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. 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 ($).
 * [Ambler] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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, Kentucky: J.L. Sharp, 1976. 929.273 Ar38a
 * [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..
 * [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 Family History Archives;.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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
 * [Brownes] "Brownes of James City County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):119-120. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [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 ($);.
 * [Burrows] Goodpasture, Robert Abraham. John H. Tribble: His Family, Ancestors, &amp; Some Descendants. Georgetown, Calif.: R.A. Goodpasture, 1975. 929.273 T731g
 * [Burrows] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "John Burrows, 1608, James City County; John Burruss, 1702, King William County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February/March 1999):207-215..
 * [Burwell] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Carter] Carter, Lyle. A Brief History and Genealogy of the Carter and Some Allied Families. Lake Worth, Fla.: L. Carter, n.p..
 * [Carter] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Carter] Mathys, Mary Sue. "One Branch of a Colonial Carter Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):117-126. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [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. Pedigree File no. 1156.
 * [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..
 * [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 ($);.
 * [Curtis] Boelt, Frederick Wills. "Green Mount: Land of the Wallers, Wades, Harwoods, Curtises and Wynnes," Wynne News: A Newsletter of the John Wynne Society, No. 32 (June 2005):3-4. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Custis] Lynch, James B. The Custis Chronicles, The Virginia Generations. Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1997.
 * [Dickenson] Knisely, Mary Jane. "The Myth of Henry Dickenson, Emigrant," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):243-250. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Duke] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [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.
 * [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
 * [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?].
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970-1971. [Vol. 20 includes James City County]
 * [Harris] Taylor, William R. "Evidence of the Descent of William Harris of Goochland Co., Va., and His Father William Harris of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover and Louisa Cos., Va., from Maj. William Harris, Son of Capt. Thomas Harris of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):261-270. Available at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. Oklahoma City, Okla.: J.E. Harrison, 1994.
 * [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.
 * [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] 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 ($).
 * [Jeffreys] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2005..
 * [Jenings] Monk, Arliss Shaffer. "Five Edmund Jeningses of Virginia and Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 4 (December 2008):299-310. 973 B2ng v. 96
 * [Johnson] Johnson, Lonnie T. Johnson - Johnston Families, N. C. &amp; S. C. Sandhills: Descendants of Scotland and the Real First Families of Virginia (the Ancient Planters of James City). Ellerbe, North Carolina: L.T. Johnson, 2000. 929.273 J63jLt
 * [Jones] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1891. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archives. 1911 edition: 1321070 Item 1; 1985 reprint:  929.273 J71jL 1985
 * [Jones] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. see also . Index: . Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * [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.
 * [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..
 * [New] Allgood, Ann Wall and Janet Lynn New Huff. The Family of New: Genealogy of Descendants of Richard New, Immigrant to Virginia in 1637, with Specific Emphasis on Council Bryant New, Jr., of Union Co., Arkansas, and His Descendants Through 1981. Various Lines of Other New Families are Also Included. Natchez, Miss.: [Allgood and Huff], 1981. 929.273 N52ah
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. ; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of James City County.]
 * [Nicholas] Nicholas Family, The Critic (Richmond, Va.), August 30, 1890.
 * [Normansell] See Holt.
 * [Pace] Rowland, Jane Thomas. Richard Pace (Burgess) of Virginia: Papers from the Family Files with Rowland/Thomas Connections and Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jane Thomas Rowland and Arthur Ray Rowland. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 1998. 929.273 P114r
 * [Page] 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. ; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Page] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Paradise] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Peek] Fobes, Lawrence G. North Carolina Mountain Peek's and Their Descendants. 1976. 929.273 P344a
 * [Pettus] Hopkins, Walter Lee. Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families. Richmond, Va.: J.W. Fergusson &amp; Sons, 1931. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Pettus] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Pickayes] Thorndale, William. "Drew Pickayes (1564-1607): A Jamestown Founder," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 3 (Jul. 1995):129-137; Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct. 1995):223-232.
 * [Randolph] See Page.
 * [Randolph] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Reade] Rouse, Alice Read. The Reads and Their Relatives: Being an Account of Colonel Clement and Madam Reed of Bushy Forest, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Their Eight Children, Their Descendants; and Allied Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: John &amp; Hardin Press, 1930.
 * [Richardson] Boswell, Mary French Turner. "The Boswell-Hockaday Family Connection James City and New Kent Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February/March 1999):216-228; Vol. 8, No. 1 (May/June 1999):7-11. 975.51 D25t
 * [Rives] Rives, Herschel Edwin. The Rives and Allied Families of Greene Territory, Illinois: An Account of Rev. James Rives and His Descendants of Green County, Illinois (Green County Originally Covered What is Now Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott and Part of Cass Counties and Was More Commonly Known as Greene Territory). Springfield, Ill.: H.E. Rives, 1982..
 * [Rolfe] Thorndale, William. "Two Rolfe Negatives," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):209-213. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Rossingham] Thorndale, William. "Flowerdew and Rossingham," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):205-208. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Rowland] Rowland, Arthur Ray. Rowland Family of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Beyond: Including John Rowland, Immigrant in 1635, in James City County and Surrey County, Virginia and His Descendants in Franklin County, North Carolina Including Jesse Rowland and Frederick Rowland and His Son Hiram Rowland in Oglethorpe and Greene Counties, Georgia. Augusta, Georgia: RR Books, 1998. 929.273 R797ra
 * [Rowland] Rowland, Arthur Ray. Ancestors and Connections of Dunbar Rowland of Mississippi. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 2000..
 * [Saunders] Saunders Family, William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 14, page 145-.
 * [Saunders] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Savage] "Thomas Savage of Jamestown," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Sherwood] 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 ($).
 * [Simmons] McCall, Ettie Tidwell. William Simmons of James City County and Surry County Virginia and Descendants in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. MSS., 1953. 875376 Item 5
 * [Sims] Sims, Henry Upson. The Genealogy of the Sims Family: of Virginia, the Carolinas and the Gulf States. Birmingham, Ala.: H.U. Sims, 1940. 1429826 Item 16
 * [Singleton] Singleton, Robert R. "Who Was Capt. Singleton?" Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Aug. 2002):173-194. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Smith] Smith, Edward D. Notes on the Genealogy of the Smith Family. Typescript. Microfilmed 1981. 1306239 Item 6
 * [Snead] Hatcher, Oranie Virginia Snead and Virginia DeMott Cox. The Sneads of Fluvanna. Fork Union, Va.: The Sneads of Fluvanna, 1959..
 * [Soane] McLean, Dabney N. Henry Soane, Progenitor of Thomas Jefferson. Treasure Island, Fla.: D.N. McLean, 1985..
 * [Soane] Brayton, John Anderson. "The Maternal Ancestry of Henry Soane," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):163-172. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Soane] McLean, Dabney N. The English Ancestry of Thomas Jefferson. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 1996..
 * [Spalding] Baty, Elizabeth F. The Ancestry of Phebe Spalding (1786-1835): With Some of Her Allied and Collateral Lines from the 1500's Through the 1800's Including: Blower, Boaden, Brackett, Brow/e, French, Godfrey, Goodwin, Green, Head, Heald, Haynes, Ingersoll, Lamb, Moulton, Page, Salisbury, Ward. Cottage Grove, Ore.: E.F. Baty, 1995..
 * [Stallings] Hamilton, Jane Stallings. The Stallings Report: The Progeny of Nicholas Stallings, c. 1620-1992. Houston, Texas: J.S. Hamilton, 1995..
 * [Stiles] Holm, Vera. History of Stiles Family. Stockport, Iowa: V. Holm, 1960s..
 * [Stuart] 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;.
 * [Sweat] Wise, Erbon W. Sweat Families of the South. Sulpher, La.: E.R. Wise, 1983. 929.273 Sw31w
 * [Thurmond] Thurmond, John William Wesley. The Thurmonds. Tumwater, Wash.: J.W.W. Thurmond II, 1984. 929.273 T425t; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Tucker] Tucker Family, The Critic (Richmond, Va.), 14 September 1889.
 * [Tucker] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Wades] 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.
 * [Walker] Brown, Carolyn Hutchinson. The Alexander Walker Family of James City County, Virginia 1662-1999. Roseburg, Oregon: C.H. Brown, 1999. 929.273 W151bc
 * [Waller] 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.
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