1649 Patent to Colonel Edmund Scarburgh for 2,000 acres. 1652 Patent to Littleton Scarburgh for 1,000 [Littleton was under age in 1652.] 1653 Colonel Edmund Sccarburgh leased the whole 3,000 to William Burton. Littleton died under age.

NOTE: Colonel Edmund Scarburgh obtained many patents in the name of himself and that of his children.

Source:
Whitelaw, Ralph T.  Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Volume One. Gloucester MA: Peter Smith: 618.