Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Lower Norfolk County

Lower Norfolk was a county, now extinct, in seventeenth-century Virginia.

County Courthouse
The original records of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia are now held at the Chesapeake City Courthouse, Chesapeake, Va. and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Parent County
1637-- New Norfolk County was split and renamed Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk.

Boundary Changes
1691-- Lower Norfolk County was split and renamed Norfolk and Princess Anne.

Family Histories
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]

General


 * Snow, Helen F. The Dameron-Damron Genealogy, the Descendants of Lawrence Dameron of Virginia.: With Notes on Related Northumberland County Families of Gaskins, Harvey, Bledsoe, Tignor, Ball, Coppedge-Coppage, Waddy, Taylor, Smith, and the John Ladd Family Originating in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D182s and Supplement: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D182s supp.
 * Walter, Alice Granbery. Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Family Ties--The Families of Yates, Horne, Markham, Whiddon, Cawson, Herbert, Ballentine, Llewellyn, Dale, Willoughby (of the Southern Branch): Containing Any Other Marriage Connections. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [197-?]. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1202-1203.

Bibliography


 * [Asbell] Grimwood, James Maurice and Hilda Jernigan Grimwood. Asbell Connections, 1641-1988: Antecedents and Descendants of Aaron Asbell. Houston, Tex.: J.M. Grimwood, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 As15g.
 * [Ashall] See Asbell.
 * [Basnett] Schoonover, Charlene Basnett. The Basnett Family: A Genealogical Data with Brief Biographical Sketches and History of the Basnett Family in the United States. Haven, Kansas: C.B. Schoonover, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B293s.
 * [Batchelor] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Batchelor Family: Batchelor in Virginia; Batchelor in North Carolina; Bachelor/Batchelor in Tennessee, Missouri and Texas, Batchler in Texas; and Bachlor in Oklahoma and California. Fort Worth, Tex.: L.K. Williams, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B314aa.
 * [Belt] Belt, Walter E., Richard N. Belt, Beverly Redman Reeves Watts, and Evelyne J. Keith. About 900 Descendants of Humphrey Belt: Born About 1615 Probably in Scotland, Died 1696 in Maryland, USA, Sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Ship America, Landed at Jamestown, Virginia on 23 July 1635. He is Generally Accepted as the Progenitor of All Present-day Belts in the United States. Flatonia, Tex.: W.E. Belt, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B419bwe; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Binford] Bruner, Mary L. Binford Family Genealogy. Greenfield, Ind.: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co., [1925]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B512b.
 * [Boush] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Boush--Nimmo Chart in Lower Norfolk County &amp; Princess Anne County, Va.: Snayle to Granbery, 1655-1904, and Some of the Occupants of Pembroke Manor. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1154.
 * [Bustin] Bustin, Larry. The Family History of George Washington Bustin. Laurel, Miss.: L. Bustin, 1979?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B969b.
 * [Carraway] Walter, Alice Granbery. Carraway--Foster--William(son) and Bartholomew Hoskins, 1601-1706. Lawrence, N.Y.: A.G. Walter, 1971. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1155.
 * [Cartwright] Walter, Alice Granbery. Cartwright &amp; Shipp Families: Of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Surry Counties, Va. &amp; North Carolina. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1968. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1156.
 * [Cartwright] Kwasha, Connie Cartwright. Cartwrights of the Southern United States. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C249k.
 * [Caswell] Caswell, Mary Underwood. The Caswell Family: The De[s]cendants of William Caswell of Lower Norfolk, Virginia, Through His Son Matthew. Arlington, Tex.: Arlington Century Printing, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C279cm.
 * [Caswell] Smith, M. Joan. William Caswell/Karswell Genealogy. 198-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C279sj.
 * [Cornick] Walter, Alice Granbery. Cornick--Cornix Family of Lower Norfolk County and Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1618-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: V.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1157-1160.
 * [Dozier] Willis, Abiatha. The Dozier Family of Lower Norfolk County: The First Generation. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 7358.
 * [Dozier] Maling, Anne E. and Abiatha Willis. The Dozier Family of Lower Norfolk County: A Reference. Norfolk, Va.: A. Maling, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D779m.
 * [Etheridge] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Etheridge Family of Lower Norfolk County &amp; the Connection to the Thomas Nash Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1162.
 * [Fentress] Malloy, Geraldine Osborne and Jacquelyn Osborne Ross. Fentress Genealogy. n.p.: John Moler Molloy, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F367mg.
 * [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, Tex.: G.F. Dennis, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F816d.
 * [Gaither] Oldham, James Charles. The Charles Gaither Family, A Legendary History. [Independence, Missouri]: J.C. Oldham, [1999?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G129o.
 * [Gammon] Gammon, William J. Old Gammon Families and Their Descendants. Montreat, N.C.: n.p., 1965. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G147g.
 * [Ganey] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1122.
 * [Ganey] 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. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1123.
 * [Gaskin] Walter, Alice Granbery. Gaskin Family of Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Va.: Including Burroughs, Land, Hall, Rutherford, Hayes, Lovitt, Bannister, Poole, Jacob, Keeling, Butt, Williamson, Scott, Biddle, Lamount, Morris, Tayner, Burgess, Absalom, Land Connections; Attention is Called to the Numerous Half Brothers &amp; Half Sisters on This Chart Indicated by a Broken Line . Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1968. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1163.
 * [Godby] Richards, Margie S. Godbey-Godby. Springfield, Ill.: M.S. Richards, 1969. FHL US/CAN Film 1321190 Item 6.
 * [Godby] Pitts, Alice Ellison. The Godby - Godbey Book. McKinney, Tex.: A.E. Pitts, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G541r 1981.
 * [Gookin] Thornton, J. Wingate. "The Gookin Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1 (1847):345-352. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Hancock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Hancock Connections: to Gurgany, Burnet, Harris, Cockroft, Guy, Piggot, Blackmore, Moseley, Hargrave Families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne, Henrico, Bedford, Surry &amp; Rotterdam, Holland. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 196-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREE no. 1164.
 * [Hargrave] Hargrave, Helena M. Goodale. Hargrave Forebears: A Genealogy and History of Some Descendants of Richard Hargrave, Sr. of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1634-1968, with Notes on the English Family Background of Richard and Other Hargrave Families in America. Walnut Creek, Calif.: H.G. Hargrave, 1968. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H223hh.
 * [Hargrave] Goldsborough, Bob. Richard Hargrave of Lower Norfolk Co., Va.: and His Descendants. Shelton, Wash.: B. Goldsborough, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H223g.
 * [Hatton] Kelton, Florence Hatton. The Hatton Family: Genealogical Notes and Reminiscences. La Mesa, Calif.: n.p., 1969. FHL US/CAN Film 1036784 Item 7.
 * [Herbert] Walter, Alice Granbery. Herbert in England &amp; Virginia, 1399-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H415w.
 * [Horne] Walter, Alice Granbery. Johannes Yate Married Elizabeth Saverie in 1604 at Standlake, Oxfordshire, England. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1206.
 * [Howard] Evans, Henry Ridgely. Progenitors of the Howards of Maryland. Baltimore, Md.: J.H. Furse Co.; Washington, D.C.: Sold by W.H. Lowdermilk &amp; Co., 1938. FHL US/CAN Film 1405175.
 * [Huckstep] James, Larry Alan. The Huckstep Family. Neosho, Mo.: L.a. James, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H865j.
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Thomas Ivey--Ivie--Ivy--Ivye of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1604-1654, &amp; Some of His Descendants. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 196-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREE no. 1168.
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Descendants of George Ivy (Died 1689), Son of Thomas Ivy (1604-1655). Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 196-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREE no. 1169.
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1122.
 * [Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. The 17th Century Families of John Martin &amp; Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M364w.
 * [Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. Descendants of Thomas Keeling III (1675-1715), Keeling--Lovett, Cartwright--Cornick, 1675-1881, Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia: A Continuation of the Martin--Keeling Chart Showing Marriages with Cartwright, Cornick, Easter, Edye, Gaskin, Godfrey, Guy, Haynes, Hoggard, Hunter, Lovett, Land, Pallet, Simmons, Thorowgood, Thrillwind, Wilkinson, Williamson, Wilson &amp; Woodhouse. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1214.
 * [Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. Alexander Keeling, Son of Thomas Keeling the Progenitor, 1649-1775: This is a Continueing [sic] Chart from Thomas Keeling I, and Should Be Added to the Previously Published "The 17th Century Families of John Martin and Thomas Keeling" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1170.
 * [Ladd] Ladd, Ruth Kline. One Ladd's Family, Including Cousins Near and Distant. Naperville, Ill.: Ladd, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L121a.
 * [Land] Walter, Alice Granbery. Francis Land Family of Lower Norfolk County, Va.: Princess Anne County, Va. after 1691. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1171.
 * [Llewelling] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Ffuwellen-Llewellyna-Llewelling Family of Lower Norfolk County, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1172.
 * [Lovett] Walter, Alice Granbery. 4th to 7th Generations of the Lovett Family of Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia: This Chart Begins with the Fourth Generation of the Lovett Family in Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1173.
 * [Lovett] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Genesis of the Lovet Family in Virginia: First Three Generations in Lower Norfolk County. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1188.
 * [Martin] Walter, Alice Granbery. The 17th Century Families of John Martin &amp; Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M364w.
 * [Mason] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1122.
 * [Mason] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Langley - Thelaball Families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Norfolk Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1827-1828.
 * [Mathias] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mathias-Matthais Family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREE no. 1174.
 * [Merritt] Turner, Lynne Slater. The Merritt Families of Virginia and Allied Associated Families. 2 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: L.S. Turner, 1987-1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M553t ff.
 * [Morrow] Morrow, William Robert. Morrow Family Pedigree Charts, ca. 1693-1979. Edmond, Oklahoma: W.R. Morrow, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M834mwr.
 * [Moseley] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):327-334. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Moseley] Moseley, A. Marshall. Moseleys were Forced to Flee from England for Loyalty to Martyred Monarch. Newspaper Clipping. FHL US/CAN Film 564126 Item 31.
 * [Moseley] Walter, Alice Granbery. Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk County, Princess Anne County, and Henrico County, Virginia, 1600-1800s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1175-1182.
 * [Moseley] Moseley, Robert Brainard. The Moseley Line. Salem, Ore.: Richard N. Gookins, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M852mr.
 * [Moseley] Dixon, Judith Holden. The Moseley/Taylor Families of Thomas Berry Proctor and Willie Ann (Taylor) Moseley: With Material on the Allied Families of: Maxey, Radford, Bondurant, Smith, Trabue, Guerrant, Withers, Hawkins, Duff, Pryor, Branch, Sandifer, Ligon, Hancock, Stovall, Berry, Proctor, Cheadle, Chiles, Woodson, Fleming, Tarleton. Joplin, Mo.: J.H. Dixon, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M852d.
 * [Moseley] Moseley, Thomas Byrd. A Moseley Genealogy: England, Holland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas to the West Coast. 2 vols. Clifton, Tex.: T.B. Moseley, Jr., 1985-1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M852m v. 1 ff.
 * [Nash] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Etheridge Family of Lower Norfolk County &amp; the Connection to the Thomas Nash Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1162.
 * [Nash] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Thomas Nash Family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1638-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1183.
 * [Needham] Hollaway, Wynell V. Duke. The Needham Families from Virginia: Descendants &amp; Allied Families. Cullman, Ala.: W. Hollaway, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N289h.
 * [Newton] "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39 (1885):194. Digital versions at Google Books and New England Ancestors ($). [Announces plans of Mr. Virginius Newton to publish a family history on the Newtons of Lower Norfolk, Nansemond, and Stafford counties.]
 * [Nimmo] Ellis, Thomas H. "William Nimmo, of Williamsburg," The William and Mary Quarterly. pp. 134-137. FHL US/CAN Film 29886 Item 2.
 * [Nimmo] Granbery, J.N. [Letter], 1937 March 1, New York [to] Mr. Nimmo. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 8, Nimm. FHL US/CAN Film 29886 Item 2.
 * [Nimmo] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Boush--Nimmo Chart in Lower Norfolk County &amp; Princess Anne County, Va.: Snayle to Granbery, 1655-1904, and Some of the Occupants of Pembroke Manor. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1154.
 * [Nimmo] Walter, Alice Granbery. Nimmo of Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1700-1970: and Their Migrations. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES no. 1184-1187.
 * [Outlaw] Outlaw, Albert Timothy and Abner Henry Outlaw. Outlaw Genealogy: Including English Records, Coat of Arms, Will of Edward Outlaw Dated 1713, Brief Biographical Sketches and Account of the First Grady-Outlaw Reunion. Greensboro, N.C.: A. Outlaw, 1930, 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ou8o.
 * [Poole] Walter, Alice Granbery. Poole &amp; and [sic] Allied Families of Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Co., Va.: Including Gaskins, Hayes, Thorowgood, Ward &amp; Workman. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1968. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1189.
 * [Portlock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Portlock Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREES nos. 1190-1191.
 * [Salmon] Nasser, Ruth Sammons. My Begetters, the Salmons. 5 vols. South Pasadena, Fla.: R.S. Nasser, 1986?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sa35n ff.
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Reba E. Shipp Family Genealogy. FHL US/CAN Film 1018902 Item 12.
 * [Shipp] Walter, Alice Granbery. Cartwright &amp; Shipp Families: Of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Surry Counties, Va. &amp; North Carolina. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1968. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1156.
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Ralph Danforth. The Shipp Family Genealogy. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1975. FHL US/CAN Access Services Window 6075613.
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Ralph D. The Shipp Family Genealogy. Boulder, Colo.: R.D. Shipp, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh64sr.
 * [Snaile] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Boush--Nimmo Chart in Lower Norfolk County &amp; Princess Anne County, Va.: Snayle to Granbery, 1655-1904, and Some of the Occupants of Pembroke Manor. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1154.
 * [Sullivan] Wilcox, Eddie Ruth Pearson. Family History: Sullivan-Dorroh, Parker-Hannah-Lowe, Pearson-Gilliland, Elrod-Conwell- Fendley and Related Families. Dallas, Tex.: R. Wilcox, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Su53w.
 * [Thorowgood] Walter, Alice Granbery. Adam Thorowgood (1603-1640) &amp; His Descendants in Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1970?]. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1824-1826.
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Va., 1640-1816. Richmond, Va.: J.H. Creecy, 1971. FHL US/CAN Film 1033650 Item 3.
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1971. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 763.
 * [Walke] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):139-153. FHL US/CAN Film 1463956 Item 4; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Walke] Walke Family in Virginia: Based upon Data Obtained from Records in Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, Family Bibles, &amp;c. Richmond, Va.: n.p., 1897. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 142.
 * [Walke] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Thomas Walke Family of Princess Anne County, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1198.
 * [Watford] Coulliette, James Horace. The Watford Family: The Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Joseph Watford, Born ca. 1680 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Chevy Chase, Md.: M.J. Phillips, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W32c.
 * [Wilder] High, Jessye Ann. Lucy Jane Wylder: Kith and Kin. 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W977a.
 * [Willoughby] Walter, Alice Granbery. Captain Thomas Willoughby (1601-1657) of England, Barbados and Lower Norfolk County, Virginia [and] Some of His Descendants, 1601-1800. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1988?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W684w.
 * [Woodard] Woodard, Randle C., Audie W. Woodard, and Austin M. Woodard. A History of the Woodards: The Story of Our Heritage, Earliest Times to the Present. Inola, Oklahoma: Evans Publications, Inc., 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W85wd.
 * [Woodhouse] Walter, Alice Granbery. Woodhouse: The English Lines from the Chart Prepared by Milton Drexel Rutherford, (with the Exception of Mr. Rutherford's Direct Line); the Bermuda &amp; American Lines. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREES nos. 1199-1201.
 * [Yates] Walter, Alice Granbery. Yates Family in England, British West Indies &amp; Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1656-1700s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1977. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1205.

Land
Land Grants and Patents


 * Lea, J. Henry. "Certificates of Head Rights in the County Court of Lower Norfolk, Virginia," [1630s-1650s] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 47 (1893):60-71. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($). [Includes extensive notes further identifying persons who appear in these records.]

Occupations
Philip Alexander Bruce's book Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century (Vol. II, 1896, p. 334 footnote 1) includes a list of early English merchants in Lower Norfolk County.

Probate
London Courts


 * Will of Joseph Thorowgood, Merchant, of London, England, dated 11 October 1683, proved 19 January 1684, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Cann, 12. Abstract published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 43 (1889):154. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors [Includes material relating to the Thorowgood family of Lower Norfolk County.]
 * Will of Henry Woodhouse, of Linhaven [Lynnhaven] Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, dated 29 January 1686, proved 24 July 1688, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Exton, 102. Abstract published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 38 (1884):67. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($).

Web Sites

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