1661 "Court held 25th Sep 1661 in Charles County. ... Elenor Empson, Plt., Richard Watson, Def.; plaintiff claims Watson defamed petitioner by forbidding the banns of matrimony without cause against a poor distressed widow; Mr. Enoch Doughty, age ca 22 years, swore he saw a note sent by defendent to his father, Francis Doughtie, to forbid banns between plaintiff and any other person as she was his wife before God; defendent being a blind man and disclaiming any interest in her, being forced to trust others in writing; plaintiff non-suited."[1]
1663 "Deed of gift: I, Enoch Doughty, have delivered unto Joye Oneale, my brother Heugh Oneale's daughter, on black heifer; 20 Nov 1663; /s/ Enoch Doughty; wit. Samuel Clarke, Thomas Branso (mark)." [2]
1667 Enoch Doughty was granted 500 acres on the north side of Rappahannock River, above Nanzemone Towne, Virginia. Dated November 8.[3]
1675 Enoch Doughty was granted 4763 acres on Rappahannock on the south side of the river: Beg.g &c. to a branch called Tuckquake Swamp. Dated June 15. [4]
1675/76 Enoch Doughty wrote his will on February 27. [5] Enoch mentions in a memorandum that some of the tobacco that his brother has carried to England is from Enoch's own crop.
In the Name of God Amen being in Good Health & perfect memory I make this my last will & Testam't first I bequeath my Soule unto God & my Body to ye ground, hoping of a Joyfull Resurrection in ye Lord, that Worldly Estate, that God hath bestowed on me, after my Debts paid, I give unto my Children & their heires and as my Desire is that they may goe out of this Country, I doe Impower my Overseers Francis Daughty & James Philips to put to Sale & Sell All my lands & Goods & Chattles for money good for my Children & their Heires wch: being performed wth:out Giving in Security in Virginia that they will be faithfull & true in performance of this & to my children & further I do Impower Either or both of these my good Overseers to performe this my last Will & Testam't.
February ye 27th 1675
Enoch Daughty
Witness my Hand & Seale
Test John Simpton, Jonathan ?, Hugh Mane
1677 The will of Enoch Doughty was proved on May 9 in Lancaster County, Virginia. [6]
1722 Land formerly granted to Enoch Dowdy in King and Queen Counties, Virginia, was sold on July 18. [7]
[1] Elise Greenup Jourdan, Abstracts of Charles County, Maryland Land and Court Records, 1658-1666, Vol. I (2009), 67, [GoogleBooks].
[2] ibid., p. 180.
[3] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, Patent 6-88, [Library of Virginia].
[4] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, Patent 6-561, Enoch Doughty is named in a list of persons, [Library of Virginia].
[5] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, [AncestryImage].
[7] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Virginia County Court Records, Deed Abstracts of Essex County, Virginia (1721-1724), Deed Book 17 (1988), 13, Essex County Deed 17-75.