Thomas Godbey Genealogy
Record modified: 2010-01-30
This is my direct ancestor 12 generations back.
Born: about 1623-00-00 Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia USA
Died: 1653-02-00 Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia USA
Marriages:
1. 1644-00-00 Anne Bain
Children of Thomas Godbey and Anne Bain:
Notes:
seems like they must have been married in Norfolk Co VA
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from this RootsWeb entry:
will of Thomas Godbye of Elizabeth River, in ye County of Lower Norfolke in Virginia, planter...
Book C f 76, Dated 8 Aprill 1652, Recorded 15 Feb. 1654:
...Anne my deere & Lovinge wife...sole Executrix...
witnesses: Tho: Tooker The marke of Lewis ffundermull.
Thomas R. Godbye
With. his Seale.
Codicil Dated 10 Feb. 1653:
...bequeath to my Wives Sister Elizabeth Bearre... [a cow]
witness: Rich Lee.
The marke of Thomas Godbye.
Lower Norfolk County Will Abstracts, p. 11
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Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol III p453
Lower Norfolk Co VA 1651 - 1654
Patent 1648-03-02. Sir Wm Berkeley to Tho Godby, 200 acres in Lower Norfolk, on N side of a branch
of the W branch of Elizabeth River called the Clarks Creeke, for importing 4 persons, names not shown.
Signed William Berkeley
The above patent assigned by Tho Godby to Robt Loneday. 1648-12-09.
Signed Tho x Godby
Wit: Tho Tooker
p455
Tho Godby to pay James Smith 40 lb tobo for expense, in that Smith arrested Anne the wife of Godby to
this court, but she failing to appear no proceedings could be had against her.
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Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents 1661-1666 p34/35
1665-04-28
Thomas Godby
250 acres on the head of a creek called Gayther's Creek, being a branch of the southern branch of Elizabeth River.
Beginning at a marked red (?) Oak standing on the southward side of said Gaythers Creek and running
for breadth (?) south by west one hundred poles to the Land of Thomas Marsh unto a marked Pine and
so east by south three hundred and twenty poles unto a marked Hickory (?) and so north by east one
hundred poles unto a marked pine and so west by south three hundred and twenty poles unto a marked
pochickory (?) crossing certain branches of Gather's Creek unto the fist mentioned marked tree
and fifty acres the residue bounded from his marked trees starting by a runs (?) and bounding easterly
to Thomas Alexander's line, and southerly bounding between their two lines.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1155
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