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Little England of Gloucester County, Virginia
“On N side of Charles R. (today’s York River) NW to Perins Crk. which
divides from Ashwell Battin, adjoining NE & E land of Thos. Bell, SE on
the river, 400 acres”.
I think that John Perrin already owned adjoining land, hence the reference to Perrin’s
Creek in the above quote. It is my belief that he built the house. I think that Sarah’s Creek
was named after the wife or daughter of another prominent land owner nearby during that
time – this is what I have surmised from reading related books and reviewing other land
grants of this period.
1787-1807 John Perrin 300 acres
1815 Elizabeth Perrin (daughter of John Perrin) 300 acres transferred to her at
death of her father.
1816 Elizabeth Perrin transferred 300 acres to John Page, her husband.
1817 300 acres transferred back to Elizabeth Page at death of her husband, John
Page.
1821 Elizabeth Page is owner of 300 acres, estate is now called “The Creek”.
1823-1827 Elizabeth Page is still owner of “The Creek” of 300 acres but she lives In
Williamsburg.
1828 John Goodall purchased 300 acres from Elizabeth Page. We think he named
the estate “Little England”.
1836-1856 300 acres purchased from John Goodall by William Hobday. His wife, Anne
renames the estate to “Fairview” because she didn’t like the way the British
treated the Colonies.
1857-1865 William Hobday now owns 200 acres.
1866 John R. Cutchins and his wife Emaline (daughter of William and Anne Hobday)
inherited 200 acres.
1939 Theodore Pratt purchased estate from Emmett Cutchins, son of John and
Emaline Cutchins. With the purchase of the house and 25 acres, he returned
the name to “Little England”.
Records also show that Richard Hobday owned 143 acres of land and John Hobday
owned 200 acres of land. I do not know if these men were brothers of William Hobday or if
one of them was his father. I have researched all of the existing information from that
time period and have not been able to ascertain positively what the relationships were.
In 1652 Gloucester County was carved out of York County. The York River was
originally called the Charles River.
My (Judith Rowe Mays) relationship to Little England is as follows:
1) William Hobday and his wife, Ann(e), were my great, great, great grandparents.
They are buried at Little England.
2) Their daughter, Mildred Frances, married James William Fleming. They were my
great, great grandparents. They are buried at Little England.
3) Their daughter, Lucy Olivis, married Samuel E. Riley. They were my great
grandparents.
Vol. 5, No. 2 20 December 2001