BELOW: Detail of a 1755 "Map of the Middle British Colonies in America," by Lewis Evans, showing "Chesopeak Bay" and vicinity. The peninsula between the "Potowmack" and "Rapahanock" rivers is the Northern Neck of Virginia, where the lands of James and Grace Hambleton were located.BELOW LEFT: Counties created in the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck between 1648 and 1673. James and Grace Hambleton lived in Westmoreland County. BELOW RIGHT: Abstract of 1200-acre land grant, dated 22 September 1668, to Colonel Nicholas Spencer, who assigned it to John Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington, on 9 October 1668. The 100 acres later sold by Henry Asbury Jr. to James Hambleton Sr. were part of this 1200 acres.
BELOW: Detail of "Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Va. Patents," by David W. Eaton, showing part of 1200-acre patent abstracted above. The land was originally patented to John Washington and Thomas Pope on 14 September 1661, then deserted, then granted to Colonel Nicholas Spencer, who assigned it to John Washington, who willed it to his daughter Anne. Her husband, Francis Wright, deeded 450 acres to Henry Asbury Sr., whose son, Henry Asbury Jr., sold 100 acres to James Hambleton Sr. on 21 July 1725. The Hambleton lands, measuring 2376 feet north to south and 1835 feet east to west, are outlined in red.
