--- On Thu, 1/22/09, James Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > > William Lowe, John Pace, Richard Pace, John Leonard, Richard Moore, and Phillip Jones, all in NC on the Morratock by 1718-1720. > Also on the Morratock by 1720: John Green... "1720 July 28 Richard PACE 500 Acres above Occaneechee Chowan County (3) patent #2988 patent bk 8 pg 196 NS of Morattock River joining river side, Colo. POLLOCK, NS of Your-ha Swamp, John GREEN (16) patent 1 March 1720" ...and John Bobbitt: "Mar. 1, 1719 - we do give and grant to John Bobbitt a tract of land containing 600 acres in Chowan precinct lying on the North side of Murattock river...west side of the Ocontchy swamp .... Chowan Precinct Book 81176 File 762. North Carolina records." John Green and John Bobbitt were brothers-in-law. : "Oct. 21, 1718 - John Green of Chowan Precinct (North Carolina) to John Bobbitt of the same, planter, on October 21, 1718, for the love and affection I bear my brother-in-law 100 acres on the north side of Morattock (now Roanoke) river on the Camion meadows, joining the Shokeko meadow and the said Green. Witnesses: Robert Hicks, John Nairne." (Reportedly, John and William Bobbitt were brothers (sons of William Bobbitt) who married Green sisters. I haven't seen proof of that.) John Bobbitt's will (Bertie Co Nov 1736) mentioned his son Thomas Bobbitt; Robert Green qualified as an executor. Robert Green died in 1750, and left land to his COUSIN, Thomas Bobbitt. My guess is that a son of John Green may have married Amy Pace, and another may have married her sister Frances. The question is, where did John Green come from? The Bobbitt connection suggests that he probably came from Charles City Co., but I don't know where. It's not hard to see where the Bobbitts came from, though: In 1673, William Bobbitt patented 96 acres, 3 rods and 24 poles "on the South side of Appomattox River, adjoining the land of Mr Whittington". Two years earlier, in 1671, Richard Moore (will proved PG Co 1727) had patented 112 acres, 3 rods, and 18 poles "S. side of Appomattock River...Adj Maj. John Epes...adj Mr Whittington, the Spring Garden Patt." This appears to be the land referred to in Richard Moores' 1727 will: "tract I bought of William Whittington called "Spring Garden", next to William Grigg, Baleys Creek". William Grigg, neighbor to Richard Moore and William Bobbitt, had a daughter Susannah who is said to have been married to Lewis Green, who also had land on Bayleys Creek, right next to the Poythresses. However, I have not seen evidence that Lewis Green was related to John Green. It would tie things up nicely, but may not be true. Still looking. James Blair