Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina

Edward Brantley patent…IOW 1667 and 1669 » early_iow_3_dec16

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1. Is there a way to get a copy of this map? Thank you, Beth Pridgen

   

   Beth Pridgen

   February 3, 2021 at 10:26 am

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2. Right click on the image and do a “save image” to your computer. i did not design it to be printed and it really has to be zoomed in to the area you are interested in. An alternative you might try is to zoom in and do a screen capture and print that out at paper size.

   

   anderson1951

   February 3, 2021 at 11:06 am

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3. Hi Marc,
   This map has been a great help in sorting out people. Is there a searchable list somewhere of the names included on the map? Are you still making updates? I have a relative William Newman that would seem to fit on this map. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/jamescity/land/patents2.txt line 906
   John

   

   johnrtayloriii

   July 11, 2021 at 2:21 pm

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   • John
     Thanks for stopping by my blog. What a word … blog. What the hell does that mean?

     There is no “searchable list” the best you can hope for is that I do not insult you with a wise crack.
     regards, Marc

     

     anderson1951

     July 12, 2021 at 12:24 am

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     • Marc,
       Yeah, I have this mental picture of some programmer creating the first “Weblog” and the first user thinking “too much typing, I will call it a blog”

       

       johnrtayloriii

       July 12, 2021 at 5:00 am
4. Marc, I am mesmerized by your property delineation maps!! Thank you sooo much for making these available, as well as other resources. I am descendant (among millions) of William Mayo of Isle of Wight, VA. At this point trying to make sense of the Edgecombe/Pitt properties in NC. I saw you had worked on a few from your family. Do you intend to do anymore for that area? Any plans to look at Warren/Washington/Wilkes Counties in GA? Joy Knight

   

   Joy Knight

   September 22, 2021 at 8:10 am

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   • Thanks Joy

     see here for some Edgecombe folks…

     https://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/swift-creek-map_vec.pdf

     I limit myself just to the Isle of Wight to Edgecombe area pretty much… it is just too time consuming for more maps. I may do a how-to sometime in the future.

     

     anderson1951

     September 22, 2021 at 9:29 am

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     • Thanks for your response. Lordy, I love a map. Please let me know if you decide to share a how-to! So far, I am just enlarging the pertinent areas on the locations that I can find. Sometimes it seems I may be related to a good 70% of the Southeast, what with the surnames I have in my tree… I say I’m from the land of the inbred – trunk , no branches!

       

       Joy Knight

       September 22, 2021 at 10:15 am
5. Thank you for sharing larger Pitt map, The resource that I need is east of Tarboro- Along east and north of Tar River to west side and beyond Coneto Creek, & east side of Grindal Creek. So if you decide to expand the current map, or teach how, please let me know.

   

   Joy Knight

   September 22, 2021 at 10:25 am

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6. These maps are awesome, but I’m coming up short on my relative. Thomas Jordan (1600-1644) lived at The Maine on the Governor’s Land in James City, where he stayed when first coming to the colony as one of Yeardley’s men in 1623. He moved south of the James River in the area with Bennett, Lawnes, and Basset as part of the Puritan congregation that put him in the House of Burgesses in 1629 and again in 1632, so he had land somewhere near that riverfront with the other folks.

   His patent for bring 18 people to the colony in 1635 gave him 900 acres near the head of the Warrasquinoke River. It is west of the old Indian town at the “Great Indian Field Neck”, supposedly a mile into the woods down to Cross Creek. The family homestead is supposed to be on what is now the Gwaltney property on Moonlight Road, and a Jordan Cemetery is there, but the old headstones have since disappeared so that what was a large field of graves currently only has markings for 8.

   In 1637, Thomas was part of the folks who made the Puritan trek to Nansemond, where he purchased 200 acres. Don’t know where that is either, but his son, Thomas of Chuckatuck’s land is between Chuckatuck Creek and Nansemond River, just off the main highway in Chuckatuck across the street from the water treatment plant. I visited this area recently from Florida and met with the historical societies who had no clue about the location of either man’s land, so this has had me reaching for the zinfandel as well. Alas, I will not fib, it was margaritas. Any help will be a life saver as I am writing a book for my nieces and nephews about our family roots and Robert Jordan needs an X marks the spot in it.

   

   Terri Rice

   November 17, 2024 at 11:02 am

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