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Elizabeth City County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Elizabeth City, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 12,000 entries.

Elizabeth City County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 50 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

For early settlers who had arrived by 1635, McCartney's book is a great place to start:


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ; purchase at Genealogical.com.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Elizabeth City County families include:


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. 2 vols. 1955-1956; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976..

For a study of several local African American families, see:


 * Johnson, Martha C. Black Families of Elizabeth City Co., VA, 1800-1990: Research of Families of Callis, Davis, Simpson, Radcliff, Originating from Gloucester Co., Mathews Co., York and James counties and Elizabeth Co., Hampton, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.

Elizabeth City County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]


 * [Allen] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Archer] George Archer, Virginia. Typescript..
 * [Armistead] Keith, Charles Penrose. The Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison: President of the United States of America, 1889-1893, in Chart Form Showing Also the Descendants of William Henry Harrison, President of the United States of America in 1841 and Notes on Families Related. Philadelphia, Pa.: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1893. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive - free.
 * [Armistead] Appleton, William S. The Family of Armistead of Virginia. Boston: W.S. Appleton, 1899. Digital versions at - free; Internet Archive - free;
 * [Armistead] "Armistead Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):31-33; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):97-102; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):164-171; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):226-234; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):17-24; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):181-186; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):63-70. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Armistead] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at ;.
 * [Armistead] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Armistead] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Armistead] Newman, William B. "William Armistead, of Clarke County, Alabama," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 6 (1924):124-143; Vol. 10 (1928):43-44. ; Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Armistead] Roberts, Gary Boyd. Presidential Royal Descents - The Best Such Through Each Royally Descended Presidential Immigrant Ancestor. Boston, 1979.
 * [Armistead] Ellison, Carl Grayson. Our Ellison Kinfolk. Anderson, S.C.: C.G. Ellison, 1992..
 * [Armistead] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992..
 * [Armistead] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Bains] Griffith, Ralph E. James Savage [and] Elizabeth Bains Pedigree Chart. n.p.: n.p., n.d.
 * [Bains] Baranowski, Ruth Wyatt. Ruth Wyatt Baranowski Papers. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Barrow] North, Mae Belle Barrow. The Barrow Family of Virginia, 1620-1972. Summerfield, N.C.: Barrow, c1972. Digital version at ;.
 * [Bloodworth] Cowart, Joe A. Bloodworth Genealogy: Some Ddescendants of John Bloodworth, abt 1665-abt 1720. Cocoa, Fla.: J.A. Cowart, c1996. Digital version at ;.
 * [Bowles] Bowles, Mary Anna and Allen County Public Library. Bowles History and Related Families: Historical Notes of the Bowles Family; Contains Information from the Year 1066 to and Including Those of the Twentieth Century in the United States of America and Great Britain; Lineage of the Parental Families of Mary A. Bowles. Springfield, Mo.: M.A. Bowles, 1959. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Browning] Auld, David Walton and Ruth T. Woods. The Predecessor and Descendants of John Lewis Browning, Born 1777, Maryland. Saratoga, Calif.: D.W. Auld, 1987..
 * [Browning] Woods, Ruth T. and David Walton Auld. The Genealogical Register of John Lewis Browning, Born 1777, Maryland: With Notes on Allied Pittenger Relatives. Saratoga, Calif.: D.W. Auld, 1988..
 * [Bush] Thorndale, William. "William Spencer and the Whiting Family of Earliest Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):289-293. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Calthorpe] "The Calthorpes," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):106-112; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1894):160-168. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Cary] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. see also . Index: . Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * [Cary] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Cary] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Cay] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Chamberlain] Glazier, Prentiss. Chamberlain Families of Early New England and of New York: Ntoes of Data Prior to 1800, and Pertaining to Thomas Chamberlain (b. ca. 1815), Edmond Chamberlain (b. ca. 1617), William Chamberlain (b. ca. 1619/20), Richard Chamberlain (b. ca. 1620?). Typescript. Microfilmed 1977:.
 * [Chandler] Chandler Family Association. The Chandler Family Association's Newsletter. 1991-2006.
 * [Chisman] Tyler, Lyon G. "Maj. Edmund Chisman, Jr.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct. 1892):89-98. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Cobb] Turner, Virginia McKinney. The Cobb Family of "Rocky Mount," Piney Flats, Tennessee, 1613-1972. Piney Flats, Tenn.: Rocky Mount Historical Association, 1973..
 * [Cobb] Edwards, Bruce Montgomery. The Cobbs of the Tidewater. Knoxville, Tenn.: Montgomery Publishing, 1976..
 * [Cobb] Cobb, John E. Cobb and Cobbs: Early Virginia. Alexandria, Va.: Durant Publishing, c1977. Digital version at ; ..
 * [Cobb] Cobb, John E. Cobb Chronicles: An Overview of the Clan. Alexandria, Va.: Durant Publishers, 1985..
 * [Cobb] Fell, Jacqueline Cobb. The Cobbs: And Related Families: Brookshire, Haynes, Tate, Gifford, 1613-1990: With 1995 Update. Tucson, Arizona: J.C. Fell, 1995.
 * [Cocke] "Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):282-292, 340; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):405-414; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):86-96; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):212-217; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):322-332, 334; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1897):431-450; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):71-89; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):303-327; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Cooke] Stubbs, William Carter and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Descendants of Mordecai Cooke of "Mordecai's Mount," Gloucester Co., Va., 1650, and Thomas Booth of Ware Neck, Gloucester Co., Va., 1685. New Orleans, La.: n.p., 1923. Digital version at ;.
 * [Cox] Hamlin, Charles Hughes. "William Cox: The Case of the Ancient Planter," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):163-165. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Curle] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Curle Family of Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983?.
 * [Dandridge] Cary, Wilson Miles. "The Dandridges of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):30-39; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):81-82. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Dandridge] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Eaton] Baskervill, Patrick Hamilton. Genealogy of the Baskerville Family and Some Allied Families: Including the English Descent from 1266 A.D. Richmond, Va.: Wm. Ellis Jones' Sons, 1912. Digital version at Internet Archive;.
 * [Ellyson] Doliante, Sharon J. Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991..
 * [Faulconer] Faulconer, James G. Thomas Faulconer and His Descendants. Troy, Ohio: J.G. Faulconer, 1984.
 * [Foster] Dennis, Gerneva Foster. Forster-Foster and Their Royal Descendants of England 823 A.D., Virginia 1635 A.D., U.S.A. 1990 A.D. Abilene, Texas: G.F. Dennis, 1990..
 * [Gaither] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gany] Walter, Alice Granbery. William Gany/Ganey/Gayney Family of Elizabeth City, County, Kiccoughtan &amp; Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982.
 * [Garnett] Rowland, Jane Thomas. The Garnett, Foster, Catlett, Taliaferro, Collins, Dudley Gatewood, Ham Connections: Papers from the Family Files with Rowland/Thomas Connections and Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jane Thomas Rowland and Arthur Ray Rowland. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 1998.
 * [Gundry] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Hale] Bennett, Charles M. Hail, Haile, Hale. Evansville, Ind.: Copied and published by Amalie and H.S. Barger, 1969..
 * [Hampton] Dixon, Frank E. The Virginia Hamptons: Descendants of William Hampton, Born 1590, in England. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 4, Ham. Copy:.
 * [Hampton] Meynard, Virginia G. The Venturers. The Hampton, Harrison and Earle Families of Virginia, South Carolina and Texas. Easley, S.C., 1981.
 * [Hampton] Meynard, Virginia G. The Venturers, The Hampton, Harrison, and Earle Families of Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas. Easley, S.C., 1981.
 * [Hampton] Miller, Joseph Lyon. "A History of the Hampton Family of the Southern States, 1586-1916." n.d. Joseph L. Miller Collection, Howard Hampton Papers, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.
 * [Hampton] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families: A Social History. Urbanna, Va., 1989.
 * [Hampton] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Hand] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Harlow] Harlow, Michael G. The Harlow Family in Virginia. n.d..
 * [Hope] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Hurst] Hurst, John Simeon. Hurst and Allied Families. Lancaster, Texas: Helen Reeves Hurst, 1984..
 * [Jennings] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Jennings] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Jordan] Jordan, Richard Dudley. "Some Descendants of Matthew Jordan of Isle of Wight County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):243-258. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Keith] Thorndale, William. "William Spencer and the Whiting Family of Earliest Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):289-293. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [King] Wilson, Reba Shropshire and Betty Shropshire Glover. The Lees and Kings of Virginia and North Carolina, 1633-1976. Ridgely, Tenn.: Wilson and Glover, 1975..
 * [Lowry] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Lupo] Lupo, G.M. "The Lupo Family of Early Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):281-288. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Mallory] Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Descendants of Captain Roger Mallory of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 2 (June 1973):125-131.
 * [Manson] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Martiau] Stoudt, John Baer. Nicolas Martiau, the Adventurous Huguenot, the Military Engineer, and the Earliest American Ancestor of George Washington. Norristown, Pa.: J.B. Stoudt, 1932..
 * [Marshall] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Merrit] Turner, Lynne Slater. The Merritt Families of Virginia and Allied Associated Families. 2 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: L.S. Turner, [1987-1988]. 929.273 M553t
 * [Middleton] Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162.
 * [Moore] See also Sweny.
 * [Moore] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Moseley] Moseley, R.L. and Dorothy James Turner. Epitome of the History of the Mosely Family: Ancestry and Descendants of Lt. Robert Moseley of Virginia and Kentucky. Heber City, Utah: Turner, 1979..
 * [Myhill] Ellison, Carl Grayson. Our Ellison Kinfolk. Anderson, S.C.: C.G. Ellison, 1992..
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. ; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Elizabeth City County.]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Elizabeth City County appears in Vol. 2 Part 2]
 * [Payton] Name and Family of Peyton or Payton. Typescript. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * [Perdue] Perdue, Edward M. Our Family Heritage: The Perdues of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1563 to Present. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1988..
 * [Phillips] Rountree, Henning A. The Ancestors of Benjamin Phillips (1760-1818) and Ruth Boggs Phillips (1759-1837): Who Were Born in Accomack County, Va., and Died in Elizabeth City (now Hampton) County, Va. Hampton, Virginia: H.A. Rountree, Jr., 1982.
 * [Phillips] Rountree, Henning A. The Descendants of Benjamin Phillips (1760-1818): Who Was Born in Accomack County, Va., and Died in Elizabeth City (now Hampton) County, Va. Hampton, Virginia: H.A. Rountree, Jr., 1982.
 * [Powell] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Powell Family of Norfolk and Elizabeth City Counties, Virginia and Their Descendants: With Notes and Data on the Collateral Families of Bush, Beckwith, Bowles, Cargill, Carter, Clemens, Conner, Creed, Daines, Dendy, Lucas, Maddux, Middleton, Osborn, Smith, Watkins and Williams. Sewanee, Tennessee: University Press of Sewanee, 1961.
 * [Prather] Tatman, Dudley Austin. Robert and Marshall, the Prather Family in Louisiana: From Wales, England, to the Present. Opelousas, La.: D.A. Tatman, 1979..
 * [Prather] Tatman, Dudley Austin. Robert and Marshall, the Prather Family in Louisiana: From Wales, England, Virginia, Maryland to the Present. Opelousas, La.: D.A. Tatman, 1982.
 * [Prather] Mallett, Manley W. and Geneal A. Prather. A Prather Family, Maryland to Michigan, 1480-1974. 1983.
 * [Pryor] Watson, Walter A. Notes on Southside Virginia. Richmond, Va.: D. Bottom, Superintendant of Public Print., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Puckett] Garrett, Hester Elizabeth. Pucketts and Their Kin of Virginia, Kentucky and Other Southern States, Including Notes on the Following: Garrett, Weldon, Mayes, Gentry, Allen, Vance, Horning, Fleming, Shelton, Wyatt, Sparrow, Womeck, Campbell, Milby and Other Southern Families. Lansing, Michigan: Hartley Printing, 1960. 1960 edition and supplement:
 * [Purefoy] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Reade] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Ricketts] Genealogy of the Ricketts Family. n.d. (Book Storage 0256062).
 * [Rivers] Daniels, Jeanette K.B. Rivers Family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. Beaumont, Texas: J.K.B. Daniels, 1980?..
 * [Rivers] Miller, Lilian Gantner. The Rivers Family of Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri. 1987..
 * [Robins] Robins, Robert Wayne. "Robins Family Landholdings in Robins' Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):3-10; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):67-75. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Robins] Thorndale, William. "John Robins Alias Robinson of the Margaret and John, 1623," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):313-316. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Savage] Griffith, Ralph E. James Savage [and] Elizabeth Bains Pedigree Chart. n.p.: n.p., n.d.
 * [Savage] Baranowski, Ruth Wyatt. Ruth Wyatt Baranowski Papers. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Selden] Tyler, Lyon G. "Selden Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):60-62. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Selden] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Selden] Selden, Jefferson Sinclair. Samuel Selden, the Immigrant, and His Wife, Rebecca Yeo Selden: The First of the Name in Virginia about 1690, Born about 1660, Died in Virginia 1720. Hampton, Va.: J.S. Selden, Jr., 1980, c1981..
 * [Seawell] Cabell, James Branch. The Majors and Their Marriages: With Colateral Accounts of the Allied Families of Aston, Ballard, Christian, Dancy, Hartwell, Hubard, Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell, Stephens, Waddill and Others. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Printing, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Sewell] Rowland, Jane Thomas. Henry Sewell (Burgess) of Virginia: Papers from the Family Files with Rowland/Thomas Connections and Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jane Thomas Rowland and Arthur Ray Rowland. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 1998.
 * [Sheppard] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Smith] Baranowski, Ruth Wyatt. Ruth Wyatt Baranowski Papers. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Smoot] Newman, Harry Wright. The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia: A Genealogical History of William Smute, Boatright [sic] of Hampton, Virginia and Pickawaxon, Maryland; With a History of His Descendants to the Present Generation. Washington, D.C.: H.W. Newman, 1936..
 * [Spalding] Spalding, Hughes. The Spalding Family of Maryland, Kentucky and Georgia, from 1658 to 1663: A History of How the Pioneer Catholic Spalding Family in America Originated in Maryland and Spread to Kentucky, Georgia, and Other States. 2 vols. Atlanta, Ga.: Spalding, 1963-1965..
 * [Spencer] Thorndale, William. "William Spencer and the Whiting Family of Earliest Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):289-293. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sweny] Henkel, Steve. "Murder in the Family: Identifying the Parents and Siblings of George Wythe Sweny, Murderer of His Great-Uncle, George Wythe, Chancellor of Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2003):87-94.
 * [Tabb] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Tabb] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992..
 * [Thomas] Fields, Virginia B. Ezekiel Thomas (1840-1917) and John Thomas (1846-1928) of Georgia and Texas, Their Ancestors and Descendants. Slidell, La.: V.B. Fields, 1985..
 * [Thurmer] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Search for the Ancestors of Robert Thurmer of Elizabeth City &amp; York Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980?.
 * [Trussell] Trussell, Edgar L. The Trussell Family 1580-1991: Historiography of the Trussell Family. 1991..
 * [Tucker] Tucker, Reuel Walter. Memoirs and History of the Peyton Tucker Family: Ancestors and Descendants and Genealogy. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1975..
 * [Walker] Morel, Vera Walker. "Walker of Elizabeth City County, Virginia," in Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families. Volume XX. Baltimore, Md., 1975..
 * [Wallace] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Waters] Smith, Gladys E. Belk. Waters Family of Maryland and Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: G.E.B. Smith, n.d..
 * [Waters] Beatty, Edith Worley (d. 1948) and Philip Asfordby Beatty. The Waters Book: Genealogy of Waters and Allied Famiies: Posthumous Papers of Edith Worley Beatty. Baltimore, Md.: P.A. Beatty, 1950?..
 * [Waters] Waters, Edward. Waters. n.d. Microfilmed 1977:.
 * [Weathersbee] DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis. The Weathersbee Family of Halifax and Martin Counties, North Carolina and Barnwell County, South Carolina. Augusta, Ga.: E.W. DeHuff, 1965. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Westwood] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Whitfield] Whitfield, Vallie Jo Fox. Whitfield, McKeel, Fox, Schiefer Families. Pleasant Hill, Calif.: Whitfield Books, 1965..
 * [Whiting] Davis, Joseph N. Genealogy of the Whiting Family of Virginia. Wahoo, Neb.: J.N. Davis, 1922..
 * [Whiting] Creech, Evelyn Ling. Branches of the Family Tree: Whiting. 3 vols. and supp. Lamirada, Calif.: E.L. Creech, c1991. . Digital version at - free
 * [Whiting] Thorndale, William. "William Spencer and the Whiting Family of Earliest Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):289-293. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Willoughby] Watson, Annah Walker Robinson. Some Notable Families of America. New York, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Willoughby] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Willoughby] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Willoughby] Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * [Willoughby] Walter, Alice Granbery. Captain Thomas Willoughby (1601-1657) of England, Barbados and Lower Norfolk County, Virginia [and] Some of his Descendants, 1601-1800. 1978; reprint, Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1988?]. Reprint (which includes revisions) has been digitized: - free;
 * [Wilson] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Worlich] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Wythe] Tyler, Lyon G. "Ancestry of George Wythe, LL.D.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1893):69. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Wythe] Leach, Frank Willing. "George Wythe, 1726-1806," Genealogy of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Vol. 19, pp. 5936-5939. Microfilmed 1951:.
 * [Wythe] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Yeo] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.