Lucretia Pott ¹

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Lucretia Pott was named in a certificate for land on 3 September 1651 at Northampton Co, VA. Certificate was this day granted to Mr. Edmund Scarburgh for 3,600 acres of land for transporting a list of persons into the colony including Lucretia Pott.

She served on a jury on 17 April 1677 at Accomack Co, VA. Richard Hill summoned a jury of inquest to investigate the death of a bastard child born to Elizabeth Man, who was "privately delivered thereof contrary to law." The jury found several injuries on the child, so it was ordered that the sheriff take Eliz. Man into custody till the next court, where she was to appear for further questioning. Ordered that Mary Aires, Mary Finlow, An Brown, and Christian Blacklock be summoned to testify. The jury's verdict concerning a bastard child born to Elizabeth Man, who reported that it was stillborn: the child was injured on the left breast and in the mouth, and since Eliz. Man was delivered privately, they questioned her "for further light", as they did the reputed father, Peter Booty, who was the first person that came into the house. The jury found that their stories varied. Signed 26 March 1677, by: Mary Aires, Christian Blacklock, Ann Browne, Patience Drumond, Mary Finlow, Marie Hill, Rebecca Karte, Lucretia Lewis, Elizabeth Loame, Eleanor Macklamie, Ann Marshall, Ann Ternan.

Lucretia married John Lewis I about 1651 in Accomack Co., VA. (John Lewis I was born in 1619 in London, England and died on 03 Mar 1697 in Accomack Co., VA.)