2.1 Colony of Virginia, 1632
In 1632, 42-year-old Edward Booker first arrived in the Colony of Virginia to begin his new life in the New World. He was already a wealthy man and he came from a prominent family in England. He and his sons had been granted several thousand acres of land in the Virginia Colony, and he would later buy several thousand more acres. He had married the sister of his attorney in England, Richard Glover. His son, Richard I was undoubtedly with him or joined him shortly afterward.
The following is a quote from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. “Edward Booker was born in Gloucester, England in 1590. He immigrated to Virginia in 1632 where he had several land grants in several counties. He served as a member of the Virginia Council and was influential in public affairs until his death in 1648. From the earliest land grants in about 1623, down to the Revolution, there was not a land grant to ant Booker except this immediate family. The family received thousands of acres by grants and bought several thousand more.” Edward Booker and his sons served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and other prominent posts.
2.2 York Colony, Colony of Virginia, September 2, 1648
Fifty eight year old Edward Booker signed a document appointing his brother-in-law, Richard Glover to act in his behalf in all matters. The York County Records Book, 1636-1648, p. 434 contains the following: “Know unto all men by these presents, that I Edward Booker, do make, constitute, order and appoint my brother in law, Richard Glover, to be my true and lawful attorney, and in my name and to my sole and proper use, to demand levy, recover and receive all bills, debits and demands due me, the said Booker, within the said colony of Virginia, also to receive out of the hands ___? cold? all such tab? received, or bills to be received or whatsoever of mine in his hands and upon denial or payment, to sue, arrest, implead and imprison any of my debtors within the said county and upon receipt of any quantity or quantities of tab? to give acquaintance for the same, and if it seems good to the said Glover to constitute one or more attorneys under him and look what he or they shall do or cause to be done in or about the premises, I do ratify and confirm as if I myself were personally present.”
Edward Booker died later that year. It is interesting that Edward Booker and Dr. Patrick Napier (See Tyson History) arrived in Virginia the same year and were both prominent citizens of York County (Williamsburg) during this same period. Their grandchildren Raymond Leslie Booker and Geneva Estelle Tyson, eight generations later, after the families had migrated on separate paths through Tennessee, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma would marry.
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