John Dunbar Boswell

14 April 1705 Bond-John Boswell to Thomas Booth. Know all men by these presents that I John Boswell

                         Of the Parish of Ware in the County of Gloucester Gentlemen am holden and firmly 

                           Bounden unto Thomas Booth of the said parish and county Gent. In the sum of two 

                           Hundred and forty pounds of good and lawful mony of England to be paid to the said 

                           Thomas Booth or his certain Attorney Exec…or Assigns… by these presents dated the 

                           Sixteenth day of May in the fourth year of … our sovereign Lady Anne… anno Domini 1705

                           The Condition of the above obligation is…that if the above…John Boswell doe…performs

                           The covenants… in one pair of Indentures bearing date the fourteenth day of April 1705..

                           Then the obligation to be void and on none effect or else to remain in full force and virtue               

SOURCE: Records of Colonial Gloucester County Va. Vol. I and II compiled by Polly Cary Mason,

                 Clearfield Publishing, pages 86-87

John Boswell I was born in 1665 in Ware Neck VA and was united in marriage to Phebe Colegate Iverson Boswell in Gloucester VA in 1688. They are the parents of John Boswell II, Joseph Boswell, Robert Boswell,, Mary Boswell and Diana Boswell. The children born of this union were reared in Ware Parish, an area called Ware Neck just outside Gloucester VA. No other information is recorded concerning John I until he engages in land agreements with his brother, Joseph Boswell, and Thomas Booth.

In 1696 John Boswell I deeded to Joseph Boswell, his brother, 220 acres in Ware Parish. In 1705 a deed from John Boswell I to Thomas Booth is recorded for 207 acres in Ware Parish. John Boswell I of Parish Ware bonded to Thomas Booth, a Country Gent of Ware Parish, in the sum of 240 pounds, conditions; John Boswell II (Jr. age 13) performs the covenants in one pair of indentures bearing date of 14 April 1705. Witnesses: Thomas Coleman and John Robins

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