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- RICHARD Ayres of Barmondsey, Surrey, citizen and leatherseller of London. will 8 August 1646; proved 16 February 1647/ 8. To be buried in East end of Barmondsey church yard.
To William Sowter als Salter, citizen and merchant taylor, £5 I owe of his wife's portion. To his wife Sarah Meel Salter 20s.
To his two daughters Johane and Rebecca 5s. apiece.
To wife Alice freeholde dwelling purchased of Sir William Withins of Eltham, Kent, kt., and Dame Marie his wife for life of Alice, then to Sarah Meel Sowter als Salter above named, reserving £40 which I give to Sarah wife of William Clapham of Virginia and her children.
Rest to wife Alice, executrix. witnesses :
James Hallam, Thomas Borden, William Rheanes.
Essex, 18.
[The following grants appear in the Virginia Land Office:
(1) Henry Lee and William Clapham, 250 acres on Crotoman river, August 20, 1650
(2) William Clapham, 1,000 acres on the south side of Rappahannock river, August 20,1650;
(3) Mr. George Clapham, 670 acres on the south side of Fork river at the narrows. He was a head-right and Roger Penn another, December 24, 1652. William Clapham, of wanesquoiake (Isle of Wight), planter, made a deed to Roger Bagnall, August 3rd, 1635. William Clapham, Sr., with five tithables and William Clapham, Jr., with seven were residents of Lancaster county in 1654. " Mr. William Clapham, Sr.," was one of the collectors of the levy at this time, and William Clapham, Jr., had been chosen vestryman of the Lancaster north side parish on April 1, 1652.]
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1620 - 1648 (> 28 years)