[A74] in 1655 a patent for 400 acres was issued to John Nicholls and reissued by him a year later. In 1663 he assinged this patent to James Bonnewell. The land was still owned by his descendants in 1796.

Source:
Whitelaw, Ralph T.  Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Gloucester MA: Peter Smith, p 943.