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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Newport's News. Nomen non Locus. (search)
), Captain Newport's Bill of Adventure would have entitled him to 4,000 acres. of fower hundred pounds, and his sonne John Newport, the only son and heir.--[Nell.] now desyringe order from this Courte for the layinge out some part of the same; Mr. T State [in Va.] for the effecting thereof.--[Neill.] This minute is, I think, inconsistent with the theory, that Captain Newport was living when it was entered of record; for if he had then been alive, and had conveyed to his son, by deed of gife, instead of applying to the Company in London, would have had recourse direct to the Colonial Authorities, to whom Captain Newport would have written, apprising them of his transfer of right to his son. It may have been that Captain Newport hadCaptain Newport had, at an early day, located lands to the extent of a portion only of his land warrant, or had sold a part of his right to locate lands to such extent, and that his son applied in November, 1619, to the Company in London for authority to locate the re