I can't help with the patent question, but I can confirm that Hoomes/Holmes (as well as Hume/Home) seem to have been pronounced identically in 17th-18th century Virginia (based on a few decades of research on these surnames in Virginia court records). (Ms.) Jeff Hume-Pratuch Academic Editor On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM VA-HIST automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is 1 message totaling 32 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Early Virginia patent records > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum > and Library Services (IMLS). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:19:49 -0700 > From: Arend Flick <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Early Virginia patent records > > Would someone happen to know if there were seventeenth century land patents > or grants that simply didn't make it into the patent books or *Cavaliers > and Pioneers*? I am befuddled by a very specific reference in T. E. > Campbell's book on Caroline County (*Colonial Caroline*), published in > 1954, to a grant to a Thomas Hoomes in 1667 for 3000 acres "On a swamp > leading into north bank of the Mattapony, below the Lewis grant." There is > absolutely no record of this grant in the patent books (that I can find) or > in *C & P*. Perhaps Campbell, researching in Caroline in the late 40s or > early 50s, had access to some sort of county record (or whatever) that just > didn't make it into any of the usual sources? This is not the only large > grant he refers to in very specific terms that I simply can't find evidence > of elsewhere. (Some confusion, by the way, between "Hoomes" and "Holmes"--a > Thomas Holmes did a lot of patenting NE of this area at about the same > time. > > Thanks for any help! > > Arend Flick > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum > and Library Services (IMLS). > > ------------------------------ > > End of VA-HIST Digest - 9 Aug 2023 to 13 Aug 2023 (#2023-91) > ************************************************************ > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).