General Notes

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Notes for William Mayo Sr.
On June 5, 1666, John Hardy of Isle of Wight was granted 11
50 acres of land
for importing 23 persons, including William Mayo. The usua
l procedure for
granting land was as follows: a colonist would locate a tra
ct of land he
wanted, have it staked and surveyed. For each 50 acres of l
and, he was
required to import one permanent settler and establish thos
e persons on the
said land for a period of time, usually two to six years. I
n theory, the law
meant importation from overseas, but there are many known c
ases in which
young men, women and children of colonists were listed as i
mports when in
actuality they had either been born here or came here as im
ports with their
parents. During the two to six years it took for the paten
t to be granted,
the imported settlers were sponsored by the colonists. At t
he end of the
period, they were given an acreage,usually ten to twenty ac
res, and were free
and clear. All of this was determined by the terms of the i
ndenture they had
signed previously. If a settler could pay his own transport
ation fee, he
usually came over on his own, but even then he might legall
y be considered
imported by the colonist for whom he worked.
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VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS AND PATENTS: Patent10, p 101
Nov 13, 1673
Isle of Wight, Virginia
220 acres on south side of main Blackwater Swamp Begg. & c
. on the west side
of Nottoway Swamp and corner tree of William Williams land
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VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS AND PATENTS: Patent 15, p 452
February 27, 1634
Prince George County, Virginia
6778 acres upper side of Flatt Creek between line of Bollin
g Pride, Morton
Stephens and c.
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VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS AND PATENTS: Patent 7, p240
He was also granted 366 acres of land in Isle of Wight Coun
ty, Virginia on
the south side of Kinsale S.W., April 16, 1683, p 240. Adj
. Richard Boothe,
Hodges Council and Joseph Vic Allingo, Eliz. Holt, Mary Bla
nder, Richard
Needham, Mary Manes, at the Bridge and Philip Russell.
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VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS AND PATENTS: Patent 7, p 132
William Mayo, Isle of Wight County, Va. granted 220 acres o
n Chewan River,
April 20, 1682, p 132, beginning at Thomas Mann's corner tr
ee to Giles Linscott, for transporting five persons: Willia
m Oldis, Demaris Oldis,
Alexander Fleming, John Barnes and William Freeman.
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In 1679, William Mayo witnessed a will of Robert Barnett, w
ho married Ann
Hardy, sister to William's wife Isabell.
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Abstract of Virginia Land Patents and Grants: Patent 8, p 1
76
"Mr. Wm. Mayo, 170 acs. Is o Wight Co; adj John Izing; Gyle
s Lynscott; John
Lawrence; & Col. Bridger, along the main Black Water, 20 Oc
t. 1692, p. 175
Imp. of 4 pers; John Vates, Owen Burne, Wm Calfe, Mary Nick
ell"
Granted 170 acres by Lt Gov. Francis Nickolson beginning a
t John King's. to
Gyles Lynscott, to John Lawrence to Blackwater 20 Oct 1691
. He assigned
this land to Thomas Lewis, son of Richard Lewis, recently d
eceased with
consent of Isabella, my wife 9 August 1693. Isabella make
s her brother
Hodges Counsel Attorney to acknowledge deed. Teste Henry (H
. B.) Bradley,
Hodges (H.C.) Council
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Will, Edward Mayo dated October 23, 1653, proved November 2
2, 1656 in London
and April 26, 1658 in Barbados: "Edward Mayo, Late of Liber
ty of London: Bro
Robert Mayo; sis Sarah Mayoh; sis Virtue Mayo; sis Grace an
d her son John at
21; sis Hester Mayoh; bro William Mayo and his wife; my mas
ter, Robert Hatch,
friend Edw. Jacob; John Glover; wf Katherine Mayoh and da
u Mary Mayoh, Executors: bro Thomas Mayoh and bro William M
ayoh - overseers if daughter
Mary dies before age 13.
Signed by Edward Mayo Wit: John Godwyn, Elizabeth ( X) Godw
yn"
>From BARBADOS RECORDS WILLS & ADMINISTRATION. Vol 1, 1630-
1680, Joanne
Sanders
NOTE: these are not typos but the way the documents were sp
elled.
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Isle of Wight Quit Rent Rolls: 1704 - William Mayo
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