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A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.
In November 1635, a year after the formal designation of Henrico County as one of 8 shires (or counties) in the Virginia Colony, a land patent for 750 acres (3.0 km 2) was granted to Captain Thomas Harris, who had apparently served under Sir Thomas Dale.
The database of Colonial Land Office Patents at the Library of Virginia is the principal source of information as to the identities of those who received grants as ancient planters. Though the record does not begin until 1623, when administration of the colony was taken over by the Crown, many of the subsequent patents identify "ancient ...
A number of limited archaeological excavations and surveys ... Chesterfield County, Virginia Archived 2007-05-19 ... Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants ...
In 1714 Charles Fleming took on a land patent of 670 acres (2.7 km 2) with the intent to cultivate it. The land, however, "lapsed" and was later granted to Thomas Randolph in 1722. This area was later included in a tract made up of 2870 acres (11.6 km 2), which was later known as "Clifton."
A patent for 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) was issued on February 24, 1643, to Edward Murfey and John Vaughan. It is said to be the first patent for land that became Westmoreland County. It bounded on the "Easternmost side of Cedar Island Creek." The name is suggestive of the several little islands that dominate the mouth of the creek.
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New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.