On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:49:09 -0500, Sunshine49 wrote
> Perhaps someone here could clear up something for me. When a colonist
> in early Virginia paid to transport new colonists (I'm not talking
> about indentured servants), did the person paying the passage get the
> 50 acres per transportee, did the new colonist get 50 acres, or did
> they each get 50 acres?

My understanding is that only the person paying the passage received the 50
acres, aka "head right." This was paid even for multiple trips, to and from
England. Adam Thoroughgood amassed a lot of head right land in this manner by
transporting his wife, servants, and himself from England after he finished
his own indenture in Elizabeth City (now Hampton, Va)and returned to England
where he married Sahah Offley, daughter of London's mayor. Later trips to and
from England bringing others and himself earned head right land for each
passage including his own.

Regards,

Tom A.

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