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- Bridget RasberryDaughter of John Browne & Ann Williams From The Isle of Wight, Virginia
She also resided in the County of Albermarle, Province of Chowan County, North Carolina & Bertie County, North Carolina.From Page 10-11, "RASBERRY RECORDS AND REMARKS", by Edna Monette Rasberry Burtis, August 29, 1988. Chowan County, North Carolina Deeds Book W, Page 123. "This indenture made ye 20th day of October in ye year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Thirteen between John Rasberry of Chowan Precinct in the County of Albermarle in ye Province of No. Carolina & Bridget Rasberry his wife of the one part and Andrew Barrow of ye Provice aforesaid a planter on the other part witnesseth ye the said Jno. Rasberry for & in consideration of two thousand pounds of tobacco to him in hand paid by Andrew Barrow aforesaid & receipt whereof he ye aforesaid Jno. Rasberry doth hereby exonerate acquits discharges ye said Andrew Barrow his heirs & assigns fforever have given granted bargained sold and by thse presents do fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargain assign and sell all ye part and parcel of land lying & being in Chowan Precinct beginning upon Moses Line upon Meherrin Creek from thence So. down ye Creek to ye first station containing six hundred and thirty-five acres by estimation of survey surveyed by the said Rasberry to have & to hold ye said land bargained & sold as aforesaid unto ye said Andrew Barrow his heirs & assigns forever with all other liberties & privileges therein & thereon contained & ye said Jno. Rasberry & Bridget his wife for them & each of them & each of their heirs & do promise warrant ye said premises to be & remain free from all claims & demands of ye said Jno. Rasberry & Bridget his wife or either of their heirs or any person or persons whatsoever in witness whereof ye said Jno. Rasberry & Bridget his wife hath hereunto set their hands & affix their seals ye day and year above written.
Signed sealed & delivered
Testes
George Smith
Arthur Dugal
his
John Rasberry
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Bridget Rasberry
John's mark on this record is identical to the mark on the preceding one, so John Senior "Govenor of North Carolina" and this John are one and the same; i.e., John (No.5). He is married and his wife's name is Bridget. Bridget is an Irish name. Little has been found to indicate our Bridget's last name but, we should note that some members of the wealthy and influential Pollock family had migrated from Ulster to North Carolina before 1710. Too, Joseph West sailed with a fleet to Carolina in 1669, stopping on his way at Kinsale, Ireland to add a few more people to his colonists. This record immediately raises two questions: 1. Where did John get this 635 acres of land, and 2. Why was it necessary for his wife Bridget to sign this record. There is no previous record of John being granted or buying this land. So, it is only logical to think it belonged to Bridget. (Source: August 29, 1988
Edna Monette Rasberry Burtis)
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