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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------EE32FB05F894B51DB3AB734F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Interested in corresponding with anyone tracing or having information about the Asbell family (AZBELL, ASBILL). They also lived in Chowan and Bertie --------------EE32FB05F894B51DB3AB734F Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="krhoades.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Keith D. Rhoades Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="krhoades.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rhoades;Keith x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://members.xoom.com/keefer68/HOME.htm adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:[email protected] fn:Keith Rhoades end:vcard --------------EE32FB05F894B51DB3AB734F--

Try contacting the Family Research Society of Northeastern NC, phone 1-252-333-1640. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Willie D. Smith <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 11:23 AM Subject: [NCPERQUI] Re: Death Cert. Answer > Does anyone on this and the Perquimans County list live near Hertford? I > would be very happy to pay someone to find some death certificates for me if > they could go to the courthouse in Hertford and find them. I also need a > transcript of the burials at Cedarwood cemetery if there is a cemetery book > for Perquimans County. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Ross" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: May 05, 2000 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: Death Cert. Answer > > > > Dixie is correct with her information on NC birth/death certificates. I > can > > add that the state of NC did not begin officially recording same until > 1913. > > Anyone born before 1913 either had no certificate, or may have applied for > a > > Delayed Birth Certificate when they needed one for Social Security > reasons, > > or to prove their ages when drivers' licenses became a legal requirement, > or > > to apply for a passport, etc. Many (probably most) counties retain the > > original certificates dating from 1913 in their court houses. > > > > Betsy Ross > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Death Cert. Answer > > Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 17:19:40 EDT > > > > Per NC Research by Leary & Stirewalt, early requirements to record the > > events > > of births & deaths was largely ignored. Certificates usually appear in > the > > county in which the individual resided and sometimes in the county in > which > > the event took place. The NC Division of Health Services, Vital Records > > Branch, P.O.Box 2091 Raleigh NC 27602 has copies of all b & d certificates > > from 1930 to present. Death certificates prior to 1930 are at the NC > State > > Archives, Archives & Records Section. Dixie > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > >

Thank you for sharing this. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Collins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 2:36 AM Subject: [NCPERQUI] Early names, boundaries, and religion > Roanoke Island - the site of an initial English visit in 1584, the > short-lived military settlement of 1585-6 (removed by Sir Francis Drake > following his sacking of St Augustine, Florida, because of fears of a > retaliatory Spanish attack), and the first permanent English settlement in > North America, the so-called Lost Colony of 1587 - was at that time > referred to as being in Virginia (named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen). > > During the reign of her successor, James I, what is now known as Virginia > was settled (initially at Jamestown) from 1607-24 under the auspices of the > joint stock Virginia Company of London. On May 24, 1624 the Company's > charter was declared vacated, and the colony of Virginia came under control > of the crown as the first royal colony in English history. It included most > of the area from just north of modern New York city southward to Cape Fear. > > On October 30, 1629, in the fifth year of his reign, James' son Charles I > granted to his Attorney General, Sir Robert Heath, the territory between 31 > and 36 degrees north latitude. This is the region now lying from about 30 > miles north of the Florida state line to the southern side of Albemarle > Sound. In 1632, with royal approval, Heath assigned his New World interests > to Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers. > > In 1637, Charles I directed Governor Sir John Harvey of Virginia to assist > in the work of settling "Lord Maltravers province of Carolana". Harvey's > compliance took the form of a patent to Maltravers establishing the County > of Norfolk "in the Southern part of the Colony" of Virginia. The reason for > the name is that one of the Howard family titles, still used today by the > head of the family (who is Earl Marshall of England and an important > participant in Coronation ceremonies), is Duke of Norfolk. The Howards are > the only Roman Catholic family to have successfully maintained an important > position in the English aristocracy. Included in Maltravers' County of > Norfolk was the area from just south of modern Suffolk, Virginia (the > actual city, not what was Nansemond County) to about present-day New Bern. > > Records of actual settlement are scanty, but Sir John Colleton (one of the > later proprietors of Carolina) once mentioned a plantation "started by one > Mr Mariot, steward to the Duke of Norfolk," Maltravers' son. > > On May 15, 1630 an agreement was drafted for a Carolana settlement, one of > the parties to which was George Lord Berkeley. > > Governor Sir William Berkeley of Virginia sent an expedition against the > Indians along the Chowan River in 1646, presumably in preparation for > southernward settlement. > > About 1648 Henry Plumpton of Nansemond County, Virginia, just north of the > Chowan region, in co-operation with Thomas Tuke and several others, bought > from the Indians "all the Land from the mouth of the Morratuck [Roanoke] > River to the mouth of Weyanook Creek". > > In 1650 a Virginia merchant, Thomas Bland, was one of a party of eight who > explored the Chowan, Meherrin, and Roanoke river valleys. His petition to > the Virginia assembly for permission to settle "to the Southward" was > approved October 20, 1650. The Assembly instructed him and his associates > to "secure themselves in effecting the said Designe with a hundred able men > sufficiently furnished with Armes and Munition". In 1651 he published a > promotional tract, "The Discovery of New Brittaine, 1650". > > In 1653 the Virginia Assembly made a grant of 10,000 acres, in response to > a petition from the Rev. Roger Green, "unto one hundred such persons who > shall first seate on Moratuck or Roanoke river and the land lying upon the > south side of Choan river and the branches thereof" and "to the said Roger > Green, the rights of one thousand acres of land, and choice to take the > same where it shall seem most convenient to him, next to those persons who > have had a former grant". > > In a pamphlet entitled "Virginia's Cure", printed in London in 1662, the > Rev. Green cited the colony of Virginia as being bound "on the North by the > great River Patomak, on the South by the River Chawan". > > A manuscript map, drawn in 1657 by Nicholas Comberford, is in the National > Maritime Museum at Greenwich in London. On the neck of land between the > mouth of the Roanoke River and Salmon Creek (now in Bertie County) this > shows a neatly drawn house with the label "Batts House" identifying it. In > his journal for 1672, George Fox, the Quaker missionary who visited the > area, mentioned "Nathaniel Batts who had been Governor of Roan-oak". > > Following the execution of Charles I, England was a Republic for 11 years, > 1649-60, until the coronation of Charles II. On March 24, 1663, Charles II > revoked his father's grant of 1629 to Sir Robert Heath and granted the > Carolinas to eight English noblemen who had supported the Royalist cause > during and after the English Civil War (1642-49). These were the initial > Lords Proprietors: Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (Lord High Chancellor); > George Monck, Duke of Albemarle (Master of the King's Horse and > Captain-General of all his forces); William Lord Craven (an old friend of > Charles' father); John Lord Berkeley; Anthony Ashley Cooper (Chancellor of > the Exchequer, later made Earl of Shaftesbury); Sir George Carteret > (Vice-Chamberlain of the King's Household, who had entertained Charles in > his Jersey home during a part of the time he was in exile); Sir William > Berkeley (who, as Governor of Virginia, had induced the colony to adhere to > Charles II as sovereign even while he was in exile); and Sir John Colleton > (a Barbadian planter, who had maintained the royal cause in Barbados). The > first official use of the name Carolina occurs in this Charter. > > In September 1663 the other proprietors sent a series of instructions to > Sir William Berkeley. Carolina affairs were left almost entirely in the > hands of Berkeley as the nearest resident Proprietor, and it was more than > two years before those remaining in England showed signs of being aware > that the Albemarle region, as the former Carolana area was now called, was > not within their domain. On June 13, 1665, they received a new charter > making their northern boundary approximately the same as the present North > Carolina-Virginia state line. > > The Lords Proprietors concentrated most of their initial efforts on a > fruitless attempt (1663-67) to establish Clarendon County in the Cape Fear > region. > > William Drummond was the first Governor appointed for Albemarle County > (1664-67). > > Roanoke Island was owned by Samuel Stephens who, on October 9, 1662, had > been appointed "commander of the southern plantation" by the council in > Virginia, and was later (1667-69) Governor of Albemarle County. > > Colleton (now Collington) Island had been granted to Sir John Colleton, and > was where Governor (1670-72) Peter Carteret lived after moving to Carolina > from his family home on Jersey in the Channel Islands. > > By October 1668 Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Perquimans precincts had > been formed in Albemarle County. From 1679 for about 6 years, Perquimans > was renamed Berkeley Precinct. > > In 1689 Albemarle County as a unit of government ceased to exist, although > the name continued intermittently in use for at least a further 10 years. > Government of Carolina "North and East of Cape feare" was established, with > Philip Ludwell as Governor (1689-94). In 1691 the Lords Proprietors > appointed him governor of all Carolina, headquartered at Charles Town, with > a deputy governor for the northern part of the colony - the beginning of > the division of the province into North and South Carolina, though not so > called at this time. Thomas Jarvis was the first deputy governor. > > Early Albemarle County had no formal religious life, other than Quaker > meetings in private houses in Perquimans precinct. The Quaker missionary > William Edmundson found one Quaker household in 1672, that of Henry Phelps > (Phillips), who had moved down from New England in 1665 with his wife. > There were more on his return in 1677 and, by 1680, monthly meetings were > being held. Since the Quakers were the only church available, they > attracted numerous converts, especially in Perquimans and Pasquotank > precincts. Under the encouragement of the Quaker Lord Proprietor and > proprietary governor (1694-96) John Archdale, they became the dominant > political force in the county - which stimulated the Anglican community to > seek passage of the Vestry Act. The Upper Meeting House (later Wells) was > built by 1704, Little River Meeting House was erected in 1705, and Lower > Meeting House (later Old Neck) appeared by 1706. At the end of the > proprietary era, in 1729, Friends maintained Meetings at Wells, Old Neck, > Suttons Creek, Yeopim, and Piney Woods. (Piney Woods is still functioning.) > Friends residing west of Little River in Perquimans were attached to the > Pasquotank Monthly Meeting. Friends have to receive their Meeting's > permission before marrying, so the records from Quaker Meetings provide > most of the available early information on marriages in this area. > > The Anglican missionary John Blair, writing in 1704, reported that he had > baptised a great many children but had not been able to marry anyone > because only the magistrates were authorized to marry. He found three > church buildings and glebes. > > The Church of England, or Anglican Church, envisioned by the authors of the > proprietary charters and the Fundamental Constitutions as the dominant > religious institution in a tolerant province, was finally made the > established church of the province in 1701 and again in 1703 or 1704. The > statutes erected parishes, named vestries, and authorized the imposition of > taxes to support the clergy. At the same time, the Society for the > Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), organized by Thomas Bray and Associates in > 1701, began to send missionaries to the province. > > In Perquimans an Anglican chapel was under construction, but remained > unfinished because of the death of Major Samuel Swann, Sr in 1707; the > Anglican Nags Head Chapel, in use by 1736 and probably the result of the > efforts of vestryman Albert Albertson, occupied the site of the later New > Hope Methodist Church; and the Anglican Yeopim Chapel, constructed on land > donated by John And Elizabeth Mathias in 1732, eventually became the site > of Bethel Baptist Church. > > Bath County was formed in 1696 and, four years later, the Rev. Thomas Bray > shipped books from England to St Thomas Parish with the Reverend Daniel > Brett for the first public library in the colony. The parish also > established a free school for Indians and blacks. In 1705 Beaufort, Craven, > and Hyde precincts were established in Bath County. In 1705 Bath became the > first town created in the colony. Construction of St. Thomas Church, oldest > existing church in the state, began in 1734. > > The parish of St Paul's was organized in 1701 as the first Anglican parish > in the colony under the provisions of the Vestry Act of 1701. A > post-in-ground church building was erected the next year on an undetermined > plot of land just east of Queen Anne's Creek on what is now known as Hayes > farm; the town of Edenton would not be founded for another eleven years. In > 1736 construction was begun of the present St Paul's on the town lots set > aside for church and churchyard (cemetery) before 1722. > >

Roanoke Island - the site of an initial English visit in 1584, the short-lived military settlement of 1585-6 (removed by Sir Francis Drake following his sacking of St Augustine, Florida, because of fears of a retaliatory Spanish attack), and the first permanent English settlement in North America, the so-called Lost Colony of 1587 - was at that time referred to as being in Virginia (named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen). During the reign of her successor, James I, what is now known as Virginia was settled (initially at Jamestown) from 1607-24 under the auspices of the joint stock Virginia Company of London. On May 24, 1624 the Company's charter was declared vacated, and the colony of Virginia came under control of the crown as the first royal colony in English history. It included most of the area from just north of modern New York city southward to Cape Fear. On October 30, 1629, in the fifth year of his reign, James' son Charles I granted to his Attorney General, Sir Robert Heath, the territory between 31 and 36 degrees north latitude. This is the region now lying from about 30 miles north of the Florida state line to the southern side of Albemarle Sound. In 1632, with royal approval, Heath assigned his New World interests to Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers. In 1637, Charles I directed Governor Sir John Harvey of Virginia to assist in the work of settling "Lord Maltravers province of Carolana". Harvey's compliance took the form of a patent to Maltravers establishing the County of Norfolk "in the Southern part of the Colony" of Virginia. The reason for the name is that one of the Howard family titles, still used today by the head of the family (who is Earl Marshall of England and an important participant in Coronation ceremonies), is Duke of Norfolk. The Howards are the only Roman Catholic family to have successfully maintained an important position in the English aristocracy. Included in Maltravers' County of Norfolk was the area from just south of modern Suffolk, Virginia (the actual city, not what was Nansemond County) to about present-day New Bern. Records of actual settlement are scanty, but Sir John Colleton (one of the later proprietors of Carolina) once mentioned a plantation "started by one Mr Mariot, steward to the Duke of Norfolk," Maltravers' son. On May 15, 1630 an agreement was drafted for a Carolana settlement, one of the parties to which was George Lord Berkeley. Governor Sir William Berkeley of Virginia sent an expedition against the Indians along the Chowan River in 1646, presumably in preparation for southernward settlement. About 1648 Henry Plumpton of Nansemond County, Virginia, just north of the Chowan region, in co-operation with Thomas Tuke and several others, bought from the Indians "all the Land from the mouth of the Morratuck [Roanoke] River to the mouth of Weyanook Creek". In 1650 a Virginia merchant, Thomas Bland, was one of a party of eight who explored the Chowan, Meherrin, and Roanoke river valleys. His petition to the Virginia assembly for permission to settle "to the Southward" was approved October 20, 1650. The Assembly instructed him and his associates to "secure themselves in effecting the said Designe with a hundred able men sufficiently furnished with Armes and Munition". In 1651 he published a promotional tract, "The Discovery of New Brittaine, 1650". In 1653 the Virginia Assembly made a grant of 10,000 acres, in response to a petition from the Rev. Roger Green, "unto one hundred such persons who shall first seate on Moratuck or Roanoke river and the land lying upon the south side of Choan river and the branches thereof" and "to the said Roger Green, the rights of one thousand acres of land, and choice to take the same where it shall seem most convenient to him, next to those persons who have had a former grant". In a pamphlet entitled "Virginia's Cure", printed in London in 1662, the Rev. Green cited the colony of Virginia as being bound "on the North by the great River Patomak, on the South by the River Chawan". A manuscript map, drawn in 1657 by Nicholas Comberford, is in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich in London. On the neck of land between the mouth of the Roanoke River and Salmon Creek (now in Bertie County) this shows a neatly drawn house with the label "Batts House" identifying it. In his journal for 1672, George Fox, the Quaker missionary who visited the area, mentioned "Nathaniel Batts who had been Governor of Roan-oak". Following the execution of Charles I, England was a Republic for 11 years, 1649-60, until the coronation of Charles II. On March 24, 1663, Charles II revoked his father's grant of 1629 to Sir Robert Heath and granted the Carolinas to eight English noblemen who had supported the Royalist cause during and after the English Civil War (1642-49). These were the initial Lords Proprietors: Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (Lord High Chancellor); George Monck, Duke of Albemarle (Master of the King's Horse and Captain-General of all his forces); William Lord Craven (an old friend of Charles' father); John Lord Berkeley; Anthony Ashley Cooper (Chancellor of the Exchequer, later made Earl of Shaftesbury); Sir George Carteret (Vice-Chamberlain of the King's Household, who had entertained Charles in his Jersey home during a part of the time he was in exile); Sir William Berkeley (who, as Governor of Virginia, had induced the colony to adhere to Charles II as sovereign even while he was in exile); and Sir John Colleton (a Barbadian planter, who had maintained the royal cause in Barbados). The first official use of the name Carolina occurs in this Charter. In September 1663 the other proprietors sent a series of instructions to Sir William Berkeley. Carolina affairs were left almost entirely in the hands of Berkeley as the nearest resident Proprietor, and it was more than two years before those remaining in England showed signs of being aware that the Albemarle region, as the former Carolana area was now called, was not within their domain. On June 13, 1665, they received a new charter making their northern boundary approximately the same as the present North Carolina-Virginia state line. The Lords Proprietors concentrated most of their initial efforts on a fruitless attempt (1663-67) to establish Clarendon County in the Cape Fear region. William Drummond was the first Governor appointed for Albemarle County (1664-67). Roanoke Island was owned by Samuel Stephens who, on October 9, 1662, had been appointed "commander of the southern plantation" by the council in Virginia, and was later (1667-69) Governor of Albemarle County. Colleton (now Collington) Island had been granted to Sir John Colleton, and was where Governor (1670-72) Peter Carteret lived after moving to Carolina from his family home on Jersey in the Channel Islands. By October 1668 Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Perquimans precincts had been formed in Albemarle County. From 1679 for about 6 years, Perquimans was renamed Berkeley Precinct. In 1689 Albemarle County as a unit of government ceased to exist, although the name continued intermittently in use for at least a further 10 years. Government of Carolina "North and East of Cape feare" was established, with Philip Ludwell as Governor (1689-94). In 1691 the Lords Proprietors appointed him governor of all Carolina, headquartered at Charles Town, with a deputy governor for the northern part of the colony - the beginning of the division of the province into North and South Carolina, though not so called at this time. Thomas Jarvis was the first deputy governor. Early Albemarle County had no formal religious life, other than Quaker meetings in private houses in Perquimans precinct. The Quaker missionary William Edmundson found one Quaker household in 1672, that of Henry Phelps (Phillips), who had moved down from New England in 1665 with his wife. There were more on his return in 1677 and, by 1680, monthly meetings were being held. Since the Quakers were the only church available, they attracted numerous converts, especially in Perquimans and Pasquotank precincts. Under the encouragement of the Quaker Lord Proprietor and proprietary governor (1694-96) John Archdale, they became the dominant political force in the county - which stimulated the Anglican community to seek passage of the Vestry Act. The Upper Meeting House (later Wells) was built by 1704, Little River Meeting House was erected in 1705, and Lower Meeting House (later Old Neck) appeared by 1706. At the end of the proprietary era, in 1729, Friends maintained Meetings at Wells, Old Neck, Suttons Creek, Yeopim, and Piney Woods. (Piney Woods is still functioning.) Friends residing west of Little River in Perquimans were attached to the Pasquotank Monthly Meeting. Friends have to receive their Meeting's permission before marrying, so the records from Quaker Meetings provide most of the available early information on marriages in this area. The Anglican missionary John Blair, writing in 1704, reported that he had baptised a great many children but had not been able to marry anyone because only the magistrates were authorized to marry. He found three church buildings and glebes. The Church of England, or Anglican Church, envisioned by the authors of the proprietary charters and the Fundamental Constitutions as the dominant religious institution in a tolerant province, was finally made the established church of the province in 1701 and again in 1703 or 1704. The statutes erected parishes, named vestries, and authorized the imposition of taxes to support the clergy. At the same time, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), organized by Thomas Bray and Associates in 1701, began to send missionaries to the province. In Perquimans an Anglican chapel was under construction, but remained unfinished because of the death of Major Samuel Swann, Sr in 1707; the Anglican Nags Head Chapel, in use by 1736 and probably the result of the efforts of vestryman Albert Albertson, occupied the site of the later New Hope Methodist Church; and the Anglican Yeopim Chapel, constructed on land donated by John And Elizabeth Mathias in 1732, eventually became the site of Bethel Baptist Church. Bath County was formed in 1696 and, four years later, the Rev. Thomas Bray shipped books from England to St Thomas Parish with the Reverend Daniel Brett for the first public library in the colony. The parish also established a free school for Indians and blacks. In 1705 Beaufort, Craven, and Hyde precincts were established in Bath County. In 1705 Bath became the first town created in the colony. Construction of St. Thomas Church, oldest existing church in the state, began in 1734. The parish of St Paul's was organized in 1701 as the first Anglican parish in the colony under the provisions of the Vestry Act of 1701. A post-in-ground church building was erected the next year on an undetermined plot of land just east of Queen Anne's Creek on what is now known as Hayes farm; the town of Edenton would not be founded for another eleven years. In 1736 construction was begun of the present St Paul's on the town lots set aside for church and churchyard (cemetery) before 1722.

LE, My ancestor, ROBERT BEASLEY who was located variously in Perq. and Chowan Counties was supposedly married before 1655 in Chowan (did it exist pre 1655?). Also, his son, JAMES BEASLEY was apparently married on17 March 1675/6 in PERQUIMANS PRECINCT, ALBEMARLE COUNTY, NC. Is it possible yours is in the same situation? Mine would also have been Anglican (Episcopalian). He married MARY CROPLEY daughter of JOHN CROPLEY & ANN VINS/VINES. JAMES BEASLEY died (will probated) in BERKELEY PRECINCT, CHOWAN COUNTY, according to my notes. I have a feeling the changes have less to do with his MOVING than with the changing boundary lines of the counties and precincts(?)....soon to include STATE lines. I don't know what CHURCH JAMES BEASLEY & MARY CROPLEY were married in...possibly it was a family chapel. But I see what your problem might be in finding records. DO let me know if you find what churches existed in that time period. Thanks, Carole Caroline Burnett Cook descendant of: BEASLEY,CROPLEY, VINES/VINS, BLOUNT,NORCOM,HOSKINS ALSTON, NORTON In a message dated 5/7/00 12:49:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Sat, 6 May 2000 23:47:25 -0500 From: "Le Bateman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [NCPERQUI] Vestry Book Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was wondering if there was a Perquimans County Vestry Book covering 1694-1732. One of my ancestors had a civil wedding ceremony because there was no Anglican Church in Perquimans County in 1694, now would there be a record of his wedding and the births of his child in a vestrybook. The child was born in 1697. Le _____________________________________________ >>

Jacob Perry¹s Will, 1775 ³In the name of God, amen, March 4, 1775, I, Jacob Perry, of Perquimans County in the province of North Carolina, being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory thanks be given to God for the cause and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. That is to say. . . First and principally of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it me and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian-like and decent manner, according to the directions of my executors hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the almighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me within this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in manner and from the following---that is to say in the first place... I give and bequeath to my son Jacob Perry the land and plantation whereon he now lives in Perquimans County aforesaid to a line of marked trees mentioned in a deed of gift to my son Israel Perry which is supposed to contain about 187 1/2 acres to the same more or less to him, his heirs or assigns forever also such part of my personal estate with which he is now possessed with to him and his disposal. Then I give to my son Israel Perry all such part of my estate as he is now in actual possession of meaning among other things, 50 acres of land for which some years past acknowledged a deed of sale to him that through mistake happened to be without date, to him and his disposal. Then I give to my son Reuben Perry all such part of my estate as he is now in actual possession of to him and his disposal. Then I give to my daughter, Priscilla Welch, wife of Dempsey Welch, all such part of my estate as she is now in actual possession of to her and her own disposal. Then I give to my son Dempsey Perry all such part of my estate as he is now in actual possession of to him and his own disposal. Then I give to my son John Perry, named ³Dick² (??) and also such part of my estate as he is now in actual possession of to him and his own disposal. Then I give to my daughter Hephzibah Stallings, wife of Hardy Stallings, all such part of my estate as she is now in actual possession of to her and her own disposal. Then I give to my daughter Ann Winslow, wife of Caleb Winslow, land and plantation and improvements whereon I now live, also one plantation and improvements which I bought of Zachariah Lilley, also one plantation which I bought of my son Jacob, to her and her heirs forever, only my will is that the true intent and meaning of these presents also is that my well beloved Ann Perry shall have the use of the said lands during the time of her natural life without molestation. Then I give to my grandson Isaac Wilson, son of Isaac Wilson, a parcel of land lying on the northwest side of a place called the Little Beaver Dam in Chowan County, containing by estimation 100 acres to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Then I give to my well-beloved wife Ann Perry one horse call Spring (??), one woman¹s saddle and bridle, one featherbed and furniture, also the use of the labor of my negro man named Tom and negro woman named Pat during the time of her natural life or widowhood, also the use of my copper still for the same time. Then I give to my 8 children sig: Jacob, Israel, Reuben, Priscilla, Dempsey, John, Hephzibah, and Ann my copper still and negroes Tom & Pat to be equally divided among them after the expiration of the time above limited to them and their disposal. Then I give all the rest of my estate to be equally divided between my wife Ann Perry, and my youngest daughter Ann Winslow, wife of Caleb Winslow, to them and their disposal. Then, lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my well-beloved wife executress and Jacob Perry and Israel Perry and Caleb Winslow executors of this my last will and testament, hereby disannullin and disallowing all and any other forms, wills and testaments, legacies, bequeaths, or executors before this time by me named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to by my last will and testament. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my name, seal the day and year first above written.² Recorded November 24, 1779."

I was wondering if there was a Perquimans County Vestry Book covering 1694-1732. One of my ancestors had a civil wedding ceremony because there was no Anglican Church in Perquimans County in 1694, now would there be a record of his wedding and the births of his child in a vestrybook. The child was born in 1697. Le _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Last night I uploaded the Perquimans 1720 tithables list to: http://perqtax.homstead.com/ This brings to a close the Phase I blitz of site-building there. I'm now going to let the site rest a bit while I get more scannable materials from the Archives. Back soon, Harold Colson San Diego, CA

Does anyone on this and the Perquimans County list live near Hertford? I would be very happy to pay someone to find some death certificates for me if they could go to the courthouse in Hertford and find them. I also need a transcript of the burials at Cedarwood cemetery if there is a cemetery book for Perquimans County. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Ross" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: May 05, 2000 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Death Cert. Answer > Dixie is correct with her information on NC birth/death certificates. I can > add that the state of NC did not begin officially recording same until 1913. > Anyone born before 1913 either had no certificate, or may have applied for a > Delayed Birth Certificate when they needed one for Social Security reasons, > or to prove their ages when drivers' licenses became a legal requirement, or > to apply for a passport, etc. Many (probably most) counties retain the > original certificates dating from 1913 in their court houses. > > Betsy Ross > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Death Cert. Answer > Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 17:19:40 EDT > > Per NC Research by Leary & Stirewalt, early requirements to record the > events > of births & deaths was largely ignored. Certificates usually appear in the > county in which the individual resided and sometimes in the county in which > the event took place. The NC Division of Health Services, Vital Records > Branch, P.O.Box 2091 Raleigh NC 27602 has copies of all b & d certificates > from 1930 to present. Death certificates prior to 1930 are at the NC State > Archives, Archives & Records Section. Dixie > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

I just found some useful material at www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/3940/census.html and am posting this URL for the benfit of anyone else who, like me, did not know of it.

What are the earliest available years for death certificates in North Carolina? Would death records circa 1925 be held in the individual counties or at the State Archives? If in the individual counties, what are the addresses to write to in Chowan, Perquimans and Pasquotank Counties?? Thanks! Will Smith

Hi, I would greatly appreciate a lookup for a marriage record of Henry Newby to a Mrs. Evans sometime prior to 1898, when Mrs. Evans' daughter, Lucille Ethel Evans, married Hugh Copeland in the home of Henry Newby, in Hertford. Hugh and Lucille Copeland were my wife's great-grandparents. I would also like to know the name of the cemetery where they are buried. Said to be buried in a family plot in Hertford. Hugh was listed on his death certificate as a "Merchant hustler" and died in the late 1930's. We do not know the name of Lucille's mother. She signed the marriage certificate as "Mrs. Henry Newby". Her first husband, Charles Evans, died before 1898. I am in need also of a lookup for the Charles Evans household in 1880, and possibly a marriage record for him circa 1868-1878. I think Lucille was born about 1877 or earlier. I greatly appreciate your help. I also appreciate the gracious and helpful folks on this list! Thanks to all! Will Smith

Harold, I just wanted to say "Thank You" for all the hard work that you are putting in on the pages you are building...... My surnames in your county are: ALBERTSON, HIGGINS, SIMONS, DUNLAP to mention a few.....always happy to exchange......pj -- Paula (pj) Howard Thompson [email protected] Weakley Co, TN Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnweakle Listmom of Weakley Co,Tn Rootsweb Home Page http://www.apex.net/users/pj/mama.htm (Under Construction) My Surnames of Weakley County, Tennessee McCLAIN JONES McCLURE MORRISON STARK/STARKS TIBBS JOHNSON KEMP HART HOWARD HUNGERFORD ALDERDICE WILLIAMS "May we all search ours Roots to form the Branches of our Tree"

A 1740 list of Perquimans jurymen and a new transcription of the 1740 tithables list are now posted at: http://perqtax.homestead.com/ Harold

Need to know what company Baker P. Boyce is listed with in the 68th N.C. Infantry, CSA. Also would like to know where this man is buried, and if his grave is properly marked with a Confederate marker. He was my wife's gggrandfather. Baker's daughter, Margaret Priscilla Boyce married William Henry Speight. William and Margaret were the parents of my mother's-in-law father, William Winford Speight (1911-1995). Also interested in the SPEIGHT, WALLACE, FOREHAND, COPELAND, CHAPPELL, EVANS, NEWBY families of the Hertford area. We are desperately attempting to find the identity of my wife's gg grandmother, wife of Charles Evans. Valarie's great-grandmother was Lucille Ethel Evans who married Hugh Copeland in 1898. Charles Evans was deceased prior to this time and his widow had married Henry Newby of Hertford, and Hugh and Lucille were married in his house. Lucille's mother signed her marriage certificate only as "Mrs. Henry Newby". If ANYONE on the list can help us, we would be more than grateful! Also looking for census data for Charles Evans with Lucille in his household. Thanks! Will Smith

PERRY COURT PETITIONS IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NC April 1744 Jacob PERRY, & John RIDDICK, for "an order to build a grist mill on a branch of Perquimans River, between Daniel ROGERSON, & Thomas LILLY, for the good Of the neighborhood." April 1755 Jacob PERRY married before April 1755, Ann dau of Thos LILLY, who lived in Piney Woods. January 1731/2 Capt. John Pettiver complaint against Jacob PERRY. Land assigned. DIVISIONS OF ESTATES IN PERQUIMANS CO, NC Robert FELTON, "who died intestate, possessed of 140a of land, adj John FELTON, Peter PERRY, & Caleb WINLOW, which was conveyed by William FELTON Nov 2, 1809 To sd Robert, and another tract conveyed by Cader FELTON dec'd Dec 1, 1809 to sd Robert, adj John NIXON, on N Side of Cypress pond, 25a & another parcel 100a in Chowan County," Claimants for said property; John H. SMALL, and Maria his wife; Shdrach FELTON, Robert FELTON, by his Gar Henry SKINNER; Thomas JACOSON, & Charlotte his wife; "Sheweth that they are joint heirs of Robert FELTON dec'd." Thomas LILLY dec'd Oct 12, 1753. Ann LILLY (future wife of Jacob PERRY) admix. Inventory. Ezekiel MAUDLIN dec'd July 10, 1745, Mary MAUDLIN, & John PERRY exrs . Among effects, "1 old Bible." Phillip PERRY dec'd April 10, 1754. Heirs: wife Judith, Sarah, Mary, Jesse, Phillip, Elizabeth, Rachel, Judith, & Miriam PERRY. William PERRY dec'd Feb 9, 1802. Heirs: Selah EDWARDS, Thomas PERRY, Penelope GOODWIN, (wife of William) Jacob PERRY Sr dec'd Feb 27, 1799. Heirs: Miles, & Lawrence PERRY, Hephzibah Bogue (or Boyce) Mornica BUNCHES, to each £25s2p8¾. Reuben PERRY dec'd July 1775. Wife Esther , Admix. Thomas HARVEY Clk. E. V. PERRY Clerk of Court Dec 1899-1904 John PERRY Deputy Sheriff Oct 1752 Benjamin PERRY Representative from Perquimans Co. 1789-90

DEED BOOK I #19 p. 246 Joseph ELLIOTT of Perq, for £40, pd by Caleb WINSLOW, of afsd---sold 240a (part in Chowan, & part in Perq Co) adj land that Julius BUNCH bought of Joseph NICHOLSON, & Ephrim ELLIOTT. Sep 7, 1777. Test' Jacob PERRY, Cornelius RATLIFF. #36 p. 247 Jan 4, 1778. John HOLLOWELL of Perq, for £100 pd by Josiah ROGERSON of same---sold 100a between sd HOLLOWELL, & Israel PERRY, formerly line of William KITCHEN, called "burnt ground," pt of a pat' to sd KITCHEN, 1719, by him "in his will. Given to Christopher JACKSON, late of Nanzymond Co Va," & by sd JACKSON sold to sd HOLLOWELL. Test' Caleb WINSLOW, William HOLLOWELL, Thomas TWINE. #37 p. 247 Thomas NICHOLSON Sr, of Perq, planter---for s30 pd by Jesse PERRY, of same planter---sold 4a Swamp, adj Thos BOSWELL, "through Gum Swamp." Jan 1, 1777. Test' Spencer WILLIAMS, Caroline NICHOLSON, Elphel SCOT. #65 p. 249 Abner HOLLOWELL of Perq, for £200 pd by Hugh GRIFFIN, of afsd, sold 130a, on Juniper Swamp, N. E. Side. March 16, 1776. Test' Will. KING, Ben'n PERRY Jr, Job STALLINGS. #108 p. 253 State of NC of s50, per 100a, pd by Phillip PERRY, do grt 50a in Perq, on So Side of Perq River, adj his own corner, called "Phillips Ridge" Jos. SKINNER Reg of Perq. Test' John FRANCH Pro' Sec. #132 p. 254 John TWINE of Perq, husbandman---for"love I bear my son Thomas of same---do give plan' whereon Marsha ASBELL, formerly dwelt, on north side of Perq River, adj Joseph PERRY, & his own new entry, 50a on the side of the desert." Jan 8, 1780. Test' John HOLLOWELL, Henry HOLLOWELL. #144 p. 255 Benjamin MORGAN of Perq, for £250 pd by William HOLLOWELL, of same---sold 122a on So West Side of Little River, adj Isaac BOSWELL & James DAVIS. Jan 15, 1778. Test' Jesse PERRY, Seth MORGAN, John HOLLOWELL. #147 p. 256 Bettie WILSON of Perq, for "love I bear my son Elisha MUNDEN of afsd---do give 30a, on so West Side of Little River, near the mouth of Fork Swamp." 21-3mo-1781. Test' Jesse PERRY, James DAVIS. #164 p. 257 July 29, 1781. Thomas Newby, of Isle of Wight Co., Vir, & Mary his wife , for "$100 Spanish Milled Dollars," pd by Isaac WILSON, of Perq N.C. sold 40a in Perq, on So East Side of PERRYs Mill Swamp, adj Robert WILSON, & Enoch JESSOP. Test' Jacob RANDOLPH, Joseph SCOTT, Exum NEWBY. #166 p. 257 Solomon ROBERTS of Perq, for £10 pd by Spencer WILLIAMS, of same---sold 11a, adj sd WILLIAMS. 8, 4mo, 1782. Test' Jesse PERRY. #176 p. 258 Benjamin NEWBY, of Pasq Co., for £55 pd by Henry WHITE, of Perq, planter---sold 66a, near the head of Little River, adj Thomas BOSWELL. 25, 1mo, 1782. Test' Jesse PERRY, Thomas NORMAN. #203 p. 260 James DAVIS of Perq, "in consideration of William MONDAY, serving in my stead for 3 month in the Malitia, & for £47, pd to him, by Spencer WILLIAMS, do convey to sd WILLIAMS 50a," on So Wt Side of Little River, Adj land of sd WILLIAMS. April 12, 1781. Test' Jesse PERRY, I. LANE. #217 p. 261 Aug 8, 1781. Joseph PERRY, for £5 pd by Robert RIDDICK, both of Perq, sold 62a "near the head of Perq River, on North Side of the River Swamp, adj William PRICE, to John WHITE's Neck." Test' Seth RIDDICK, Jacob RIDDCK, Ben. PERRY. #232 p. 262 Spencer WILLIAMS of Perq, for an "exchange of 50a of land, conveyed to me by William ARKILL, of afsd---do convey to sd ARKILL 160a , on South westerly Side of Little River," adj William HOLLOWELL. May 17, 1782.\ Test' Josiah PERRY, Levi MUNDEN. #237 p. 263 Sept 16, 1782. Milly ROGERSON, for £80 pd by John LEE, both of Perq, sold 100a on the main road, adj Job WINSLOW. Test' J. PERRY, Jos. SCOTT. #240 p. 263 Aug 3, 1776. Daniel ROGERSON, & Catherine, his wife of Perq, for £40 pd by Israel PERRY, of afsd---sold 40a on the River Pocosin, adj "Mill land of Josiah ROGERSON." Test' John HOLLOWELL, John TWINE, Jacob PERRY, Jr. #245 p. 263 Jan 11, 1783. Joseph PERRY of Perq, for £5 pd by Benjamin PERRY, of afsd---sold 57a on South side of Perq River Swamp. Test' Robert RIDDICK, Jacob RIDDICK, Robert RIDDICK, Jr. #253 p. 264 Aug 8, 1781. Joseph PERRY of Perq, for £5 pd by Phillip PERRY of afsd---sold 130a , in the mouth of Maple Branch, on South Side of Perq River. Test' Robt RIDDICK, William LILLY. #258 p. 264 Oct 8, 1781. Phillip PERRY of Perq, for £45 pd by Caleb WINSLOW, of same---sold 60a, for William WINSLOW, "orphan of Caleb WINSLOW dec'd," on Beaver Run, adj ROUNTREE. Test' Robert RIDDICK, William LILLY. #263 p. 264 Edward WINGATE of Perq, for an "exchange" of land with Spencer WILLIAMS, of same---conveyed 349a, at the side of Perq River. 17, 5mo, 1762. Test' Josiah PERRY, Levi MUNDEN. NOTE THESE FOLLOWING STATE OF NC GRANTS ARE PROBABLY BOUNTY LAND; GIVEN FOR REV SERVICES #284 p. 266 S. of N.C., for s50, pd by Thomas TWINE, do grt 66a on North Side of Perq River, adj Joseph PERRY. Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #285 p. 266 S. of N.C., for s50 pd by Benjamin (PERRY?)Sr, do grt 50a on west side of "the Great Desert," adj David RIDDICK, near the head of "JESSOPs Ridge." . Alex MARTINEsq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #288 p. 266 S. of N.C., for s50, pd by Jacob PERRY Esq, do grt 382a, in "Haw Tree Neck," adj Benjamin, & Jacob WINSLOW, " on East side of sd Swamp." Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #294 p. 266 Aug 8, 1781. Joseph PERRY, for £5, pd by Jacob RIDDICK, both of Perq, sold 51a near the head of Perq River, adj Benjamin PERRY. Test' Robert RIDDICK, Seth RIDDICK, Benj'm PERRY. #306 p. 267 William ARKILL of Perq, for a "swap of 60a with Edward WINGATE," of afsd---conveyed 50a, near the head of Yeopim Creek, Adj Joshua LONG. 17, 5mo, 1782. Test' Josiah PERRY, Levi MUNDEN. #309 p. 267 Aug 8, 1781. Joseph PERRY, for £500 pd by Joseph RIDDICK, of Gates Co., sld 36a in the mouth of "Hoosin Pine Branch," addj Robert, & Isaac RIDDICK, & John WHITE dec'd. Test' Robert RIDDICK, Jacob riddick. #310 p. 267 State of N. C. for s50, per each 100a, pd by Phillip PERRY, do grt 166a, on the head of Cypress Swamp, in Perq. ." Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #318 P. 268 State of N.C. for s50, pd by Jacob RIDDICK, do grt 118½a, adj Benjamin PERRY & John WHITE. Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #321 p. 268 State of N.C. for s50, pd by Elias STALLINGS, do grt 122a on East Side of Perq River, at the head of Cypress Swamp, adj Benjamin WHITE, & Phillip PERRY. Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #327 p. 269 Jacob PERRY of Perq, for "goodwill I bear my nephew Israel PERRY," (son of Israel), do give 60a Swamp land, adj land "given him by his father," & Benjamin WINSLOW. Jan3, 1784. Test' Caleb WINSLOW Thomas TWINE. #328 p. 269 Jacob PERRY of Perq, for "love I bear my friend Henry HOLLOWELL," do give 50a of Swamp land, "between him & Abraham TWINE, pat' by me." Aug 18, 1783. Test' Caleb WINSLOW, Thomas TWINE. #329 p. 269 Jacob PERRY, for "love I bear my nephew John PERRY," (son of Israel) do give 35a of Swamp land, adj land "given him by his father," between him, & Caleb WINSLOW, " on line of Henry HOLLOWELL. Jan 3, 1784. Test' Caleb WINSLOW, Thomas TWINE. #330 p. 269 Jan 3, 1784. Jacob PERRY, for £5 pd by Thomas TWINE, of Perq, sold 50a, adj him, & Abraham TWINE, to line of Joseph PERRY. Test' Caleb WINSLOW, Rachel PERRY. #331 P. 269 Jacob PERRY, for "goodwill I bear my friend Abraham TWINE," do Give 50a of swamp land, "pat by me, Aug 18, 1783, adj his father & Henry HOLLOWELL,'' Jan 3, 1784. Test' Caleb WINSLOW, Thomas TWINE. #332 p. 269 Jan 3, 1784. Jacob PERRY, for £5 pd by Calbe WINSLOW, of Perq, sold 50a, "opposite the mouth of Deep Branch, by the side of the Swamp, below ROGERSON's Mill dam, pat by me, Aug 18, 1783." Test Thomas TWINE, Rachel PERRY. #354 p. 270 State of NC for s50, pd by Jesse PERRY, do grt 250a, near the head of Little River, adj John HASKET. . Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #372 P. 272 Mar 27, 1784. Phillip PERRY of Perq, for £5 pd by Benjamin PERRY, of afsd Sold 50a near the head of Cypress Swamp. Test' Robert RIDDICK Jr, Daniel PERRY. #373 P. 272 May 4, 1784. Charles WHITE, & Mary his wife, of Chowan, for £33 s6 p8 pd by Jacob RIDDICK, of Perq, sold 25a near the "upper Bridge, " adj Benjamin PERRY, Sr., & John WHITE. Test' Benjamin PERRY Jr, Ezekiel HOLLOWELL, Jacob JORDAN. #374 p. 272 Thomas TWINE of Perq, for £5 pd by Joseph PERRY, of afsd---sold 24a taken up, Aug 18, 1783. Seal Jan 9, 1784. Test' Robert RIDDICK Jr, Henry HOLLOWELL, Susanna PERRY. #375 p. 272 Mar 27, 1784. Phillip PERRY, of £5 pd by Robert RIDDICK, both of Perq. Sold 50a near the head of Perq River, adj Benjamin WHITE, & Luke STALLINGS. Test' Benj'n PERRY, Daniel PERRY. #394 p. 273 Jesse PERRY, & Elizabeth his wife, of Perq, for £34 pd by John HASKET, of same, sold 179a on fork Swamp, along ALBERTSONs line, adj sd HASKET, -----, 11mo, 1784. Test' Seth MORGAN, Peter WILLIAMS. #405 p. 274 William ARKILL, of Perq, for £70 pd by Jesse PERRY, of same---sold 50a on SO. Wst side of Little River, adj Spencer WILLIAMS, & William HOLLOWELL. Sep 8, 1783. Test' Thos BRINKLEY, William HOLLOWELL. #412 p. 275 Spencer WILLIAMS of Pasq Co, for £16 pd by Jesse PERRY Esq. Of Perq, conveyed 12a on So West Side of Little River Swamp, adj William HOLLOWELL, Feb ---, 1784. Test' Seth COX, Thomas HASKET, Joshua BOSWELL. #415 p.275 State of N. C., for s50, pd by Jesse PERRY, of Perq, do grt 200a near Little River, adj Charles MORGAN. . Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #416 p. 275 State of N. C., for s50, pd by Jesse PERRY, of Perq, do grt 100a near Little River, adj Caleb WINSLOW. . Alex MARTIN Esq, Gov & Comd-in-Chief, at Danbury Aug 18, 1783. Jas GLASGOW Sec. John SKINNER, Reg of Perq. #475 p. 279 April 11, 1785. Hugh MILLER of Perq for £5 pd by Jacob RIDDICK, of afsd sold 80a, (Swamp land) on South side of River Swamp, adj STALLINGS, & POWELL, "at HOLLOWELLs old bridge." Test' Exum NEWBY, Benjamin PERRY Jr. #480 p. 280 Jan 5, 1785. John WHITE of Perq, for £7 pd by Kacob RIDDICK of same--- sold 2½a, on the Side of "Reedy Branch," adj sd RIDDICK. Test' Seth RIDDICK, Benjamin PERRY Jr. #481 p. 280 July 27, 1785. Jacob, & Sarah RIDDICK, for £100 pd by John WHITE, both of Perq,sold 150a, on North Side of Perq River, adj Isaac WILSON, which Robert RIDDICK bought of Stephen THOMAS, formerly Joseph JESSOPs. Test' Phillip PERRY, Benjamin PERRY Jr. #498 p. 281 Aug 17, 1785. John WHITE & Huldah his wife, for £40 pd by Josiah RIDDICK, all of Perq, sold 53½a, on west Side of "Sandy Ridge road," Adj Mary BARKER. Test' Benjamin PERRY Jr, Jacob RIDDICK. #499 p. 281 July 27, 1785. John WHITE, & Huldah his wife, for £200 pd by Jacob RIDDICK, of Perq, sold 100a, on "South Side of Perq River Swamp, Opposite long point," adj Orphans of John WHITE Sr, dec'd, Test' Phillip PERRY, Benj'n PERRY Jr. #507 p. 282 July 25, 1785. William ARKILL, for £160 pd by Phillip PERRY, sold 160a, by the "run of Little River," adj Solomon ROBERTS, "near the side of the desert," Thomas BRINKLEYs corner & Jesse PERRY Esq. Test' Jesse PERRY, Benjamin PERRY. #538 p. 284 Jan---, 1786. Jesse PERRY Esq, Sheriff of Perq; John THACH late off sd Co dec'd, was indebted to Andrew KNOX, & Co, for "recovery of which Jane BLAIR surviving partner obtained Judgement," & sd Sheriff exposed for sale land on North Side of Indian Creek Swamp, Called "PRATTs Mill Swamp," now in possession of John THACH, Where Joseph WILLIAMS formerly lived, purchased by James BUSH, For £21. Test' Charles MOORE, Richard SKINNER.

DEED BOOK H #6 p. 212 Nov 23, 1767. William SKINNER Gent, Sheriff of Perq---"John LILLY, late of Perq dec, was indebted to James SUMNER in the sum of £35, who by his will did appoint his son Joshua LILLY, his Exor, Luke SUMNER, surviving Exor of sd James dec, a judgement was directed to sd Sheriff of Perq, who took into his poss' goods & chattels of sd LILLY, also a piece of Land, (purchased by Thomas LILLY, father of sd John, of William MOORE) & given him by his father, (50a) on East Side of Perq River, at Upper River Bridge, adj Benj'n PERRY Sr & John WHITE. Test' Sam'l JOHNSON, Josiah GRANVERY, Mat. BRICKWELL. #16 p. 213 John HOLLOWELL, & James PRICE of Peq, for £5, pd by Joel HOLLOWELL, of afsd---sold 100a on East Side of Perq River, adj Elias STALLINGS, dec, "land taken up by sd STALLINGS (640a) out of which sd STALLINGS gave unto Nicholas STALLINGS 600a, July 15, 1749," Robert, Job, John RIDDICK , John HOLLOWELL, Daniel ROGERSON, Thomas, Timothy, Joseph & William LILLY, & Simon STALLINGS, & James PRICE, "parties who have never divided sd land," Agreed that " Joel HOLLOWELL do now have his part," adj sd land. Oct 21, 1767. Test' Robert RIDDICK, Joseph PERRY, Seth RIDDICK. #24 p. 213 Mar 20, 1768. Job RIDDICK, & Prudence his wife of Perq, for £130 pd by George EASON Jr, of afsd---sold 205a on west side of the main Desert, pt of a grt unto Thomas DOCTON May 1, 1717, "& given in his will to his gr-son Job RIDDICK," adj Joseph HURDLE, & Joseph PIERSON. Mar 20, 1768. Test' Benj'n PERRY Jr, Joel HOLLOWELL, Edward BENISON. #27 p. 214 July 4, 1768. Benjamin HALL of Perq, for £65 pd by Thomas BOSWELL, sold 50a on Gum Swamp, adj Peter PARKER. Test' Levi BLOMDEN, Samuel STAFFORD, Jesse PERRY. #74 p. 218 Jacob SPIVEYY, & Ann his wife, Planter---for £30 pd by Sam'l PERRY, of afsd---sold 50a o No East side of Perq River, on "hickory Ridge pt of 200a purchased by Thos ROUNTREE dec, of Joseph JESSOP & left by sd ROUNTREE to Thomas ROUNTREE." July Court 1769. Test' Joseph STALLINGS, Cader HILL. #75 p. 218 Isaac LILLY of Perq, for £25 pd by Charles ROUNTREE, of Chowan Co---sold 232a, adj Thos HOBBS, & Simon STALLINGS, by the River Pocosin. May 16, 1769. Test' Thos NEWBY, Joseph PERRY, Elisha HUNTER. #85 p. 219 Robert NEWBY of Perq, for £142 pd by Isac ELLIOTT, of afsd---sold 60a on So Wst Side of Perq River, at the mouth of a branch, issuing out of Samuel NEWBYs Mill Pond, called "Cow Bridge Branch" which land was laid off to Fras. NEWBY, "agreeable to the will of his father," & sold to sd Robert. Mar 24, 1769. Test' Samuel NEWBY, Reuben PERRY, Kerenhappuck MOORE. #97 p. 220 William SIMPSON of Chowan, for £30, pd by Enoch JESSOP, of Perq, sold 150a called "Chinquepin Ridge" adj Thomas NEWBY Jr, "to the Narrow Oak Ridge." Jan 15, 1770. Test' Reuben PERRY, Robert WILSON, Susannah HOSKINS. #100 p. 220 Isaac ELLIOTT of Perq, for £31 pd by Wm. JACKSON, of Chowan--- sold 50a on South Side of a branch, issuing out of Reuben PERRYs Mill Pond, which sd Isaac purchased of John PEARSON, near Eleazer PEARSON, running to Ephrim ELLIOTT, & Willliam SIMPSONs line, & Sandy Ridge Road. April 17, 1770. Test' Pritlow ELLIOTT, Benjamin WRIGHT. #135 p. 223 Issac LAMB of Perq, for an "exchange of land , set over by Isaac ELLIOTT" of afsd, have set over to sd ELLIOTT 10a, part of a tract of Swamp land, adj Pritlow ELLIOTT, & up sd Swamp to Holmes Branch. Oct 19, 1769. Test' Reuben PERRY, John PEARSON. #140 p. 224 Robert, & James WILSON, of Perq, for £40 pd by Elizabeth WINSLOW, of afsd---sold 130a called "Aarons old field," adj Thomas NEWBY Jr, along the Desert to Pritlow ELLIOTT, & John PEARSONs Line, & the line of sd Robert. Oct 13, 1770. Test' Reuben PERRY, John WINSLOW Sr. #144 p. 224 James WILSON of Perq, "do set over unto Robert WILSON," of afsd--- 140a in the fork of Cypress Swamp, adj GABRIEL NEWBYs old patent, upon the North Side of sd Swamp, to line of Pritlow ELLIOTT, conveyed to me by Caleb ELLIOTT, & 50a along "the old body of Reeds" to Reuben PERRYs Mill Pond. April 27, 1770. Test' Reuben PERRY, Enoch JESSOP, Esther PERRY. #150 p. 225 Zachary LILLY of Chowan, planter---conveyed to Samuel PERRY, of afsd 75a in Perq, (In con' of a swap of land). Nov----,1770. Zachary, & Ann LILLY. Test' Joseph STALLINGS, Isaac LILLY. #151 p. 225 Samuel & Ann PERRY of Perq, "In con' of a swap with Zachariah LILLY," do convey 50a, on North Zeast Side of Perq River, upon Hickory Ridge, Pt of 200a purchased by Thomas ROUNTREE dec, of Joseph JESSOP, & left by his will to his son Thomas. Novv 8, 1770. Test' Joseph STALLINGS, William LILLY. #195 p. 228 John POWELL of Perq, for £100 pd by Jacob WINSLOW, of same, planter---sold 125a on South West Side of Perq River, in the edge of the Pocosin, beibg the upper corner of a pat' unto Timothy CLARE, said land "now in poss' of heirs of William PRICE." Oct 17, 1774. Test' Jacob PERRY Jr, Elias STALLINGS. #217 p. 230 Jan 13, 1772. Benjamin PERRY, of Perq, for £26 s1 pd by Josiah ROGERSON, sold 100a, in sd County. Test' Ann RIDDICK, Elisha HUNTER, Joseph RIDDICK. #246 p. 233 Elizabeth WINSLOW of Perq, for £50 pd by Isaac WILSON, of afsd--- sold 105a in the fork of Cypress Swamp, called "Aarons old field," adj Thomas NEWBY Jr, along the desert to Pritlow ELLIOTT, & John PARSONs line; a dividing line between Robert & William WILSON, Sep 2, 1772. Test' Jacob PERRY Jr, Jacob WINSLOW. #274 p. 235 Samuel PERRY, & Ann his wife, of Chowan Co, Planter---for £13 pd by Wm LILLY, of Perq, sold 75a on east side of Chowan Rd. April 21, 1773. Test' William LILLY Jr. #282 p. 236 Spencer WILLIAMS of Pasq Co, for £25 pd by James DAVIS, of same--- sold 50a on So Wst Side of Little River, a pat' unto Robert COX dec'd. Jan 26, 1774. Test' Jesse PERRY, Reuben GRIFFIN, Levi MUNDEN. #348 p. 241 George WALTON of Perq, for £18-s7-p6 pd by John HUDSON, of sd place, sold 31a adj sd WALTON. March 18, 1775. Test' John HOLLOWELL, Jacob PERRY Jr. #349 p. 241 March 18, 1775. John HUDSON of Perq, & George WALTON, of same: Uriah HUDSON in his will, did bequeath to his son John 131a, who sold Same to George WALTON, for £80-s17-p6. Test' John HOLLOWELL, Jacob PERRY (Jr) #387 p. 244 Reuben PERRY of Perq, "do give to my brother Jacob PERRY of same, the stream joining my land to build a Mill thereon, & timber to build same, I sd Reuben do draw a share, for work I have done towards building sd Mill." Mar 12, 1773. Test Robert WILSON, Joseph PEARSON.

DEED BOOK G #42 p. 191 Benjamin PERRY Sr, of Perq, for "love I bear my son Benjamin," of afsd--- do give a tract of land, bought of William MOORE Jr, 300a, adj land where I now dwell. April 19, 1762. Test' Robbert RIDDICK, Nicholas STALLINGS, Joseph PERRY. #96 p. 196 Zachariah LILLY of Perq, planter---for £20 pd by Jacob PERRY Sen, sold 50a on Great Branch, & north side of River Pocosin, adj Jacob POWELL, & sd PERRY, pt of a grt to William KITCHEN, by sd KITCHEN, Given to John LILLY, (son of Thomas) conveyed by said John LILLY to his brother Thomas, who by death gave same to his son Zachariah. Jan 12, 1763. Test' Nicholas STALLINGS, John HOLLOWELL. #100 p. 196 Jacob PERRY Jr, of Perq, Planter---for £25 pd by Jacob PERRY Sr, of afsd--- sold 50a on "McClennys Branch," pt of a grt unto William KITCHEN, at the mouth of Deep Branch, adj sd Jacob PERRY Sr, to River Swamp." April 19, 1763. Test' Edward HALL. #101 p. 196 Jacob POWELL of Perq, for £9 pd by Jacob PERRY Jr, sold 150a "at the Cabbin Point," on SNOOKES line, to line of Thomas LILLY, down to the Swamp. Mar 7, 1763. Test' Jacob WINSLOW, Arthur CONNER. #102 p. 196 Jacob PERRY Jr, for s10 pd by Benjamin WINSLOW, pf Perq, sold 5a on the main road, adj sd PERRYs back line. April 19, 1763. Test' Israel PERRY, Jacob WINSLOW. #103 P. 196 Israel PERRY of Perq, for £6 pd by Benjamin WINSLOW, of afsd--- Sold 15a on lines of sd PERRY, & John WINSLOW, along sd "Benjamins own line." Mar 7, 1763. Test' Jacob PERRY Jr, Jacob WINSLOW. #104 p. 196 Jacob PERRY Jr, for £50 pd by Israel PERRY, sold 25a on the "old dividing line between Israel & Jacob PERRY," on the River Swamp. Mar 7, 1763. Test' Jacob WINSLOW, Benjamin WINSLOW. #105 p. 196 Benjamin WINSLOW of Perq, for £30 pd by Jacob WINSLOW, of same--- sold 100a on East Side of Perq River, adj Jesse WINSLOW, & John HUDSON. Mar 7, 1763. Test' Israel PERRY, Jacob PERRY Jr. #106 p. 196 Israel PERRY, for £50 pd by Jacob PERRY Jr, sold 50a on Deep Creek Branch, & SNOOKES Line. Mar 7, 1763. Test' Jacob WINSLOW, Samuel FARLOW. #110 P. 197 May 28, 1762. Earl GRANVILLE, grt unto John CLAYTON Esq, of Perq, land "near the head of Little River. In the mouth of Gum Branch & Juniper Island Branch," to line of Jesse PERRY. 150a. GRANVILLE, by Tho CHILD. #146 p. 200 Jesse PERRY of Perq, Farmer---for £2 s10, pd by William SMALL, of afsd--- sold 5a upon the head of Little River, adj Jesse, & Isaac PERRY. Oct 20, 1762. Test' John WHITE, Isaac BOSWELL. #151 p. 200 William MUNDEN of Perq, for £20 pd by Hannah MUNDEN, (widow of Joseph) of afsd---sold 65a on So Wt side of Little River (other part thereof, sd MUNDEN sold to Joshua PERRISHO), "contents of a grt to Joseph MUNDEN, by Francis CORBIN, & Benjamin WHEATLEY, agents of Earl GRANVILLE, Feb 19, 1762." Seal Jan 10, 1765. Test' Isaac BOSWELL, Thomas BOSWELL, Jesse PERRY, Elisha PARKER #155 p. 201 Nov 27, 1764. John PERRY, of Bertie Co. Planter---for £30 pd by Thomas WRIGHT, of Edenton, (Ropemaker)---sold 158a on No Et Side of Perq River, adj Nath'l SUTTON, on lower side of Suttons Creek, Near Cypress Swamp (both issuing out of the north side of Perq River) Sd land formerly John PERRYs , father of sd John. Test' George BROWNRIGG, Thomas DARE. John of Bertie is grandson of John who married Mary and Elizabeth Young, and son of John Perry and Sarah. #179 p. 203 Charles JORDAN of Chowan, for "love I bear unto my dau Rachel WHITE & her husband John WHITE, do give negroes viz: DICK, TONY, ROSE, SUE & GRACE. Sealed with my seal this day ." Aug 2, 1765. Test' Phillip PERRY, Joseph SMITH. #207 p. 206 Aug 9, 1766. Elizabeth WINSLOW of Perq, spinster---for £40 sold (after a decree from the Assemby , signed by Jacob & Israel PERRY, Josiah ROGERSON, John TWINE, John HOLLOWELL, Joseph PERRY, Benjamin PERRY, Joseph RIDDICK, James PRICE, Samuel BAGLEY, Moses ROUNTREE, & Phillip PERRY, before William SKINNER Esq, Sherff of sd (Co) 100a, bequeathed to her by her father, Israel WINSLOW in his will, Aug 14, 1765---unto John WINSLOW of afsd Planter. Test' Jacob PERRY Jr, Huldah GRIFFIN. Miles HARVEY C.C. John HARVEY Reg. #214 p. 206 Oct 18, 1766. George ESSON of Perq, Planter---for £5 pd by Jacob PIERCE, od afsd---sold land in Perq. Test' Robt. RIDDICK, Benj'n PERRY. #215 p. 206 Robert WILSON of Perq, for £25 pd by Reuben PERRY, of afsd--- sold 40a "on Mill Swamp, that issues out of Cypress Creek," adj Gabriel NEWBYs patent, on the East side of Mill pond, to Caleb ELLIOTT's new survey, & Reuben PERRYs line. Oct 11, 1766 Test' Joseph SMITH, Thos. JONES. #218 p. 207 Oct 18, 1766. Jacob PIERCE of Perq, for £5 pd by George EASON, (both of Perq) sold 9a on the Desert side, part of a grt unto Richard PEARSE, dec'd & given in his will to said Jacob. Test' Robert RIDDICK, Benjamin PERRY. #226 p. 207 Joseph PERRY of Perq, for £3 pd by John TWINE, of afsd---sold 4a known by the name off "Daniel SNOOKES line" sd land taken up by Timothy CLARE, May 1, 1668, & conveyed by him to John WHITE, by Sd WHITE to Robert ROUNTREE, by sd ROUNTREE sold to Benjamin PERRY, & by him given to his son Joseph, in his will. Jan 20, 1767. Test' Jeremiah CARMAN, Richard HATFIELD, Ben. WRIGHT. #230 p. 208 Isaac ELLIOTT of Perq, "for an exchange of land, (a certain piece of Swamp land) to me by Isaac LAMB, of afsd---have given 3a, on No East Side of Cypress Swamp, part of a dividing line, between Sd ELLIOTT, & LAMB," Oct 19, 1765. Test' Reuben PERRY, John PEARSON. #231 p. 208 Jan 20, 1767, David ROGERSON of Perq, Planter---sold 65a, left sd David "in the will of his father DanielROGERSON," adj land where sd Daniel formerly lived, & binding on John HOLLOWELLs land, conveyed to Israel PERRY. Test' W. SKINNER, John HOLLOWELL, Phillip PERRY. #240 p. 209 Jacob PERRY Sr, of Perq, for "love I bear my son Israel" of same--- have given 50a, opposite land my sd son, bought of my son, John PERRY, on Perq River, April 18, 1767. Test' Phillip PERRY, John HOLLOWELL. #241 p. 209 John HOLLOWELL of Perq, planter---for "contract between me & Dan ROGERSON in 1743, & willed land by sd ROGERSON to his Son David," we do make over to Israel PERRY 10a, on So East Side of "Briery Meadows" adj Josiah ROGERSON, part of grt unto Wm KITCHEN 1719, & given by him to Chrictopher JACKSON, of Nancemond Co Vit' & conveyed by sd JACKSON, to sd HOLLOWELL. Jan 17, 1767. Test' Jacob PERRY Sr, Zach LILLY, Ruth LILLY.