Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy

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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.

Neighboring Counties
Nansemond | Upper Norfolk

Genealogy
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]

See also: Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy Princess Anne County, Virginia Genealogy

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.

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.

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

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog