• General Notes

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  See Historical Document.
  Thomas Gaines and John Gaines are mentioned on many pages within the\0=\0:works of J
  une Baldwin Bork, "The Burnetts and Their Connections."\0=\0:Thomas and John had man
  y land transactions with the Burnetts in Essex\0=\0:Co, Va.\0=\0:Thomas Gaines had land
  in Essex Co., Va., as early as 1665.\0=\0:P. 2 --1668, Dec. 29 John Burnett, planter
  and lues (Lucretia) his wife\0=\0:sold to Thomas Gaines, plantr, all of Piscatation
  Creek---all my interest\0=\0:in 100 acres more or less adjoining land of Mr. Willia
  m Johnson and\0=\0:Robert Armstrong.\0=\0:1668, Dec. 29...know all men by these presents
  that I, Lues Burnett, wife\0=\0:of John Burnett, doe make my very good friend, Robe
  rt Armstrong, to be\0=\0:my true and lawful attorney for me to acknowledge a parcel
  of land\0=\0:which was sold by Thomas Gaines to John Burnett, as witness my hand.\0=\0:W
  it: John Heyward.\0=\0:p. 5--1692, July 11 Thomas Gaines acknowledged land sale to J
  ohn\0=\0:Burnett; survey ordered to be recorded.\0=\0:p. 15--1718, June 16--Inventory of
  the estate of John Burnett deceased.\0=\0:Total valuation 244.02.03 including 7 neg
  roes valued at 141 pounds /s/\0=\0:John Gaines, Erasmus Allen and William Allen.\0=\0:p.
  17--1692, July 11 --At the request of John Burnett, a deed of sale of\0=\0:parcel o
  f land from Thomas Gaines to John Burntt, ye above said John\0=\0:Burnett's father,
  is admitted to record as also a surveyof the said land.\0=\0:p. 18--1704, Sept. 10 -
  -John Gaines, planter to John Burnett, planter,\0=\0:both of South Farnham Parish, E
  ssex County...for 100 pounds money of\0=\0:England, conveys 365 acres beginning at a
  great leanng red oak above ye\0=\0:land of Richard Holtby the main pocoson (a recla
  imed marsh and of\0=\0:Piscataway Creek)...said tract herein conveyed being part of
  1030 acre\0=\0:tract granated to Thomas Gaines, father of said John Gaines on 27\0=\0:Fe
  bruary, 1665. Sarah Gaines, wife of John, relinquished dower. Note: On\0=\0:28 Dec.,
  1668, Thomas and Marguerite Gaines sold to John Burnett,Sr., all\0=\0:interest in 3
  65 acres adjoining Richard Holt,part of 730 acres; the same\0=\0:day, John Burnett a
  nd Lucretia Burnett, his wife, sold to Thomas and\0=\0:Margaret Gaines 100 of the 36
  5 acres. The next deed here after, John\0=\0:Burnett is conveying 400 acres.The bear
  ings were checked for both deeds\0=\0:of 1704 and they were not the same land descri
  ption. It appears that\0=\0:they were merely swapping land for the 100 pounds of Eng
  lish money.\0=\0:John Burnett to John Games (Gaines) for 100 pounds sterling money o
  f\0=\0:England, conveys 400 acres being at 2 white oaks by a path corner of ye\0=\0:said
  John Burnetts land...on ye main pooson at Piscataway Creek,\0=\0:adjoining land of
  said John Burnett,it being part of 1030 acres formerly\0=\0:granted to Thomas Gaines
  on 27 Feb., 1665.\0=\0:1705, May 10...John Burnett to officiated as constable in pl
  ace of John\0=\0:Gaines...to make repair on roads...\0=\0:1705, June 11...John Burnett a
  nd John Crow his security, is sworn in as\0=\0:constable of the precincts wherein Wi
  lliam Dunn and John Gaines did\0=\0:officiate.\0=\0:p. 19...1707, April 8..In exchange f
  or: 150 acres in above named parish\0=\0:joining on the Main Swamp of Piscataway Cre
  ek above the land of Richard\0=\0:Holt, deceased, and John Gaines by the path side t
  hat goes from the\0=\0:widow Burnetts to the said Charles Burnetts, deceased, and so
  along the\0=\0:said path until it meets with John Burnett's line which divides the
  said\0=\0:John Burnett's land and John Gaines' land at a marked red oak, thence\0=\0:alo
  ng the said line to the Main Swamp of Piscataway along the swamp to\0=\0:Charles Bur
  nett's branch. Wit: Joseph Baker, Jon Burnett.\0=\0:p. 22...1704, July 10...John Gai
  nes and Sarah, his wife, of South Farnham\0=\0:Parish,planter, sold to Thomas Burnet
  t, Jr., of said parish, for 1200\0=\0:pounds of good sweet scented tobacco...130 acr
  es of woodland ground\0=\0:beginning at a red oak standing above an old field of Joh
  n Burnett , said\0=\0:brother of ye said Thomas Burnett, being Peter Trebles's corne
  r running\0=\0:along ye path...to a small branch down ye branch to the swamp to Char
  les\0=\0:Burnett's line, then up ye swam to a maple...then up ye back line of\0=\0:Charl
  es Burnett's corner to John Burnett's corner...wit: William Johnson,\0=\0:John Harpe
  r, Thomas Stratton.\0=\0:p. 31..1697...Charles Burnett was born about 1670 in Old Ra
  ppahannock\0=\0:County, Virginia, and died soon after 9 Februrary 1696/97, when on t
  hat\0=\0:date, he purchased 100 acres from Thomas Gaines and his son, John\0=\0:Gaines.
  The Burnett brothers, John and Thomas, Jr., also bought from\0=\0:Thomas Gaines an a
  ll their land bordered each othr on Golden Swamp.\0=\0:1668, Jan. 2...William Acres
  sold to Thomas Gaines...200 acres. Wit:\0=\0:William and Constant Johnson.\0=\0:1697, Fe
  b. 9...John and Thomas Gaines sold to Charles Burnett...100 acres\0=\0:being part of
  a patent to said Thomas Gaines on 27 Feb, 1665...beginning\0=\0:at a corner maple a
  t the mouth of a swamp commonly called the Golden\0=\0:Swamp..to the former white oa
  k of Richard Gregory standing in a\0=\0:swamp...standing by the Main Pocoson of Pisc
  ataway Creek.\0=\0:1700, Oct. 10...John Gaines sold to Peter Treble...150 acres bein
  g part of\0=\0:1000 acrs granted to Thomas Gaines on Main Pocoson of Piscataway\0=\0:Cre
  ek next above ye land of Richard Holt...beginning at a marked oak\0=\0:standing by a
  branch side between Anne Burnett and John Gaines...up a\0=\0:gully to a marked gum.
  ..by ye path side that goes from ye Widow Burnett's\0=\0:(Lucretia) to ye said Anne
  Burnett's and so along ye said path until it\0=\0:meets with ye line of John Burnett
  that divides ye said John Burnett's\0=\0:and John Gaines' land at a marked red oak.
  ..to ye main swamp of\0=\0:Piscataway Creek an along ye maine swamp to ye afore said
  Anne\0=\0:Burnett's branch an up said branch to ye first beginning.\0=\0:1704,July 10..
  .John Gaines and Sarah , his wife, of Southfarnham\0=\0:Parish,planter, sold to Thom
  as Burnett, Jr., of same, planter,...for 1200\0=\0:lbs. of good sweet scented tobacc
  o...130 acres of woodland ground\0=\0:beginning at a red oak standing above an old f
  ield by John Burnett said\0=\0:brother of ye said Thomas Burnett being Treble's corn
  er running along ye\0=\0:path..to a samll branch down ye branch to swamp to Charles
  Burnett's\0=\0:line. Wit: William Johnson, John Harper, Thomas Stratton.\0=\0:p 383. **T
  he Johnson family back in old Rappahannock Co., Va., had\0=\0:dealing with the Burne
  tts.\0=\0:1668, Dec. 29...Deed from John Burnett to Thomas Gaines adjoining the\0=\0:lan
  d of William Johnson.\0=\0:

Details of Thomas' family with Katherine MorrisPettit

Details of Thomas' family with Margaret Johnson