ship the Honor of London whereof Capt. Thomas Harrison is Mr & whereas ye sd ffrancis and Mr John White of London Grocer doe send in ye sd shpp divers goods & Marchandizes packed toyeyer as by ye bills of invoyces yereof is signified and alsoe servants whereof one of yem is ye servant of sd John White And whereas the sd ffrancis Wheeler may happ to dye in ye sd voyage, now yerefore yey the sd ffrances Wheeler & John White doe by yese prsents assigne auyorize & appoint Antony Stansford factor for Wm Allen marchant in case ye sd ffrancis Wheeler dy to be yere Attor:, factor & deputy to unlade ye sd goods & marchandize when yey come to Virgnia & to trafficke with & dis- pose of ye same togeyer with ye servant afforesd & to shippe & returne ye pduce & trafficke yereof to London to be consigned to yr sd John White for & to ye use of him ye sd John White & ffr Wheeler, there execrs & assignes respectively & alsoe to demande & gayer upp all debts due ye sd Mr John White and to give & make acquittances for ye same. And so doe all yings ells needful about ye priises as fully & efectually as if ye sd ffr Wheeler & John White doe hereby ratifie & confirme, given under yere hands & seales dated at London yis 16 day of Sept 1646. Sealed & deliver in the prsence of John Eldred ffrancis Cooper ffr Wheeler ye seale John White ye seale (To Be Continued.)