[Letter from Southwark Parish members, Surry Co. VA, 1717] [transcribed by Mark A. Murphy, 9 Jun 2005] These are to confirm whom it may conserne that the house of Thomas Sorby[?] in the parish of Southwark in the County of Surry in Virginia being in the Northern part of America in the west Indinos and in the Dionos of John Lord Bishop of London Is designed to be fore Apart and Appointed for A place of Religious Worshipe for protestant desentors from the Church of England calling themselves Baptissors as Wittness our hands this sixth day of May Anno Domoni 1717. Robert Nelson &} ministers Thomas Harrison} Matthew Marks juball[?] Markes John Amoroy William Dreadge Richard Winckies George Davenport Regstd Sept 2nd 1717