Northumberland County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Northumberland County

Parent County
1648--Northumberland County was created 12 October 1648 from Indian District of Chickacoan. County seat: Heathsville

Boundary Changes
Northumberland County and Westmoreland County were temporarily joined in 1662, see: Milnor Ljungstedt, "Westmoreland and Northumberland Joined," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1924):46-47.

Neighboring Counties

 * Lancaster
 * Richmond
 * Westmoreland

Cemeteries

 * "Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond, and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct. 1902):123-130; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1903):191-195. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Early Tombstones in Northumberland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):42-47. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Inscriptions on Old Tombstones in Westmoreland and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jul. 1900):25-31. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution. Freedom Hill Chapter (McLean, Va.). Virginia DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report: Tombstone Inscriptions of Northumberland County, Virginia. Virginia DAR, 1996.

Church

 * Hall, Addison. The Glory of the Latter House: Sermon, Dedication of Coan Meeting House, County of Northumberland, Va.,Oct. 3, 1847. 1848.

Baptist


 * Coan Baptist Church (Heathsville, Virginia). Church History Committee. Stop and Look: The History of the Coan Baptist Church, 1804-1979 : Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. Barbour Print., 1987.
 * Semple, Robert Baylor and Clarissa Hall. The Faithful Servant of God Exemplied in the Life and Death of Samuel L. Straughan: Late Minister of the Gospel, Northumberland County, Va. Shepherd &amp; Pollard, printers, 1822.

Church of England


 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Apr. 1946):137-151; Vol. 54, No. 3 (Jul. 1946):233-243. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Northern Neck Historical Society. Commemorating the Establishment of a Memorial Monument to the Parish of Great Wiccocomoco: Northumberland County, Va. June 5, 1961. 1961.
 * "Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Apr. 1909):237-244; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct. 1909):129-137. Available at JSTOR ($).

Presbyterian


 * Toler, Henry, Clarissa Pollard and Eliza Steptoe. The Faithful Minister's Work and Course Pursued and Finished: Being the Substance of Two Sermons Occasioned by the Death of Elder Lewis Lunsford, Late of Northumberland, in the State of Virginia, Who Departed this Life at Mr. Abraham Gregory['s] in Essex, October 26, 1793, about the Fortieth ... Ormond &amp; Ormond &amp; Conrad, no. 41, Old Sign of Franklin's Head, Chestnut-Street, 1795.

Court
County Court


 * Duvall, Lindsay O. Virginia Colonial Abstracts. Series II, Volume I. Northumberland County, 1678-1713. [Abstracts of order books 1678-1713.]
 * Fleet, Beverley. Northumberland County Records, 1652-1655: Containing Abstracts from Court Order Book No. 2, 20th Sept. 1652-20th Oct. 1655, Record Book No. 14, 20th Sept. 1652-20th Aug. 1655. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital book at Ancestry ($).
 * Herman, Lawrence George. Presentments of the Grand Jury of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1744-1770. College of William and Mary, 1976.
 * "Revolutionary Proceedings in Northumberland County, 1765, 1776-1778," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2, (Labeled issue 1) (Oct. 1911):127-132. Available at JSTOR ($).

Family Histories

 * [Anderson] Reed, Avery H. Genealogy of the Anderson Family, Embracing the Lineage of Virginia Immigrant (I) Thomas Anderson, of Northumberland, England and Frances Jones (Anderson) of Virginia. n.p.: A.H. Reed, 1963. Available at FHL.
 * [Bailey] Bailey (Bayly) Families of Northumberland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Ball] See Dameron.
 * [Beacham] Beach, Eugene H. The Ancestry and Posterity of Wilton Avery Beauchamp of Northumberland County, Virginia: Being an Excerpt from a Work in Progress on the Descendants of Daniel Beacham. Highland, Michigan: E.H. Beach, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Beauchamp] See Beacham.
 * [Bledsoe] See Dameron.
 * [Bonham] Bonham (Bonum) Family of Northumberland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Broun] See McAdam.
 * [Claughton] Luht, Richard I. The Claughton Family of Northumberland County, Va. Fairbanks, Alaska: R.I. Luht, 1995. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Coles] Coles, Mildred L. The Coles Family of Northumberland County, Virginia. M.L. Coles, 1985.
 * [Cooper] "Sampson Cooper. Alderman of Ripon, Yorkshire, England; And of Northumberland County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Apr. 1950):230-236. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Coppage] See Dameron.
 * [Dameron] Browning, Charles H. "Ball, Cuppage and Dameron, of Northumberland County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct. 1902):137-139. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Dameron] Snow, Helen Foster. 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. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Davis]See also Fielding.
 * [Davis] David, George Jacob. Family History: With Special Emphasis on the Ancestors of the Brothers: Philip Christopher Davis, George Graham Davis, Joseph Gamble Davis, James Conrad Davis [and] John Edward Davis. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: G.J. Davis, 1955. Available at FHL.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Denny] Hirtzel, Richard D. Denny Families in Early Northumberland County and Lancaster County, Virginia. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Doherty] Heinemann, Charles Brunk. Descendants of Ah Daughhetee, Daughhetee, Daughity, Doherty, O'Dogherty, Etc., Families: of Northumberland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1942. Digital book available at Ancestry ($).
 * [Downing] Keach, O.A. "The Downings of Northumberland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jan. 1916):189-193. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Downing] Keach, O.A. "John Downing of Fairfields, Northumberland County, Virginia, and His Descendants," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jul. 1916); Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct. 1916). Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Fielding] "Fielding and Davis Notes. The Fielding Family of Northumberland County," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):453-455; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Oct. 1904):214-215. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Gaskins] See also Dameron.
 * [Gaskin] Gaskin Family, Northumberland County, Virginia: Research Notes. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Gresham] Smith, Ralph D. The Tennison Family of Southern Maryland, Volume 2: Sometimes called Tennis, Dennis or Dennison, During the Period 1650-1770, Together with 1635-1657 Records of John Gresham of Northumberland Co., Va., and Other Early Greshams. R.D. Smith, 1998.
 * [Hack] References to the Hack Family Abstracted from Various Sources in Northumberland and Northampton Counties, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Harding] Waring, Lucy Lemoine. Hardings of Northumberland County, Virginia and Their Related Families: Mini-history, Homes and Churches. Wicomico Church, Virginia: n.p., 1971. Available at FHL.
 * [Harrison] Reese, Madeline. The Descendants of Matthew Harrison of Northumberland and Richmond Counties, Virginia. Rio Rancho, New Mexico: M. Reese, 2007. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Harvey] See Dameron.
 * [Haydon] Froom, Grace Yager. A Collection of Facts and Recollections of the Descent Lines and the Relationships Among Some Descendants of William Herndon of England and New Kent Co., Va.; Anthony Halberstadt of Hessen Kassel, Germany and Hunterdon Co., N.J.; Thomas Faulconer of England and Isle of Wight Co., Va.; Thomas Haydon of Northumberland Co., Va.; Nicholas Yager of Hesse, Germany and Spotsylvania and Madison Cos., Va.; Lewis Conner, Sr. of Boone Co., Ky. Indianapolis, Indiana: G.Y. Froom, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Haydon] Haydon, R. Thomas Haydon II, Northumberland County, VA - Spotsylvania County, VA, circa 1698-1782. R. Haydon, 1993.
 * [Haynie] Torrence, Clayton. Haynie Family of Northumberland County, Virginia: Captain John Haynie (c. 1624- post 1894) to ... Lucy Haynie (1748-1812) of Ludenbury County, Virginia and Wilkes County, Georgia. 1949.
 * [Heath] Keach, O.A. "The Heaths of Northumberland County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Oct. 1915):109-115. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hill] Hill, John McMurry. William Hill of Northumberland County, Virginia: And Various Descendants. Violet, Louisiana: Frank W. Gurney, 1980. Two copies available at FHL here and here.
 * [Hobson] "Northumberland County and Some of Its Families," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):182-190. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hull] "Northumberland County and Some of Its Families," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):182-190. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hull] Herndon, John W. The Hull Family of Northumberland &amp; Spotsylvania Counties, Virginia: Together with the Hull Family that Moved to Northern Mississippi in 1838; Notes on Hulls Living Elsewhere than in Virginia, and Notes on Some Allied Families. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Jenkins] Jenkins, Northumberland County. 108 pages. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Jones] Keach, O.A. "Mr. Robert Jones, of Fleet's Bay, Northumberland County, and Some of His Descendants," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):191-202; Vol. 23, No. 4 (Apr. 1915):261-271. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Kenner] Kenner Family of Northumberland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [LeHew] Houchins-Heppes, Rachel A. Some Pomeroy Descendants of Nicholas LeHew, Emigrant from Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia and Richard Pomeroy from ("Old Frederick County", "Old Shenandoah County") Warren County, Virginia: Volume I &amp; II Abridged. R.A. Houchins-Heppes, 1998.
 * [McAdam] Broun, Thomas L. "Family Records of the McAdam and Broun Families, of Northumberland Co., Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):25-27.
 * [McAdam] McAdam, Northumberland County, Virginia. 204 pages. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [McClanahan] McClanahan, Marshall Loring. Thos. &amp; Dorothy (Mooney) McClanahan w.1681, Northumberland Co., Va. &amp; Some of Their Descendants : Fr. Files of J. Adger Stewart, Kathleen Carter, Etc. MSS., two copies available at FHL here and here.
 * [Opie] Duvall, Lindsay O. "The Opie Family of Northumberland County," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan. 1946):68-76. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Pope] Heath, O.A. "The Popes of Northumberland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jan., 1914):209-215. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Presley] "Northumberland County and Some of Its Families," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):182-190. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Presley] References to the Presley Family in Northumberland County, Virginia Records. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Presly] Keach, Mrs. O.A. "The Preslys of Northumberland," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):92-93; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr. 1926):187-192; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul. 1926):287-292. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Rodham] References to the Family of Matthew Rodham (Rhodon) Found in the County Records of Northumberland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Schrever] "Northumberland County and Some of Its Families," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):182-190. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Smith] See Dameron.
 * [Taylor] See also Dameron.
 * [Taylor] "The Taylor Family of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr. 1927):211-218; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul. 1927):309-312; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct. 1928):388-389. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Taylor] Pinkard, Ophelia Taylor. The Taylors of Northumberland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: O.T. Pinkard, 1987. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Vanlandingham] Harris, Nancy Louise Edwards. VanLandingham Family of Northumberland Co., Va. Alexandria, Virginia : N.E. Harris, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Waddy] See also Dameron.
 * [Waddy] Keach, O.A. "The Waddy Family of Northumberland County, Virginia," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Apr. 1917):254-267. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Walker] Walker, Legaré. The Walker Family, Originally of the Yeocomico River Section of Northumberland (Subsequently Westmoreland) County, Virginia, Stemming from William Walker, 1622/23-1657, and Through One of His descendants, Joseph Rabley Walker, 1768-1816, Who Immigrated from Mecklenburg County in that State to ... n.p., 1945.
 * [Wright] Some Descendants of Richard Wright: Gentleman of London, England &amp; Northumberland, Virginia, 1655. 192-?. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Wright] Wright, John Calvin. Genealogy of John J. Wright of Virginia, Indiana, and Kansas : a lineal descendant of Richard Wright of London and Northumberland County, Virginia, 1650-1953. 1953. Available at FHL. [N.B.: Wright DNA Project at Family Tree DNA has disproved theory that Wrights of Franklin County, Virginia descend from Richard Wright of Northumberland County, Virginia.]

Gazetteers

 * Wilson, John C. Creek Peek Collection: From the Piankatank to the Potomac: Locations of 195 Creeks, Coves, Bays, Branches, Prongs, Ponds and Rivers in Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties of Virginia. Rappahannock Press, 199-?.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Cherry Point, Bow Tracy, Northumberland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Northumberland&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Northumberland County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at New England Ancestors ($). [Northumberland Co., VA record surname: Lord.]

Local Histories

 * Scott, Steven, University of New Orleans, University of New Orleans. Dept. of History. Social Networking in Seventeenth-century Virginia: Northumberland County, 1651-1665. University of New Orleans, 2005.

Military
English Civil War


 * Hackley, Woodford B. "The Northumberland Oath 1652," [Oath of Allegiance to Oliver Cromwell's government during Commonwealth Period] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan. 1941):33-36. Available at JSTOR ($). [Identifies many local residents.]

Colonial Militia


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

French and Indian War


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

Revolutionary War


 * "Revolutionary Proceedings in Northumberland County, 1765, 1776-1778," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2, (Labeled issue 1) (Oct. 1911):127-132. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Sutton, K.E. Black, Red and Revolutionary: Free African Americans of Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Virginia in the Era of the American Revolution. K.E. Sutton, 1997.

Minorities

 * Potter, Stephen R. An Ethnohistorical Examination of Indian Groups in Northumberland County, Virginia: 1608-1719. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1976.
 * Sutton, K.E. Black, Red and Revolutionary: Free African Americans of Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Virginia in the Era of the American Revolution. K.E. Sutton, 1997.
 * Sutton, Karen E. Northumberland County, Virginia Registers of Free Blacks. Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.

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

Occupations

 * Doggett, Barbara Lynn. Parish Apprenticeship in Colonial Virginia: A Study of Northumberland County, 1680-1695 and 1750-1765. College of William and Mary, 1981.
 * "Northumberland County," [List of Burgesses from the County Levy (1658-1719)] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):179-180. Available at JSTOR ($).

Poor Records

 * Doggett, Barbara Lynn. Parish Apprenticeship in Colonial Virginia: A Study of Northumberland County, 1680-1695 and 1750-1765. College of William and Mary, 1981.

Private Papers

 * [Galloway] Nickson, James, David Galloway and Thomas Lee. Title Account, November 1745 to November 1746, with David Galloway of Northumberland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation taken from Google Books.]
 * [Jones] Jones Family and Library of Congress. The Papers of the Jones Family of Northumberland, Virginia, 1649-1889. Library of Congress, 1972.

Probate
Local Court


 * Photocopy of the Will of Samuel Griffin of Northumberland County, Virginia (1702) and Research Notes. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Cherry Point, Bow Tracy, Northumberland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1788 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Northumberland County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fleet, Beverley. Northumberland Co. Record of Births, 1661-1810. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital book at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Available at FHL.
 * "Marriage License Records of Northumberland County, Virginia, from 1735 to 1795: As Recorded in Clerk's Fee Books," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):41-47. Available at JSTOR ($).

Voting

 * Bromley, Richard Franklin and Margaret Payne Bromley. Northumberland County, Virginia Poll List for the Election of Burgesses for the Period 1750-1774. Family Line Publications, 1994.

Societies and Libraries

 * Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library, http://www.mbwm.org/.

Websites

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