Maxey, Edward Jr.

Edward, Jr. Maxey was born in 1696 in Henrico, Virginia, when his father, Edward, was 22 and his mother, Susannah, was 18. He had one brother, William, born in October of 1708 . He died in 1726 in his hometown at the age of 30.

17 Aug 1725  Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Edwd Maxey 400 New Land fform in the 1st Page George [er]

To aller Know Ye that for diverse good Causes and Consideration but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of fforty Shillings of good and lawfull money for Our use paid to Our Receivor General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia

We have given granted and Confirmed and by these presents for us our heirs and Successors Doe give grant and Confirm unto Edward Maxey one Certain Tract or parcell of Land containing ffour Hundred Acres lying and being on the South Side of James River in the County of Henrico and bounded as followeth:

(to wit) Beginning at a Corner white oak of John Radfords Land on Jones Creek thence South one hundred Chains to a Corner black Oak in a Bottom of Fighting Creek thence East on hundred and Sixty Chain to an Oak Thence North one hundred Chain to a Corner Oak on Radfords Line Thence on Radfords Line one hundred and Sixty Chains to the place began With aller

To have hold er To behold er Yielding and paying er provided er In Witness er witness Our Trusty and Well beloved Hugh Drysdale Esq Our Lieut. Gover. at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Seventeenth day of August one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty ffive in the Twelfth Year of our Reign Hugh Drysdale Edwd Maxey jun 400 New Land fform in the 1st Page George [er]

To aller Know Ye that for diverse good Causes and in Consideration but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of fforty Shillings of good and lawfull money for our use paid to Our Receivor General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and Confirmed And by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors Do give grant and Confirm unto Edward Maxey Jun one Certain Tract or parcell of Land containing ffour Hundred Acres lying and being in Henrico County and bounded as followeth (to wit)

Beginning at a Corner Beech of John Radfords Land on a Branch of Jones Creek thence on Radfords Line and the Line of Edward Maxey Sen South Two hundred Chains to a Corner Oak Thence East Eighty Chains to a White Oak Thence North Two hundred Chains to a Corner Oak Thence west to the place began With aller

To have hold er To behold er yielding and paying er provided and In Witness er witness Our Trusty and well beloved Hugh Drysdale Esq. Our Lieut Gov.er at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Seventeenth day of August one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty ffive in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign Hugh Drysdale

Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County VA 1725-32 The Maxey’s of Virginia by Edythe Maxey Clark