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Preferred Citation

Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Gift (Agreement), Wormeley to Wormeley, undated. Local government records collection, Middlesex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 39918dd.

Historical Information

Middlesex County was formed in 1669 from Lancaster County.

Scope and Content

Middlesex County (Va.) Deed of Gift (agreement), Wormeley to Wormeley, undated. The deed documents an agreement between Ralph Wormeley and Benjamin Dabney pertaining to the impending marriage of Ralph Woremeley's son, Ralph Wormeley Jr., to Dabney's ward, Elizabeth Boswell. The deed binds Ralph Wormeley, in exchange for payment from Dabney of land and slaves valued at one thousand to twelve thousand pounds, to pay his daughter-in-law an annual income, land, and slaves, should she become widowed before he dies.

Related Material

Additional Middlesex County Land Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Wormley family.

Corporate Names:

• Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Antenuptial contracts--Virginia--Middlesex County.

Geographical Names:

• Middlesex County (Va.)--History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Agreements--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Deeds--Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Land records-Virginia--Middlesex County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Middlesex County.

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