John Bassnett ~1729
Source: Princess Anne County, Virginia Deed Book 4, P. 260
Written: August 23, 1729
North Carolina
Be it known to all men by those present that I John Bassnett of Pasquotank
presinct in Alberm__ County & province aforesaid have made ordained
constituted authorized & appointed in my place & stoad by those presents have
put & placed my well beloved and trusty friend Edward Murden of Norfolk County
in ye Colony of Virginia & John Noost of Princess Ann County of said colony of
Virginia to be my true & lawfull attorney or attorneys for me in my ___ or
enterin & upon all & every who occupies & possessours of all or any that
parcel or tract ___ and lyeing and being in Princesses Ann County in Virga.
Aforesaid called or known by the name of Colchester containing eleven hundred
& fifty acres asined by ye patten thereof granted my grandfather William
Bassnett may appear & in case of any claim made or refuse___ any person or
persons surrender up the quiet & peaceable possession of ye said land ye said
person to Eject Suei________ prosecute & expel ye said premises by due course
of law giving & ______ granting to my said attorneys or either of them full
power and authority ____ ye name to sue arrest Eject implead and to appear for
me in any court or courts of ____ _____ in the said colony of Virginia.& also
one or more attorney or attorneys of any the said ____ and them to constitute
and appoint as the case may require altho it should be g___ or m____ ____
power than is herein given and in case of any judgment obtained in any ye said
courts or writs of possession awarded, ye said possession for me & in my name
to take & receive argfully as though I were personally present, or by any
other ways or ______ to compound conclud & agree with any the said claimer
occupiers possessours of the premises or any part or parcel thereof as my said
attorney or attorneys or either of them shall think fit, and furthermore I the
said John Bassnett do hereby authorize and impower my said attorneys or either
of them to acknowledge for me & in my name in the county court of Princess
Ann, contain deed of release, of all my right and title of the said premises
unto Jeremiah Murden bearing equall date with those present, unto which said
deed I have set my mark with my own hand & sealed with my seal & delivered it
unto the said Jeremiah Murden as my own deed and also all and every other
thing require it & necessary to be done in or concerning the premises for me
and in my name do execute and perform as fully & effectually & in as large &
ample a manner & form to all intents & purposes as I myself might ought or
could do if I were then and there personally present, and I shall & will
ratifie allow & confirm all and whatsoever my said attorneys or either of them
shall do or cause to be done in or about ye said premises by a ___ of those
persons. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty
third day of August anno Domi 1729.
John (his -x- mark) Bassnett (Seal)
Sealed and presented
in the presents of
Joseph Cartwright
John (his -I- mark) Ivy
Princess Ann at a court held the 3rd September 1729
Then the within power was proved by ye oaths
of Joseph Cartwright & John Ivy witnesses thereto
is ordered to be recorded on motion of Jeremiah
Murden.
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