Mathews County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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 * [Adams] Wood, Marie and Lee. Adams Family Roots. Pensacola, Florida: 1990. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WOO.
 * [Anderton] Weiss, Gayle Bradley. Up Home: The Anderton, Gayle and White Families of Mathews County, Virginia. 1983. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WEI.
 * [Armistead] Appleton, William S. The Family of Armistead of Virginia. Boston: W.S. Appleton, 1899. Digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive;
 * [Armistead] "Armistead Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):31-33; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):97-102; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):164-171; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):226-234; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):17-24; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):181-186; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):63-70. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Armistead] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Armistead] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992. . WorldCat

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 * [Billups] Esker, Katie-Prince W. Billups and Allied Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 1984. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 ESK. World Cat
 * [Billups] Morgan, Garner Edwin; Dunn, Edward, Matthias; Braun, James. A Genealogy of Those Who Pioneered Our Country. 2008. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 MOR
 * [Broaddus] Broaddus, Andrew. A history of the Broaddus family: from the time of the settlement of the progenitor of the family in the United States down to the year 1888. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Company, 1997. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 BRO. WorldCat
 * [Brooks] Carey, Ralph A. Certain Brooks of Mathews County, Virginia, Version 1. San Anselmo, California: 1993. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 CAR.
 * [Brooks] Carey, Ralph A. Certain Brooks of Mathews County, Virginia, Version 2. San Anselmo, California: 1993. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 CAR.
 * [Buckner] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families. Tappahannock, Virginia: 1971. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WAR. WorldCat

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 * [Callis] McGinnis, Helena Callis. The Callis Family in England and the USA 1086-1986. Chicago, Illinois, 1988. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 CAL. WorldCat
 * [Callis] McGinnis, Helena Callis. The Callis Family in England and the USA 1086-1998. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 1998. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 CAL. WorldCat
 * [Crockett] Morgan, Garner Edwin; Dunn, Edward, Matthias; Braun, James. A Genealogy of Those Who Pioneered Our Country. 2008. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 MOR

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 * [Davis] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Debnam] Debnam, Dorothy Horton. The Robert Debnam Family 1636-2000. Carrboro, North Carolina: McDonald & Associates, 2001. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 DEB. WorldCat
 * [DeWitt] DeWitt, Richard Gilmore. DeWitt Family Genealogy, Volumes 1 & 2. Columbus, Ohio: R. G. DeWitt, c2006. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF.2 DEW.
 * [Diggs] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Diggs] Boone, Louis R. "Cole Diggs of Mathews County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Missouri," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):47-48. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Diggs] Efford, Joan M. Our Efford Family of the Northern Neck: and Related Lines. Tappahannock, Va.: J. Efford, 1992..
 * [Diggs] Wood, Marie and Lee. Adams Family Roots. Pensacola, Florida: 1990. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WOO.

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 * [Eddens] Eddens, Frank Lee Jr. Genealogy of the Eddens Family from John Elder (1762-1835) to James William Eddens (1821-1867) to 1984. Florence, Alabama: The Eddens Family Association, 1984. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 EDD. WorldCat
 * [Edwards] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.

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 * [Forrest] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Forrest] White, Robert Ellerson. Pressons of York : descendants of Nicholas Presson 1690-1982: including family names of Bunting, Freeman, Forrest, Hudgins, Moore, Morris, Phillips, Smith, Topping, Wainwright, White and many others. Grafton, Virginia: John Henry Printing, June 1982. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Forrest] Willett, Albert James. The Forrest Family of the Poquoson District, York County, Virginia. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2001. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WIL. WorldCat
 * [Foster] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Forrest] Morgan, Frederick Gerald. The Forrest Family of Mathews County and Poquoson, Virginia. Hayes, Virginia: 1997. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CRED 929.2 MOR.
 * [Forrest] Morgan, Frederick Gerald. The Forrest Family of Mathews County, Virginia. Hayes, Virginia: 1997. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CRED 929.2 MOR.
 * [Foster] Hudgins, Edgar H. Hudgins Virginia to Texas. Houston, Texas: Larksdale, 1983. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 HUD. WorldCat

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 * [Garnett] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families. Tappahannock, Virginia: 1971. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WAR. WorldCat
 * [Gayle] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Gayle] Weiss, Gayle Bradley. Up Home: The Anderton, Gayle and White Families of Mathews County, Virginia. 1983. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WEI.
 * [Gray] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat


 * [Gwyn] Lustenberger, Anita A. "One Piece of a Family Puzzle: Hugh Gwyn ("1702-68") of Gloucester County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 99, No. 3 (Sep. 2011):185-198.
 * [Gwyn] Hickerson, Thomas Felix. Happy Valley History and Genealogy. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The Seeman Printery, Inc., c1940. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 HIC. WorldCat
 * [Gwynn] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.

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 * [Hall] Hall, Conrad Mercer. A Select History of Mathews County Virginia 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries and the Family of Robert and Ann Hall. Richmond, Virginia: Dementi Milestone Publishing, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 HAL. WorldCat
 * [Hoskins] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families. Tappahannock, Virginia: 1971. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WAR. WorldCat
 * [Hudgins] Hudgins, Edgar H. Hudgins Virginia to Texas. Houston, Texas: Larksdale, 1983. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 HUD. WorldCat
 * [Hudgins] Felton, Ella Thomas Hudgins. History of the Hudgins - Rond, Thomas - Philips Families. 1998. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 FEL.
 * [Hudgins] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Hudgins] White, Robert Ellerson. Pressons of York : descendants of Nicholas Presson 1690-1982: including family names of Bunting, Freeman, Forrest, Hudgins, Moore, Morris, Phillips, Smith, Topping, Wainwright, White and many others. Grafton, Virginia: John Henry Printing, June 1982. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [Hudgins] Rubey, Ann Todd; Stacy, Florence Isabelle; Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Speaking of Families: The Tod(D)s of Caroline County Virginia and Their Kin. Columbia, Missouri: Artcraft Press, 1960. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 RUB. WorldCat
 * [Hudgins] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [Hunley] Yeatman, Walter Clark. The Yeatmans in America. Los Angeles?: 1933. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 YEA. WorldCat
 * [Hunley] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.

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 * [James] Ironmonger, Elizabeth Hogg. A Virginia Genealogy: Thomas James (Clerk of Kingston Parish, 1783 - 1796; Ancestry and Descendants, 1653 - 1961. Crozet, Virginia: Arthur W. James, c1961. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 IRO. Digital version at . Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [James] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [Jarvis] Jarvis, Richard LeRoy. Francis Jarvis: A Person of Quality. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2005. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 JAR. WorldCat
 * [Jarvis] Jarvis, Richard LeRoy. Jarvis Family History of Mathews County, Virginia, Volumes 1 & 2. 2000. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 JAR.
 * [Jarvis] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat

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 * [Knight] Morgan, Frederick Gerald. The Knight Family of Mathews County, Virginia. Hayes, Virginia: 1995. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CRED 929.2 MOR.

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 * [Lane] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books, Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive;.
 * [Lane] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.

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 * [Morgan] Morgan, Frederick Gerald. The Morgan Family of Mathews County, Virginia. Hayes, Virginia: 1995. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CRED 929.2 MOR.
 * [Mosby] Yeatman, Anna Maria Dandridge. Personal History of the Families of Yeatman and Patterson and a few of their connections. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA.

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 * [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] Donnelly, Shirley. "Notes on Captain William Nelson Page," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1963):39-40. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Matthews [sic] County appears in Vol. 2]
 * [Patterson] Yeatman, Anna Maria Dandridge. Personal History of the Families of Yeatman and Patterson and a few of their connections. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA.
 * [Patterson] Yeatman, Walter Clark. The Yeatmans in America. Los Angeles?: 1933. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA. WorldCat
 * [Patterson] Spratley, Robert S. "Isleham" Mathews County, Virginia. 1989. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 975.5. WorldCat
 * [Peyton] Spratley, Robert S. "Isleham" Mathews County, Virginia. 1989. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 975.5. WorldCat
 * [Presson] White, Robert Ellerson. Pressons of York : descendants of Nicholas Presson 1690-1982: including family names of Bunting, Freeman, Forrest, Hudgins, Moore, Morris, Phillips, Smith, Topping, Wainwright, White and many others. Grafton, Virginia: John Henry Printing, June 1982. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 WHI. WorldCat

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 * [Ransone] Ward, Jesse E. A Genealogy of the Peter Ransone Family. Richmond, Virginia: 1995. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WAR.
 * [Ransone] Price, William Spencer. The Ransone Family of Gloucester County. Stanardsville, Virginia: Price Genealogical Service, 2004. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 PRI.
 * [Reade] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [Respress] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [Respess] Morgan, Garner Edwin; Dunn, Edward, Matthias; Braun, James. A Genealogy of Those Who Pioneered Our Country. 2008. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 MOR


 * [Ruff] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat

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 * [Sadler] Barnes, Cynthia Tucker. 247 Years of The Sadler Family, 1756-2003. Ashburn, Virginia: C. T. Barnes, 2003 Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 BAR.
 * [Shepard] Talley, William M. "Chauncey Berkeley Shepard: Matthews County, Va., and Lewis County, Ky.," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 2 (April/June 1982):43-45. 976.9 B2kg v. 24 (1982)
 * [Sparks] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat
 * [Spriggs] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat
 * [Smith] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992. . WorldCat

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 * [Tabb] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992. . WorldCat
 * [Tabb] Yeatman, Anna Maria Dandridge. Personal History of the Families of Yeatman and Patterson and a few of their connections. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA.


 * [Tatterson] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat


 * [Todd] Rubey, Ann Todd; Stacy, Florence Isabelle; Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Speaking of Families: The Tod(D)s of Caroline County Virginia and Their Kin. Columbia, Missouri: Artcraft Press, 1960. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 RUB. WorldCat
 * [Tompkins] Yeatman, Anna Maria Dandridge. Personal History of the Families of Yeatman and Patterson and a few of their connections. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA.
 * [Tompkins] Yeatman, Walter Clark. The Yeatmans in America. Los Angeles?: 1933. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 YEA. WorldCat

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 * [West] Morgan, Frederick Gerald Morgan. The West Family of Gloucester & Mathews Counties, Virginia. Hayes, Virginia: 1994. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 MOR.
 * [White] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of John French White and His Wife Martha Cowles White: Including Many Old Mathews and York County Family Names, Also Some from Other Areas: This Book Covers a Period of About Three Hundred Years. Grafton, Va.: John Henry Printing Co., 1988?. . WorldCat
 * [White] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and his wife Catherine G. Smith: including family names Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, White, Wood and many others, 1730-1984: a Virginia genealogy. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WHI. WorldCat
 * [White] Keene, Sylvia W.; Brissette-Minus, Kathy. Our Family Then and Now An Anthology, The Journey of One African American Family Through Seven and Eight Generations From Slavery to 2020. Washington, D.C.: Opus Self-Publishing Services, 2020. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 KEE. WorldCat
 * [White] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [White] Weiss, Gayle Bradley. Up Home: The Anderton, Gayle and White Families of Mathews County, Virginia. 1983. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WEI.
 * [Williams] Murray, Milton. "The Williams Family of Mathews County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 4 (February/March 1993):178-181..

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 * [Yeatman] Yeatman, Anna Maria Dandridge. Personal History of the Families of Yeatman and Patterson and a few of their connections. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 YEA.
 * [Yeatman] Yeatman, Walter Clark. The Yeatmans in America. Los Angeles?: 1933. Available at Mathews Memorial Library 929.2 YEA. WorldCat
 * [Yeatman] Wynne, Mrs. Robert Louthan. Houston, Texas: 1972. Descendants of Thomas Elliott Edwards (1792-1857) and his four wives. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 929.2 WYN.
 * [Yeatman] Spratley, Robert S. "Isleham" Mathews County, Virginia. 1989. Available at Mathews Memorial Library CREF 975.5. WorldCat