Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Henry Petus

Male Bef 1632 - 1674  (> 42 years)


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  • Name Henry Petus 
    Birth Bef 1632  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Mar 1674  Old Rappahannock (Richmond) Co, VA - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22863  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

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      RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY WILLS.
      ORDER Book, 1664-1673.
      Petus, Henry. 30 Jan., 1673/4
      4 March, 1673/4.
      Two daughters Elizabeth Walker and Mary Petus;
      wife Jane;
      James Allen my wife's son;
      friends Mr. Lawrence Washington, John Meader, Francis Sterne and Warwick Cammock;
      wife executrix;
      witnesses Peter Dunnivan, John Gibson, Warwick Cammack.
      Codicil same date. Daniel Gaines and Warwick Cammock to be guardians of daughters Elizabeth Walker and Mary Petus.
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      Title Pettus, Thomas, Col.
      Publication 10 February 1652.
      Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
      Note Location: Northumberland County.
      Description: 1000 acres northerly on Potomac Creek; easterly on the land of Sr. Thomas Lunsford.
      Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, Page 171 (Reel 2).
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      Note:
      URL (Click on link) http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=28&last=&g_p=P6&collect ion=LO Patent
      Title Peters, Henry.
      Publication 17 April 1667.
      Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
      Related See also the following surname(s): Peeters.
      Note Location: Rappahannock County (extinct).
      Grantee(s): Meders, John and Peters, Henry.
      Description: 4200 acres.
      Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), Page 28 (Reel 6).
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      Note:
      page 78. Lease and Release. 26 and 27 Sept. 1712. Matthew Collins, planter, and Mary his wife of Essex County, sell Paul Micou of the same County, "Sirgurgeon", 250 acres formerly belonging to Henry Peter in St Anns Par., upon Rappahannock River "just over against the Land of Silvester Thacker", bounded on the W. side by land the sd. Matthew Collins and Mary his wife sold to William Scott. Signed
      Matthew x Collins
      Mary x Collins
      Wit:
      William Scott
      Thomas Peatross
      Robert Cooke
      Rec. 9 Oct. 1712.

      page 80. Lease and Release. 26 and 27 Sept. 1712. Paul Micou, chirurgeon, of Essex County, sells Matthew Collins, planter, of the same County, 406 acres, "it being part of a Divident of four thousand two hundred acres of land formerly granted to John Meders and Henry Peter by patent dated 17th of Aprill 1667 it being the same seat or Tract of land formerly sold by the said Mathew Collins to the said Paul Micou as appears by a Deed of Sale bearing date March the tenth one Thousand Seven hundred and seven", in St. Mary's Parish. signed Paul Micou
      Wit:
      William Scott
      Thomas Peatross

      page 81. Power of Atty. Margarett Micou to John Lomas, Gentleman, to ack sale by "my husband Paul Micou" to Collins. Signed Margaret Micou
      Wit:
      Thomas Peatross
      Thomas Meades
      Recorded 9 October 1712.

      Source:
      Fleet, Beverley,
      Essex County wills and deeds, 1711-1714
      Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. County, 1961, 118 pgs.

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