Princess Anne County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Princess Anne County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Princess Ann(e), Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 12,500 entries.

The Virginia Beach Public Library has collected genealogies about thousands of local families.

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

Compiled genealogies treating multiple Princess Anne County families include:


 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Heinegg identifies the following free African American surnames in Princess Anne County before 1820: Africa, Anderson, Angus, Collins, Cotance, Cuffee, Duncan, Fullard, Fuller, Goings, Harmon, Hill, Hodges, Howell, James, Jasper, Jones, Lewis, Matthews, Mills, Newton, Nichols, Nicholas, Patterson, Pittman, Puckham, Sample, Smith, Sparrow, Theloball, Weeks, White, Whitehurst, Williams, Wilson.
 * Kellam, Sadie Scott. Papers, 1861-1967. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. Collection of materials about Princess Anne County families.

Princess Anne 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]


 * [Africa] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Anderson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Angus] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bartee] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Bell] Delamar, Marybelle. Bell: Colonel Joseph Bell of Carteret County and Some of His Descendants. Raleigh, N.C.: n.p., 1946. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Boush] Boush - Nimmo Family Data, ca. 1723-1803. Libary of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 8, Nimm. US/CAN Film 29886 Item 26
 * [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. US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1154
 * [Brinson] Brinson, Robert W. Here, There and Yonder, Cason &amp; Sons - A Brinson Genealogy. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1982. 929.273 B772br
 * [Capps] Jones, Gerald Edward. "The Capps Family of Chatham County, North Carolina, 1750-1800: From the Horse and Buggy Days of an 1890s Family History to the Space Age of DNA Testing in the 2000s: Part I," North Carolina Genealogical Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2 (May 2010):119-155..
 * [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. US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1156
 * [Cartwright] Kwasha, Connie Cartwright. Cartwrights of the Southern United States. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996. 929.273 C249k
 * [Cocke] "The Cocke Family of Virginia. The Cockes of Surry and Princess Anne," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cocke] Keim, Betty T. "Cocke Genealogy," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cocke] Hart, Lyndon H. "Cocke of Princess Anne and Surry counties, Formerly of Constantine, County Cornwall," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct./Nov. 1996):243-248. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cocke] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Collins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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..
 * [Cotance] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cuffee] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dozier] Willis, Abiatha. The Dozier Family of Lower Norfolk County: The First Generation. 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. 929.273 D779m
 * [Dudley] Dudley, Claude William. The Dudley Family. Richmond, Va., 1971..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Princess Anne County Duncans.
 * [Duncan] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Finkly] O'Doherty, Mary K. Pioneers on the Great Pee Dee: Genealogical Notes on Finklea and Related Families; Cain, Coleman, Dewitt, Exum, Finklea, Gibbs, Hyman, Keefe, Kirton. Myrtle Beach, S.C.: M.K. O'Doherty, 1974..
 * [Fullard] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Fuller] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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. Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1163
 * [Gatlin] Bonney, Tim. "Beatrice Louise Gatling," The Recording Angel: News from the Friends of Norfolk's Historic Cemeteries, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 2005):5, 9, 11-12. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Goings] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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-?..
 * [Hancock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Hancock, Lower Norfolk Co., Va., Princess Anne Co., Va. &amp; Henrico Co., Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, n.d.
 * [Harmon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. Camarillo, Calif.: [K. Wiggins, 1968?- ]..
 * [Hill] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hodges] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hoggard] Walter, Alice Granbery. Genealogical Chart of the Hoggard Family. 1956. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hoggard] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Hoggards of Poplar Hall, 1654-1987, and in Warwick &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1988. 929.273 H679w
 * [Hosier] Hosier, Scott F. The Hosier Family. [Indianapolis, Ind.?: S.F. Hosier, 1964?]. 854145 Item 2
 * [Howell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [James] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Jasper] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Johnson] Ellis, Thomas H. [Transcript of Letter] 1893 May 31, Washington, D.C. [to] Mrs. Prudence Granbery, New York City. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 8, Nimm..
 * [Jones] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Keeling] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Keeling] Creecy, John Harvie. Rough Chart of Keeling Family of Princess Anne Co., Va. ... ca. 1950. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [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. 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. US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1214
 * [Ladd] Ladd, Ruth Kline. One Ladd's Family, Including Cousins Near and Distant. Naperville, Ill.: Ladd, 1974. 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..
 * [Lawson] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Legett] Avant, David A. Some Southern Colonial Families. Volume 5. Tallahassee, Fla., 1995..
 * [Lewis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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. US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1173
 * [Malbone] Bowen, Richard LeBaron. Godfrey Malbone's Armorial Silver. Rhode Island: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1950?..
 * [Malbone] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [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. 929.273 M364w
 * [Mason] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Langley - Thelaball Families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Norfolk Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982. US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1827-1828
 * [Mathias] Griffiths, George R. The Mathias Family of Hardy County, Virginia and West Virginia, A Pioneer Mountain Family. Chicago, Ill.: Adams Press, 1977..
 * [Matthews] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Mills] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Moore] Nobles, Larry W. The Know Nothing Nobles, a Family History. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1989. 929.273 N669n and Supplement:  929.273 N669n supp.
 * [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 ($).
 * [Moseley] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Moseley] Walter, Alice Granbery. Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk County, Princess Anne County, and Henrico County, Virginia, 1600-1800s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?. US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREES nos. 1175-1182
 * [Moseley] Moseley, Robert Brainard. The Moseley Line. Salem, Ore.: Richard N. Gookins, 1986..
 * [Moseley] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Newsum] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Newton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nicholas] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nichols] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nimmo] Ellis, Thomas H. [Transcript of Letter] 1893 May 31, Washington, D.C. [to] Mrs. Prudence Granbery, New York City. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 8, Nimm. 29886 Item 2
 * [Nimmo] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Nimmo] Ellis, Thomas H. "William Nimmo, of Williamsburg," The William and Mary Quarterly. pp. 134-137. 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. 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. 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..
 * [Norris] Byrd, Helen Norris. Two Norris, Two Hills, Two Smiths &amp; Other Families: Ancestors of My Father, James Thomas Norris, 1872 TX-1953 FL. Tampa, Fla.: H.N. Byrd, 1996..
 * [Patterson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Pittman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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..
 * [Powell] Powell, Lee R. Ancestors of George Washington Powell, Sr. and Clara Salina White: Descendants of George Washington Powell, Sr. and Clara Salina (White) Powell. [Dayton, Ohio?: L. R. Powell], 1998. ; digital version at.
 * [Puckham] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Richmond] Richmond, Henry I. "Richmond: Notes on the Richmonds of Princess Anne County, Va.," The Researcher, Vol. 2 (1928):147-153. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Robinson] Goni, Mozella Wright. The John Robinson/Robertson Family History, 1520-1998. Dallas, Tex.: M.W. Goni, 1998..
 * [Salmon] Nasser, Ruth Sammons. My Begetters, the Salmons. 5 vols. South Pasadena, Fla.: R.S. Nasser, 1986?. ff.
 * [Sample] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Saunders] "Saunders: Princess Anne County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan. 1924):92-96. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Sayer] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Scott] Walter, Alice Granbery. Scott &amp; Thomas Herbert 3rd of Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1969..
 * [Sherwood] James, Edward W. "Grace Sherwood, The Virginia Witch," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):96-101; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):190-192; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):242-245. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Silvester] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Smith] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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..
 * [Sparrow] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Styron] Padgett, Dora Adele. The Styron (Styring) Family in America. Washington, D.C.: D.A. Padgett, 1966..
 * [Styron] Eckhout, Dawn D.B. The Styron Family of Carteret County, North Carolina, Over 900 Direct Descendants of Styr the Strong: (40 Generations Listed) with Source Notes. Morehead City, N.C.: Carteret County Historical Society, 2000..
 * [Sullivan] Fleetwood, Mary A. Sullivan. Sullivan and Perry Family History. Brandon, Fla.: M.A. Fleetwood, 197-?..
 * [Sullivan] Wilcox, Eddie Ruth Pearson. Family History: Sullivan-Dorroh, Parker-Hannah-Lowe, Pearson-Gilliland, Elrod-Conwell- Fendley and Related Families. Dallas, Texas: R. Wilcox, 1992..
 * [Sullivant] Smith, Diane Marie Snyder and Johnny Mack Smith. The Mullings and Sullivant Family of Virginia and Some of Their Descendants. Cape Coral, Fla.: J.M. &amp; D.M.S. Smith, 1997..
 * [Tatem] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Tatem Family of Bermuda, Bahama Islands, Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982..
 * [Theloball] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Thorowgood] "The Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia," Richmond Standard, 26 Nov. 1881.
 * [Thorowgood] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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?]..
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Va., 1640-1816. Richmond, Va.: J.H. Creecy, 1971..
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1971..
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. Genealogical Chart of the Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Va. 1971. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Thorowgood] Francis, Phyllis W. "Some Lineal Descendants of Captain Adam Thorowgood (1602-1640) Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):3-12; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):119-123; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):207-215; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):286-291; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):14-20; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):129-134; Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1973):207-211. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Thorowgood] Creecy, John Harvie. "Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1973):277-287. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Thorowgood] Francis, Phyllis W. "Inheritance of Land: Argall Thorowgood Branch 1635-1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):196-204; Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):271-279. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Thorowgood] Walter, Alice Granbery. Adam Thorowgood, 1603-1640, &amp; His Descendants in Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1980].
 * [Thoroughgood] Brayton, John Anderson. "The Ancestry of Mrs. Anne (Thoroughgood) Chandler-Fowke," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2004):243-256. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Walke] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):139-153. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [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..
 * [Walke] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Thomas Walke Family of Princess Anne County, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. . Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Weeks] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [West] West, Broadus Bennett. Genealogy of Isaac West of Greenville County, South Carolina. Typescript..
 * [Wheeler] Wheeler, Frances. The Wheelers of Granville County, North Carolina, Their Antecedents and Descendants. Okeechobee, Fla.: F. Wheeler, 1994..
 * [White] White, James Bruce. "The White Family of Norfolk County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1998):29-43. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [White] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [White] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Whitehurst] Hughes, Gail Whitehurst. Whitehurst Genealogy. Adel, Ga.: G.W. Hughes, 1989..
 * [Whitehurst] Eckhout, Dawn D.B. The Whitehurst Family of Carteret County, North Carolina, Over 390 Direct Descendants of William Richard Whitehurst: With Source Notes. Morehead City, N.C.: Carteret County Historical Society, 2000..
 * [Whitehurst] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Wiles] DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis. The Wiles Family. Augusta, Ga.: E.W. DeHuff, 1963?..
 * [Williams] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Wilson] McLean, Harry Herndon. Ten Generations - Lines on James Felix Wilson: Migrated from Scotland to America, Jamestown, Va., Later to Virginia "Sommerset" Cumberland Co., Now Princess Anne Co. MSS..
 * [Wilson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Woodhouse] James, Edward W. "Horatio Woodhouse," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):41-44. Digital version at JSTOR - free.