Ruth Nixon has a book on these Burtons and this info came from it.
The records of Henrico Co. VA show Thomas and John Burton acquiring in 1656 the land patent granted to Ambrose Cobbs in 1639. This 400 acre site overlooking the Appomattox River is to this day known as "Cobbs".

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