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Clement (Only)Onley was born about 1637. He arrived in Virginia and:: WAS LISTED IN THE LAND PATENT OF ONE ROBERT PITTS ISSUED ON 12 MARCH, 1662/63::(Clement Only age about 25). Clement Only made two trip to the New World. He sold his property right and returned to England according to Tax records from Accomack Virgina. There was a wedding between a Clement Only (age 21 taken from 1637 date)and Mary Pilkenton on July 6, 1658 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwick, England. On returning: IN ANOTHER FOR JOHN LEWIS OF THE SAME COUNTY ON 23 FEB. 1763/64. (1) THIS INDICATES THAT HE LEFT THE COUNTRY AFTER THE FIRST PATENT WAS ISSUED AND RETURNED BEFORE THE NEXT ONE. HE MUST HAVE BEEN A TRADESMAN AND SOLD HIS RIGHT TO PATENT FIFTY ACRES ENTITLED TO ONE WHO ENTERED OR WAS BROUGHT IN A PATENTEE (ONE WHO GRANTS PATENTS). CLEMENT NEVER OWNED ANY LAND. CG. NO.115 (1984) (Mrs. Nora Miller Turman
HIS NAME WAS ON THE ACCOMACK COUNTY TAX LIST AT INTERVALS FROM 1677 THROUGH 1693.(2) HE IS THE ONLEY FOUND IN THE COUNTY RECORDS BEFORE 1710.
From these beginning. I am a member of the John Ownley branch who moved to North Carolina in the early 1700.
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