Edmund Peters
442 Acres
Ex^d
To all &c Whereas &c Now Know ye That I the said Sir William Berkeley &c give and grant unto Edmund Peters Four hundred and forty two acres of Land lying and being in the County of Gloucester at the head of Timber neck Creek, Three hundred forty and two acres part thereof Beginning at Capt Peryes Land and running by the said Land Northwest 144 poles, thence Northeast 250 poles, thence Southeast by east to a branch of the said Creek, thence Northeast by north up the branch to a gum, joining to a Dividend of one hundred Acres patented by the said Peters, thence East southeast 100 poles, thence parallel with the branch South Southwest 1/2 to William Alsopps Land and by the said Land to the Creek 100 poles, thence to the place where it began. & one hundred acres the other part thereof, Beginning at a marked oak standing on the Southwest side of a branch of the aforesaid Timber neck Creek & ascending for breadth Southeast by East 100 poles, from thence Northeast by East 160 poles, from thence Northwest by North upon the aforesaid branch near the Land of Mr Lewis Burwell deceased, and along the said branch to the place where this Tract of Land first Began, The said Land being due unto the said Peters as followeth, Viz., 192 acres part thereof being part of a Dividend of Four hundred acres of Land granted to William Smoote by Patent dated the 24th of February 1642 & assigned to the said Peters and Two hundred and fifty acres the residue being due by and for the Transportation of Five Persons into this Colony &c To Have and to Hold &c Yielding and paying &c which payment &c Provided that if the said Edmund Peters his Heirs or assigns do not plant or seat or cause to be planted or seated upon the said Land Within three years next ensuing, that then it may and shall be Lawful for any adventurer or planter to make Choice and Seat thereupon. Dated this twenty Second Day of March 1659.

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