Person:Samuel Earle (10)

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• F-31: Mr. Samuel Earl of Prince William Co., 682 acres in said Co. Surv. Mr. James Thomas Jr. On Deep Run adj. Capt. Augustine Washington, Alexander Beach, Mr. William Blackwell, Blaggrave Hopper, Acquia Road. 1 Dec. 1742. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 2].

• H-350: Samuel Earle (name marked out) of Frederick Co. Town Lot No. 33 & Commons Lot No. 68 of 5 acres & 25 perch. Date marked out. [Note: appears to be 15 May 1753] Note: This Deed is cancelled by desire of Samuel Earl as appears by Certificate from under the hand of John Ha_en a Majestrate of Frederick Co. & by his desire Regranted to ____ Speahard who purchased the same Vide Book L folio 74.). [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 70].

Records in Virginia

• F-131: Capt. Robert Jones of Prince William County, 363 acres in Prince William Co. Surv. Mr. John Warner. Adj. land of Hackney & Allen, Capt. Robert Jones, Mr. Samuel Earle, Mr. William Jones, Blagrove Hopper, Branch of Deep Run. 26 Sept. 1743. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 7].

• H-179: Thomas Bryan Martin, nephew of Thomas Lord Fairfax of Frederick County, 8,840 acres in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. On Opoeckon adj. his plantation. He purchased 188 acres of John Nations. Desired inclusive Deed. Adj. Peter Wolf, Mess'rs Carter, opposite Wolf's new settlement, land of Burden [sic, s/b Borden], near Hampton's Plantation now Major Samuel Earle's, where Edward Corder lived, William Ramey?, Thomas Thornton, Jost Hite, Shannondoah River, Robert Hapenny, Robert McKay's 828 acre tract, a part of Hite's grant, Chappel Road, Brandson's (Branson) Old Mill, James Kemp, Wright's Run. The 8,840 acre tract to be called Manor of Greenway Court. 21 may 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 61].

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

   (Major) Samuel EARLE, III, son of Samuel Earle II and Phyllis Bennett,
   •was born in Abt. 1692 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
   •educated at the College of William and Mary.
   •lived for a while in Old Frederick County, Virginia where he was elected the 1st Member of the House of Burgesses from Frederick County holding the seat that would later be held by future (President) George WASHINGTON whose father, Augustine WASHINGTON owned land that was adjoining land owned by Samuel EARLE, I who was the paternal grandfather of the aforementioned (Major) Samuel EARLE, III.
   •Earle's Ferry near present Front Royal, Virginia
   •Member of House of Burgesses 1743-1744.
   •High Sheriff of Frederick, VA, 1742.
   •Church Warden, 1751.
   •Justice of Co Court, Frederick, VA 1749-1752.
   •Major-Col George William's Fairfax Colonial Regiment.
   •Planter, Attorney at Law
   •Lived in or owned land in Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier and Frederick Counties, VA.
   •Married Anna Sorrell and Elizabeth Holbrook
   
   Sources:
   •The Earles and The Birnies, by Joseph Earle Birnie, publ 1974, p 37
   •http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA/2005-01/1105200175
   •http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/r/Barbara-J-Gordon/GENE2-0004.html
   
   http://www.geni.com/people/Maj-Samuel-Earle-III/4084454967520124887