Any idea why it is called Ware Neck? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note: My new email address is [email protected] Please remove [email protected] from your address books and files so that we can stay in touch! ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:29 AM Subject: [PACE] Bland's path > This may not be of interest to many, but I mention it in case someone > finds it useful. > > There is another deed which mentions the Corkers, Rolfe, etc: > > "Major WILLM. MARRIOTT, 1460 acs. Surry Co., known as Ware Neck, neare the > Divills Wood Yard SW adj Mr Roilph, the cart path to Mr Warren's to Ware > Neck, to Spiltimbers, to Blands path, along Besse's SWng path to Mirell's, > &c. 1150 acs. granted Mr. John Corker 20 Oct 1661 & by him and > his son Wm. sold to sd. Marriott; 310 acs..." (James City County-Surry > County Abstracts of Land Patents p94) > > The interesting thing is the mention of "Blands path". "Blands path", as > previously discussed, is also mentioned as a boundary in several patents > in Westover, including some which refer to land of Richard Pace or his > known neighbors such as Drayton, Wilkins, etc. > > The Westover patents which mention "Blands path" are considerably to the > west of the land which Corker sold to Marriott, which was over in James > City, near Upper Chippokes Creek if I haven't got lost. So I figure > Blands Path must have run from the area near where Richard Pace lived, in > Westover, eastward towards Upper Chippokes Creek. > > It has just occurred to me that "Blands path" might be named after Edward > Bland, who in 1650, together with Abraham Wood and others, made a famous > journey of exploration from Fort Henry towards the southwest, as described > by Bland in "The Discovery of New Brittaine". > > Edward Bland, Merchant, patented on 10 March 1647 in Charles City Co > "1,300 acres [in James City County] on the South side of James River, > about a mile from the head of Upper Chippokes Creek, from the path leading > to Swann Bay to the Indian fields. Due for transportation of 26 persons, > including Edward Bland, James Bland, Elizabeth Bland, and 23 others > individually named." (Virginia Patents, 2:115) > > There are different opinions on what route Bland took to the southwest, > based on what his description of the journey. Alan V. Briceland wrote a > very interesting analysis of Bland's journey, putting forward (of course) > his own interpretation. He reckons that before turning south, Bland > travelled east along the Blackwater, towards James City/Surry. However, I > don't think "Blands path" would refer to the route Bland took on his > journey of exploration. "Blands path" seems to be further north, nearer > the head of the creek. It may just be a path which Bland opened between > James City and Westover. > > Briceland's article is very interesting reading, and has maps of the > various possible routes as well as background on the Bland family and > those who went with Bland. It appeared in "The Virginia Magazine of > History and Biography", Vol. 87, No. 2 (Apr., 1979), pp. 131-157. > > James > > --- On Mon, 2/2/09, James Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here's a description of the land William Corker bought >> from Thomas Rolfe, from "Virginia: A Guide to the Old >> Dominion" (WPA): >> >> "...one hundred & fivety Acres of land in Surry >> County lyeing between Smith's fort old feild & the >> Divill's Woodyard Swampe...being due unto the said Rolfe >> by Guift from the Indyan King." >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
No, sorry. Sometimes (I've read) "ware" means a "weir", which the online Merriam-Webster says is: 1 : a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish 2 : a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow Whether that applied in this case, I don't know. James --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Lois Long Carey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lois Long Carey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PACE] Bland's path & Ware Neck-Surry Co > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 8:27 AM > Any idea why it is called Ware Neck? > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * > > Please note: My new email address is [email protected] > Please remove [email protected] from your address books and > files so that we can stay in touch! > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blair" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:29 AM > Subject: [PACE] Bland's path > > > > This may not be of interest to many, but I mention it > in case someone finds it useful. > > > > There is another deed which mentions the Corkers, > Rolfe, etc: > > > > "Major WILLM. MARRIOTT, 1460 acs. Surry Co., > known as Ware Neck, neare the Divills Wood Yard SW adj Mr > Roilph, the cart path to Mr Warren's to Ware Neck, to > Spiltimbers, to Blands path, along Besse's SWng path to > Mirell's, &c. 1150 acs. granted Mr. John Corker 20 > Oct 1661 & by him and > > his son Wm. sold to sd. Marriott; 310 acs..." > (James City County-Surry County Abstracts of Land Patents > p94) > > > > The interesting thing is the mention of "Blands > path". "Blands path", as previously > discussed, is also mentioned as a boundary in several > patents in Westover, including some which refer to land of > Richard Pace or his known neighbors such as Drayton, > Wilkins, etc. > > > > The Westover patents which mention "Blands > path" are considerably to the west of the land which > Corker sold to Marriott, which was over in James City, near > Upper Chippokes Creek if I haven't got lost. So I > figure Blands Path must have run from the area near where > Richard Pace lived, in Westover, eastward towards Upper > Chippokes Creek. > > > > It has just occurred to me that "Blands > path" might be named after Edward Bland, who in 1650, > together with Abraham Wood and others, made a famous journey > of exploration from Fort Henry towards the southwest, as > described by Bland in "The Discovery of New > Brittaine". > > > > Edward Bland, Merchant, patented on 10 March 1647 in > Charles City Co "1,300 acres [in James City County] on > the South side of James River, about a mile from the head of > Upper Chippokes Creek, from the path leading to Swann Bay to > the Indian fields. Due for transportation of 26 persons, > including Edward Bland, James Bland, Elizabeth Bland, and 23 > others individually named." (Virginia Patents, 2:115) > > > > There are different opinions on what route Bland took > to the southwest, based on what his description of the > journey. Alan V. Briceland wrote a very interesting > analysis of Bland's journey, putting forward (of course) > his own interpretation. He reckons that before turning > south, Bland travelled east along the Blackwater, towards > James City/Surry. However, I don't think "Blands > path" would refer to the route Bland took on his > journey of exploration. "Blands path" seems to be > further north, nearer the head of the creek. It may just be > a path which Bland opened between James City and Westover. > > > > Briceland's article is very interesting reading, > and has maps of the various possible routes as well as > background on the Bland family and those who went with > Bland. It appeared in "The Virginia Magazine of > History and Biography", Vol. 87, No. 2 (Apr., 1979), > pp. 131-157. > > > > James > > > > --- On Mon, 2/2/09, James Blair > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Here's a description of the land William > Corker bought > >> from Thomas Rolfe, from "Virginia: A Guide to > the Old > >> Dominion" (WPA): > >> > >> "...one hundred & fivety Acres of land in > Surry > >> County lyeing between Smith's fort old feild > & the > >> Divill's Woodyard Swampe...being due unto the > said Rolfe > >> by Guift from the Indyan King." > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message