New Kent County, Virginia Genealogy

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 * This article is about a county in the state of Virginia. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation).





History


The county is named after the English County of Kent.

Parent County
1654--New Kent County was created 20 November 1654 from York and James City Counties. County seat: New Kent

Record Loss

 * Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "New Kent County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1820," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Bibles

 * Bible Records [1822-1860] of John H. Christian of New Kent County, Son of Gideon and Lucy Christian. Transcript, 1977. 1036555 Item 40
 * Chapman Bible Records [ca. 1809-1926], New Kent County. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. 1036555 Item 40
 * Smithie, Hannah More Moore and Martha Dandridge Woman's Club (New Kent County, Virginia). Bible Records Collected by the Martha Dandridge Woman's Club, New Kent County, Virginia. Typescript, microfilmed 1977. 1036555 Item 40
 * Taylor Bible Records [1802-1912], New Kent Co. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. 1036555 Item 40
 * Turner, Bell Woodward. John Ratcliffe's Bible [Records, ca. 1814-1841], New Kent County, Va. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. 1036555 Item 40

Census
1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Church
Church of England


 * Chamberlayne, C.G., ed.. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786. Richmond, VA, USA: Library Board, 1937. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Court
Chancery Court


 * Indexed images to New Kent County, Virginia Chancery Records 1848-1956 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

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


 * Evans, June Banks. Men of Matadequin, Three Hundred Years from New Kent County Sourcebook for Related Lines, Banks, Blackwell, Burnett, Durvin, Gaulding, Goodman, Lipscomb, McGhee, Parsley, Slaughter, Weisiger, Wood, Zall. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1984. 975.54 D2e

Bibliography


 * [Anderson] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Bacon] Skouby, Yvonne Leach. Edmund Bacon Family of New Kent County, Virginia and His Missouri Descendants. Carmel, Ind.: Y.L. Skouby, 1995. 929.273 B132s
 * [Crump] Barham, Marius Randolph and Nellie McLane Barham. A Crump on Every Stump the Crump Family of New Kent County, Virginia Descendants of Thomas Crump the Progenitor of the Family in the Virginia Colony in the Seventeenth Century and Their Family Connections. n.p.: M.R. Barham, 1986-1989. 929.273 C888b
 * [Daingerfield] MacRae, Lawrence. Descendants of John Daingerfield and His Wife, New Kent County, Virginia, 1640-1928 Including Descendants of Elizabeth Meriweather of Essex Co., Va., Apphia Fauntleroy of Richmond Co., Va., Elizabeth Parker of West Moreland Co., Va. and Their Husbands: also Thomas Deaderick and His Wife of Frederick Co., Va., and Dora Virginia Deaderick and Her Husband, Robert Strange MacRae of Orange County, N. Carolina: De[s]cendants of George Parker and His Wife, Accomac Co., Va., 1650. Typescript, 1928. 1415249
 * [Garland] Reynolds, William W. "The Garland Family of New Kent and Hanover Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul./Sep. 1980); Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct./Dec. 1980). 975.5 B2vg v. 24 (1980); digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Herndon] Froom, Grace Yager. A Collection of Facts and Recollections of the Descent Lines and the Relationships Among Some Descendants of William Herndon of England and New Kent Co., Va.; Anthony Halberstadt of Hessen Kassel, Germany and Hunterdon Co., N.J.; Thomas Faulconer of England and Isle of Wight Co., Va.; Thomas Haydon of Northumberland Co., Va.; Nicholas Yager of Hesse, Germany and Spotsylvania and Madison Cos., Va.; Lewis Conner, Sr. of Boone Co., Ky. Indianapolis, Ind.: G.Y. Froom, 1983. 929.273 H431f
 * [Hight] Wallace, Robert E. Hight-Hite Families of Sussex and Surry Counties, Virginia, from About 1634 1,333 Descendants, with a Full-name Index of 2,736 Names of Those Who Went to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and Those Who Stayed in and around Lunenburg County, Virginia with Chronology, Abstracts from the Register of Albemarle Parish, and Records of New Kent, Surry, Sussex, Lunenburg and Prince George Counties (487 Surnames). Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1976, 1993. 929.273 H538w
 * [Hubbard] Bowling, Noland Hubbard. Meet Your Ancestors Some Descendants of Robert Hubbard (ca. 1600-1663) Westmoreland, New Kent, Amelia, Halifax, Lunenburg, Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Other States: Families Allied by Marriage: Arnn (Aron, Aaron), Adkins (Atkins), Clement (Clements) ... Utica, Ky.: N.H. Bowling, 1985. 929.273 H861m
 * [Hughes] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS. 824116 Item 8.
 * [Kimbrough] Kimbrough, Felix A. "John Kimbrough, of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Mar. 1963):16. 973 B2ng v. 51
 * [Lacy] Lacey, Howard Elton and Hubert Wesley Lacey. The William and Elliott Lacy Families of New Kent and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia with Forebearers and Descendants. Chelsea, Mich.: E. Lacey, 1996. 929.273 L119Lhe
 * [Massie] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS. 824116 Item 8.
 * [Otey] Carpenter, Arthur Bledsoe. John Otey of New Kent County, Virginia, Descendants and Related Families. Richmond, Va.: A.B. Carpenter, 1966. 1454553 Item 5
 * [Parrish] Parrish, Agnes H. The Parrish Family of New Kent County, Virginia and Allied Families. Typescript, 1953. 874763 Item 2
 * [Patteson] Smith, Ethel Marion. An Informal History of Virginia-Kentucky Pattesons in Illinois, Their Forbears and Their Kin Including the Lewises of Llangollen. Washington, 1948. Available at FHL.
 * [Pendleton] 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. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Penick] Priest, Lyman W. The Penick Family: Descendants of Edward Penick/Penix/Pinix of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Verona, Va.: McClure Press, 1982. 929.273 P377p
 * [Rodes] Patterson, Shelley Rodes. A Short History and Genealogy of the English Family Rodes, Who Reached America in the 17th Century and First Settled in New Kent County, Virginia. New York: Ferris Printing, 1929. 1405241
 * [Styles] McSwain, Eleanor Davis. Styles (Stiles) - Frankling (Franklin) Some Descendants of Joseph Styles, Attorney, New Kent County, Va., 1680, and James Frankling, Planter, Henrico County, Va., 1643-1704. Macon, Ga.: National Printing, 1975. 929.273 St99a
 * [Terrell] Barnhill, Celeste Jane Terrell. Richmond, William and Timothy Terrell, Colonial Virginians. Greenfield, Ind.: Mitchell Co., 1934. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Thurmond] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS. 824116 Item 8.
 * [Twitty] Allen, Cameron. "Anderson-Herbert-Wynne: A Correction; and a Further Wynne Descent through the Wyatt and Twitty Families," The American Genealogist, Vol. 37 (1961):234-240; Vol. 38 (1962):13-19. 973 D25aga v. 38; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Winfree] Eaves, Judith Yates. The Family of John Richard Winfrey of Madison County, Georgia with Allied Lines from Jacob Winfree of New Kent County, Virginia: Allied Lines, Alford, Hughes, Walton, Haskins, Bailey, Harwood, Spencer, Fariss, Gresham, Williams, Hearne, Heard, Berry, Lively, Wade, Patterson, Johnson, Kirk, Cunningham, Hollingshead, Bryant, Eberhart, Faullkner [sic], Martin, Thompson, Epps &amp; Drake. Chattanooga, Tenn.: J.Y. Eaves, [1995]. 929.273 W726e
 * [Woodward] Woodward, J. Gary. Some Descendants of Lancelott and Elizabeth (Cocke) Woodward of Blisland Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia. Leavenworth, Kansas: J.G. Woodward, 1993. 929.273 W871wj
 * [Word] Word Family Tree John Word, Sr. from the City of Landaff in the Province of Glamorgan-shire, Wales, Settled in New Kent County, Virginia, His Arrival Being Recorded in "Early Virginia Immigrants" as 1652. PEDIGREE no. 518

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of St. Peter's Parish, Stratton Major Parish, and New Kent County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Kent&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial New Kent County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes New Kent County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories

 * Harris, Malcolm Hart. Old New Kent County, Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places in ... 2 vols. West Point, Va.: M.H. Harris, 1977. 975.5 H2har v. 1

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1978):121-130. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. New Kent County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on 22:121.]

Colonial Militia

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some New Kent County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For New Kent County, see p. 96.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some New Kent County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some New Kent County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some New Kent County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, New Kent County on page 132.]

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, New Kent County, p. 92. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Probate
Local Court


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes New Kent County.]

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of St. Peter's Parish, Stratton Major Parish, and New Kent County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [New Kent County appears in 31:215-235.]
 * [1782] Smith, Paulette. New Kent County, Virginia Land Tax Records, 1782 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * [1782] Land Tax Records, 1782, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Aug. 1993); Vol. 2, No. 3 (Nov. 1993). Available at FHL.
 * [1782-1820] Heinegg, Paul. "New Kent County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1820," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1788] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1788 personal property tax list. New Kent County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1978):121-130. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. New Kent County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on 22:121.]
 * [1790, 1800] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of New Kent County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1791, 1800] Indexed images of the 1791 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of New Kent County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan. 2000); Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr. 2000).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. New Kent County is included in Vol. 1.]

Websites

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