Cavaliers and pioneers, a calendar of Virginia land grants, 1623-1800

1623
Cavaliers and Pioneers
A CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS 1800
Vol. I. No. 4.
PATENT BOOK 1, PART II.
BY SIR JOHN HARVEY
CHRISTOPHER BRANCH, 250 acs. in
Henrico Co., March 12, 1638. Page 608.
At Kingsland over against the Long
feild, E. upon main river, adj. Southerly
upon land of John Griffin, now occupied
by sd. Branch. 50 acs. for his personal
adventure & 200 acs. for trans, of 4
pers. (Names not given.)
HOWARD HORSEY, 1,400 acs. in
Henrico Co., Feb. 12, 1638, page 608.
Adj. Christo. Branch. 1,000 acs. granted
by order of court dated June 6, 1635 &
400 for trans, of 28 pers., whose names
are not given.
GEORG LOBB, THOMAS PERCE &
THOMAS WARNE, 1,550 acs. in James
City Co., Feb. 10, 1638, page 608. In
Chickahominy River, next unto land of
Wm. Taylor & opposite land of Richard
Peirce. Due for trans, of 31 pers.: Andrew
Emery, John Grant Mathew Langley,
William Carter, John Dove, Francis
Durish, Eliz. Bradin, Ann Waterman,
Tho. Stephens, William Grymes.
(Names of others not given.)
WILLIAM BARKER, Mariner, his Associates
& Company, 1,850 acres in Chas.
City Co., Feb. 12, 1638, page 609. 600
acs. hereof heretofore called Powlebrooke
& now known as Merchants
Hope. Beginning at a cr. that parts it
from Salters hill, extending to the water
side near under the house of Richard
Williams, E. towards Merchants Hope
Cr., W. towards Chaplins & N. upon
the river. 600 acs. hereof "being conveyed
& assigned over to William Barker,
Marriner and acknowledged by him
equally to belong to his said associates
by John Taylor Cittizen and Girdler of
London being purchased by him of
Thomas Powell of Howlton in the
Countie of Suffolke yeoman brother and
lawfull heire of Capt. Nathaniell Powell
late of Virginia deceased as by the deed
of conveyance now upon record from the
said John Taylor more at large appear-
eth." The other 1,250 acs. due sd.
Barker & Associates & Co. by & for
trans, at their own charges of 25 pers.
Georg Gregory, Tho. Percocks, Wm.
Radway, Isaac Radway, Wm. Straing,
Jon. Yates, Jon. Minter, Dorothy Standish,
Mathew Robinson, Daniell Goodwin,
Jon. Jones, Thomas Johnson, Georg
Brookes, Sarah Collybancke, Eliz. Phillipps,
Jon. Croft, Daniell Bromly, Wm.
Woodgate, Step. Godwin, Robt. Yates,
Wm. Griffin, Wm. Andrews, Benj. Ray,
Nath. Deane, Wm. Jackson.
CORNELIUS LOYD, 400 acs. Nov. 30,
1638, page 610. Some 10 mi. up the
westermost branch of Elizabeth River
upon the S. side. Due for trans, of:
Thomas Bonner, Henry Cooke, John
Brookes, William Woolly, Richard Day,
Peter Sedberry, John Brittaine, Thomas
Williams.
WILLIAM CLARKE, 200 acs. Chas.
River Co., Feb. 18, 1638, page 610;
Upon the new Poquoson Easterly, on the
W. side with the Long reach of Poquoson
river & on N. E. with the Oyster
Cr. 100 acs. by patent dated Aug. 21,
1637 & 100 acs. for trans, of: Gerrard
Cooke, Sarah Coggin, John Morgan,
Georg Robison.
MR. JOHN CHEW, 750 acs. Chas.
River Co., Feb. 18, 1638, page 610. S.
upon Cheesmans Cr., E. on Thomas
Attowell. Due by assignment from Mr.
Georg Keth, Clerke.