Record Lookup: Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3: William Eddings

Question

I'm looking for help with the book Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3 which does not appear to be present online.

There are three records for William Eddings found on pages 202, 395, and 402.

Does anyone have a copy they can look these up in?

Here is what Ancestry shows:

• Abstracts of Virginia Land Office patent books 9 through 14, covering the early decades of the eighteenth century. Includes numerous references to land patented by "French refugees," the Protestants (Huguenots) who fled France after Louis XIV revoked the

Answer 1

Hi William, I don't have access to that volume of Cavaliers and Pioneers, but I did locate the following land records:

Name: WM. EDDINGS Year: 1719 Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 6223 Primary Immigrant: Eddings, Wm Annotation: Abstracts of Virginia Land Office patent books 9 through 14, covering the early decades of the eighteenth century. Includes numerous references to land patented by "French refugees," the Protestants (Huguenots) who fled France after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685. The index is on pages 430-578. Source: NUGENT, NELL MARION, abstractor. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3: 1695-1732. Richmond [VA]: Virginia State Library, 1979. 578p. Indexed. Page: 220
  Name: WILLIAM EDDINGS, Grantee Date: Dec 6, 1726 Location: Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, Deed Book A Property: 80 acres of land in St. Georges Parish, Spotsylvania County, on South side of Rapidan River and S.W. Mountain Run. Remarks: WILLIAM x McCONNICO of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to WILLIAM EDDINGS of the same parish and county. 35 ster. 80 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., on S. side Rapidan River and S. W. Mountain Run-part of pat. granted sd. McConnico June 3, 1726. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDDINGS, Grantor Date: Jan 6, 1730 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA , Deed Book B Property: 611 acres in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County Remarks: WM. x EDDINGS of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to DUNKIN BOHANNON of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co. 175 curr., 611 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Feby. 2, 1730. REBECCAH, wife of WM. EDDINGS, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDDINGS, Witness Date: Feb 21, 1731 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 200 a. in fork of Rappahannok River. Remarks: Joseph x Cooper of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., planter, to John Gordon of Fredericksburg, ordinary keeper. 20 curr., 200 a. in fork of Rappk. River. Augt. 1, 1732. Barbary, wife of Joseph Cooper, acknowledged her dower. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDDINGS, Grantee Date: May 4, 1731 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 305 acres in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. Remarks: JOHN ROUSE of St. Geo. Par. Spts. Co., to WM. EDDINGS of same Parish and County. 100 sterling, 305 acres in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. May 4, 1731. Mary, wife of John Rouse, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDINGS, Grantor Date: November 2, 1731 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 312 acres in St. Mark's Par., Spotsylvania County Remarks: WM. EDINGS & REBECCAH, his wife, of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. to Dunkin Bohannon of St. Stephens's Par., King and Queen Co. 47 curr., 312 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. Novr. 2, 1731. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WILLIAM EDINS, Grantee Date: November 2, 1731 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 611 acres in St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County Remarks: DUNKIN BOHANNON of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co., to WILLIAM EDINS of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. 175 curr., 611 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. Novr. 2, 1731 Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WILLIAM EDINGS, Grantor Date: April 4, 1732 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 150 a. in St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA Remarks: WILLIAM x EDINGS of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., to ROBERT BROADAWAY of same Par. and County. 20 curr., 150 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. April 4, 1732. REBECCAH, wife of Wm. Edings, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDINS, Grantor Date: Apr 3, 1733 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA , Deed Book B Property: 248 acres in Spotsylvania County Remarks: WM. x EDINS of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., to RICHARD MAULDEN of same Par. and Co. 7 ster., 248 a. in Spts. Co.-whole of a pat. granted sd. Edins Sept. 28, 1728. April 3, 1733. REBECKAH, wife of Wm. Edins, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WILLIAM EDDINGS, Grantor Date: Dec 4, 1733 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 705 acres in St. Mark's Par., Spotsylvania County, VA Remarks: WILLIAM x EDDINGS of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., to HENRY HAWS of same parish and county. 88 curr., 705 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spotsylvania County. Feby. 5, 1733-4. REBECCAH, wife of WILLIAM EDDINGS, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WILLIAM EDDINGS, Grantee Date: Feb 5, 1734 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book B Property: 312 acres in Spotsylvania County Remarks: DUNKIN BOHANNAN of King & Queen Co. to WILLIAM EDDINGS of St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County, 30 curr., 312 acres in Spts. Co. Feby., 5, 1733-4. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WILLIAM EDDINGS, Grantor Date: Jun 4, 1734 Location: Culpeper County, Virginia, Deed Book C Property: 349 acres in St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County, VA Remarks: WILLIAM x EDDINGS of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, planter, to WILLIAM JORDAN of Lunenburg Parish., Richmond Co., Gent. 60 curr., 349 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co.-part of two tracts of land, one granted EDDINGS by patent. June 30, 1726, the other bought by EDDINGS. Occupation: Planter Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  Name: WM. EDDINS, Former owner Date: Jun 4, 1734 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Deed Book C Property: 248 acres Remarks: Richard Maulden of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., to THEOFOLOUS EDDINS of same parish and county. 15 curr., 248 a. formerly granted WM. EDDINS, by patent Sept. 28, 1728. June 4, 1734. Jane, wife of Richard Mauldin, acknowledged her dower, etc. Source: "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
  In 1740 William Edenigs appeared on the List of Tithes in Lunenburg County, as did Isaac Edenigs at William Edenigs -- one tithe.
  6 March 1753, Lunenburg County, VA, Deed: John Tabor of Lunenburg Co. to Robert Pleasants of Henrico Co. Merchant, 100 curr. money. 414 acres in Lunenburg Co. on one of the branches of Nottoway River called the Crooked Run and on both sides the North Branch of the said Run , adjoining lands of John Berry , decd., Saml. Jones and WILLIAM EDDINGS, Robert Sirerets , and John Thomas , being land whereon said John Taber now dwells, containing by patent bearing date 12 March 1755 , granted to one William Wiley 414 acres, said Taber purchased the same. March 6th, 1753 . D. B. 3, p. 209. SOURCE: Edward P. Valentine,The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. 1-4, 1864-1908.Richmond, VA: The Valentine Museum.

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Comments

Also, I am wondering the certainty that there were two William Eddins or if [[Eddins-18|William  Eddins Jr (abt.1688-1754)]] and [[Eddins-10|William  Eddins Sr. (abt.1662-)]] might be duplicates.

Orange County was formed in 1734 from Spotsylvania.

The notes posted on Rebecca Haws' profile as well as reviewing the records leads me to think that the above are duplicates and that some of the children on Eddins-10 are incorrect (i.e. they didn't exist) and dates are wrong (the only source for them is an ancestry tree).  There are no records to indicate a marriage to Rebecca Haws (as opposed to Rebecca Firth) nor records that William was born in England.

This site lists many land/court records for William.  With all of the records where he frequently appears beginning in 1722, it seems likely he could have been born in the late 1600s (say 1690-95) in America.

I think this should be researched.

Answer 2

William, LVA has this book and I think I saw recently that they can do lookups, I don't know the charge. The web page says open to researchers by appointment. Residents of VA can have an account there. Our local library has it, but is offering curb pick up only and Cavaliers & Pioneers is not allowed out of Virginia room.

Answer 3

You'd be better off requesting a copy of the grant/s directly from the Library of Virginia. Google the address.  They hold the original documents.

Comments

Yes Allen, and my understanding is that they send certified copies so charges are to be expected.

I did google for the physical book... Amazon has 1 for $199. Probably cheaper to pay LVA and give some support there.

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But I also know when I went physically into the Archive room, check your purse, no pen allowed, copies were reasonable. And, priceless to have copies of original documents!

In this instance, it's just that Cavaliers and Pioneers, Nugent, books are held in the private room, so no "real" original documents. They don't house the books in the public area, for obvious reasons.

Answer 4

A lot of the Virginia land patents are digitized at the Library of Virginia.  If you go to the LVA web site and put "Eddins" and "Eddings" in the search box as a catalog search a number of entries will come up.   I didn't see one for 1719 though.  

Here is the Eddings search result:

https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,William%20Eddings&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&facet=lds04,include,LAN&offset=0

Searching for Eddins only brings up later grants (catalogued,, but not digitized)

Answer 5

FYI, most public library systems will have a branch with a genealogy collection, and most of those collections will have Cavaliers and Pioneers.  Don't bother searching Worldcat.org (it costs money to list there, so most don't), go to your local library system or the metro area near you and check their catalog. Then shoot them an email.

page 311

William Edings [sic], 531 acs. (N. L.) Spotsyl. Co., in St. George's Par; on E. side of the Mountain Run; adj. William Connicoe's line; Sharp's cor; Capt. Lawrence (Taliaferro) & Capt. John Taliaferro; 30 June 1726, p. 492

page 395

John Tamasone, 150 acs. (N. L.), Spotsylv. Co. in St. George's Par; in the gr. fork of Rappa. Riv; adj. Thomas Stantone, on S. side of the North Riv, land of William Eddings, now Goodrich Lightfoot's; & land of George Whetly; 26 June 1731, p. 160. 15 Shill.

page 402

William Eddings, 400 acs. (N.L.). Spotsylv. Co., in St. George's Par; in the fork of Raperdan Riv; adj. John Eddings; John Rucker & Michael Holt; 25 Aug 1731, p. 246. 40 Shill.

SAME. 400 acs. (N.L.); same Co., Par. & date : page 247. In the 1st fork of Robinson Riv; adj. John Rouse. 40 Shill.

Theophilus Eddings, 230 acs. (N.L.), Spotsylv Co. in St. George's Par. in the 1st fork of Robinson Riv; adj. William Eddings; 25 Aug 1731, p. 249. 25 Shill.