. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. chard Norwood, Surveyor. ACcording to the directions of the Councell andCompany, as they had determined by lot, tooke a plot of the He, and divided it withas much faithfulnes as he could, assigning to everyAdventurer his share or proportion, as namely, to layout a large proportion, to bee called the generall land,and imployed for publike uses, as for the maintenanceof the Governour, Ministers, Commanders of Forts,souldiers, and such lik
. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. chard Norwood, Surveyor. ACcording to the directions of the Councell andCompany, as they had determined by lot, tooke a plot of the He, and divided it withas much faithfulnes as he could, assigning to everyAdventurer his share or proportion, as namely, to layout a large proportion, to bee called the generall land,and imployed for publike uses, as for the maintenanceof the Governour, Ministers, Commanders of Forts,souldiers, and such like: and to this end was assignedS. Georges Hand, S. Davids Hand, Longbridge Hand,Smiths Hand, Coopers Hand, Cony Hand, NonesuchHand, part of the maine, and sundry other small rest was to be divided into eight parts, each partto be called a tribe, and to have his denomination ofsome principall person that was Adventurer therein: andaccordingly the first Tribe to bee Eastward, was thencalled Bedfords Tribe, now Hamiltons: the second,Smiths: Tribe the third, Cavendish, now Devonshires:the fourth, Pembrooks: the fift, Pagits: the sixt, 368. 3 Catherinsforte Pemhroks forte K Kings Caftcll
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