Edmund Denton (abt. 1718)

Died [date unknown] in Brunswick Co VA

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Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1718

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Death

Death:

Date: bet 8 Mar & 3 May 1744

Place: Brunswick Co VA

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"Guy" at Genforum posted "1745 VA land patent, William Lindsey of Edgecombe & Halifax Co's NC," 28 Jan 2009: The following records show that the Passmores and Dentons associated with William Lindsey of Edgecombe and Halifax Counties NC were associated with land on Three Creeks in Brunswick Co VA, and that the Dentons and William Lindsey (of Edgecombe Co NC) owned neighboring properties in Brunswick Co VA in 1745.

Deed 1 - Joseph Passmore to William Lindsay 26 Mar 1759, L 20, 100a part of purch by Passmore fr Francis Jones 20 Dec 1749( ? ), on E sd Rocky Sw, jng Samuel Williams. Sarah Passmore also sig. wit Elijah Humphries, Peter Denton, Daniel Blackwell. recd Dec 1759 (Halifax Co NC 65:7-66)

John Pasmore's will (19 May 1754, Nov 1754) in Edgecombe Co NC (part of which became Halifax Co NC in 1758) showed son Joseph Pasmore, wife Sarah Pasmore, daughter Elizabeth Sammon and witness James Samon (partial abstract). The Passmore genealogy says that John Passmore was the son of George Passmore who was granted land on Three Creeks in 1717 (the land was in Surry Co VA until 1732, it was in Brunswick Co VA until 1781, and it was in Greensville Co VA after that). In the deed above Sarah Passmore was the widow of John Passmore; and James Samon in the will was the son-in-law of John Passmore, James married to Elizabeth. James Salmon was mentioned in the following William Lindsey deed:

Deed 2 - Wm (x) Linsey to Elijah Humphries 4 May 1759, L 39, 170a sd Linsey purch fr Francis Jones 21 Nov 1749, on E sd Rocky Sw, jng James Salmon. wit Saml Huckaby, Peter Denton. recd Dec 1759. Mary (x) Linsey also sig. (Hal Co NC 67:7-68)

Peter Denton witnessed both deeds above and he also owned land on Three Creeks in Brunswick Co VA, as shown below:

"Indenture made the 28th day of April, 1757, between Peter Denton and Susannah, his wife, of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and William Love, for 30 pounds, conveying 100 acres on North side of Three Creeks . . ." Acknowledged in Court on April 26, 1757, Deed Book 6, page 148 (Brunswick Co VA).

Peter Denton was the son of Edmond Denton whose will (in Brunswick Co VA, 8 Mar 1743/1744, 3 May 1744) mentioned son, Thomas, (to inherit the) plantation where I now live, with 100 acres on nw side of Walker Branch, joining Thomas Sisson, decd; son, Peter, (to inherit the) residue of home tract, being 100 acres on se side (partial abstract) (Brunswick Co VA WB 2, p. 83f). Edmond Denton had a patent for 200 acres on Three Creeks dated 4 Sep 1740.

William Lindsey in 1745 in Brunswick Co VA also patented land on Three Creeks, dated 20 Aug 1745, 174 acres north side of Maherin (Meherrin) River, south side of three creeks on/adjoining John Rains line, Ralph Jackson, John Walker, James Lee (record found in Greensville Co VA).

The "John Rains line" above referred to John Raines, whose will (18 Aug 1731, 19 Jan 173_) was witnessed by Jno Denton and Edmond Denton (partial abstract) (Surry Co VA, WB 8, p 151). A later record showed the Thomas Sisson in Edmond Denton's will married the widow of John Rains: "Thomas Sisson & his wife Hanah of Brunswick Co. to Edward Broadnax . . . (which was part of a 570 acre survey for John Raines decd, 200 acres of which at the upper end was devised by John Raines' will . . . the remaining 370 acres devised to the sd Hanah then wife of sd John Raines, as recorded in Surry Co, on the north side of Maherrin River. (Brunswick Co VA, WB/DB 1, p 268, 3 Jun 1736, Proved 3 Jun 1736).

There is a "Walker Branch" in Edmond Denton's will and a John Walker in the 1745 William Lindsey patent and the following record makes it absolutely clear that Edmond Denton, father of Peter Denton, owned land very close to the William Lindsey 1745 patent. Both of them have the names John Walker, Ralph Jackson and James Lee in the land description:

1735 Sept 4 - William Carill wit. with Wm Sisson & Stephen Sisson, to lease __ release of John Walker and wife, Elizabeth of Bruns. Co . . . to Edmund Denton of Bruns. Co., Three creeks, no, side, granted to J. Walker by pat 30 Oct 1726, Thomas Sisson's corner, so.of Ralph Jackson & James Lee (from Virginia Carrolls and their Neighbors, 1618-1800s, by Elizabeth Carroll Foster, p 118)

Apparently, in the above, John Walker and wife were leasing land to Edmond Denton, land on three Creeks, north side, land granted to Walker on 30 Oct 1726; and the land was on Sisson's corner, and south of Ralph Jackson and James Lee. Compare that description with the land description of William Lindsey patent: north side of Maherin (Meherrin) River, south side of three creeks on/adjoining John Rains line, Ralph Jackson, John Walker, James Lee. They appear to have been adjoining properties: John Walker's land was on the north side of Three Creeks; the Lindsey patent was on the south side of Three Creeks; and Peter Denton's father was leasing the land on the north.

On 10 Nov 1744 William Lindsey "of Brunswick" sold 200 acres of a 400-acre tract that he (as "William Lindsey of Brunswick Co") bought nine days later on 19 Nov 1744 (Edgecombe Co NC DB 5, pp 303-304). Then it looks like he was back in Brunswick Co VA on 6 Feb 1745 and 20 Aug 1745 to record and sell his patent land.

On 16 Nov 1747 "William Lindsey of Brunswick" again bought land in Edgecombe Co NC and "of Brunswick" apparently meant he was buying land in NC but was still a resident of VA because other records in Brunswick Co VA after 1747 also look his.

William Lindsey sold the patent land before it was dated: "Indenture made 6 February 1745 between Wm. Linsey of Brunswick County and Lemuell Cocke of Southwark Parish, Surry County, L 20, 174a, it being granted to the said Wm. Linsey by Patent dated 20 August 1745" (Brunswick Co VA Deed Book 3, Page 122).

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