Warwick County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Warwick, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 8,500 entries.

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

A great place to start searches for Warwick County's earliest settlers is:


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

Studies that treat multiple Warwick County families include:


 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ashby, Banks, Cuttillo, Francis, Gowen, Howell, Johns, Peters, Pickett, Spruce, Wallace, Williams, Wood, Wooten families of pre-1820 Warwick County, Virginia.
 * Stauffer, William Tilden. "The Old Farms Out of which the City of Newport News was Erected, with Some Account of the Families which Dwelt Thereon," The William and Mary Quarterly, Series 2, Vol. 14 (1934):203-215; Vol. 14, No. 4 (1934):333-341; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. 1935):126-137, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul. 1935):250-266. Digital versions at JSTOR ($).

Warwick 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]


 * [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 and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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] 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..
 * [Averett] Averett, Charles Ray and Maurine Averett Moser. Progenitors of the Averett-Gill, Willis-Witt, DeGraw-Dutton, Hampton- Maxwell, Bracken families: and the Descendants of James Lafayette Averett and Laura Anis Maxwell. n.p.: C.R. Averett, 1990. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Baldrup] Slade, Kenneth K. Notes Concerning "Baldrup," "Balthrope," and "Boldrup," Warwick County, Va., and the Cole Family Cemetery. 1958, 1988. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Beheathland] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Bernard] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Brewer] 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;.
 * [Bullock] "Bullock of Warwick County, Pedigree Chart," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Camm] Tyler, Lyon G. "Descendants of John Camm, President of William and Mary College," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):61-62; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):275-278. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Camm] 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.
 * [Cary] Cary Family, The Critic (Richmond, Va.), April 26, May 10 and 24, 1890.
 * [Cary] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. ; digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Cary] Tyler, Lyon G. "Sheild Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):268-271; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):59; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):22-24. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Cary] Cary, Wilson Miles. "The Dandridges of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):30-39. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Cary] Tyler, Lyon G. "Smiths of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):50-53. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Cary] "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.
 * [Cary] "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.
 * [Cary] 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.
 * [Cary] 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.
 * [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] Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead Family, 1635-1910. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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;.
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Devon Carys, 2 vols. New York: De Vinne Press, 1920. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Cary] Cary, Boyd B. Senior Line of Virginia Carys. Typescript, 1956.
 * [Cary] Carey, Virginia Miller. Carey Highlights. Prichard, West Virginia: V.M. Carey, 1983.
 * [Cary] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Cary] Wynne, Humphrey Harwood and Myles Johnson. H.H. Wynne Notebook - Transcription. Washington, D.C.: Myles Johnson, 199-?..
 * [Cary] Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. ; online bookstore.
 * [Chapman] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Chappell] Gray, Beulah B. The Chappell Family. Typescript..
 * [Cole] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Cole] Cole, Robert F. The Capt. A. B. Cole Genealogy. Miami, Florida: Cole, 1964.
 * [Cole] Goodson, David Spencer. A Goodman Family with Some Related Families. [La Grange, Ga.: D.S. Goodson?, 2000?].
 * [Cosby] Carpenter, John S. Cosby Genealogy. Typescript, 1860. 1036699 Item 16
 * [Dade] Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. ; digital version of 1996 edition at Ancestry ($).
 * [Dade] Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. ; 2011 edition (3 vols.): ; online bookstore.
 * [Dade] Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005. ; 2011 edition (4 vols.): ; online bookstore.
 * [Dade] Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008. ; online bookstore; 2004 digital edition at Ancestry ($).
 * [Dale] Alexander, Lucille Dillinger. Sullivan County, Missouri Descendants of the Dale Family of Kentucky and Virginia: and Their Ancestor Families: Phillips, Southern, Goad, Simmonds, Tobias and Williams. Wayne, N.J.: L.D. Alexander, c1989..
 * [Daniell] Ray, Worth S. Ancestry and Probable Origin of the Daniell Family of York County, Virginia. MSS., 1955, reproduction:.
 * [Dudley] Tyler, Lyon G. "Sheild Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):268-271; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):59; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):22-24. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Dudley] Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Early Settlers of Alabama. New Orleans: L. Graham &amp; Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Dudley] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. James Dudley, Son of William and Rebecca Dudley. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1965.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Warwick County Duncans.
 * [Filmer] 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.
 * [Filmer] Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. ; 2011 edition (3 vols.): ; online bookstore.
 * [Filmer] Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005. ; 2011 edition (4 vols.): ; online bookstore.
 * [Filmer] Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008. ; online bookstore; 2004 digital edition at Ancestry ($).
 * [George] Shockey, Amanda Rudder Taylor. Our George Family. [Camden, Ohio]: A.R.T. Shockey, 1991.
 * [Glascock] Glassco, Lawrence A. The Glas(s)cocks of England and America: Glas(s)cocks of England Prior to 1643 and of America After 1643 ... [Alexandria, Virginia]: L.A. Glassco, 1984.
 * [Harlow] Harlow, Michael G. The Harlow Family in Virginia. n.p.:n.p., n.d. 929.273 H225hm
 * [Harrison] 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.
 * [Harwood] 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.
 * [Harwood] Farley, C.A. Three Hundred Fifty Years of Harwoods, 1620-1970. Lubbock, Tex.: C.A. Farley, 1970.
 * [Haynes] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Hill] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Hoggard] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Hoggards of Poplar Hall, 1654-1987, and in Warwick &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, 1988.
 * [Hone] 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.
 * [Hughes] Adams, Cary Young. "Maria Hughes of Warwick County," Virginia Tidewater Genealogy, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Mar. 2002):8-10.
 * [Jones] Ridgell, J.M. Letter, 1967 16 October, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Charles R. Jones, San Pierre, Indiana. MSS., North Judson Public Library, North Judson, Ind.; reproduction:
 * [Jones] Dunn, R. Richard. The Matthew Jones House and a Colonial History of the Matthew Jones Family. Williamsburg, Va.: RD Editions, [2008]. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Lee] Genealogical Notes Concerning the Lee Family of Warwick County, Va. 1969. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Lee] Adams, Cary Young. Genealogical Notes on the Lee Family of York and Warwick counties, Va. 2003. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Leigh] 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.
 * [Mallicote] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mallicote Family of Warwick County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1983?].
 * [Matthews] Thurtle, Robert Glenn, ed. Register. Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1980. 2002 reprint:.
 * [Nowell] Norvell, Grace. "James Norvell of Goochland County, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):157-168; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):237-246. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Oates] Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. [North Carolina?]: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993.
 * [Peirce] Vollertsen, Arthur H. and Dorothy F. Vollertsen. "Captain William Peirce," Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), 31 Jan. 1971.
 * [Peirce] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Presson] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. MSS., 1990, reproduction:
 * [Randolph] Eckenrode, H.J. The Randolphs: The Story of a Virginia Family. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946..
 * [Ransha] Walter, Alice Granbery. Ramshaw/Ransha/Rainshaw Family of Warwick County, Virginia with Hoggard &amp; Thurmer Connection. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, [1983?].
 * [Reynolds] Rhoads, Helen W. The Christopher Reynolds Family. Green Valley, Ariz.: H. W. Rhoads, 1981.
 * [Roscow] 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.
 * [Roscoe] 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] Tyler, Lyon G. "The Smiths of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):46-52. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Smith] Lineage of Mrs. Euphenia Aylett (Cofer) Gwathmey. MSS., reproduction:
 * [Smith] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Stephens] - Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004..
 * [Stokes] Stokes, J. Lemacks. The Book of Stokes, 1201-1915. n.p.: P.B. Stokes, 1982.
 * [Taylor] Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. ; online bookstore.
 * [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?].
 * [Walker] 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.
 * [Wells] See Wills.
 * [Whitaker] 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.
 * [Whitaker] Whitaker, James Allen. The Family of Richard Mark Whitaker of Gold Rock, N.C.: Remembrances. Rocky Mount, N.C.: J.A. Whitaker, 1993?..
 * [Wills] Lassiter, Charles A. The Wells Family History, Calloway County, Kentucky. Cary, North Carolina: [C.A. Lassiter], 1993. ; digital version at.
 * [Winn] See Wynne.
 * [Wooton] Wooton, Richard C. The Woottens of York County, Virginia. Arlington, Virginia: Wooten and Related Families Association, 1984.
 * [Wooton] Wooten, R.K. Wooten Pedigree Chart and Information Sheet. Little Rock, Ark.: n.p., 198-?..
 * [Wynne] Crawford, Thomas M. Genealogical Papers, ca. 844-1962. Typescript..
 * [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. The Wynne Family of York, Warwick &amp; James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, 1985..
 * [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. Wynne History Supplement: Corrections and Additions to The Wynne family of York, Warwick, and James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, [198-?]. Digital version at - free;
 * [Wynne] Boelt, Frederick Wills. "The Mysterious Richard Wynne: Further Developments," Wynne News: A Newsletter of the John Wynne Society, No. 50 (Winter 2009):3-5.
 * [Young] Adams, Cary Young. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Young Family of Denbigh, Warwick County, Va. Donated 1991. Available at Virginia Historical Society.