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Virginia Land Patents

List of Patents for land signed in April, 1703:

CountyGranteeAcres
NansemondRobert Peele134
Princess AnneJohn Hopkins210
NansemondNicholas Hunter46
NansemondFrancis Speight, Jr.
William Speight, Jr.
161
King and QueenJon. Robinson200
King and QueenThomas Pettis36
King WilliamPhillip Williams100
NansemondEdward Holmes124
NansemondRichd. Lawrence76
NansemondJohn Duke113
NansemondWm. Lassiter100
YorkArthur Lunn50
King WilliamWilliam Lipscombe300
King WilliamJacob Sollars353
King and QueenJames Taylor
Thomas Pettis
576
Blackwater SwampWilliam Williams400
King WilliamNicholas Rodes91
NansemondBenjamin Rogers340
NansemondStephen and
Thomas Cowling
250
HenricoJno. Robinson831
NansemondFrancis Milner300
NansemondJno. Murdah46
NansemondRowland Gwinn200
Upper ChippoakesWalter Cock, Sr.350
HenricoHenry Mayes292
Charles CityWilliam Temple627
HenricoJohn Woodson2,700
MiddlesexHenry Thacker77
HenricoMatthew Branch etc.710
HenricoJohn Farler471
MiddlesexThomas Stapleton125
NansemondRobert Rogers234
NansemondWm. Jones, Jr.267
NorfolkEdward Wood, Jr.50
NansemondAbraham Edward100
NansemondJoseph Cooper276
King and QueenJno. Pigg1,000
HenricoJames Thweat234
NansemondAndrew Ross87
HenricoJames thweat223
MiddlesexJno. Standiford150
New KentGeo. Aalves1,668
EssexHarry Beverley750
Isle of WightArthur Smith500
GloucesterJno. Stubbs50
King and QueenWm. Jones420
King and Queen
and Essex
Harry Beverley, etc.2,300
NansemondRichard Sanders127
King and QueenFrancis major590
King WilliamThomas Parker314
Charles CityDrury Stith, etc.680
HenricoFrancis Eppes, etc.4,000
GloucesterMordecai Cook1,200
AccomackRowland Savage500
Princess AnneWm. Grant150
New KentJno. Snead50
NorthamptonPeirce Davis350
MiddlesexRebecca Mason120
King and QueenC.C. Thacker130

Headlam, Cecil, ed., Calender of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 21), America and West Indies, Dec. 1, 1702-1703, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1913. pp. 592-593.

More information about early Virginia land patents and settlers can be found in the book:
Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666

 

 

     

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