IMMIGRANTS TO USA. The following is to be found at
http://www.rootsweb.com/. From Branch Jackson Carden, Jr.: "Into
this area, in the year 1642, moved ROBERT CARDEN recently a
migrant colonist from the British Isles. The land grant office
in Richmond now contains the records of these early immigrants
who came to the eastern shore of Virginia from 1623 to 1666. The
original lists have been indexed in recent years. During the
43-year period approximately 25,000 colonists entered the
Virginia Colony. Many came with land grants obtained before
embarking from England. Others came as headrights for other
individuals who already possessed land grants or for companies
organized by British firms for the purpose of establishing
grants. ROBERT CARDEN is listed as a headright for Abraham
Turner and Co. Whether or not he was also an indentured servant
is not known, but he did, eventually, acquire land of his own."
After claiming that Robert Carden above was a brother of the
first JOHN CARDEN of Tipperary, he continues -A