While researching the Piland's of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, I came across the transcript of Isaac Faulcon's will in which he left his plantation to his son Jacob Faulcon in 1727 -- the will was witnesses by George Piland. I didn't give much thought to this, other than it gave a time frame for George Piland's life in the Isle of Wight. (Southside Virginia Families, by John Bennet Boddie, found at Google Books)
The next day I went on a road trip, unconnected with my family research, down the James River, first on the North Side, and then up the South Side. Out of curiosity, I stopped at a place called Smith's Fort (as it was labeled on my map) only to discover that it was the site of a small manor house of a middle-class merchant, named Jacob Faulcon. The house had been purchased during the depression by Rockefeller and donated to the APVA.
Just a weird coincidence, but interesting all the same.

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