acres 5,350 acres
1638 423 acres 3,000 acres
1640 405 acres 1,300 acres
1641 343 acres 872 acres
1642 559 acres 3,000 acres
1643 595 acres 4,000 acres
1644 370 acres 670 acres
1645 333 acres 1,090 acres
1646 360 acres 1,200 acres
1647 361 acres 650 acres
1648 412 acres 1,800 acres
1649 522 acres 3,500 acres
1650 677 acres 5,350 acres

II. TABLE SHOWING SIZE OF LAND GRANTS FROM 1650 TO 1700
BASED ON THE RECORD OF VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS

Period of years Average grant for Number of largest grants
the period for the period

1650-1655 591 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres ( 92)
2,000- 5,000 acres ( 41)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 3)
1655-1666 671 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres (252)
2,000- 5,000 acres (147)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 20)
1666-1679 890 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres (220)
2,000- 5,000 acres (154)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 25)
10,000-20,000 acres ( 12)
1679-1689 607 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres (143)
2,000- 5,000 acres ( 66)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 17)
10,000-20,000 acres ( 2)
1689-1695 601 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres ( 63)
2,000- 5,000 acres ( 23)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 7)
1695-1700 688 acres 1,000- 2,000 acres ( 14)
2,000- 5,000 acres ( 13)
5,000-10,000 acres ( 7)
13,400 acres ( 1)

[Note: In compiling this table, two changes have been made to
correct what seems clearly to be errors in Bruce's description.
Forty-one grants were listed for 2,000-5,000 acres from 1650-1655
rather than forty-one grants of 1,000-5,0