Nansemond County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Nansemond County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Nansemond, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 40,000 entries.

Nansemond County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 125 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Nansemond County families include:


 * Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Alman, Ashe, Boon, Bowser, Burkett, Churchwell, Copeland, Curtis, Davis, Demery, Elliott, Elmore, Milton, Newby, Parker, Pierce, Powell, Pugh, Read, Reynolds, Robinson, Shepherd, Teamer, Young.
 * Joyner, Ulysses P. They Crossed the Blackwater: The First Settlers of Southampton County, Virginia. Orange, Va.: U.P. Joyner, 2001/2003.

DNA
DNA has been collected for purported descendants of the following Nansemond County, Virginia residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.


 * [Ballard] Multiple descendants of John Ballard, b. c1635 of Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, d. bef 1704 Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 25, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 25104, 33804, 62193, 137959). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Lineage II: B-21, B-22, B-23, B-33), courtesy: The Ballard DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Bizzell] Descendant of Thomas Bizzell, b. c1655 England, d. Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 115869). Genetic signature available online (labelled B-8), courtesy: The Bizzell DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Godwin] Descendant of Thomas Godwin, b. England, d. 1676 Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled Goodwin Lineage IV: G-13), courtesy: The Goodwin DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Hobbs] Descendant of Simon Hobbs, b. c1750 of Nansemond County, Virginia, d. 1800 Onslow County, North Carolina. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 116711). Genetic signature available online (labelled H-16), courtesy: The Hobbs DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Hunter] Descendant of William Hunter, b. c1650 of Nansemond County, Virginia, d. 1732. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit N41781). Genetic signature available online (labelled H-26), courtesy: The Hunter DNA Project, World Families Network. [Note: the migrations reported for this pedigree seem somewhat questionable.]
 * [Lassiter] Descendant of Thomas Lassiter, b. c1587 England, d. Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 146461). Genetic signature available online (labelled Lineage 1), courtesy: The Lassiter DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Norfleet] Multiple descendants of Thomas Norfleet, b. c1645, d. c1700 Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 25, 37, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 395, 396, 1527, 43097, 44630, 97019, 109910, 110929, and 113087). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Thomas Norfleet Lineage 1: N-1, N-2, N-3, N-6, N-10, N-11, N-12, N-13, N-14), courtesy: The Norfleet DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Norfleet] Multiple descendants of Elisha Norfleet, b. 1800 Nansemond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 125344, 132932, and 163689). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Lineage III), courtesy: The Norfleet DNA Project, World Families Network.

Nansemond 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] Corradi, Marianne Allen. The Allens of Mobile. Santa Barbara, Calif.: M.A. Corradi, 2006. ; digital version at.
 * [Alman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Arline] Wynn, Louise Tompkins and Charles Arthur Wynn. Jeremiah Arline of Nansemond County, Va., 1695, and Descendants in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida: Including a Short Account of the Kittrell Family. Panama City Beach, Fla.: L.T. Wynn &amp; C.A. Wynn Jr., 1983. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Ashe] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Baker] Robertson, Haywood L. "Baker Family of Isle of Wight Co., VA.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):126-128. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Baker] North Carolina Genealogy, Vol. 14, pages 2114-2122; Vol. 15, pages 2333-2342.
 * [Baker] Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Benjamin Baker of Nansemond County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):243-248. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Baker] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. North Carolina Ballards Revised. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 1998. Digital version at - free;
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. The Descendants of John Ballard and Besheba. Lincolnton, N.C.: American Research, 2000. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Barfield] Edwards, Patricia N. Pre-1850 Barfield Data. Napa, Calif.: P.N. Edwards, 1984. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bass] Stanard, W.G. Article on the Bass family. The Richmond Standard (Richmond, Va.), Vol. 2 (~1880), p. 46.
 * [Bass] Mead, E.C. or Mrs. Sally Nelson Robins. Article on the Bass family. Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.), 27 Aug 1911.
 * [Bass] Woodson, Henry Morton. Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections. Memphis, Tenn., 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Bass] Bell, Albert D. Nansemond Indian Ancestry of Bass Familes. 1961?. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bass] Bell, Albert D. Bass Families of the South: A Collection of Historical and Genealogical Source Materials from Public and Private Records. Rocky Mount, N.C.: A.D. Bell, 1961. Digital version at - free;
 * [Bass] Dowd, Lea Lewis. "Conflicting Information on Basse/Bass Heritage," North Carolina Genealogical Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):43-47..
 * [Bass] Floyd, Donald. The Elusive Floyds: and Many More Related Families Including - Bagley, Bass, Basse, Bushier, Clerke, Goodson, Griggs, Jordan, Justice, Ledbetter, Lister, Nansemond Indian, Pritchett, Sandiford, Stickland. Griffin, Ga.: D. Floyd, [2006?]. Digital version at - free;
 * [Bass] Heinegg, Paul. "Bass Family," in Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2011. Digital version at Free African Americans.
 * [Bass] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Battle] Irwin, Frances Houston and Katherine Harrison Battle. The Genealogy of William Augustus Battle 2nd, with the Added Generations of His Wife, Mattie Sills (Battle) Battle; His Children, Katherine Harrison (Battle) Alexander, Crawford Alfred Battle; His Grandson, John Battle Alexander: From 3914 Anno Mundi or 90 years B.C. to Anno Domini 1940, Showing Descent from the Kings of Scotland, the Kings of England, the Kings of France, the Emperor Charlemagne, Geoffrey Plantagenet, William the Conqueror, and the Families of Battle, Claiborne, Lords de la Warre-- West, Percy--Earls of Northumberland. Philadelphia, Pa.: F.H. Irwin, 1940.
 * [Beaman] Beeman, Ray. "Beaman Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 17 (Oct. 1980):36-37..
 * [Bennett] Thurtle, Robert Glenn, ed. Register. Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1980. 2002 reprint:.
 * [Billingsley] Davis, Harry Alexander. The Billingsley Family (Billingsly - Billingslea) in America. Washington, D.C.: Tuttle Publishing, 1936.
 * [Billingsley] Hayes, Edward R. Samuel Billingsley and His Ancestors. 2 vols. Des Moines, Iowa: E.R. Hayes, 1992-1993.
 * [Bizzell] Bizzell, Oscar M. and Virginia L. Bizzell. The Bizzell Family: The Origin of the Bizel-Bizzell Family is Placed on Savoie Province, Present-day Eastern France; Family Members are Traced from Sixteenth Century Savoie to Ireland, England, America, Australia, South Africa and Canada; Family Members Living in These Countries in 1976 Contributed Genealogical Data. Gaithersburg, Maryland: n.p., 1976. Available at.
 * [Blanchard] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bogue] Bogue, Hardy Zachary. Bogue: An Early Family of Virginia, c. 1652-1689. Oriental, North Carolina: H.Z. Bogue, 1993. Available at.
 * [Bond] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bonner] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Boon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bowser] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Boyce] Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and Descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina: White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. [Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Wiley, 1995?]. Digital version at - free;
 * [Boyet] Elliott, Wendy L. From Boyt to Boyette: The Descendants of Thomas Boyet. Anaheim, Calif.: W.L. Elliott, 1982. Available at ; digital version at.
 * [Brake] Brake, Beulah May. Brake Family: Joseph Louis Brake &amp; Mary Ann Griffin ... [Rocky Mount, N.C.]: B.M. Brake, 1978. Available at.
 * [Brashear] Back, Troy L. and Leon Brashear. The Brashear Story: A Family History Containing a Partial Account of a Family that has been in America for Well Over Three Hundred Years. Viper, Ky.: Graphic Arts Press, 1980. Available at.
 * [Brashear] Brashear, Ilo L. Brashear Family History. Lawton, Okla.: I.L. Brashear, 1980. Available at.
 * [Brashear] Brashear, Charles. Two Brashear Families of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Their Choctaw Descendants: Preliminary Draft of (Version of 4 September 1996). San Diego, Calif.: C. Brashear, 1996. Available at.
 * [Brewer] Broyhill, Marvin T. The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776. Estill Springs, Tenn.: Brewer Researcher, 1994. 1992 edition and supplements have been digitized: - free.
 * [Brinkley] Brinkley, Freddie L. The Brinkley and Allied Families: of Nansemond County, Virginia and Gates County, North Carolina, a Family History. Pasadena, Md.: F.L. Brinkley, 1994. Available at.
 * [Brown] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bryan] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bryant] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Burkett] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Carr] Davis, Eliza Timberlake and Linda McNatt. Carr Family of Isle of Wight &amp; Nansemond Counties, Virginia. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia. Available at . [2 copies at FHL.]
 * [Carter] Carter, Lyle. A Brief History and Genealogy of the Carter and Some Allied Families. Lake Worth, Florida: L. Carter, 197-?. Available at.
 * [Carter] Smith, Cora Taylor Younger. The Reverend Daniel Taylor, Senior, of Virginia, People and Places, Here and There, with Facts and Memories: West (De La Warr), Taylor, Gregory, Littlepage, Carter (Lancaster- Nansemond), Waller, Skipwith, Croshaw, Mills, Dale, Younger, Osborne, Thweatt, Stone, Smith, Bibliography (James Taylor), Charlemagne, "Adam and Eve" Danville, Virginia: McCain Printing, 1981.
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Churchwell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Collins] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Copeland] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cowling] Barrett, Russell Syer. Cowling and Allied Families, Being Court Records from Isle of Wight, Nansemond and Eastern Shore, Va. and Fullmer - Pennsylvania Records. MSS., 1935, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia; also available at.
 * [Cowper] Cowper, Albert Wallace. The Cowper Family. 2 vols. Kinston, N.C.: A.W. Cowper, [1984?]. Available at.
 * [Curtis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Daughtry] Dozier, Rebecca Leach, Lou Woodard King and Penn Perry. Twelve Northhampton County, North Carolina Families, 1650-1850: Bridgers, Daughtry, Futrell, Jenkins, Joyner, Lassiter, Martin, Odom, Parker, Stephenson, Sumner, Woodard. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2004.
 * [Davis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Demery] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dew] Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * [Dudley] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Duke] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. The Duke Family. 2 vols. [Houston, Texas]: E.D. Brandenberger, 1979-1995..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Nansemond County Duncans.
 * [Elliott] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ellis] Ellis, Barnett. Ellis and Related Families. Pittsburg, Kansas: I.B. Ellis, 1996. Available at.
 * [Elmore] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ely] "Christopher Ely, His Descendants in Nansemond County, Virginia," 5 pp., Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Emerson] Emerson, Ann-Jannette. Chronological Notes on Emersons in Maryland, 1649-1850. Santa Monica, California: A.J. Emerson, 1982. Available at.
 * [Everard] Haywood, Marshall DeLancey. "Sir Richard Everard, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of North Carolina, 1725-1731, and His Descendants in Virginia," The Southern History Association, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1898): 328-339. Digitized by Internet Archive - free.
 * [Faulkner] Faulconer, James G. The Faulconer Family: A History. Troy, Ohio: J.G. Faulconer, 1980.
 * [Glazebrook] See Kilby.
 * [Godwin] See also Gregory.
 * [Godwin] "The Godwin Family" [of Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Va., with Notices of the Families of Holladay, Gray, Blunt, &amp;c.], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897): 198-204; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):85-86. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Godwin] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Godwin] Grady, Jamie Ault. Godwin. Knoxville, Tenn.: J.A. Grady, 1981..
 * [Goodson] Goodson, Dorothy Eugenia Culpepper and William Osborn Goodson. A Goodson Family in Georgia. D.C. Goodson, 2008. ; digital version at.
 * [Granbery] Granbery, Julian Hastings. John Granbery, Virginia. New York, 1964.
 * [Granbery] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Journal of Abigail Langley of Nansemond County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, n.d.
 * [Gregory] Crocker, James Francis. The Maternal Ancestors and Kindred of Margaret Jane Crocker: Published in the Virginia Historical Society Quarterly. Portsmouth, Va.: W.A. Fiske's Printery and Bindery, 1914. Available at.
 * [Griffin] Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and Descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina: White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. [Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Wiley, 1995?].
 * [Hancock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Hancock, Lower Norfolk Co., Va., Princess Anne Co., Va. &amp; Henrico Co., Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, n.d.
 * [Higginbotham] Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Higginbotham Family of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jan. 1918):205-213; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):265-274; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul. 1918):45-56; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct. 1918):123-129; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Apr. 1919):294-298. Digital versions at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hill] Hill, Lodowick Johnson, Mary Bondurant Warren, and Eve Bondurant Warren Weeks. The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia and Allied Families. 2 vols. Atlanta, Georgia: Johnson Dallis, 1922-c1987. Available at.
 * [Hill] Sims, Annie Noble. Some of the Descendants of Henry Hill. MSS., Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 5, Hill; also available at.
 * [Hines] Hurley, William Neal. John William Hines, Born c. 1600 in Londonderry, Ireland: His Descendants, Principally of North Carolina and Virginia and Their Associated Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992.
 * [Hines] Hurley, William Neal. Hines, Lowder and Maddox Family Genealogies. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.
 * [Holladay] O'Brien, James Dewey. Our Colonial Ancestors: Knott, Massey, Youngblood, Hickman, Pullen &amp; Others. Fort Washington, Md.: J.D. O'Brien, 1988..
 * [Holland] Austin, Jeannette H. Archibald Holland. Riverdale, Georgia: J.H. Austin, 1985?. Available at.
 * [Holland] Holland, Hubert G. and Bruce G. Haney. The Echo of the Footsteps of a Pioneer. MSS., 1991, available at.
 * [Horn] Adams, June Selph and Wiregrass Genealogical Society. Horn/Hornes of Georgia: Pulaski, Bleckley, Dodge &amp; Laurens Counties. Dublin, Ga.: Wiregrass Genealogical Society, 2006. Available at.
 * [Howard] Kincaid, Eugene Davis. The Ancestry of the Mundine Family of Lee and Uvalde Counties, Texas: Including Their Howard and Holman l. E.D. Kincaid, 1999. Available at.
 * [Howard] Kincaid, Eugene Davis. The Family of John H. Mundine of Uvalde, Texas and Their Howard and Holman Heritage. Uvalde, Tex.: E.D. Kincaid, 1999.
 * [Howard] Kincaid, Eugene Davis. The Ancestry of the Mundines of Uvalde, Texas. [Uvalde, Texas]: E. D. Kincaid, 2005. Available at ; digital version at.
 * [Hunter] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Hynson] See Norris.
 * [Jenkins] The Jenkins Line, 1642-1939. MSS., available at.
 * [Jenkins] Perkins, Charles L. The Jenkins-Perkins Line, the First Twelve Generations, 1642-1993. MSS., available at.
 * [Jenkins] Dozier, Rebecca Leach. A Study of the Jenkins' Family of Hertford and Northampton Counties, North Carolina 1681-1994. Augusta, Georgia: BD Printing Co., 1994. Available at.
 * [Jenkins] Dozier, Rebecca Leach, Lou Woodard King and Penn Perry. Twelve Northhampton County, North Carolina Families, 1650-1850: Bridgers, Daughtry, Futrell, Jenkins, Joyner, Lassiter, Martin, Odom, Parker, Stephenson, Sumner, Woodard. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2004.
 * [Jernigan] Jernigan, Verna Thomas. Leaves of the Jernigan Tree. [Manchester, Tenn.: Jernigan, 1969.] Available at.
 * [Jernigan] Worley, Lillian Jernigan. Jernigan Reunion: A Gathering of Some of the Descendants of Thomas Jernigan, Immigrant 1635 of Nansemond County, Virginia, Particularly the Family of His Great-grandson Henry Jernigan (ca. 1710-1783), Planter of Johnston County, North Carolina. Clinton, North Carolina: L. Worley, 1971. Available at.
 * [Jernigan] Thompson, Neil D. "The Ancestry of Thomas Jernigan of Nansemond County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2004):163-169. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Jernigan] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Jernigan] Brayton, John Anderson. "A Royal Descent for Thomas Jernigan," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2006):73-74. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Johnson] Johnson, Eddis. The Johnson Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Later of Indiana. 2d ed. Martinsville, Indiana: E. Johnson, 1968. . [Quaker]
 * [Jordan] Harrison, Francis Burton and Fairfax Harrison. Aris Sonis Focisque; Being a Memoir of an American Family, the Harrisons of Skimino: and Particularly of Jesse Burton Harrison and Burton Norvell Harrison. New York: De Vinne Press, 1910. ; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Jordan] Stack, F.A. and Bessie Lamar Anderson Calvert. Jordan Genealogical Data, ca. 1609-1825. MSS., available at . [Quaker]
 * [Jordan] Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and Descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina: White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. [Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Wiley, 1995?].
 * [Jordan] Floyd, Donald. The Elusive Floyds: and Many More Related Families Including - Bagley, Bass, Basse, Bushier, Clerke, Goodson, Griggs, Jordan, Justice, Ledbetter, Lister, Nansemond Indian, Pritchett, Sandiford, Stickland. Griffin, Ga.: D. Floyd, [2006?].
 * [Jordan] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed. Vol. 2.
 * [Jordan] Jordan, Richard Dudley. "Some Descendants of Matthew Jordan of Isle of Wight County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):243-258. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jordan] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Langley] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Journal of Abigail Langley of Nansemond County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, n.d.
 * [Kilby] Kilby, Clinton Maury. Genealogy of Kilby, Tynes, Riddick, Smith, Glazebrook, Etc. MSS., available at.
 * [King] King Family Genealogical Records: One Line of Descent from Michael King, from Norwich, England to Nansemond County, Virginia, 1667, and Allied Families. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Chester County Historical Society, 1969. Available at.
 * [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..
 * [King] Crews, Roney. King. Macon, Georgia: R. Crews, 1980?. ; digital version at.
 * [King] King, Henry Lee. A King Genealogy: Some Descendants of Michael King of Nansemond County, Virginia, 1667-1987.
 * [King] Hill, Allene King and Juanita King Lowrance. Alvin King, His Ancestors and Descendants, 1630-1996. Trenton, Tenn.: A.K. Hill &amp; J.K. Lowrance, 1996. ; digital version at.
 * [King] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [King] Adah, Tom Turley. Adah Genealogical Tables Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 2005, available at.
 * [Knott] O'Brien, James Dewey. Our Colonial Ancestors: Knott, Massey, Youngblood, Hickman, Pullen &amp; Others. Fort Washington, Md.: J.D. O'Brien, 1988..
 * [Knox] Knox, Nellie Maude Starkey. History and Genealogy of the Forrest Knox Family and Related Families. 1968..
 * [Langley] Hargroves, Abigail Langley Granbery, Julian Hastings Granbery, and Alice Granbery Walter. The Journal of Abigail Langley of Nansemond County, Virginia: So-called in the Family, but Properly "John Granbery, Junior, His Book, 1708." [Virginia Beach, Virginia : A.G. Walter, 1963?]. Available at.
 * [Langston] Langston, Howard Raymond. The Langston Family: Five Hundred Years of Genealogical Research. Turtle Creek, Pa.: H.R. Langston, 1982..
 * [Langston] Langston, Nancy Eunice Lovett and Leslie Vernon Langston. In Search of Our Roots; the Langston, Kite and Related Families: Bennett, Leopard, Lasiter, Davis, Anglin, Walker, Williams, Adair, McDow, Gannon, Widner, Hutton, Rice, Gibson, Medlin, Allen, Williford, Woods, Henderson, Digregorio, Louderback, Ingle, 1550-1994. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1994..
 * [Langston] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Lassiter] Baer, Mabel Van Dyke and Daughters of the American Revolution. Monticello Chapter (Virginia). Darden - Lassiter Lineage of Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties, Virginia: Including families of Bressie, Casey, Dews, Harrell, Harrison, Seeds, Taborer and Wombwell: Ancestry of James Otis Wright, 6100 Wing Lake Road, Birmingham, Michigan. MSS., 1965, Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C.; microfilm:
 * [Lassiter] Bell, Eleanor P. The Sage of the Family and Descendants of David Vestal Henley and Eleanor Lassiter of Randolph Co., NC. 1986.
 * [Lassiter] Lassiter, Charles A. The Lassiter Family History, Calloway County, Kentucky. Cary, N.C.: C. Lassiter, 1991.
 * [Lassiter] Lassiter, Charles A. The Lassiter Family History, Calloway County, Kentucky, Update. Cary, North Carolina: C.A. Lassiter, 1992.
 * [Lassiter] Lassiter, Charles A. The Lassiter Family History, 1586-1732. Naples, Fla.: C.A. Lassiter, 2000.
 * [Lassiter] Dozier, Rebecca Leach, Lou Woodard King and Penn Perry. Twelve Northhampton County, North Carolina Families, 1650-1850: Bridgers, Daughtry, Futrell, Jenkins, Joyner, Lassiter, Martin, Odom, Parker, Stephenson, Sumner, Woodard. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2004.
 * [Latham] Bailey, W.H. and Jennie Hutton. The Genealogy of the Latham, Hill, Montfort, Littlejohn, McCulloch, Campbell, and Brownrigg Families. Houston, Texas?: W.H. Bailey, 1899?. ; digital version at . [4 copies at FHL.]
 * [Lawrence] Lawrence, Ken B. History of the Lawrence Family in England, Virginia and North Carolina, 1191-1941. MSS., 1964-1965.
 * [Lee] Holland, Lee Pretlow. The Lee Family of Nansemond County, Virginia. MSS., microfilm:
 * [Lee] King, Henry Lee. Descendants of John Lee in Bertie and Edgecombe County, North Carolina, A Report for the Henry Lee Society. 1995.
 * [Lee] Thompson, Neil D. "Common Roots for the Lees of Virginia? Colonel Richard of Northumberland and John of Nansemond," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 3 (September 2002):211-223. 973 B2ng v. 90
 * [Lee] "Update: Common Roots for the Lees of Virginia?", National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 91, No. 3 (September 2003):182..
 * [Lee] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
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