William Simson, a tailor, James Derbyshire, a smith, and Robert Harrison, a carpenter.[1] Several innkeepers also acquired holdings there. The trustees were Joseph King and Thomas Ballard.[2] The feoffees for the town laid off in Middlesex County were Mathew Kemp, Christopher Robinson, and William Churchill.[3] The site had been the property of Ralph Wormeley, who refused to convey it upon order of the court, and in consequence it was forfeited ipso facto. Wormeley was anxious to retain a remainder interest in the property, very probably because he anticipated the failure of the objects of the law, but the authorities refused to consent to this.[4] Among the purchasers of lots were Edwin and John Thacker, Cristopher Robinson, James Curtis, Robert Dudley, John Head, William Daniel, Maurice Cocke, and John Smith.[5] The feoffees for the town in Lancaster were David Fox and Robert Carter,[6] and the site was purchased from William Ball for thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco.[7] The owners of the lots included such men as Edwin Conway and Richard Willis. In Henrico, the feoffees for Bermuda Hundred were William Randolph and Francis Eppes, the consideration in the purchase of the land being twelve thousand pounds of tobacco.[8] Among those who acquired lots were Thomas Cocke, Edward Stratton, Thomas Jefferson, and Edward Hatcher. The feoffees for Lower Norfolk under
- ↑ Records of York County, vol. 1691-1701, pp. 195, 211, Va. State Library.
- ↑ Ibid., vol. 1690-1694, p. 56.
- ↑ Records of Middlesex County, original vol. 1680-1694, orders April 10, 1690.
- ↑ Ibid., orders Sept. 7, 1691.
- ↑ Ibid., original vols. 1680-1694 and 1674-1694.
- ↑ Records of Lancaster County, original vol. 1687-1700, p. 66.
- ↑ Ibid., original vol. 1686-1696, levy for the year 1691.
- ↑ Records of Henrico County, vol. 1688-1697, p. 236, Va. State Library.
