The Suburbs of James City
(Maps from Forman, "The Bygone 'Subberbs of James Cittie,'" 20
William & Mary Q'ly 475.)
These
maps show the approximate location of the land in the Pashbyhayes leased by Maj.
George Marable in and before 1712. Outlined in white on the map to the
left is the approximate location of a tract in the Governor's Land originally
leased, prior to 1683, by the immigrant George Marable, and shown in a survey
map in the 1680's as leased by George Marable and a William Marable. No
other reference has been found to this William Marable. It is speculated that he
was a brother (probably an older brother) of Maj. George Marable, but that he
died or left Virginia shortly after their father's death in the early 1680's.
In a survey commissioned by Phillip Ludwell concerning land north of
Jamestown Island in the Pasbyhayes (complete 27 May 1712), Simon Jeffreys,
surveyor, describes Ludwell's bounds in part as follows:
. . . thence to James town main Road then up it North . . . thence
along an old road that went to Major Marables North . . . thence along
an old dividing line dividing this from Major Marables North . . . to a
gum standing on the North side of a slash . . . (Duvall, Virginia
Colonial Abstracts, Second Series, Vol. 4, James City County, Virgina,
1634-1904, p. 23 (Ms. # 84).)
This same survey is referred to in leases of portions of the
Governor's Land granted by Sir William Gooch in 1747, including one to
Benjamin Marable, son of Major George Marable:
Indenture, 13 Aug 1747 Between the Rt. Hon. Sir Wm. Gooch Baronet,
of the one part & Benj: Marrable, of Parish and County of James City
on the other, Whereas the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters
of the City of London for the first Colony of Va. by their Commission to
Capt. George Yardley, 18 Nov. 1618, 3000 acres Jas. Town, adjoining the
said Town, and of the Lands formerly conquered or purchased of the Paspeheies
and other grounds next adjoyning & in year 1625 laid out and surveyed
by William Clayburn Esq. Then Surveyor General of Va., Now this Indenture
Witnesseth That the said William Gooch . . . demised granted and to farm
letten . . . To the said Benj:a Marrable . . . 105 Acres . . . formerly
granted to George Marrable Gent. Dec'd by Lease, - Jan. 1723, for 422 acres,
Survey by Simon Jefferys Surveyor of Jas. City Co., year 1712.
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Wit.:
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William Dawson
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Rich: Taliafero
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Signed with 2 seals:
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Benj:a Marrable
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Will Gooch
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(Id., p. 30-31 (Ms. # 113).)
