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- Sarah Morton, George COB 598 4 Dec 1755
(Order Apprenticeship "Isaac Arnold came into court and made oath that
Sarah Arnold on apprentice bound to George Morton was 14 yrs of age
the 19th day of Dec. last past")
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1722-1749 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A, Administration Bonds; [William Armstrong Crozier]; £300 Sophia Dowdall, admx. of Patrick Dowdall, decd., with George Morton and John Blake, sec. Mch. 6, 1743.
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1735-1752 King George Co VA Deed Book; Page 281-284
This Indenture between ELIZABETH HACKLEY of Brunswick Parish King George County & PHILLIP ROBERTSON this 25th December 1748 the said Elizabeth hath granted to farm lett •• 15 acres to be laid off conveniently joining to the house where the said Robertson now lives in which lott Mr. JAMES HACKLEY in his lifetime possessioned the said Robertson with lying on the little Falls Run to Philip Robertson and MARGARET his Wife & their Son GEORGE ROBERTSON during their Natural lives •• paying annual rent of five hundred fifty pounds Tobacco •• also Robertson build one Dwelling house 16 feet square, 1 Tobacco house 30 feet long, 20' feet wide, one Corn house 16 feet long, 8 feet wide, one Meat house 8 feet square. The buildings to be done in workman like manner &kept in good repair, also to plant 100 apple trees, 200 peach trees, 25 cherry trees all to be set out at usual distance hands & seals
this 11th February 1748/9.
Presence- George Morton, Elizabeth x Hackley
Samuel Reeds, Philip x Robertson
Elizabeth x Hackley junr.
Memo that the said above Philip Robertson is not to work but two Titbables
besides himself on the Leased Premises.
At a court held 3rd March 1748 •• Lease recorded
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1735-1752 King George Co VA Deed Book; Page 281-284
Indenture made 27th/28th February 1748 between SAMUEL REIDS & JAEL his Wife of Brunswick Parish King George County of one part & GEORGE MORTON of same by deeds of lease & release for sum Twenty pounds Sterling sold 15 acres lying on the Little Falls Run binds as follows •• on land of JAMES HACKLEY where PHILLIP ROBERTSON now lives and on the land of Fitzhugh & Burwell the same land being the sale property of said Jael Reid by the Inheritance of her Mother ELLINOR SHIPPY Daughter & Coheir to GEORGE MOTT
Presence Andr. Doniphan, Samuel Reids
Josiah Farguson, Wtn.Underwood Jael x Reeds
At a court held 3rd March 1748/9 deeds of lease & release, the said
Jael being Privily examined acknowledged her free consent •• recorded.
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JORDAN, John Morton of Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co 6 Jun, 1771; 16 Oct, 1771
(Late of London)
To wife Dorothy.
Son John Nisbitt Jordan.
Half-sister Mrs. Mary Sydenham widow of Jonathan Sydenham, merchant, late of London, deceased.
Heirs of half brothers Joseph and George Morton, deceased.
Heirs of half sister Frances Merreweather.
Mentions "my ship".
Wit: Charles Steuart, James Tilghman 3rd, Thomas Gassaway Jr.
Tracts: Lands in Richmond and Culpeper Co., Va. and on the Island of Antequa. Warehouses, stores, and wharves in Leeds Town, Virginia.
Exs. William Hemsley, Peregrine Tilghman, Thomas Jett, William Bernard, Michael McNamara of London and Edmond Jennings, late of Maryland but now of London, Exs. of English estate. 38. 374
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1717 - 1765 (47 years)