Good Evening!!! Widow Thompson, Must be Judith Thompson wife of Robert Thompson, Sr. who, one inter-net site said died about 1708. I think this Robert Thompson, Sr. was the father of Robert Thompson, Jr. who married Jean Via. The 1731 listing shows Robert Thompson again so this must be Jr. who is married to Jean Via. I know they were in the Free Union area by 1743. Do you think Wm Via's land was on the county line being in two parishes? William ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlmaupin@aol.com> To: <VIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Locating the Via Parcel > > In a message dated 10/16/2005 1:30:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, > maupinreunion@ckt.net writes: > > Will be working on the location of the Via parcel in Hanover County over > the > next few weeks. Anyone having any information on the location or any > ideas > about where it is please post. > > > > William, > It appears from studying the processioning records of St. Paul's Parish > that > William lived on the land of his father Amer. > > Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704 > > New Kent County Rent Roll > > A Rent Roll of the Lands held of her Maj. in the Parish of St. Peters & > St. > Pauls, Anno 1704. > > Amer Vice 50 acres of land > > I'll look through the processioning records again to see if it gives > boundaries of the parish and/or any clues as to where this land might have > been. > > This is the first record of processioning I've found for William. > > 29 October 1731 > Order'd into one precinct for processioning the lands of Thos Frances, > Richd > Glass, Joseph Peace, Widdow Simmons, John Maske, John Blackwell, Robt > Willsford, Saml Chamberlayne, Doctor Hopkins, Colo Dandridge, Wm & James > Blackwell, > John Turners Orphans, Wm Turner, John Ussery, John Blackwell Junr, Widdow > Hughs, Geo Jones, Saml Peace, John Holden, Edwd Burnett, Robt Thompson, > Benja > Goodman, Saml Goodman, Wm Via, Wm Talley, Mark Anthony, Richd Bullock, > Thos > Pollett, Richd Glass & John Holden, to See the Said Processioning > perform'd &c. > > The following is the processioning record found for Via before William was > listed: > > At a Vestry held at the Lower Church ye 3d of April 1716, it was ordered, > that ye Clerk record the returns for Processioning verbatim as they were > returned by the Overseers. > > The lands of Robt Horsley, Jno Matlock, Peter Plantine, Jonas Lawson, Wm > Talley, Jno Talley, Mark Anthony, Mary Via, Widd. Tomson, Widd. Burnett, > Widd > Peace, and Widd. Crawford being made one precinct, whereof Robt Horsley & > Jno > Matlock, were Overseers, and made this return, viz in Obedience to the > within > Order of vestry, we have Peaceably Procession'd the Lands of Jonas > Lawson, Wm > Talley, Mark Anthony, Amor Via, Wid. Thompson, Widd. Burnet, Widd. Peece, > & > Widd. Crawford. Peter Plantine not Present, being afflicted with an > ailment > and not fitting to Come, John Talley having no Land adjoyning at > Present. > Robt. Horsley, Jno. Matlock > > I'll see if I can find anything to give clues as to the location of Amer's > land. > > Judy > > > > > >