GAWEN GAWIN
Mr. Thomas Bushrod Order 18 Oct. 1670 court Servitude for 6 more years Gawin, servant to Bushrod, is to serve his master for six more years before he is set free. [
Gawin, The Indian, set free by Thomas Bushrod 1676
Is this Gawin The Indian? Ancestor of Michael, Edward and Thomas Goins of New Kent?
1682, April 20 – Gawen Gawin 1000a s side of Totopottomoys Cr in New Kent Co, Va. Gawen Gawin – New Kent Co VA Land Grant 1682
VA Patents 7, p. 160
Library of Virginia Digital Collection: Land Office Patents and Grants. Gawin 1000
To all &c. Whereas &c. Now Know yee that I S[i]r Henry [Ch—eley?] K[nigh]t deputy [governor?] [do] give and grannt unto Gawen Gawin One tho[w?]sand acres of land lying in the County of New Kent upon the South side of [Totopottomoys?] Creeke & bounded as followeth begining upon the upper line of *Cornelius Dabneys land runing South South East along the said line three hundred twenty five pole to a markt red oake from thence West five hundred & twoe pole to a marked hiccory from thence North North West three hundred twenty five pole to a marked red oake [—?] the said Creeke from thence downe the said Creeke to the first Station the said land being formerly grannted to John [Davis?] by Pattent bearing date the [27?]th February [1660?] and by him [deserted?] and now grannted to the said Gawin [by order?] of the Gener[al] Court and [further?] due by and for the transportacon of twenty p[er]sons into this Colony whose names [—?] under this pattent menconed To have & to hold &c. To be held &c. Yeilding & paying &c. Provided &c. Dated the twentieth of Aprill [1682?] ~
{Names subject to interpretation}
John Boyer, Tho: Ponger, Geo: Taylor, [Tho:?] Barrow, And: Hill, Corne: Degar, Cathe: Hubbard, John Pore, [Bess?], Sam[?] Thomas, Mary Lemon, John [Ravenel?], Sam:ll Walton, Margaret [Cheney?], Dan:ld [Shalton?], Jon: Wallington,
Jon: Jackson, [Ja-?] Lindsey, Mary Denham, Mariah.
*Cornelius Dabney was Interpreter to the Queen of the Pamunkey Cockacoeske:
Jon: Jackson, [Ja-?] Lindsey, Mary Denham, Mariah.
Cockacoeske, also known as Cockacoeweske, was a Pamunkey chief, and a descendant of Opechancanough, brother of the paramount chief Powhatan. After the death of her husband, Totopotomoy, chief of the Pamunkey from about 1649 until 1656, Cockacoeske became queen of the Pamunkey
Fort Royal
Following the Third Anglo-Powhatan War, the General Assembly began setting up Forts along York River and its tributaries (which are known now as the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Rivers).[1] Captain Roger Marshall was to manage Fort Royal (also known as Rickahock), for three years.[1] After fulfilling the requirements he was granted a patent for the 600 acres of Rickahock (including Fort Royal and any buildings within), on March 14, 1649.[1] That same day he sold these 600 acres of Rickahock to General Manwarring Hammond.[1] [Wikipedia]
John Bunch arrived in Lancaster, VA in 1651. He is the first Bunch to settle in America according to all records to date. John was given a court order dated June 6, 1654, requiring him to show evidence of a Mr. Toby Horton loaning guns to Indians. He failed to appear and was fined 200 pounds of tobacco. New Kent Co., Virginia deed book 5, shows that John was assigned 450 acres on both sides of the Rickahock Path.
