4 John Gage, The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk (London, 1822), 6.

5 For the actual settling of annual accounts in England, see John Meriwether Diary, 25 Dec. 1711, ms. 2220, WILTRO; for the Chesapeake, see Carville Earle, The Evolution of a Tidewater Settlement System: All Hallow’s Parish, Maryland, 1650-1783 (Chicago, 1975), 158.

6 Fithian, Journal and Letters, 52.