OK, the phrase "football quarter" has now shown up at least twice in this discussion. Can anyone tell us -- without too many jokes -- just what a "football quarter" is? Pat Football Quarter Plantation was on Football Quater Creek (now Cedar Creek). There was also a Boare Quarter and The Great Marsh, Black Walnutt and Brice's Neck, Tinkersheires Neck, Oxford and Ashland Plantation and many other colorful names. Most of these names can still be found in what is now the City of Poquoson, Just what Quarter ment I can not say, in this case. I have a wonderful Book called the"A HISTORY OF POQUOSON VIRGINIA" by Thomas Vincent Watkins. The library in Poquoson has a copy, but I beleive it is now out of print. Anyone researching the families of this area should attempt to read over this book. This gentleman spent hours upon hours in the courthouse researching not only his family but all the families of early Poquoson area of York Co., there are copies of wills, land grants and family geneologies. He also has personal memories of some of the Plantation and Manor Houses which have since disappeared. > Very interesting indeed. I have never seen such a deed. I can't > help but wonder if Dr. Plovier was a son-in-law of Thomas Kirby. > When you consider the value of the land in 1659 this was quite > an undertaking but I'm sure both parties to this conveyance were > quite happy with this arrangement. > > Thanks for sending this along... > > Rex Dr Peter Plouvier was not a member of Thomas Kirby's family. His wife was Elizabeth Booth . IN THE NEW POQUOSON, FAMOUS FOR SO MANY FIRSTS THERE IS THIS REPORT OF A SINGULAR MEDICARE INSURANCE PLAN THAT WORKED. IN THE BUNTING'S LANE SECTION THREE AND A QUARTER CENTURIES AGO, A MAN BY THE NAME OF THOMAS KERBY WHO WAS LIVING ON A 450 ACRE GRANT OF LAND, SACRIFICED 100 ACRES OF THAT LAND FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF A DOCTOR, SURGEON AND PHARMACIST TO BE FOR THE USE OF HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF.

Ah, thank you very much Hope! I knew there had to be an explanation! Now, why they named the plantation "Football", well, we can still chew on that one. Now, since "my" team is playing LSU tonight, I probably won't want to be talking about football again for awhile <G> (oops, sorry coach, I didn't mean it. . . .) Pat (in Tucson - where we wait for basketball season) -----Original Message----- From: Hope [mailto:hopestanley@mchsi.com] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:11 To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Mary & Thomas Kirby OK, the phrase "football quarter" has now shown up at least twice in this discussion. Can anyone tell us -- without too many jokes -- just what a "football quarter" is? Pat Football Quarter Plantation was on Football Quater Creek (now Cedar Creek). There was also a Boare Quarter and The Great Marsh, Black Walnutt and Brice's Neck, Tinkersheires Neck, Oxford and Ashland Plantation and many other colorful names. Most of these names can still be found in what is now the City of Poquoson, Just what Quarter ment I can not say, in this case. I have a wonderful Book called the"A HISTORY OF POQUOSON VIRGINIA" by Thomas Vincent Watkins. The library in Poquoson has a copy, but I beleive it is now out of print. Anyone researching the families of this area should attempt to read over this book. This gentleman spent hours upon hours in the courthouse researching not only his family but all the families of early Poquoson area of York Co., there are copies of wills, land grants and family geneologies. He also has personal memories of some of the Plantation and Manor Houses which have since disappeared. > Very interesting indeed. I have never seen such a deed. I can't > help but wonder if Dr. Plovier was a son-in-law of Thomas Kirby. > When you consider the value of the land in 1659 this was quite > an undertaking but I'm sure both parties to this conveyance were > quite happy with this arrangement. > > Thanks for sending this along... > > Rex Dr Peter Plouvier was not a member of Thomas Kirby's family. His wife was Elizabeth Booth . IN THE NEW POQUOSON, FAMOUS FOR SO MANY FIRSTS THERE IS THIS REPORT OF A SINGULAR MEDICARE INSURANCE PLAN THAT WORKED. IN THE BUNTING'S LANE SECTION THREE AND A QUARTER CENTURIES AGO, A MAN BY THE NAME OF THOMAS KERBY WHO WAS LIVING ON A 450 ACRE GRANT OF LAND, SACRIFICED 100 ACRES OF THAT LAND FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF A DOCTOR, SURGEON AND PHARMACIST TO BE FOR THE USE OF HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

As I said, in 1755 Johnson defined football as a "bladder filled with air" moved to an fro with the feet in an open space to play "football". That, of course, being the definition of what is yet called football in the British Isles and colonies, and here usually called soccer. Paul ----- Original Message -----