James City County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

United States   Virginia    James City County    James City County 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]

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


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

Bibliography


 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Brownes] "Brownes of James City County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):119-120. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Clayton] "John Clayton, of James City, Afterwards of Crofton, Yorkshire," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1921):114-115. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [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?].
 * [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 New England Ancestors ($).
 * [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.
 * [Hopkins] Johnson, Caleb. "The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):161-171.
 * [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
 * [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.]
 * [Normansell] See Holt.
 * [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 (full-view).
 * [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.
 * [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
 * [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
 * [Walker] Brown, Carolyn Hutchinson. The Alexander Walker Family of James City County, Virginia 1662-1999. Roseburg, Oregon: C.H. Brown, 1999. 929.273 W151bc
 * [Wilson] McCrary, Patti Sue. Wilson Families in Cumberland County, Virginia, and Woodford County, Kentucky with Correspondence and Other Papers, 1785-1849. Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2005. 929.273 W691mp
 * [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
 * [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. The Wynne Family of York, Warwick, &amp; James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, 1985. 929.273 W992j
 * [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. Wynne History Supplement: Corrections and Additions to The Wynne Familyof York, Warwick, and James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, 1986?. 929.273 W992j Supp.