Thomas Sorrell

• Name	Thomas Sorrell
  Birth	, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2981	Master
  Last Modified	11 May 2012

  
  

  Father	James Sorrell,   b. Abt 1646, , Essex, England d. 1700, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Elisabeth Sorrell
  Family ID	F892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Sorrell, Thomas. Publication 26 May 1712. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 121 acres 2 r. 37 perches at the head of Nominy by some called the Herring Creek. Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712 , p. 87 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal Sorrell, Thomas. grantee. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 Thomas Sorrell Decedent 12/1/1725 Sorrell, Thomas, 12 Jan. 1725; 22 Feb. 1726, of Cople. Son James land; to son John land devised me by my father in law Daniel Occany and land on Nominy where I formerly lived; son James land in James City County bequethed me by my father John Sorrell deceased; nephew Thomas Sorrell land; my bro. John Sorrell of James City County deceased; said nephew and his sisters Elizabeth and Frances a ring each; daus. Anna and Winifred; wife Elizabeth her horse, saddle, bridle, rings, clothing, 3 slaves and use of my plantation for life; friends Capt. George Turbeville and Mr. William Sturman exrs. WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Elizabeth Payne Power of Attorney to William Sturman & John Awbrey, 26 July 1723 Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deed Book 7 (1721-1723), page 286: [In the left margin next to this entry is: "Payn's Relinquishm't of Dow'r To Fra's Awbrey Se the Deed of Sale fo. 333."] Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Payn the wife of William Payn late of Westmorld, now of Hanover County have and by these presents doe authorize and empower my trusty and welbeloved friends Mr. William Sturman and Mr. John Awbrey or either of them to appear at the County Court of Westmorld aforesaid and relinquish my right of dower and thirds of in and unto One hundred acres of land lying in the said County sold by my said husband to Mr. Francis [page 287] Awbrey and for so doing this shall be my said attorney or attorneys sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand this 26th day of July Anno Dom 1723 Elizabeth Payn (seal) Sealed and delivered in the presence of John Poindexter Sarah Brechin-- Westmorld Sc } July the 31st 1723-- This power of attorney was duely proved in Open Court by the Oaths of the Wittnesses and the dower therein menconed relinquished by William Sturman and admitted to record and was entered thereon the eighth day of August 1723 Thos Sorrell [Clerk County of Westmoreland] [Notes: (1) In transcribing the records from the original to new books during the 19th century, the clerk entered some records out of chronological order. The deed by which William Payne sold the land to Francis Awbrey was recorded on 7 August 1722, but was entered in this deed book on pages 354 and 355. This power of attorney authorizing relinquishment of Elizabeth Payne's dower rights was recorded one year after the deed, but appears 68 pages earlier in the same book. (2) I am grateful that Barbara Payne Aerni located this record and saved me untold hours of searching. (3) I have put the title of the original clerk in brackets after "Thos Sorrell." The transcription had a nearly indecipherable "CluCompd" after his name. From another entry in this book, I realized that something like "CleCoWld" may have been in the original record as an abbreviation of his title.]