Bill you are 100% correct. I have so many Thomas Green's transported it is funny! I mean about 15! And I am sure they are no more than one or two men total. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Davidson Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Adventurers of Purse and Person Janice, The "I get 50 acres of land for every person I transport here" was apparently one of the most abused and corrupt "programs" in American history. It is clear that many of the SAME people were "claimed" to have been "transported" on more than just one occasion (and by more than just one "transporter"). The ability of the officials to track all of this was obviously very limited (if they really cared all that much anyway....the British Crown just wanted to see America become profitable to them at some point). Each case warrants its own investigation, of course, but do not be too surprised if "your guy" was the same man who was mentioned in all three of those cases. Also, as I understand it, people could transfer their "50 acres per person" to someone else, and in many cases, the original "transporter" never even took possession of the land before he sold it to another man (ditto any later people who also "claimed" to have transported the person in question). As such, much of this can be hard to track....but the good thing is that at least these records provide the name of the person in whom you are interested (so at least you know that he/she was truly in America). My mother's ancestor Alexander Smith was "imported" to Lancaster Co., VA by a John Robinson in 1653, as I recall, and Alexander's neighbors Cuthbert Potter and a John Smith also appeared on importation records in that area in the 1600s. As far as I can tell, however, it does not APPEAR that any of those three men were claimed "a second time around" by anyone. Bill Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Friel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Adventurers of Purse and Person >I found three importation records of a man by his name. One was in 1657. He > wand 20 other persons were transported by Wm. Presly. Also transported by > Howell Pryse 1687 and John Stith in 1664. > How could that be unless they are different people and how do I find out > which one is mine. > > Janice To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html