page 62 James Benn (Ben) I: … son of the cooper Christopher Benn and his wife, Anne. In 1640 Christopher received 50 acres at the head of Pagan Creek from his landlord, Captain John Upton, and in 1657 he bought some additional acreage from Thomas Harris of Chippokes in Surry County. Christopher Benn Died sometime prior to September 1670 when John Vicars patented 200 acres of land in Isle of Wight County on behalf of his orphan, James Benn I. . . The decedent’s acreage would have escheated to the Crown had not Vicars intervened.
Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Landing at Jamestowne 1607-2007
