I did not find him receiving a patent, but is listed as a headright: I have published a book on Henrico Patents and this is what is listed im my book: Patent Book 1, Page 454 Elizabeth PACKER 950 acres in Henrico County granted unto Elizabeth PACKER, Widdowe, joyne E upon Four Mile Creeke; W upon the land of Seth WARD; S upon the River and N into the woods and due Elizabeth PAKER in right of her late husband Sergeant William SHARPE and Thomas PARKER who at their own cost and charges for the transportation of 19 persons: Richard VASE, John THOMAS, Lewis JONES, Leonard HOUGHTON, William COOKE, Peter HUDSEY, Edward JONES, Jon. WARD, William WOOLEY, 2 liberal servants to sergeant Wm. SHARP, Thomas BLANCKS, Jacob DEWITT, Jon HAMAN, Andrew PRATT, Christ. STEVENSON, Christ. BEARE, Jon. SHADDOCK, Francis SONE, servants to Tho. PACKER ... 17th August 1637 Perhaps her married this widdow?? and the land was hers. The ting you now need to do is to see if you can trace this land and see when it sold and who sold it. Hope this helps. Selena Original Message: ----------------- From: okcowgirl52@hotmail.com Date: 12 Apr 2006 20:54:58 -0600 To: VAHENRIC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAHENRIC] Lookups for Land Patents in Henrico County, Virginia in early 1600's This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeWitt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/2862 Message Board Post: I have information that my ancestor, Jacob DeWitt, in August of 1637 received an assignment of a land patent for 950 acres in Henrico County. Can someone please look this up and see if this is correct? If it is, then this opens up many doors for me. I have been thoroughly stumped when it comes to Jacob's arrival to the Virginia or New Amsterdam. I have tried to contact the Northern DeWitts without any success. I live in Oklahoma and have never been to Virginia and can't see a visit in the near future to do this research myself. So if someone could please look this up, I would be so ever grateful. My many thanks in advance, Linda DeWitt Hughey ==== VAHENRIC Mailing List ==== Please visit the Henrico/City of Richmond/City of Manchester/ VaGenWeb pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahenric/ ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .