Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy

Lower Norfolk County, Virginia genealogy and family history research page. Guide to Lower Norfolk County (established 1637) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including wills, deeds and land records, family histories, cemeteries, and churches.

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

Church of England
See also Elizabeth River Parish See also Lynnhaven Parish

DNA

 * Culpepper

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
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Lower Norfolk, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 10,000 entries.


 * 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. 929.273 D182s and Supplement:  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-?]. PEDIGREES nos. 1202-1203].

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 * [Asbell] Grimwood, James Maurice and Hilda Jernigan Grimwood. Asbell Connections, 1641-1988: Antecedents and Descendants of Aaron Asbell. Houston, Tex.: J.M. Grimwood, 1991. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Ashall] See Asbell.

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 * [Basnett] Schoonover, Charlene Basnett. The Basnett Family: A Genealogical Data with Brief Biographical Sketches and History of the Basnett Family in the United States. Haven, Kansas: C.B. Schoonover, 1982. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Batchelor] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Batchelor Family: Batchelor in Virginia; Batchelor in North Carolina; Bachelor/Batchelor in Tennessee, Missouri and Texas, Batchler in Texas; and Bachlor in Oklahoma and California. Fort Worth, Tex.: L.K. Williams, 1991. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Belt] Belt, Walter E., Richard N. Belt, Beverly Redman Reeves Watts, and Evelyne J. Keith. About 900 Descendants of Humphrey Belt: Born About 1615 Probably in Scotland, Died 1696 in Maryland, USA, Sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Ship America, Landed at Jamestown, Virginia on 23 July 1635. He is Generally Accepted as the Progenitor of All Present-day Belts in the United States. Flatonia, Tex.: W.E. Belt, 1997. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Bigg] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume XV. Baltimore, 1971..
 * [Binford] Bruner, Mary L. Binford Family Genealogy. Greenfield, Ind.: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co., [1925]. Digital version at - free;.
 * [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..
 * [Bustin] Bustin, Larry. The Family History of George Washington Bustin. Laurel, Miss.: L. Bustin, 1979?..

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 * [Carraway] Walter, Alice Granbery. Carraway--Foster--William(son) and Bartholomew Hoskins, 1601-1706. Lawrence, N.Y.: A.G. Walter, 1971..
 * [Carter] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [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..
 * [Cartwright] Kwasha, Connie Cartwright. Cartwrights of the Southern United States. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996..
 * [Carver] James, Edward W. "Captain William Carver," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):163-165. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Caswell] Caswell, Mary Underwood. The Caswell Family: The De[s]cendants of William Caswell of Lower Norfolk, Virginia, Through His Son Matthew. Arlington, Tex.: Arlington Century Printing, 1983..
 * [Caswell] Smith, M. Joan. William Caswell/Karswell Genealogy. 198-?..
 * [Cocke] "Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):282-292, 340; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):405-414; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):86-96; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):212-217; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):322-332, 334; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1897):431-450; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):71-89; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):303-327; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [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..

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 * [Dorsey] Dorsey, Maxwell J., Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo. The Dorsey Family, Descendants of Edward Darcy-Dorsey of Virginia and Maryland For Five Generations and Allied Families. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company, 2000..
 * [Dozier] Willis, Abiatha. The Dozier Family of Lower Norfolk County: The First Generation..
 * [Dozier] Maling, Anne E. and Abiatha Willis. The Dozier Family of Lower Norfolk County: A Reference. Norfolk, Va.: A. Maling, 1986..

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 * [Emperor] Brandow, James C. comp. Genealogies of Barbados Families from Carribeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983..
 * [Etheridge] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Etheridge Family of Lower Norfolk County &amp; the Connection to the Thomas Nash Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?..

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 * [Fanshaw] Avant, David A. Some Southern Colonial Families. Volume 5. Tallahassee, Fla., 1995..
 * [Fentress] Malloy, Geraldine Osborne and Jacquelyn Osborne Ross. Fentress Genealogy. n.p.: John Moler Molloy, 1993..
 * [Foster] Dennis, Gerneva Foster. Forster--Foster and Their Royal Descendants of England 823 A.D., Virginia 1635 A.D., U.S.A. 1990 A.D. Abilene, Tex.: G.F. Dennis, 1990..

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 * [Gaither] Oldham, James Charles. The Charles Gaither Family, A Legendary History. [Independence, Missouri]: J.C. Oldham, [1999?]..
 * [Gaither] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gammon] Gammon, William J. Old Gammon Families and Their Descendants. Montreat, N.C.: n.p., 1965..
 * [Ganey] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980..
 * [Ganey] Walter, Alice Granbery. William Gany/Ganey/Gayney Family of Elizabeth City, County, Kiccoughtan &amp; Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982..
 * [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..
 * [Godby] Richards, Margie S. Godbey-Godby. Springfield, Ill.: M.S. Richards, 1969..
 * [Godby] Pitts, Alice Ellison. The Godby - Godbey Book. McKinney, Tex.: A.E. Pitts, 1981..
 * [Gookin] Thornton, J. Wingate. "The Gookin Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1 (1847):345-352. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and American Ancestors ($).
 * [Gookin] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Gookin] Gookin, Frederick William. Daniel Gookin, 1612-1687, Assistant and Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1912. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

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 * [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.
 * [Hargrave] Hargrave, Helena M. Goodale. Hargrave Forebears: A Genealogy and History of Some Descendants of Richard Hargrave, Sr. of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1634-1968, with Notes on the English Family Background of Richard and Other Hargrave Families in America. Walnut Creek, Calif.: H.G. Hargrave, 1968..
 * [Hargrave] Goldsborough, Bob. Richard Hargrave of Lower Norfolk Co., Va.: and His Descendants. Shelton, Wash.: B. Goldsborough, 1993..
 * [Hatton] Kelton, Florence Hatton. The Hatton Family: Genealogical Notes and Reminiscences. La Mesa, Calif.: n.p., 1969..
 * [Hayes] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Herbert] Walter, Alice Granbery. Herbert in England &amp; Virginia, 1399-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1977..
 * [Horne] Walter, Alice Granbery. Johannes Yate Married Elizabeth Saverie in 1604 at Standlake, Oxfordshire, England. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?..
 * [Hoskins] Boddie, John Thomas and John Bennett Boddie. Boddie and Allied Families. Chicago: n.p., 1918. Digital version at - free.
 * [Hoskins] Russell, George Ely. "Bartholomew Hoskins, Gent.: Some New Findings," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):83-84. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Howard] Thomas, Lawrence Buckley. The Thomas Book, Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., The Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. New York: Henry T. Thomas Company, 1896. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Howard] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1918. Vol. 1. Digital version at - free.
 * [Howard] Evans, Henry Ridgely. Progenitors of the Howards of Maryland. Baltimore, Md.: J.H. Furse Co.; Washington, D.C.: Sold by W.H. Lowdermilk &amp; Co., 1938..
 * [Huckstep] James, Larry Alan. The Huckstep Family. Neosho, Mo.: L.a. James, 1983..

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 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Thomas Ivey--Ivie--Ivy--Ivye of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1604-1654, &amp; Some of His Descendants. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 196-?..
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Descendants of George Ivy (Died 1689), Son of Thomas Ivy (1604-1655). Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 196-?..
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980..
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Ivie-Ivey-Ivy-Ivye Family of Hullavington, Wiltshire &amp; West Kington, Wiltshire; An Attempt to Find the Progenitor of Thomas Ivy 1604-1653/4 in Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1980].
 * [Ivy] Walter, Alice Granbery. Thomas Ivey/Ivie/Ivy/Ivye of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1604-1654 &amp; Some of His Descendants. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1980].

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 * [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..
 * [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..
 * [Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. Alexander Keeling, Son of Thomas Keeling the Progenitor, 1649-1775: This is a Continueing [sic] Chart from Thomas Keeling I, and Should Be Added to the Previously Published "The 17th Century Families of John Martin and Thomas Keeling" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975..

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 * [Ladd] Bruner, Mary L. Binford Family Genealogy. Greenfield, Ind.: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co., [1925]. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Ladd] Ladd, Ruth Kline. One Ladd's Family, Including Cousins Near and Distant. Naperville, Ill.: Ladd, 1974..
 * [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..
 * [Lee] Moses, Grace McLean. "Richard Lee in Lower Norfolk County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):230. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Llewelling] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Ffuwellen-Llewellyna-Llewelling Family of Lower Norfolk County, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983..
 * [Lloyd] Thomas, Lawrence Buckley. The Thomas Book, Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., The Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. New York: Henry T. Thomas Company, 1896. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Lloyd] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [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..
 * [Lovett] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Genesis of the Lovet Family in Virginia: First Three Generations in Lower Norfolk County. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975..

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 * [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..
 * [Mason] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Ivy - Ganey Families of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980..
 * [Mason] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mason - Langley - Thelaball Families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Norfolk Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1982..
 * [Mathias] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mathias-Matthais Family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983..
 * [Mercer] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume XV. Baltimore, 1971..
 * [Merritt] Turner, Lynne Slater. The Merritt Families of Virginia and Allied Associated Families. 2 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: L.S. Turner, 1987-1988. ff.
 * [Morrow] Morrow, William Robert. Morrow Family Pedigree Charts, ca. 1693-1979. Edmond, Oklahoma: W.R. Morrow, 1984..
 * [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 - free.
 * [Moseley] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Moseley] Moriarty, G. Andrews. "William Moseley, Gent., of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, and His Wife Susanna," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 100 (year):94-99, 292-295.
 * [Moseley] Moseley, A. Marshall. Moseleys were Forced to Flee from England for Loyalty to Martyred Monarch. Newspaper Clipping..
 * [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-?..
 * [Moseley] Moseley, Robert Brainard. The Moseley Line. Salem, Ore.: Richard N. Gookins, 1986..
 * [Moseley] Dixon, Judith Holden. The Moseley/Taylor Families of Thomas Berry Proctor and Willie Ann (Taylor) Moseley: With Material on the Allied Families of: Maxey, Radford, Bondurant, Smith, Trabue, Guerrant, Withers, Hawkins, Duff, Pryor, Branch, Sandifer, Ligon, Hancock, Stovall, Berry, Proctor, Cheadle, Chiles, Woodson, Fleming, Tarleton. Joplin, Mo.: J.H. Dixon, 1990..
 * [Moseley] Moseley, Thomas Byrd. A Moseley Genealogy: England, Holland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas to the West Coast. 2 vols. Clifton, Tex.: T.B. Moseley, Jr., 1985-1993. ff.
 * [Moseley] D'Aiutolo, Leila Eldridge, Warren L. Forsythe, William S. Hubard, and Mary Carolyn Mitton. The Descendants of William Moseley, 1605/1606-1655, of Norfolk, Va. 2 vols. Ellenburg, Wash.: L.E. D'Aiutolo, 2000..

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 * [Nash] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Etheridge Family of Lower Norfolk County &amp; the Connection to the Thomas Nash Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 197-?..
 * [Nash] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Thomas Nash Family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1638-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983..
 * [Needham] Hollaway, Wynell V. Duke. The Needham Families from Virginia: Descendants &amp; Allied Families. Cullman, Ala.: W. Hollaway, 1988..
 * [Newton] "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39 (1885):194. Digital versions at Google Books and New England Ancestors ($). [Announces plans of Mr. Virginius Newton to publish a family history on the Newtons of Lower Norfolk, Nansemond, and Stafford counties.]
 * [Nimmo] Ellis, Thomas H. "William Nimmo, of Williamsburg," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):134-137. Digital version at JSTOR - free..
 * [Nimmo] Granbery, J.N. [Letter], 1937 March 1, New York [to] Mr. Nimmo. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 8, Nimm..
 * [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..
 * [Nimmo] Walter, Alice Granbery. Nimmo of Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1700-1970: and Their Migrations. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980..

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 * [Offley] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Outlaw] Outlaw, Albert Timothy and Abner Henry Outlaw. Outlaw Genealogy: Including English Records, Coat of Arms, Will of Edward Outlaw Dated 1713, Brief Biographical Sketches and Account of the First Grady-Outlaw Reunion. Greensboro, N.C.: A. Outlaw, 1930, 1972..

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 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Lower Norfolk County appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [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..
 * [Portlock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Portlock Family. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983..

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 * [Salmon] Nasser, Ruth Sammons. My Begetters, the Salmons. 5 vols. South Pasadena, Fla.: R.S. Nasser, 1986?. ff.
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Reba E. Shipp Family Genealogy..
 * [Shipp] 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..
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Ralph Danforth. The Shipp Family Genealogy. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1975..
 * [Shipp] Shipp, Ralph D. The Shipp Family Genealogy. Boulder, Colo.: R.D. Shipp, 1985..
 * [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..
 * [Stratton] McCurdy, Mary Burton Derrickson. "The English Origins and History of Henry Bagwell and Thomas Stratton of Early Eastern Shore Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):3-16. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sullivan] Wilcox, Eddie Ruth Pearson. Family History: Sullivan-Dorroh, Parker-Hannah-Lowe, Pearson-Gilliland, Elrod-Conwell- Fendley and Related Families. Dallas, Tex.: R. Wilcox, 1992..

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 * [Theobald] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Thorowgood] "The Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia," Richmond Standard, 26 Nov. 1881.
 * [Thoroughgood] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Thorowgood] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both 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] 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 ($);.
 * [Thorowgood] Walter, Alice Granbery. Adam Thorowgood, 1603-1640, &amp; His Descendants in Lower Norfolk &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1980].
 * [Thoroughgood] Brayton, John Anderson. "The Ancestry of Mrs. Anne (Thoroughgood) Chandler-Fowke," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2004):243-256. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Tucker] Loeser, Rudolf. "Frances (Housden) (Tucker) Nelson and Some Relatives," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1996):55-66. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [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 - free.
 * [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, 197-?..
 * [Watford] Coulliette, James Horace. The Watford Family: The Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Joseph Watford, Born ca. 1680 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Chevy Chase, Md.: M.J. Phillips, 1986..
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Wilder] High, Jessye Ann. Lucy Jane Wylder: Kith and Kin. 1976. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Wilkinson] Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Robert Glenn Thurtle, and Lillian S. King. Pedigrees of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. 3 vols. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1976-1987..
 * [Willoughby] Watson, Annah Walker Robinson. Some Notable Families of America. New York, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Willoughby] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Willoughby] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Willoughby] Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * [Willoughby] Walter, Alice Granbery. Captain Thomas Willoughby (1601-1657) of England, Barbados and Lower Norfolk County, Virginia [and] Some of His Descendants, 1601-1800. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, [1988?]. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Willoughby] Hall, Newman Arnold. "Allerton of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):83-92; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):171-178; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):287-296; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):13-18; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):94-102; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):175-180. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Willoughby] Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. ; online bookstore.
 * [Wilson] Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Robert Glenn Thurtle, and Lillian S. King. Pedigrees of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. 3 vols. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1976-1987..
 * [Woodard] Woodard, Randle C., Audie W. Woodard, and Austin M. Woodard. A History of the Woodards: The Story of Our Heritage, Earliest Times to the Present. Inola, Okla.: Evans Publications, Inc., 1990. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Woodhouse] James, Edward W. "Horatio Woodhouse," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):41-44. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Woodhouse] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Woodhouse] Walter, Alice Granbery. Woodhouse: The English Lines from the Chart Prepared by Milton Drexel Rutherford, (with the Exception of Mr. Rutherford's Direct Line); the Bermuda &amp; American Lines. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983..
 * [Woodhouse] Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008. ; online bookstore; 2004 digital edition at Ancestry ($).
 * [Workman] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..

Y

 * [Yate] Walter, Alice Granbery. Herbert in England &amp; Virginia, 1399-1900s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1977..
 * [Yates] Walter, Alice Granbery. Yates Family in England, British West Indies &amp; Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1656-1700s. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1977..
 * [Yeardley] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Yeardley] Thurtle, Robert Glenn, ed. Register. Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1980. 2002 reprint:.

Immigration

 * 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.]

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.

Periodicals
The Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Antiquary (1899-1905) includes many items of interest to genealogists. All five volumes are available online for free:


 * Vol. 1
 * Vol. 2
 * Vol. 3
 * Vol. 4
 * Vol. 5

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 ($). [Includes material relating to the Thorowgood family of Lower Norfolk County.]
 * Will of Henry Woodhouse, of Linhaven [Lynnhaven] Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, dated 29 January 1686, proved 24 July 1688, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Exton, 102. Abstract published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 38 (1884):67. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($).

Websites

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