Matthew Marks

description of land grant to Robertsons when moved from England to Virginia

The Robertson Genealogy Exchange

Antecedents of Sarah Marks, Possible Wife of 1 Nicholas Robertson

1.

MATHEW MARKS, married September 9, 1669, Folkestone, Kent, England, MARY

SOMES.

MATHEW MARKS and MARY SOMES had five children:

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2.

i.

EDWARD MARKS.

ii.

JOHN MARKS, christened 03 September, 1676, Folkestone, Kent,

England; died without issue before 15 August 1719, Martin Brandon

Parish, Charles City (Prince George) County, Virginia.

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3.

iii.

ISRAEL MARKS.

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4.

iv.

SARAH MARKS.

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5.

v.

MARY MARKS.

SOURCE NOTES for 1. MATHEW MARKS follow:

Benjamin C. Holtzclaw, "Kendrick of Gloucester Co., Va., and North Carolina"; at

John Bennett Boddie, editor, Historical Southern Families, 8 volumes (Redwood City,

California: Pacific Coast, 1957), 1: 34-47.

Edw Markes, Christening Entry; at Pole Stuart, transcriber, Folkestone, Kent County,

England Parish Registers, 4 volumes, Volume 1, Baptisms, 1635-1774, FHL Microfilm

908172 / Item 1.

Jn Markes, Christening Entry; at Stuart, Volume 1, Baptisms, 1635-1774.

John Ewen, Patent, Virginia Patent Book 10, 1710-1719, 222; available online at

http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html. Also available at Virginia, Secretary of the

Colony, Patents, 1623-1774, 42 volumes; index, land patents, [to] volumes 1-42 Patents,

v. 10-11, 1710-1724, FHL Microfilm 29327.

Mathew Marks, Will, Prince George County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1713-1728, 358, 359;

at Virginia County Court (Prince George County), Surveyor's Plat Book, Deeds, Wills,

Inventories, and Settlements of Estates, 1711-1792, Mixed Records, 1711-1725, FHL

Microfilm 33051.

Mt Markes and My Somes, Marriage Entry; at Stuart, Volume 3, Marriages, 1635-1840,

FHL Microfilm 908173 / Item 2.

DOCUMENT TRANSCRIPTIONS for 1. MATHEW MARKS follow:

Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book, 1687-1695, 348. At a court held at Westopher, 22nd June 1691. Jno Moore, Mathew Markes, Tho Potts, Sam Easly, and Rich'd Was then presented by the grand jury upon information of Capt. Nicho Wyat for not coming to church. Sheriff to summon said delinquents to next court to answer. Source: Benjamin B Weisiger III, compiler, Charles City County, Virginia, Court Orders 1687-1695: With a Fragment of a Court Order Book for the Year 1680 (Richmond, Virginia: Weisiger, 1980).

Virginia Patent Book 10, 1710-1719, 222

[marginal notes missing; John Ewens, Patent]

George &c. To all &c. Know Ye that for diverse good Causes and Considerations but more especially for & / in Consideration of the Importation of Seven persons to dwell within this our Colony of Virginia whose names are Matthew Markes, / Mary Markes, Edw. Markes, John Markes, Israel Markes, Sarah Markes, and Wm. Townsin do also for and in consideration / of the sum of ten Shillings of good & Lawful money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our P. Colony We / have Given Granted and Confirmed and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do Give Grant and Confirm unto John Eaton of / the County of York one Certain Tract or parcel of Land containing four hundred and twenty nine acres lying and being in Prince / George County and bounded as followeth to wit, beginning at a White oak on the Southern Run in the Line of Capt. George Blayton / decd. thence along the sd. Blayton's Line and into the woods West twenty one and a half degrees South two hundred & forty one poles / to a Shrub oak thence South one hundred twenty eight poles to too oakes & a Pine near the head of a branch thence East twenty three / degrees South too hundred and ninety poles to a red oak on the East side of a branch thence Northe fourty one degrees East one hundred / twenty six poles and an half to a red oak thence North twenty too degrees West sixty poles thence West twenty five degrees South / eight poles to a Line being the Corner of Ralph Hill thence West thirty seven degrees North sixty eight poles to the head of the / Southern Run or meadow thence down the same according to the several meanders thereof to the place where begun With all &c. / To have hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding & paying &c. Provided &c. In Wit= / ness &c. Witness our Trusty and Well beloved Alexander Spotswood our Lt. Governor at Wmsburgh under / the seal of our Colony the Twenty third day of December one thousand seven hundred and fourteen In the first year of our / Reign.

A. Spotswood

Source: Available online at http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html. Also available at Virginia, Secretary of the Colony, Patents, 1623-1774, 42 volumes; index, land patents, [to] volumes 1-42 Patents, v. 10-11, 1710-1724, FHL Microfilm 29327.