Gift - Land from Isaac Arnold Sr. to Thomas Arnold

May 3, 1733

Source: King George County, Virginia, Deed Book 1A, p. 259-60

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This indenture made the third day of May in the fifth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Brittain, France & Ireland, King defender of the faith &c., & in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred & thirty three between Isaac Arnold Senr. of the parish of Hannover in King George County withing the Dominion of Virginia of the one part & Thomas Arnold, son of the said Isaac Arnold, of the aforsd parish & county within the dominion of Virginia aforesd planter of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Isaac Arnold Senr. for in consideration of the natural love, goodwill & affection which he the said Isaac Arnold hath & now beareth to & towards his sd. son Thomas Arnold & for severall other good causes & considerations him the said Isaac Arnold thereunto at this time especially moving hath given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, ____ & confirmed & in & by these presents doth fully, freely, clearly & absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien & forever confirm unto his said son Thomas Arnold & Mary his now wife to the severall uses herein after mentioned & expressed all that plantation & parcall of land whereon the said Thomas Arnold now liveth & inhabiteth together also with sixty acres of land or thereabout be the same more or less that is to say to the said Thomas & Mary Arnold for & during the whole term of their natural lives & from & after the death of the said Thomas Arnold & Mary his now wife & the survivor & longest liver of them the said land & premises & every part & parcell thereof wholy to belong to Humphrey Arnold, eldest son of the before named Thomas & Mary Arnold which said land is bounded as followeth:

Beginning at the upper corner of the said Thomas Arnold's plantation in a brach which leads into Gingeteague Creek at a red oak standing in or near the line of the land formerly belonging to Mr. Jonathan Gibson running thence with the said line & the line of the land of Mr. Thomas Turner to a small brach which branch divides this said land from the land of the said Isaac Arnold Senr. thence eastwardly down the said branch to the line of Henry Long to the first mentioned branch thence up the said branch to the beginning red oak & being part of a pattent for two hundred twenty five acres of land granted to John Doyle Senr. & sold by John Doyle Junr. to the said Isaac Arnold part to these presents ____ in & by the same relation thereto being had may & will more fully & at large appear with all buildings, gardens, orchards, fences, woods & underwoods, timber & timber trees, ways, water & watercourses, priviledges & comodities whatsoever to land & premises aforesd. belonging or in any wise appertaining & the said land & premises & parcell thereof the said Isaac Arnold Senr. doth warrant to the uses aforesd. against the claim or claims of any manner of persons whatsoever claiming from, by or under him the said Isaac Arnold, his heirs & every of his heirs.

In witness whereof the said Isaac Arnold Senr. hath to these presents set his hand & fixt his seals the day, month & year first within written.

Sealed & delivered in presence of
Thomas Bartlett
James Boddington (by his mark)

Isaac Arnold

At a court held for King George County the 4th day of May 1733, then came Isaac Arnold & acknowledged this deed of gift unto Thomas Arnold & Mary wife of the sd. Isaac relinquished her right of dower thirds which on the motion of the sd. Thomas is admitted to record.

Test: T. Turner, C. C.