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- Nicholas Stallings was first reported in James City Co., Va., Nov. 5 1635 when he was imported, along with 23 others, by William Swan. On Mar. 1, 1638/9, Thomas Swan named Nicholas Stallings in re-patenting the land of his father, the late William Swan ("Cavaliers & Pioneers" by Nell N. Nugent, 1934, Richmond, Va., p. 32) Feb. 13, 1655, William Wright imported Nicholas Stallings and his wife, not named, to Nansemond Co., Va., (Nugent, p. 324); Stallings may have been one of the many unrecorded early settlers in what is now North Carolina, for on April 1, 1663, George Catchmaid patented a large tract on the Perquimans River and listed Nicholas Stallings as one of the headwrights (master carpenter) (Nugent); the early records of Nansemond Co., Va., were destroyed by fire and the Stallings line can be deduced only from other records (Nugent, p. 501): Nicholas Stallings was named as an heir in the will of Edward Norecroft, a Virginia Merchant, which was probated in London, England, Dec, 16, 1638: he witnessed that will: Nicholas Stallings' wife's name has not been ascertained at this time, nor has his death date been proved.
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