And then there's Thomas Dale of Richmond Co. VA who got credit for importing his own mother, though he was born here. I guess his father never got around to it, so Thomas used the free floating headright himself?  Who knows! 
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  From: Janet Hunter<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Receiving Land for Importing People (servants AND others)



  Paul and others,
   
  This may be stating the obvious but I want to point out that both of Paul's  
  recent posts might seem to indicate that those listed as the transportees all  
  became/were servants.  And this simply isn't the case, as he  knows.    There 
  were people of means (planters or adventurers,  wives and children of same 
  who came later after the husband was  settled.) who came on their own, with no 
  need to become  indentured.   For example, some ended up on ship masters' 
  lists, etc.,  the patent privileges for which were often then sold to somebody else 
  who  planned to actually live in VA.  Others probably made some deal so  that 
  another could claim them.  

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