Edward Sr. sold to Judge William Pinhorne, on March 26, 1679, for 500 pounds, one undivided half of the tract, also one half of the stock,” according to records. Included in the transaction were one two-story house, five tobacco houses, some livestock and “between thirty and forty hogs, foure Negro men, five Christian servants.” The sale was likely made to secure Pinhorne’s influence in maintaining title to the land against other colonial claimants, since Judge Pinhorne was a prominent politician at the time.