> > Thus, good research does not permit us EVER to infer WHEN a person > arrived based upon the date his or her headright was exchanged for > land - "cashed in". The subject is not complicated, but we must > remember that the person who owned the headright may have never > even > seen, known of, much less been acquainted with the person who > actually transported the servant. Paul Mornin', Paul. Catching up on my mail while I fuel up on my first cup of coffee and I'm thinking I just wandered into the middle of a conversation I know very little about but have been counting on what I think I know for a number of assumptions I've been operating on. What's been stuck in my head about headrights is that the 50 acres per isn't granted until 7 years after the uhmm 'transportee' was transported. [This to assure the would-be citizen "stuck" in order to populate the colony, I supposed.] I've collected a number of these weird things (in surveyor-speak, I'll bet) from the web and I'm hoping it's not rotten research for me to assume from the following patent that these guys -Edm. Marshall, John Fludd, Edm. Tedmund/Edmunds?, Samll. Cattan, William Russell, Willm. Savadge, Richard Browne, Edward Buderhill- - arrived here at least by 1641. What say ye? Cynthia, having a panic-attack in Wales Wisconsin Surrey County typ patent ref Virginia Patent Book 2 p146-147 dat 3 Jul 1648 decl -5 to Thomas Woodhouse re 400a Neare the head of the Northermost br. of Smiths Fort Cr. in James City County !bounded Vizt con Transp. of 8 persons !Assigned Unto him by Thomas Warren whose Names are !Edm. Marshall, John Fludd, Edm. Tedmund/Edmund, !Samll. Cattan, William Russell, Willm. Savadge, !Richard Browne, Edward Buderhill loc 41882 -65276 F127 L0 P255 pt A) along the trees of John Watkins !begining at the Maine branch runing NxE 100 Chaines ln NxE; 200p; John Watkins pt B) NExE 121 Chaines ln NExE; 242p; pt C) NW 60 Chaines ln NW; 120p; pt D) thence NNW 30 Chaines ln NNW; 60p; pt E) thence West 50 Chaines ln w; 100p; pt F) thence SxW 60 lm SxW; 120P; 60 pt G) thence South 65 lm S; 130p; South 65 pt H) thence SWxW 100 lm SWxW; 200p; 100 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html