[p.] 467 [...] This Indenture made the 9.th of October in the year of o.r Lord God 1681 and in 33.d year of the reigne of o.r Sovreigne L.d King Charles the second of Great Brittain France & Ireland defender of y.e faith, Between George PEIRCE of the Isle of Wight County of the one P/te & Phillip REYFORD of the aforesd Isle of Wight County of the other P/te witnesseth that the s'd George PEIRCE for & in consideraçon of a good & valluable consideraçon, to him already made & in hand p.d by y.e sd Phillip REYFORD, before thensealing [sic] & delivry of these p/nts, wherein he acknowledgeth himselfe, fully contented sattisfied & P.d have granted demised & sould & by these p/nts doe fully clearly & absolutely grant demise bargane sell, alienate & confirme & make over unto y.e sd Phillip RAYFORD, he his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs & As's. for ever Two hundred Acres of Land more or less lying & being in y.e afores'd Isle of Wight County, being P/te of A Pattent 2500 Acres of Land granted unto the sd George PEIRCE, bearing date 23.d of Aprill 1681 the sd Two hundred Acres of Land being bounded as followeth begining att A Gum in y.e Foot of y.e Hogg Path Branch, Runing as the Swamp Runns, down to Co.ll BRIDGERs Lyne, to a Corner tree a Red Oak, then SSWest Three hundred & Twenty Poles to a Red Oak, then along the Line to the Hogg path Branch Which y.e sd George PEIRCE doth for himselfe his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs or As's, & to & every of them, that he p. 468 The s'd Phillip RAYFORD, he his heirs Ex.rs Adm.rs or As's shall from the day of the date for ever hereafter have hold occupy possess & quietly enjoy, the s'd 200 Acres of Land, before demised with all rights p/fitts comodities & hereditam.ts w.t soever, thereunto belonging or in any wise app/teining w.th out any lett hindrance molestaçon, or contradicçon, of the s'd George PEIRCE, or his heires Ex.rs Adm.rs or As's, or by any other P/son or P/sons w.t soever, by his knowledge consent or procuration w.th out any manner of condiçon, or limitaçon of use or uses, rent or rents (the Kings onely excepted) and for the better & more authentick confirmaçon of y.e afores'd demised p'mises, the afores'd George PEIRCE doth hereby oblidge himselfe, to acknowledge the Deed of Sale, in Open Co.rt & that Anne his Wife shall doe the same (w.n thereunto required) to be their free & voluntary Act & Deed In witness whereof wee y.e s'd George PEIRCE, & Anne his Wife have sett their hands & seales, the day & year first above written, George PEIRCE Seal his mark GP [monogram] Signed Sealed & d'd in ye p'sence of Anne PEIRCE her mark ~~ seal John BROWNE Thomas T MANDUE his m'ke Acknowledged in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County y.e 10.th of Octob.r 1681 by George PEIRCE & Anne his Wife to be their Act & Deed & Ordered to be Recorded Test John PITT ClCur Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 467-68 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]
George PEIRCE [PEARCE, PIERCE] & wife Anne
to John & Thomas WILLIAMS
9 Sep 1681
Assignment of Patent
p468 To all to whome these p'sents shall come, I Henry CHICHLEY K.t Dep.ty Gov'n.r, & L.t Gen'all of Virginia send greeting, whereas his most Sacred Ma.tie hath been gratiously pleased by his Royall Letters Pattents under the great seal of England, bearing date att Westm.r the 10.th day of Octob.r in the Eight & Twentieth year of his Reigne, among other things in y.e s'd L'res Pattents conteined, to continue & confirme y.e antient Priveledges & power of granting fifty Acres of Land, for every P/son imported into this his Ma.ties Collony of Virginia Now know Yee therefore y.t I y.e s'd S.r Henry CHICHLEY Dep.ty Govern.r &c doe w.th the advice & consent of the Councill of State accordeingly, Give & grant unto George PEIRCE four hundred Acres of Land scituate on y.e Branches of the Blackwater, in y.e Isle of Wight County (bounded Vizt) begining att a Redd Oak in M.r ACHLEY's ["Achleys"; ASHLEY] Lyne, the last Corner Tree of Phillip RAYFORD's ["Rayfords"] Land thence N.E: 214 P.o to a pine in a pocoson, then N:W: 300 pole to a pine in the s'd PIERCE's owne Line by a former survey, Thence S:W: 214 p.o to A redd Oak Phillip WRAYFORD's ["Wrayfords"] Corner Tree, then by WRAYFORD's ["Wrayfords"] Line S:E: 300 p.o to y.e first Station the s'd Land being due to y.e s'd PEIRCE by & for y.e transportaçon of Eight P/sons into this Collony, whose names are in y.e Records mençoned underneath this Pattent, To have & to hold y.e s'd Land w.th his due shares of all Mines & mineralls therein conteyned w.th all right & p'viledge of hunting hawkeing fishing & Fowling, w.th all woods, Waters, & Rivers w.th all proffitts Comodities & hereditaments_
p469 469 Whatsoever, to y.e s'd Land belonging or in any wise apperteining to him y.e s'd George PEIRCE his heires or As's for ever, in as large & ample manner to all intents & purposes as hath been used & allowed since y.e first Plantaçon, to be held of o.r Sovereigne L.d y.e King his heires & Successors, as of his Mannor of East Greenwich, in fee [sic] & comon Soccage & not in Capite nor by Knight Service, Yeilding & payeing to o.r s'd Sovereigne L.d y.e King his heirs & Successo.rs for every fifty Acres of Land, hereby granted att y.e Feast day of S.t Michaell y.e Archangell, the Fee rent of one shilling, w.ch paym.t is to be made yearly from year to year, accordeing to his Ma.ties instrucçons of y.e 12.th of Sept.r 1662 Provided y.t if y.e s'd PEIRCE his heires or As's doe not seat or plant, or cause to be seated or planted upon y.e s'd Land w.th in three yeares next ensueing that then it shall & may be lawfull for any Adventurer or Planter to make choice & seat thereon, Given under my hand & the Seal of this Collony y.e 23.d of Aprill 1681_ Hen: CHICHLEY Compared & agrees w.th y.e Records Test Nich SPENCER Sec' Know all men by these p'sents y.t I George PEIRCE of y.e Isle of Wight County doe assigne all my right Title & Clayme, of y.e w.th in mençoned four hundred Acres of Land & warr.t the assignem.t Just & lawfull, unto John & Thomas WILLIAMS of y.e afores'd County their heires & As's as Witness whereof my hand & seal this 9.th of Sept.r 1681_ Sign Testes John HALE This Assignem.t was endorsed on George G PEIRCE seal Thomas T JONES y.e outside of y.e Pattent Anne ~~ PEIRCE seal Sign her m'ke
Test John PITT ClCur Acknowledged in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County Octob.r y.e 10.th 1681_ by Geo: PEIRCE & Anne his Wife to be their Act & Deed & Ordered to be Recorded
Test John PITT ClCur Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 467-68 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] see also Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 7 (1679-1689), p. 71 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database,
p506
In the yeare of o.r ["Lord" struck through] Sovereign Lord the King
Anno Dom: 1683 August the Ninth
Bee it knowne to all persons to whome these may or shall concerne
that I William BUSH doe hereby firmely w.th the Consent of my Wife Martha BUSH Sell unto George PIERCE, a certein parcell of Land being & lyeing upon the head & branches of Currawaugh Swamo in the Isle of Wight County in Virginia which parcell of Land conteining Two hundred Acres, of which Land too to remaine to him the s'd George PEIRCE to him his heires Ex.rs and Adm.rs and to his for ever, w.th all the proffitts priveledges thereunto belonging
And further I the said William BUSH, w.th my Wife Martha BUSH doe warr.t the sale of the said Land to him the s'd George PEIRCE him his heires or As's against any P/son or persons w.t soever, that may or shall for the future lay any clayme claymes or interest, to or against the s'd Land,
but to remaine his or their Land & proper right
unto which wee doe hereunto sett our hands this day & year abovewritten,
the boves'd Land being bounded as followeth it lying on the
note at top of page in more modern script reads, "no. 507-566 omitted"; indexed (in reference to next deed, FULGEHAM to Churchwardens) "507"] The South side of the Runn the Which the said William BUSH now liveth on and soe running up to the County Lyne and there endeth Witness o.r hands & Seales
W.m BUSH ___ seal Signed Sealed & delivered in he marke+
the p'sence of us Martha BUSH Seal
Acknowledged by William BUSH and Martha his Wife in Joh.n COGAN Open Co.rt held for the Isle of Wight County John SELWAY
Aug.t the 9.th 1683 to be their Act & Deed
And Ordered to be Recorded
Test John PITT Cl'Cur
Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records
George PEARCE, patent, 200 acres, 24 Oct 1701
To all &ca: Whereas &ca: Now Know Yee that I the Said Francis Nicholson Esqr: Governr: &ca: Doe with the advice and Consent of the Councill of State accordingly Give and Grant unto George Pearce two hundred acres of Land on the South Side of the Main blackwater Beginning at a white oake Standing under a hill in the low ground of Seacock Swamp and soe running thence North twenty degrees west one hundred twenty four pole to a white oake thence North forty Degrees West fory pole to a Gum Stand= =ing in the Reds thence South Seventy one West Ninety pole to a hiccory on the top of a hill by the Side of Seacock Swamp thence South fifty Degrees East one hundred and twenty pole thence South thirty four degrees East one hundred twenty = Six pole to a hiccory Neare the greate branch thence South fifty one degrees East fifty pole to a pine thence South fourty four degrees East Eighty pole to a white oake thence South Sixty five degrees East one hundred twenty two pole to a red oake thence North twenty five degrees East forty pole to a Gum Standing Standing by the run of Seacock Swamp then up the Various Courses of the Said Run to the Mouth of a Small branch ans soe up the Said Branch the Various Courses of the hill Side to the begining the Said Land being Due unto the Said George Pearce by and for ye: transportacon of four persons into this Colony whose names are to be in the Records Mentioned under this Patent To have and To hold &ca: To be held &ca: Yeilding and Paying &ca: Provided &ca: Given under My hand and the Seale of the Colony this 24th: Day of october anno Dom. 1701 ¯¯¯¯ Mr. George Pearce his Patent for 200 acres } of Land on the South Side of ye Main blackwater} Fr: Nicholson E. Jenings John Pases Wm. Barn John Duglas Ellinr: Garner