Person:Ebenezer Floyd (2)

Records in Maryland

Records show that Thomas Albin, a tailor, of Scotch-Irish descent, purchased land on the south side of the Potomac River, in what is today Loudoun Co. VA. He bought 400 acres with two co-owners, Samuel Thatcher and William King. The land that was being sold in 1741 was part of the 1724 grant in VA to Albin, King and Thacker. There is a grant from the Northern Neck Proprietary Office which is recorded in the Northern Neck Grant Book A, page 119. The grant said that the three men were "of Maryland" The "gift of Deed" recording in Prince George's County Maryland, shows Eleanor King giving items to her four daughters. Ebenezer Floyd was one of the witnesses to 1726 The "gift of Deed" recording in Prince George's County Maryland. Combined with the later (1741) deed by two of her daughters and their husbands, selling the land, in the Fairfax records, shows a clear trail.

Nolands Ferry Originally licensed by Ebenezer Floyd in 1742, ferry operations at this landing were taken over by Philip Noland around 1754. (Noland was the son-in-law of Francis Awbrey, who had licensed a very early Potomac ferry operation at the base of Conoy Island, two miles upstream, in 1735.) Noland competed successfully with Josiah Clapham’s ferry at the mouth of the Monocacy (mile 42.2). Historically, this spot on the river was part of the Monocacy Trail (the Monocacy River runs nearby), an Indian trail and Potomac River crossing. The ferry operated as early as 1742 and there was a community established here with a small town. Crossing the Potomac River at Noland's Ferry near Point of Rocks, Maryland,

Records in Virginia

E-107: John Ralls of Caroline County but intending to remove himself and family informed the Office that there were about 500 acres in Prince William County adj. Richard Tidwell on John's Branch, Lucky Run, Goose Run & Beaver Run, Branches of Cedar Run. Mr. John Warner to Survey. Grant to Ralls. Adj. Leonard Helms, Tidwell's now Floyd's, near Chappawamick Lick, Chappawamsick Branch, 676 acres. 23 Nov. 1739. # [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 126].

E-420: Ebenezer Floyd & Benj'n Halling of Prince William County, 995 acres in said County adj. tracts of Mr. Mercer first taken up by Rich'd Wood, George Slater, Will'm Halling, Amos Sinclair, above Goose Creek, Nath'l Scott. Sorv. by Mr. John Awbrey, near Potomack River. 10 Mar. 1741. # [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 142].

E-469: John Ralls of Stafford County, 1,390 acres in Stafford & Prince William Counties, on Beaver Dam Run of Adquia adj. Capt. Newton, Branches of Chappawamsick, his own land, John Hall, Cuthbert Harrison, Robert Ashby, Thomas Botts, Samuel Breedwell, Capt. Willoughby Newton, John Miles, by Goose Run, John Madden, land of Tidwell now Floyd's. Surv. by Mr. John Warner. 16 July 1742. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 144].

I-245: John Sinclair of Loudoun Co. 31 Dec. 1762 entered as Escheat 100 acres near Potowmack River & above Goose Creek in said County part of 995 acres formerly granted Ebenezer Floyd & Benjamin Halling. Floyd & Halling died without known Heirs of making legal disposal. Advertisement issued according to rules as appears by cause why Escheat Deed should not be issued to Sinclair. Sinclair did not comply with Advertisement (recorded in Book N) requiring Persons who had surveys in Office before 1764 to pay what should be due or forfeit all Right & Claim. Mr. William Douglass of said County was granted said 100 acres surveyed 4 July 1763 for Sinclair by John Hough. Near Potowmack River adj. William Halling (Hawling), John Mercer, Sinclair's other land. 12 Feb. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 104].

Notes

From "Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia", by H R McIlwaine, pg. 23:

Monday, May 17, 1742.

Resolved, That the Petition of Ebenezer Floyd, to have a Ferry appointed from the said Floyd's, over Patowmack River to Powel's Landing in Maryland, is reasonable.