ewes; nineteen lambs, seven wethers, and one ram.[1] William Barber, in 1668, bequeathed seven sheep to his heirs, while Colonel Thomas Ludlow had fifty-four in his possession at the time of his death. Mathew Hubbard, who died in 1670, owned twenty-four ewes, two lambs, three wethers, and six rams.[2]
The planters of Lower Norfolk, whose estates in neat cattle and horses have already been referred to, owned the following number of sheep: William Moseley, seven; Thomas Willoughby, twenty-two; Henry Woodhouse, forty, and Adam Thoroughgood, forty-nine. Robert Smith, who possessed thirty-two head of horned cattle, owned seventeen sheep; and the flock of Robert Hodges, who owned forty-six horned cattle, was of the same size.[3] Robert Beckingham of Lancaster, in 1677, was in possession of seventy-six;[4] William Fauntleroy of Rappahannock, of forty, and Major Henry Smith of the same county, of forty-one.[5] Henry Randolph of Henrico owned eighteen;[6] George Watkins of Surry, forty-six;[7] Southey Littleton of Accomac, ninety-six,[8] and Peter Wilkins of Northampton, thirty-six.[9] In several cases sheep formed an important part of the estates seized by the authorities after the suppression of the Insurrection of 1676.[10] The
- ↑ Records of York County, vol. 1664-1672, p. 401, Va. State Library.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 464, Va. State Library.
- ↑ Records of Lower Norfolk County, original vol. 1686-1695, f. p. 24; original vol. 1675-1686, f. p. 116.
- ↑ Records of Lancaster County, original vol. 1674-1687, f. p. 36.
- ↑ Records of Rappahannock County, original vol. 1677-1682, pp. 39, 40, 313.
- ↑ Records of Henrico County, vol. 1688-1697, p. 429, Va. State Library.
- ↑ Records of Surry County, vol. 1671-1680, p. 73, Va. State Library.
- ↑ Records of Accomac County, original vol. 1676-1690, p. 296.
- ↑ Records of Northampton County, original vol. 1654-1655, p. 110.
- ↑ Warrant of Governor Berkeley to seize the estate of Robert Kay; Letter of Humphrey Harwood, Sainsbury Abstracts for 1676, pp. 110, 114, Va. State Library.
