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From Calendar of State Papers (page 4) - John Edloe's petition that JamesMinge be appointed his guardian.
"That in the yeare 1668, yo' pet' father dyeing, the Adm' of hisestate was comitted to Tabitha, his Widd', yo' pet' mother, who alsoedyed in the yeare 1670. Not long after, Major Thos. Bowler, by marriagewith Tabitha, yo' pet' sister, executrix of our said Mother, becamepossessed as well of the Lands and tenements, as other the estate of yo'pet, but yo' Hon', in tender care of yo' pet' comitted the tuition of hisp'son to Coll. Robert Wynn, with whome he hath ever since lived, andetc. (then follows a long description of the damage inflicted upon hisestate, personal and real, by neglect and depredation; which condition ofthings compels him to beg that Mr. Minge, his kinsman, "be guardian ofyo' pet' & etc.") "That yo' hon' wil be pleased to comand that theSheriff of the County of James Citty, cause to come upon the Lannds andtenements aforesaid within this County, a Jury of lawfull men, amongstwhom Carpenters and other Workmen to be Joyned. That they be charged toenquire of such wast as hath been p'mitted or comitted upon the p'mises,& etc."
From Henrico County, a widow and probably a daughter of Henry Lund.