page 25 and 26 . . . having deeded it to John Cox . . . Other names which appear in contemporary Charles City records and are known as those of neighbors or connections of the Longfield Burtons in Henrico were Edward Hatcher, . . Wm Hatcher, James Ward, Jane Ward . . . 

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page 40 and 41 Thomas Burton, junior . . . a deposition he made in court in 1680 . . . William Hatcher (probably the son of the violent tempered Burgess of that name) certainly meant to put a stop to the invasion of his sporting rights by his neighbors . . . Four years before the attempt of William Hatcher to put an end to canoeing in his swamp, one of his name, in making his will in 1676 in Henrico left his personal property and a life estate in his 226 acres of land lying between those of Mr. Henry Seward and Gilbert Elam . . . 
Thereupon Edward Hatcher demanded and received an order of the Henrico Court that the 226 acres in which Thomas had enjoyed a life estate – only fourteen years in this case – should revert to the petitioner. . . May 16, 1692  This letter was recorded by Edward Hatcher as proof of the death of the life tenant of the above mentioned 226 acres. . . 

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page 43 Thomas Burton . . . His life estate in the 226 acres left him by William Hatcher vested in Edward Hatcher.

page 46 and 47 Henrico records show that on March 6, 1710, John Burton served on a jury; that in 1711 he was a creditor of the estate of Edward Hatcher, dec’d to the extent of 489 lbs. tobacco; on August 2, 1712, John Burton, Sam’l Hancock and Luke Shaw witnessed a deed of land from Phil Turpin to Henry Hatcher; . . . George Cox