Order Book Abstracts of Stafford Co. VA 1664-1668; p. 46. Stafford Co. VA Records Book 1699-1708:417-418. According to a letter written by George Mason of Gunston Hall in 1787, the Christmas family had a settlement and a three-life-lease (99 years) at Oyster Shell Landing on the south side of Pohick Creek in Stafford Co., This part of Stafford Co. became Fairfax Co. VA in 1742. He was also known as Gad. As of 1646, Goodman Christmas lived at York Co., VA; Fleet XXV:9. As of 1666, Goodman Christmas lived at Stafford Co., VA, Virginia Order Book 1664-1668:46 He died about 1708 in Stafford Co., VA. Stafford Co., Virginia Record Book 1699-1709:417-418 Thought to have been born in England.6/8/1646 Goodman Christmas was pd 80lbs tobacco for grave digging for William Baulke.
10/13/1653: Gad Christmas witnesses land deed of John Withers upon Potomak, County of Westmoreland. VA Land Records in NC, page 734.
4/11/1666: Gad Christmas: Subpoened to court by Thomas Atkinson in Stafford Co, VA & paid 40lbs tobacco. Order book, Stafford Co 1664-1668 & 1689-1690, page 26.
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