claimed as transported
Probable. Assessed by Cursor Grok 4.7 on 2026-10-15.
The abstract names him in a transportation list. The patent date is the date of the land claim. The reading is the 1934 abstract's OCR, not the patent image.
Assessment scalar: 0.74. Editorial weight, recorded with this assessment.
Richard Walton · Samuell Mathewes patent, 23 November 1657 claimed as transported claimed for Samuell Mathewes, 23 Nov. 1657, Potomac River.
Documented
- Samuell Mathewes's patent of 23 November 1657 names Richard Walton with Rich. Kent, Timothy Gunter, and Joane Palmer. It does not name a ship. It does not match him to another Richard Walton, and it does not print the surname Watton.
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