This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Snelling Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hAC.2ACE/1267 Message Board Post: William Snelling was issued a land patent in 1659 for 43 acres on the North River, in Gloucester, Virginia. I have not been able to locate North River on any maps. Does anyone know where it is?