James City County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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James City County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in James City, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 30,000 entries.

James City County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 75 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Historic Jamestowne

An excellent place to start searches on the earliest residents of James City County is:


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

Compiled genealogies that discuss multiple James City County families include:


 * Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. 3 vols. Richmond, Va.: L.P.H. Foley, 1974-1990. . Volume 3 includes James City County families.

James City County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


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


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


 * [Ambler] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($). see also . Index:.
 * [Ambler] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Ambler] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Archer] Simpson, William S. "The Parentage of Gabriel Archer," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):16-17. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Argo] Sharp, John L. From Adam to the Royalty of England and Scotland to the Families of Fleming County, Kentucky: Or the Ancestors of Selvinous Dina Argo. Morehead, Ky.: J.L. Sharp, 1976. Digital version at - 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.
 * [Bagwell] Hatcher, Patricia Law. "Notes on the English Origins of Henry Bagwell of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):265-274. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Baird] Baird, William D. and Jacqueline L. Baird. A Baird Family Reunion: History and Genealogy of Some Descendants of John Baird (ca 1675-ca 1738). Nashville, Tenn.: privately published, 2010.
 * [Ballard] Nordyke, Mrs. Charles L. "Col. Thomas Ballard, of 'Middle Plantation,' Now Williamsburg," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 28 (1946):125-127. ; Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Bankhead] Garnett, Roberta. "Formicula-Stuart-Bankhead," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1921):194-195. Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Barham] Barham, Robert Young. The Armorial Bearings of Robert Young Barham: of Scarsdale Westchester County in the State of New York; Additional Information - Notes on Kent and East Sussex; The Barham Country of England. n.d. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Barham] Barham, Robert Young. Barham Family Pedigree Chart. 3 charts. New York: R.Y. Barham, 1961..
 * [Barham] Barham, Robert Young. The Family of Barham. New York: Salisbury Press, 1963.
 * [Barham] Barham, Nellie McLane and Marius Randolph Barham. Families are Forever. 7 vols. 929.273 Sm61bb
 * [Barham] Barham, Nellie McLane and M.R. Barham. The Descendants of Charles (1) Barham: The Progenitor in the Virginia Colony in the Mid-Sixteen Hundreds through His Eldest Son, Charles (2) Barham of James City County, Virginia. N.M. Barham and M.R. Barham, 1991.
 * [Barham] Joyner, Ulysses P. From the Pagan to the Nottoway: The Occupation of the Land by the Europeans 1607-1800. Orange, Va.: U.P. Joyner, 2008. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Barnett] Kibler, J. Luther and R.M. Johnson. Interesting Sidelight on History of Capt. John Rolfe Lineage of the Barnett Family Traced to Noted Englishman Who Wed Princess Pocahontas: William Barnett Founder of Family in James City Co., Va. Typescript, microfilmed 1978. 1036819 Item 5
 * [Barron] Harrison, Patrick Morgan. Descendants of Robert Barron, James City County, Virginia. R.M. Harrison, 2002. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Barrow] North, Mae Belle Barrow. The Barrow Family of Virginia, 1620-1972. 1972. Digital version at - free.
 * [Bayly] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Berkeley] Coleman, Charles Washington. "Norborne, Baron de Botetourt, Governor-General of Virginia, 1768-1770," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):165-171. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Blair] Bolling, Robert, John Robertson, and John Randolph. A Memoir of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.H. Wade, 1868. ; digital versions at - free; Google Books - free.
 * [Blair] Blair Family, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, page 279.
 * [Blair] Motley. "Life of Commissary James Blair," Johns Hopkins University Studies, Series 19, No. 10.
 * [Blair] Horner, Frederick. The History of the Blair, Banister and Braxton Families Before and After the Revolution: With a Brief Sketch of Their Descendants. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1898. 1550788 Item 7; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Blair] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Blair] Gentry, Daphne and Brent Tarter. "The Blair Family of Colonial Williamsburg," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 1994):103-112. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Bobby] Brayton, John Anderson. "Genealogical Notes from Virginia Colonial Decisions by William Ronald Cocke III - A Correction and Another 'Burned County' Pedigree," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):38-50. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Boswell] Boswell, Mary French Turner. "The Boswell-Hockaday Family Connection James City and New Kent Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February/March 1999):216-228; Vol. 8, No. 1 (May/June 1999):7-11. 975.51 D25t
 * [Brewer] Broyhill, Marvin T. The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776. Estill Springs, Tenn.: Brewer Researcher, 1994. 1992 edition and supplements have been digitized: - free.
 * [Brownes] "Brownes of James City County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):119-120. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Brunskill] Joy, Charles Austin. "The Reverend John Brunskill, Caroline County," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1978):144-146. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Bucke] Gann, William Robert. "Land Patents, a Lost Will, and Legal Battles Prove Family Relationships," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002):173-278. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Burrows] Goodpasture, Robert Abraham. John H. Tribble: His Family, Ancestors, &amp; Some Descendants. Georgetown, Calif.: R.A. Goodpasture, 1975. 929.273 T731g
 * [Burrows] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "John Burrows, 1608, James City County; John Burruss, 1702, King William County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February/March 1999):207-215..
 * [Burwell] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Burwell] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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.
 * [Carter] Carter, Lyle. A Brief History and Genealogy of the Carter and Some Allied Families. Lake Worth, Fla.: L. Carter, n.p..
 * [Carter] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Carter] Mathys, Mary Sue. "One Branch of a Colonial Carter Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):117-126. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cartwright] Walter, Alice Granbery. Cartwright &amp; Shipp Families: of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Surry Counties, Va. &amp; North Carolina. [Virginia Beach, Va.]: A.G. Walter, 1968..
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Chiles] Tyler, Lyon G. "Lieut. Col. Walter Chiles," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct. 1892):75-78. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Chiles] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Walter Chiles, Father and Son," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):67-72; Vol. 1, No. 3 (November/December 1992):120-122..
 * [Chiles] Hoff, Henry B. "Some Records of Walter Chiles, Virginia Merchant in the Netherlands," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):218-219. Available at ; digital version at American Ancestors($).
 * [Claiborne] Washington, S.H. Lee. "William Claiborne: His Parentage and Pedigree," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct. 1939):474-475. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Claiborne] Torrence, Clayton. "The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia: Part I: A Critical Study of the Traditionally Stated English Origins," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul., 1948), pp. 328-343. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Claiborne] Torrence, Clayton. "The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia: Part II. The English Connection," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1948), pp. 431-460. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Claiborne] Hale, Nathaniel Claiborne. Roots in Virginia; An Account of Captain Thomas Hale, Virginia Frontiersman, His Descendants and Related Families. Philadelphia, Pa., 1948.
 * [Claiborne] Boddie, John Bennett. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Redwood City, Calif., 1954. 1975 reprint:.
 * [Claiborne] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Claiborne] Bissell, Lolita Hannah. Cliborn-Claiborne Records. Nashville, Tenn.: L.H. Bissell, c1986..
 * [Claiborne] Dorman, John Frederick and Claiborne T. Smith. Claiborne of Virginia, Descendants of Colonel William Claiborne, The First Eight Generations. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1995.
 * [Claiborne] Harris, Malcolm Hart. "Major Robert Harris (ca.1630-ca.1701) of New Kent County, Virginia: Was He Real or a Myth?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1981):191-203. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Claiborne] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "William Claiborne, 1621 The George to Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May/June 2003):3-7..
 * [Claiborne] The National Society of the Claiborne Family Descendants.
 * [Clayton] "John Clayton, of James City, Afterwards of Crofton, Yorkshire," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1921):114-115. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Clements] Stucki, Jeannette Holland and Dorothy Holland Herring. Clements. n.d.
 * [Coke] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Corker] Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. Vol. 1. Redwood City, Calif., 1955.
 * [Corker] Barlow, Lundie W. "Corker of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1965):3-8. Available at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Crumpe] Gann, William Robert. "Land Patents, a Lost Will, and Legal Battles Prove Family Relationships," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002):173-278. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Curtis] Boelt, Frederick Wills. "Green Mount: Land of the Wallers, Wades, Harwoods, Curtises and Wynnes," Wynne News: A Newsletter of the John Wynne Society, No. 32 (June 2005):3-4. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Custis] Lynch, James B. The Custis Chronicles, The Virginia Generations. Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1997.
 * [Dancey] Brayton, John Anderson. "Genealogical Notes from Virginia Colonial Decisions by William Ronald Cocke III - A Correction and Another 'Burned County' Pedigree," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):38-50. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Dickens] Ganley, Gladys Dickens. "Some Speculations on a Dickens/Washington Connection," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 27, No. 2 (May 1989):75-81. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Dickenson] Knisely, Mary Jane. "The Myth of Henry Dickenson, Emigrant," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):243-250. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Duke] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [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 James City County.
 * [Edlow] Coleman, C.W. "Edlow, Bowler, Cocke and Adams," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):29-30. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Ellison] Wagner, Douglas W. Ellyson. "The Early Generations of the Ellyson Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 72, No. 1. Reprint:.
 * [Ellison] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families. 1989.
 * [Ellison] Doliante, Sharon J. Maryland and Virginia Colonials. 1991.
 * [Ellison] Ellison, Carl Grayson. Our Ellison Kinfolk. Anderson, S.C.: C.G. Ellison, 1992..
 * [Farley] Farley, Ardiane Langerwerf. Langerwerf--Van Oirschot, Farley--Halligan and Allied Families, ca. 1320-1990. Typescript, Paradise Genealogical Society, Paradise, Calif. Microfilmed 1992. 1831835 Item 2
 * [Filmer] Sherlock, Sophia Elizabeth Bear. Lineage of Sophia Elizabeth Kavanaugh-Bear in (Argall-Filmer), Green, Clay, Bruce, and Palmer Ancestry (Maternal); Loftus, (Woods-Wallace), (Miller-Dulaney), Kavanaugh (Paternal): A Loving Tribute to Her Memory. Madison, Ind.: S.E.B. Sherlock, 1929. 1405265; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Flood] Patterson, Charles Robley. History of the Flood Family As It Relates to Ancestors of Charles R. Patterson, Esq. 4 vols. Charlottesville, Va.: C. R. Patterson, 1981-1983, 1988. 929.273 F659p
 * [Flowerdew] Thorndale, William. "Flowerdew and Rossingham," The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):205-208. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Fly] Lincoln, Thomas Rhodes. The Fly/Flye Families: A Chronological List with Historic Correlations. Bridgeport, Conn.: Lincoln, 1958. 929.273 F678L
 * [Formicula] Garnett, Roberta. "Formicula-Stuart-Bankhead," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1921):194-195. Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Freeman] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Freeman Forbears: Being the History, Genealogy, Heraldy [sic], Homes and Traditions of the Family of Freeman and Related Families Originating in the Original Shires of James City and Charles River in Virginia. Virginia: G.E. Hopkins, 1942. 873158 Item 10
 * [Geddes] Brayton, John Anderson. "Genealogical Notes from Virginia Colonial Decisions by William Ronald Cocke III - A Correction and Another 'Burned County' Pedigree," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):38-50. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Graves] Graves, John Card, R.A. Brock, and Charles Marshall Graves. The Graves Family of Eastern Virginia, 1608-1936. [United States: J.C. Graves, 1936?].
 * [Graves] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gray] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Green] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Grendon] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gunnell] Richards, Indi Anna Leona Harris and Jo Ann Wicker. Information Pertaining to Some Members of the Gunnell Family of Virginia. Middletown, Conn.: J.A. Wicker, 1962. 1405001
 * [Hamar] Stucki, Jeannette Holland and Dorothy Holland Herring. Clements. n.d..
 * [Hamlet] Baldridge, Blanche Hamlett. My Virginia Kin: Comprising the Hamlett, Witt, Giles, Wills, Eubank-Fortune, Mullenix, Lynchard, Talbot and Kight Families; with a Short Treatise on the Loving Family. Stawberry Point, Iowa: Press- Journal Pub., 1958. 1017404 Item 10
 * [Hamner] Williams, Ruth Hamner. The Hamners. n.p.: R.H. Williams, 1965. Large Q Book 929.273 H184wL
 * [Hamor] Simpson, William S. "Captain Ralph Hamor's Baptism," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1995):93. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hampton] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970-1971. [Vol. 20 includes James City County]
 * [Harris] Taylor, William R. "Evidence of the Descent of William Harris of Goochland Co., Va., and His Father William Harris of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover and Louisa Cos., Va., from Maj. William Harris, Son of Capt. Thomas Harris of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):261-270. Available at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. Oklahoma City, Okla.: J.E. Harrison, 1994.
 * [Hartwell] "Macon Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):33-36. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Harwood] Boelt, Frederick Wills. "Green Mount: Land of the Wallers, Wades, Harwoods, Curtises and Wynnes," Wynne News: A Newsletter of the John Wynne Society, No. 32 (June 2005):3-4. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Henley] Cary, Wilson Miles. "The Dandridges of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):30-39. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Henley] Godfrey, Priscilla M. "Henley," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1969):38-42. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Heyward] "The Calthorpes," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):106-112; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1894):160-168. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Hickman] Fay, Mary Smith. "The Three James Hickmans: Identifying Revolutionary War Veterans," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):52-54. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hilliard] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Holt] Allen, Cameron. "The English Origin of Randall Holt and Edward Normansell of James City County, Virginia: A Suggested Method for Determining the Overseas Origin of Virginia Families," The American Genealogist, Vol. 37 (1961):89-94.
 * [Holt] Tenny, Anne Thomas. "David Holt of Chesterfield County, Virginia and John Holt of Williamsburg and New York City," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 69 (1981):251-258.
 * [Hopkins] Johnson, Caleb. "The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):161-171.
 * [Hunt] Berry, Michael West. "The Hunt Family of Charles City County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1993):117-129. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [James] Turner, Dorothy James. The James Family, 1600-1979. Heber City, Utah: D.L.J. Turner, [1979]. 1321253 Item 19
 * [Jaquelin] Tyler, Lyon G. "The Smiths of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):46-52. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Jaquelin] Tyler, Lyon G. "Smiths of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):50-53. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Jaquelin] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. see also . Index: . Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * [Jeffers] Rokas, Bonnie Jeffers. Colonials and Kindreds: The Story of the Jeffers and Wilson Families in America. 1984..
 * [Jeffreys] Andrew, Louise Jeffreys. Marmaduke Norfleet Jeffreys - His Ancestors and Descendants. Atlantic City, N.J.: T.L. Andrew, 1983..
 * [Jeffreys] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Jenings] Monk, Arliss Shaffer. "Five Edmund Jeningses of Virginia and Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 4 (December 2008):299-310. 973 B2ng v. 96
 * [Johnson] Johnson, Lonnie T. Johnson - Johnston Families, N. C. &amp; S. C. Sandhills: Descendants of Scotland and the Real First Families of Virginia (the Ancient Planters of James City). Ellerbe, North Carolina: L.T. Johnson, 2000. 929.273 J63jLt
 * [Jones] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1891. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archives. 1911 edition: 1321070 Item 1; 1985 reprint:  929.273 J71jL 1985
 * [Jones] 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 ($).
 * [Jordan] Pugh, Nelda Jordan. Arthur Jordan: The Moses of an American Family. Birmingham, Ala.: privately published, 1998.
 * [Juxon] "Timson Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):208; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):273-274; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):3-5. Digitised by JSTOR - free.
 * [Lightfoot] Tyler, Lyon G. "The Lightfoot Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):91-97; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1894):204-207; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1894):259-262; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):104-111, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):137. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Ludwell] Stanard, W.G. "The Ludwell Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct. 1892):110-111. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Ludwell] Lee, E.J. "Ludwell: An Account of the Ludwell Family," Lee of Virginia.
 * [Lunsford] Lomax, E.L. Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Marot] Tyler, Lyon G. "Shields Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):117-120. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Matlock] Wood, Mrs. William. "Matlock and Related Families," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1987):132.
 * [Menefee] Powell, Doris D. The Genealogy of Laban Menefee. Compiled for Hugh A. Menefee, Jr. Cleburne, Texas, 1972..
 * [Meriwether] Meriwether Society, Joel T. Meriwether, and Joseph Meriwether Oglesby. Meriwether Connections: A Newsletter of the Meriwether Society, Inc. San Diego, Calif.: Meriwether Society, 1982-. 929.27305 M545m
 * [Midyett] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Morton] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
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