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37735
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Items from 1698 records of Perquimans Precinct Court found in ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.’
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37863
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Births, marriages and deaths taken from ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.'
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37876
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Transcription of 1694 document taken from ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.’
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37918
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Births, marriages and deaths taken from ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.
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37993
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Births, marriages and deaths taken from ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.
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38026
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Births, marriages and deaths taken from ’The Historical & Genealogical Register.
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38832
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Samuel Pricklove, a native of Nansemond Co., Virginia, came to Perquimans Precinct, NC by 1661, was a Quaker, and served as Register of Deeds and Clerk of Inferior Court. He became involved in the Culpepper Rebellion, was arrested and sentenced to be pilloried, having is right ear cut off and being banished from the colony. At the last minute, the deposition of Thomas Miller saved Pricklove from the sentence. The spelling of the Pricklove surname at some point changed to Pritlowe.
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38960
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Samuel Swann, born in Perquimans Precinct, was educated in law and surveying and in 1728 was appointed to a commission that located the boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia. He served in the lower house of the NC Assembly for 37 years, representing Perquimans Precinct from 1725-1739, and then representing the new formed Onslow County until 1762. Swann served as Speaker of the House and his book on the revision of NC Laws known as ‘Swann’s Revisal’ was published in 1752, which became the first book published in NC. The town of Swansboro in Onslow County was named in his honor.
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38979
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Anthony Dawson first appeared taking up a patent of land in Perquimans County in 1687. He soon became a Captain of militia, a member of the NC Council, a member of Assembly and attorney in Court actions. Perquimans Precinct Court was held at his house for a number of years. In Feb. 1697/98, Dawson was banished from North Carolina over the salvage of a wrecked ship for the Crown. He then settled in Gloucester County, NJ.