1770 Land Transfer from
Edmond Lindsey Sr. to Jacob Lindsey
These excerpts are from Frederick Co. VA Deed Book 13, pages 223-226: Lease and Release of land from Edmond Lindsey Sr. to proven son Jacob Lindsey, on March 1 and 2, 1770. This is shown on Thorndale Letter 3, page 7. The land being transferred is shown by Thorndale as Parcel E. See his comments on the image of the map below, just above the portion colored yellow..."161 acres Jacob had bought in 1770 from Edmund L. Sen. (E-13:223)".
Lease, Pgs. 223-224
(First part of the lease is on page 223, which I don’t have) From pg. 224: …poles to a forked white oak in E. Lindsey Jun line, thence So. 60 W twenty poles to a locust stake on the side of the marsh, thence So. 31 degrees 30m W forty three poles crossing the said marsh to another locust stake on the south side of the said marsh. Thence So. 70.3m W twenty three poles to a locust stake on a hill. Thence So. 88 W twenty eight poles to two small hiccorys in the line of Edmund Lindsey & Rice’s thence with this line So. 22 W 95 poles to two small black oaks. Corner to Edmund Rice and Edmund Lindsey Jr. Beginning thence with this line So. 43 E. 29 poles to a locust and white oak. Corner to Edmund Lindsey Jr. thence with the same So. 32d 15m W one hundred one poles to two hiccorys in the line of Hollingsworth.. E. Lindsey Jr. corner thence leaving his line and extending with Hollingsworth’s line So. 35 E. 98 poles to a locust and a black oak corner to Hollingsworth. Thence No. 30 E. one hundred and fifty eight poles to a locust and hickory corner to Thomas Lindsey. Thence No. 20 E. one hundred and eighty two poles to the beginning. Containing one hundred and sixty-one acres more or less.
Release, Pgs. 224-225
Beginning at a white oak and some other marked saplings on the North side of the long Marsh extending thence No. 65 W 22 poles to three walnut saplings on the edge of a small rise thence So. 21 W 32 poles to a locust stake on the edge of the marsh then So. 31 degrees 30m W 43 poles crossing the said marsh to another locust stake on the So. side of the So. side of the marsh. Then So. 70.30m W 23 poles to a locust stake on a hill. then So. 88 W 28 poles to two small hiccories in the line of Lindsey & Rice thence with his line So. 22 W 95 poles to two large black oaks. corner to Edmund Rice and Hezekiah Lindsey Beginning corner. thence with the same line 32.15m W. 101 poles to two hiccories in the line of Hollingsworth & Hezekiah Lindsey’s corner. then leaving the corner and extending with Hollingsworth’s line So. 35 E. 98 poles to a locust and black oak corner to Hollingsworth. thence No. 30 E. 158 poles corner to Thomas Lindsey and the original track of one hundred & twelve acres conveyed by John Lindsey to Edmund Lindsey Sr. from thence No. 20 E.181 poles to the beginning Containing one hundred and sixty-two acres be the same more or less.
William Thorndale Letter 3, page 7: I have colored the map below to make it easier to sort out by owner. Yellow denotes land owned by Thomas Lindsey, son or brother of Edmond Lindsey Sr. Purple is land owned by Edmond Lindsey Jr., presumed son of Edmond Lindsey Sr., and green is the land, Parcel E, being transferred through lease and release on March 1 and 2, 1770 from Edmond Lindsey Sr. to Jacob Lindsey, his proven son. Hollingsworth's land, mentioned in the lease and release, was just south of Parcel E. The jagged black line I drew in is my crude attempt to show where the Long Marsh was as Thorndale didn't draw it in on this map:
It appears that the land owned by Hezekiah Lindsey referred to in the release, above, must be the purple area west of Parcel E that is not labeled. Thorndale shows this parcel as belonging to Edmond Lindsey Jr., who is shown as the owner in the lease. Hezekiah Lindsey never appeared in any land transactions in Frederick Co. that I know of as a seller or buyer, so why he is shown as an adjacent owner on this deed of release is a mystery to me. But it does make me think that Hezekiah was probably a brother of Edmond Lindsey Jr., and therefore perhaps a son of Edmond Lindsey Sr., b. c. 1697, who married Elizabeth Beasley in Baltimore Co., MD in 1725.