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Accomack County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of August 2010, a query for born in Accomack, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 45,000 entries.

Accomack County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 350 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

For information about the earliest colonists of Accomack County, Virginia, McCartney's work is a great place to start:


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical Publishing Company.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Accomack County families include:


 * Carey, Mary Frances, Barry W. Miles, and Moody K. Miles. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004-2007. . [Contents: v. 1. Descendants of James Bonnewell, Richard Bundick, William Mason, Edward Thornton, Henry Trader, and Henry Wright -- v. 2. Descendants of Edward Bayly, Richard Bayly, Edward Byrd, Edward Ker, John Lewis, Samuel Marshall, and Roger Miles -- v. 3. Descendants of Thomas Elliott (Northampton County), Thomas Elliott (Onley, Accomack County), Thomas Elliott (Wachapreague, Accomack), John Fisher, John Mapp, and Bartholowmew Mears.]
 * Edwards, Lucy Ames and Nannie Ames Mears. Ames, Mears and Allied Lines. The American Ancestors of Samuel William Ames and Sarah Anne Edmunds Mears of Accomack County, Virginia. 1967. . Discusses 67 Eastern Shore families.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Allen, Bartlett (see introduction), Bestick (see introduction), Bevans, Bibbens, Blake, Carter, Case, Church, Consellor, Copes, Davis, Douglass, Driggers, Duffy, Duncan, Farrell, Finnie, Fletcher, Fortune, Francis, Francisco, George, Hammond, Hanser, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hitchens, Holt, Hutton (see introduction), Johnson, Lang, Liverpool, Longo, Malavery, Marshall, Matthews, Mongom, Morris, Moses, Nutts, Okey, Parkinson, Payne, Perkins, Priss, Read, Roberts, Robinson, Rosario, Salmons, Sample, Shepherd, Sisco, Stephens, Teague, Thompson, Vincent (see introduction), Webb, Weeks, West, Wise, Young families of pre-1820 Accomack County, Virginia.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present: A Collection of Historical Material, A Portrayal of Life and Some of the Customs of These Eastern Shore of Virginia People, A List of Many of Their Names, Their Descendants and Family Connections, and the Names of Land Owners Therein from Colonial Times to the Present. Chicago, Ill.: J.E. Mears, 1937. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1962-1965. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1965-1967. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1967-1970. 6 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Stone, Doris Y. Genealogical Notes Concerning Selected Virginia Families. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Primarily concern early settlers in Virginia's Eastern Shore (Accomack and Northampton counties) and in Surry County, Va. Families represented include Barham, Beckwith, Bird/Byrd, Clark/Clarke, Corbin, Creed, Ewell, Filmer, Gray, Justis/Justice, Killman/Killmon, Lewis, Long, Rew/Rhue/Arew, Shrieves/Shreaves/Shreves, Swan/Swann/Swon, Taylor/Tailer/Tayler, Warren, Watson, and Yeardley/Yardly."

Accomack 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]


 * [Addison] Nottingham, Stratton. The Addisons and Allied Families: Jacob, Custis, Kellam, Whittington, Teackle, Hack, Scarburgh, Upshur and Kendall. Eastville, Virginia: Hickory House, 2002..
 * [Allen] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ames] Edwards, Lucy Ames and Nannie Ames Mears. Ames, Mears and Allied Lines: The American Ancestors of Samuel William Ames and Sarah Anne Edmunds Mears of Accomack County, Virginia. 1967. Digital version at - free;  and.
 * [Andrews] Thompson, Evelyn Straughan. William Andrews, Ancient Planter, Accomack, Virginia, 1600-1654: And His Descendants. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas..
 * [Andrews] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Arew] Rhue, George Noble and Elizabeth Sanborn Conner Rhue. Descendants of John Arew of Accomac County, Virginia who now Spell their Family Name Rew, Rue, and Rhue. Los Angeles [Calif.]: Rhue, 1955. . Digital versions at Ancestry ($); - free; and World Vital Records ($). Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Armitradeing] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Armitrader] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Armstrong] Ferguson, John Markham. "Robert Armstrong of Scotland and Virginia: Who Know Where?" Virginia Tidewater Genealogy Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):120-121.
 * [Bagwell] McCurdy, Mary Burton Derrickson. "The English Origins and History of Henry Bagwell and Thomas Stratton of Early Eastern Shore Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):3-16. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Bagwell] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Bartlett] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Bashaw] Humphries, Georgene. Welding Links Lineages: The Family History of Ancestors &amp; Descendants of Henry and Eleanor Hardin Breshears. [Jerome, Idaho: G. Humphries], 1992..
 * [Bayly] See General Section.
 * [Bell] Bell, John B. "Four Early Thomas Bells on the Eastern Shore of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):278-288; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):3-16. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Berry] Griffiths, George R. The Berrys of Maryland, An Old Prince George's County Family. Falls Church, Va., 1976.
 * [Bestick] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Bevans] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bibbens] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bibby] Bell, John B. "More Adventurers," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):83-88; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):181-185; Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):20-25. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Bibby] Bybee, Charles Forrest. One Man's Family. [Winter Haven, Fla.]: C.F. Bybee, 1995. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Blake] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bloxom] Bloxsom, Daniel E. Bloxom, Bloxsom, Bloxam, Accomack County, Va. Los Angeles, California: D.E. Bloxsom, Jr., 1982..
 * [Boggs] See Phillips.
 * [Bonnewell] See General Section.
 * [Boyd] Baer, Mabel Van Dyke. Boyd Family. MSS., National Library, D.A.R., Washington, D.C. Copy:.
 * [Bradshaw] See Parks.
 * [Bundick] See General Section.
 * [Burton] Harrison, Francis Burton. Burton Chronicles of Colonial Virginia: Being Excerpts from the Existing Records, Particularly Relation to the Burtons of the Valley of the James and Appomattox; with Especial Reference to the Ancestry of Jesse Burton of Lynchburg (1750?-1795). Hartford, Ky.: Cook &amp; McDowell Publications, 1979.
 * [Bybee] Bybee, Charles Forrest. One Man's Family. [Winter Haven, Fla.]: C.F. Bybee, 1995. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Byrd] See also General Section.
 * [Byrd] Byrd, Colwell P. History and Genealogy of the Byrd Family: From the Early Part of 1700 A.D., When They Settled at Muddy Creek, Accomack County, Virginia, Down to A.D. 1907. Pocomoke City, Md.: C.P. Byrd, 1908. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); ;.
 * [Carter] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Case] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Church] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Consellor] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Copes] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Covington] Covington, Elbert E. Covington and Kin. DeSoto, Illinois: E.E. Covington, 1973?. ; digital version at.
 * [Covington] Covington, Elbert Eskel. Covington and Kin. DeSoto, Ill.: E.E. Covington, 1980..
 * [Cropper] Cropper, Paul K. The Cropper Family of Utah, Texas, Virginia and England, 1500 to 1900: and Related Families. Salt Lake City, Utah: P.K. Cropper and A.J. Ashby, 1992..
 * [Crowson] Lansford, Delores Caylor. Crowson Family History. [Fla.]: D.C. Lansford, c1992, 1993..
 * [Curtis] Dryden, Ruth T. The Curtis Family. San Diego, Calif.: R.T. Dryden, [19--?]..
 * [Custis] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Custis] Lynch, James B. "The Early History of the Custis Family Abroad," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):243-263. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cutler] Cutler, Nahum S. Cutler Memorial and Genealogical History: Containing the Names of a Large Proportion of the Cutlers in the United States and Canada, and a Record of Many Individual Members of the Family: With an Account Also of Other Families Allied to the Cutlers by Marriage. Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E.A. Hall &amp; Co., 1889. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.
 * [Darter] Darter, Oscar H. The Darter -- Tarter Family. Fredericksburg, Va.: O.H. Darter, 1965..
 * [Davis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Delaymos] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147.
 * [Dennis] Perry, Lynn. Dennis - Perry Family History, 1610-1967. 1963..
 * [Dennis] Head, James H. Dennis and Wimbrow Family History: The Families Dennis and Wimbrow (Wimbrough) of Maryland and the Dennis Family of Northeast Missouri: An Account of the Genealogy of My Great Grandparents Isaac M. Dennis (1827-1897), Henrietta Wimbrow (1833- ). Colorado Springs, Colo.: J.H. Head, 1989..
 * [Dolby] Bell, John B. "More Adventurers," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):83-88; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):181-185; Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):20-25. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Douberly] See Dubberly.
 * [Doughty] Brayton, John Anderson. "The Ancestry of the Rev. Francis Doughty of Massachusetts, Long Island, New Amsterdam, Maryland, and Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Jan. 2002):1-16, Vol. 77, No. 2 (April 2002):127-136..
 * [Douglas] Harris, Ruth Eleanor Poole. Ruth Eleanor Douglas Journal: With Genealogies of Douglas, Noell, Callaway, Clemens, Moorman and Other Related Bedford County, Virginia Families, Also Genealogies of Douglas Families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri. Nashville, Tenn.: Douglas Family Publishers, 1979..
 * [Douglass] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Driggers] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dubberly] Perry, Frank and Anne Douberly Perry. The Douberly-Dubberly Paper Trail in America 1696-1991. Lilburn, Ga.: F.L. and A. Perry, 1991..
 * [Duffy] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Accomack County.
 * [Duncan] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dye] Baldwin, Patrick James. Family History of Cyril Winton Dye, 1608-1970. MSS., copy:.
 * [Elliott] See General Section.
 * [Evans] Miller, Rebecca F. and Gail M. Walczyk. Four Generations of Evans on the Eastern Shore. Coram, New York: Peter's Row, c1997..
 * [Farrell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ferrell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Finnie] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Fisher] See also General Section.
 * [Fisher] Smith, Mrs. Blair. "The Thomas Fishers of Northampton County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):83-89. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Fisher] Smith, Mrs. Blair. "The Fishers of Accomack County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):3-6. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Fleet] Efford, Joan M. Our Efford Family of the Northern Neck: and Related Lines. Tappahannock, Va.: J. Efford, 1992..
 * [Fletcher] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Fortune] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Foulke] Foulke, Roy A. Foulke Family: One Branch Descended from James Ffookes Who Was Already Settled in Accomack County, Virginia by the Year 1663. Bronxville, N.Y.: Foulke, 1972..
 * [Fowke] Fooks, Herbert Clarence. Fowke (Fooks) Family. Federalsburg, Md.: J.W. Stowell Printing Co., 1928. ; digital version at.
 * [Francis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Francisco] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Gany] Petty, James W. "William Gany and Thomas Savage's Headright," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2004):91-96..
 * [Gaskins] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [George] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Gibbons] Dryden, Ruth T. The Gibbons Family of Somerset County, Maryland. San Diego, Calif.: R.T. Dryden, 1991..
 * [Graves] Graves, John Card, R.A. Brock, and Charles Marshall Graves. The Graves Family of Eastern Virginia, 1608-1936. [United States: J.C. Graves, 1936?]..
 * [Hack] Mears, James E. Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present. Chicago, 1937. Pages 137-144.
 * [Hack] Sheppard, Henrietta Dawson Ayres. Ayres-Dawson and Allied Families. New York, 1961. Vol. 1, pages 458-467.
 * [Hack] Wise, E. Spencer. "Notes on Peter Hack Hack of 'Fairview,' Accomack County, Virginia and Members of His Immediate Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):163-168. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hammond] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hannaford] Hannaford, Cecil W. Genealogical Notes on the Hannaford Family of Accomack County, Va. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hanser] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Harman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Harris] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. Oklahoma City, Okla.: J.E. Harrison, 1994.
 * [Harrison] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hinman] Notes Concerning the Hinman, Lecatt, Rowles and Savage Families of Accomack County, Va. n.d. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hitchens] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Holloway] Holloway, Bessie Gibbes Cheatham. Holloways of the Eastern Shore, and Descendants Near &amp; Far, 1066-1985: Including Adkins, Davis, Dennis, Godfrey, Hudson, Jones, Kenney, Long, Massey, Mumford, Parker, Parsons, Perdue, Shockley, Thompson, Wright and Others. Salisbury, Md.: B.G.C. Holloway, c1985.
 * [Holt] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hoskins] "Peachey Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):111-115. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Hoskins] Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham. "Captain Alexander Fleming and Joyce His Wife of 'Westfalia,' Rappahannock County, Virginia," Americana, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul. 1939).
 * [Hoskins] Jett, Jeter Lee. The Jett and Allied Families. Baltimore, Md., 1977.
 * [Hoskins] Jett, Lois M. and Ernest C. Jett. Jett Trails Revisited, A Genealogical Study of the Jett Family of Virginia. Decorah, Iowa, 2002. Digital version at - free.
 * [Hoskins] Beahm, D.C. "Ancestry of Elizabeth Hoskins of Richmond Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2004):47-56. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Hudson] Hart, Donald Claire. Hudson Records of Virginia. 4 vols. Longview, Texas: Hudson Family Association (south), c1984-c1986..
 * [Huffington] Shivers, George R. The Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Huffington, Jr. and Henrietta Adams Huffington. Allen, Md.: Allen Historical Society, 1999. ; digital version at.
 * [Hutton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Ingram] Barnum, Dorothy Jeter and George Ely Russell. “James Johnson alias Ingram: A Southern Odyssey,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Mar. 1988):5-16. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.
 * [Ingram] Barnum, Dorothy Jeter. The James and Mary Kendall Ingram Family. Moultrie, Ga.: D.J. Barnum, c1988..
 * [Johnson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Jones] Joynes, Levin S., Thomas Robinson Joynes and Levin Joynes. A Sketch of the Life of Thomas R. Jones, of Accomack, Virginia; with a Brief Notice of His Father, Col. Levin Joynes, of the Continental Army. 1876. 1902 reprint:.
 * [Joynes] Johnson, Susie Warren. "The Joynes Family of Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct., 1938), pp. 499-505. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Joynes] Joynes, J. William. Family Genealogy, 1891-2008. Westminster, Md.: J.W. Joynes, 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Justice] Justice, O. Neil. The Justice Family in Virginia, 1650-1800. 3 vols. Dallas, Texas: O.N. Justice, 1988-. . Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Ker] See General Section.
 * [Knott] Caldwell, Willie Mae. The Genealogy of the Knott Family, 1617-1989: Founders of Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. La Habra, Calif.: W.M. Caldwell, 1989..
 * [Knott] Horsman, Barbara Ann Knott. Reading Backwards on My Knott Heritage. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1994..
 * [Lang] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Laws] Hart, Matilda Spicer. Laws Family. MSS., 1941; copy:.
 * [Lecatt] Notes Concerning the Hinman, Lecatt, Rowles and Savage Families of Accomack County, Va. n.d. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Leigh] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Lewis] See General Section.
 * [Littleton] Berry, Brian J.L. and Terry Littleton. John Littleton of Accomack Co., VA, His Family and Descendants. McKinney, Texas: B.J.L. Berry, 1999..
 * [Liverpool] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Longo] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Malavery] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Mapp] See also General Section.
 * [Mapp] Eichelberger, N. Pierce. The Mapp Family on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Quinby, Va.: N.P. Eichelberger, 1972..
 * [Marshall] See General Section.
 * [Marshall] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Mason] See also General Section.
 * [Mason] Soule, Mary Lou. Early Mason Families in Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois. 1999..
 * [Massey] Wilson, Robert E. The Massie/Massey and Related Families: Boyce, Cannon, Compton, Cooper, Davis, Elliott, Johnson, Mace, Massie/Massy, Wingate. Taftsville, Vt.: R.E. Wilson, 2002. ; digital version at.
 * [Matthews] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Mears] See Ames; See also General Section.
 * [Mears] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Melson] Melson, Lewis B. The Melson Family in America: With Special Emphasis on the John-John-Daniel-Daniel-Benjamin-Samson Branch that Originated on the Eastern Shore of the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia Peninsula. 2 vols. Annapolis, Md.: L.B. Melson, 1996..
 * [Miles] See General Section.
 * [Mongom] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Monro] Waddill, Anne T. "Reverend Andrew Monro, Minister, Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County, Va., 1700-1719," Genealogical Society of Tidewater Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 4 (1973):342-347. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Morris] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Moses] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Neale] Neall, Harry Levy and Rosalie S. Neall Cunningham. Genealogy of the American Family of Neall: It Being a Branch of the Bedfordshire, England Family of Neale, from Whose Members, Circa 1630, Came the Emigrants Who Founded the Early American Family of Neale Who Settled at Accomack, Virginia, and Salem, Massachusetts, Some of the Succeeding Generations Finding Their Permanent Location of the Eastern Shore of Maryland: This Family History Has Its More Intimate Relationship in the Descendants of Francis Neale, a Quaker, Whose Children Changed the Spelling of Their Surname to Neall. 2 vols. Haywood, Calif.: R.N. Cunningham, 1969..
 * [Neblett] Branom, Jeanne. The Neblett--Middleton Connection. Commerce, Texas: J. Branom, 1994..
 * [Nelson] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Nutts] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Okey] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Parker] Grissom, Dale Phillips. My Mother's People: Parker and Allied Families. 2 parts. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1997..
 * [Parker] Jackson, Mary Watters and Ruth Watters Burks. Parker. W.D. Parker, 2005..
 * [Parkinson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Parks] Walczyk, Gail M. Hollands Island's Disappearing. Coram, N.Y.: Peter's Row, 1993..
 * [Parramore] Bell, John Barr. "Another Adventurer John Parramore (1607-1676)," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):3-17. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Parramore] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Payne] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Perkins] Waak, Patricia Ann. My Bones are Red: A Spiritual Journey with a Triracial People in the Americas. Macon Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005..
 * [Perkins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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, Va.: 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, Va.: H.A. Rountree, Jr., 1982..
 * [Pilcher] Uhrbrock, Richard S. "Pilchers (Pilchards) and Reddens of Delmarva," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sepl 1974):187-195. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
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 * [Pratt] Hurley, William Neal. Pratt Families of Virginia and Associated Families, Primarily the Descendants of Oliver Pratt, 1784-1832. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996..
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 * [Respass] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
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 * [Rhue] Rhue, George Noble and Elizabeth Sanborn Conner Rhue. Descendants of John Arew of Accomac County, Virginia who now Spell their Family Name Rew, Rue, and Rhue. Los Angeles [Calif.]: Rhue, 1955. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). Available at Virginia Historical Society.
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 * [Richardson] Richardson Family Bible Records, ca. 1826-1933. Original records; copy: . [Includes "Richardson genealogy" with notes from Judge David C. Richardson's "My ancestry, paternal". Robert Richardson obtained land in Accomack County, Virginia, in 1666. His name appears in the Accomack Tithe list until 1669. His son?, John Richardson settled in New Kent County, ca. 1700. Record follows line of descent to William Winfree Richardson, son of John Avery Richardson.]
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 * [Robins] Robins, Thomas. Outline of Robins Family History in England and America, ca.1210-1939. MSS., 1939, New York City; copy:.
 * [Robins] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Robinson] Cooper Family. Papers, 1786-1910. Section 5. MSS. Available at the Virginia Historical Society.
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 * [Rosario] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Rowles] Notes Concerning the Hinman, Lecatt, Rowles and Savage Families of Accomack County, Va. n.d. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Rue] Rhue, George Noble and Elizabeth Sanborn Conner Rhue. Descendants of John Arew of Accomac County, Virginia who now Spell their Family Name Rew, Rue, and Rhue. Los Angeles [Calif.]: Rhue, 1955. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Salmons] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Sample] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Savage] Notes Concerning the Hinman, Lecatt, Rowles and Savage Families of Accomack County, Va. n.d. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Savage] Barlow, Lundie W. "Thomas Savage, Carpenter, of the Virginia Eastern Shore," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):99-102. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Savage] Burghard, August. America's First Family: The Savages of Virginia. Philadelphia, Pa., 1974.
 * [Savage] Griffith, Ralph E. James Savage [and] Elizabeth Bains Pedigree Chart. n.d..
 * [Savage] Petty, James W. "William Gany and Thomas Savage's Headright," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2004):91-96..
 * [Scarborough] Scarborough, George Yeardley. Scarborough &amp; Yeardley Genealogy. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Scarborough] Johnson, Robert Leland. In Memory of Colonel Edmund Scarborough II (Scarburgh) (1618-1671) and Anne Toft (1643-1687) of Accomack County, Virginia. Denver, Colo.: Robela Pub., 2003. (2 copies), digital version at.
 * [Scarborough] Johnson, Robert Leland. A Good Gene Pool of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 2006. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Scarburgh] See Wise.
 * [Selby] Russell, Donna Valley. Selby Families of Colonial America. Middletown, Md.: Catoctin Press, 1990..
 * [Selleck] Kaufmann, Paulette Clark. "David Selleck, of Somerset, England, and of Massachusetts and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005):3-40.
 * [Selleck] Stott, Clifford L. and Paulette Clark Kaufmann. "The Selleck Family of Gaulden Manor, Tolland, Somerset: Ancestors of David Selleck of Boston, Massachusetts, and Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan. 2006):36-47..
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 * [Smith] Smith, Wesley. A Family History and Fifty-two Years of Preacher Life in Mississippi and Texas. Nashville, Tenn.: University Press, 1898. . [Discusses seventeenth-century Smith immigrants.]
 * [Smith] Cooper Family. Papers, 1786-1910. Section 5. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Snead] Butler, Florence Roberta Walker. The Sneads: Of Accomack County Virginia, Craven, Onslow and Johnston Counties, North Carolina and Allied Families. 2 vols. R.W. Butler, 2008..
 * [Spalding] Henson, Alice Spalding. The Descendants of Daniel Spalding. Jefferson, Mo.: A.S. Henson, 1995. ; digital version at.
 * [Stayton] Stayton, Floyd E. The Ancestry of Samuel Caldwell Stayton. 1976..
 * [Stephens] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
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 * [Thompson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Thornton] See General Section.
 * [Toft] See Scarborough.
 * [Townsend] Bayles, John J. and James L. Taylor. Some Descendants of John Townsend of Snow Hill, Maryland, 1640-1698, Accomack Co., Va., and Somerset Co., Md. Oxnard, Calif.: J.J. Bayles, 1989. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Townsend] Dryden, Ruth T. The Townsend Family of Maryland. San Diego, Calif.: R.T. Dryden, 1993..
 * [Trader] See General Section.
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 * [Tyson] Tyson and May Genealogy Committee and Roger Kammerer. The Tyson and May Genealogy of Pitt County. n.p.: Tyson and May Genealogy Committee, 1987..
 * [Tyson] Heidt, Doris Tyson. Heidt, Tyson &amp; Herring Families. Winter Garden, Fla.: D.T. Heidt, 1990s..
 * [Tyson] Robinson, Robert J. Tyson Kinfolks: Jehu Tyson, 1828-1899, His Descendants and His Ancestors and Allied Families. Quitman, Ga.: R. Robinson, 1992. Digital version at ;.
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 * [Tyson] Barton, Jerry Tyson. Tyson Family History. 4 vols. Georgetown, Texas: J.T. Barton, 1997. . (FHL has v. 3 and 4 only); digital version of Vol. 4 at.
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 * [Tyson] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
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 * [Vincent] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Waggaman] Edwards, Thomas Clarke. The Waggamans and Their Allied Families. Paramus, N.J.: T.C. Edwards, 1983. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Waller] Waller, Charles S. Wallers in America, 1654-1979. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1979. - free;.
 * [Warrington] Bishop, Beth and Anna Scattergood Hoag. Notebook Containing Extracts from Various Records of Virginia on the Warrington Family. MSS., copy:.
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 * [Webb] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Weeks] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Wessels] See Young.
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 * [West] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Wilkins] Petty, James W. "Seventeenth Century Virginia County Court Headright Certificates," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):3-22; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):112-122. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Willett] Willett, Albert James. The Willett (Willets) Families of North America, A Comprehensive Guide. 2 vols. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985. Digitized by FamilySearch Books Online: |  - both free.
 * [Wise] Wise, Jennings Cropper. Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695). Richmond, Va.: Bell Book and Stationery Co., c1918. Digital versions at Ancestry ($) and.
 * [Wise] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Wright] See General Section.
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 * [Young] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.