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Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Most material was given to Special Collections, beginning in the 1930's until 2009. Early acquisitions were often sent to Earl Gregg Swem. Accession numbers and donor names have been added to each family entry when known.
Processed by Annette Johnson in 1986.
An artificial collection of genealogical materials; ca. 1880 to 1993; many of which were probably collected by Dr. Earl Gregg Swem in connection with the publication of genealogical information in the "William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Series". Includes correspondence, clippings, coats-of-arms, charts, and family histories. Most newspaper clippings are from "The Standard" in Richmond, Virginia from the early 1880's.
Artificial collection of genealogical material in alphabetical order by surname.
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Report, "The Family of Capt. Robert Alexander: by Daniel T. Fishback in 1983. Newspaper article on Alexander Family.
Scope and Contents Report "The Allen and Warren Families of James City County, Virginia" by Jean E. Blackmon in 1990.
Brief description of individuals from the Alnutt, Lightfoot, Wyatt and Cage Families by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot.
Publication on the Anderson Family by W.R. (William Robert) Jones dated 1917. 4 pages. Newspaper clipping on the "Anderson Family - Additions and Emendations." Includes a group of empty genealogy charts.
Genealogical data on James Anderson of Williamsburg, Virginia (1739-1798) for Daughters of the American Revolution membership, dated 1917. Mss. Acc. 1991.010, gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Ashbaugh.
1927 letter from M.W. Hiding to Earl Gregg Swem sending him a letter from her cousin, Mrs.J.H. Hiden of Pungoteague, Virginia, about the Andews Family.
Descendants of Robert Andrews (1789-1861) and Catharine Andrews (1789-1861). Catherine Andrews (1789-1861) daughter of Robert Andrews (1789-1861), daughter of Robert Andrews, married Joseph Biddle Wilkinsin in 1807. Mss. Acc. 1995.062, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wilkinson in 1995.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping from "The Standard" about the Armistead Family. Dated May 22, 1880.
Scope and Contents Bound volume, "The Ashtons, A Family of England, the West Indies, Pennsylvania and Virginia" by Charles A. Loving. 77 pages. 1978. Includes photographs. Mss. Acc. 1992.32.
Scope and Contents Wedding announcement of Ellen Louise Axson and Thomas Woodrow Wilson in the June 1947 "Savannah Life Magazine." Copy of an article "Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's New Orleans Kin" in the July 28, 1912 "The Daily Picayune - New Orleans." May 31, 1947 letter from Mary Tyndall May to John Melville Jennings enclosing these 2 items.
Photocopy of book "The Aylett Letters being four letters written in the 17th Century to the Cavalier Captain John Aylett, of Virginia..." 1908. Genealogical newspaper clipping on the Aylett and other families, undated.
Newspaper clipping on the Bacon Family from the October 2, 1880 "The Standard, Richmond, VA."
Scope and Contents Copy of an October 16, 1954 letter from Willliam N. Wilkins to Mrs.Sumner A.Parker enclosing a family tree beginning wih Robert Baillie who married Nancy Mountjoy and a report from the "Ida Charles Wilkins Foundation" on "Maryland Genealogical Notes, The Bailey Family of Maryland," October 1954.
Newspaper clipping on the Baldwin Family from the August 20, 1881 "The Standard, Richmond, VA."
Report on the family of William James Barger and Margaret Ann Boggs of Ohio by G.J.F. Barger, M.D., their grandson. September 4, 1959.
Correspondence between W.E. Barret of Richmond, VA, Herbert L. Ganter, Rare Books and Manuscripts Curator at William and Mary and Earl Gregg Swem, Librarian, William and Mary about the Barret Family. Includes reports, notes and newspaper articles on the Barret Family.
Letter from P.H. Baskerville of Richmond, VA to Dr. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing clippings from books about the Baskerville Family, May 24, 1913.
Handwritten copy of a patent for Captain William Bassett for 1088 acres of Marsh Land in Blissland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, dated1695.
Newspaper clipping about the Bathurst Family.
Newspaper clipping about the Batte Family.
Correspondence with George Magruder Battey III of Page County, Virginia which includes reports on the Battey Family.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Beaumont Family of England and Virginian" compiled by Mary Beaumont Statham "as told me by my Mother who was the eldest daughter of Elizabeth C. Beaumont and Thos. Ferguson. 1916.
Scope and Contents Self published booklet entitled "Beeler Biography and Genealogy" compiled and printed by Milo Custer, Bloomington, Illinois, 1918.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "The Descendants of Peter Beghtol of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Illinois by his First Wife Polly Bruner, His Second Wife Catherine Bruner and his Third Wife Sarah Ann Evans With Miscellaneous Data on Various Lines on the Beghtol-Bechtol Family and Evans Family in America" by Virginia Ingles Maes, Redfield, South Dakota.
Newspaper clipping on the Belfield Family from the January 7, 1882 "The Standard, Richmond, VA."
Newspaper clipping about the Bennett Family, photostat of Bennett Coat of Arms and report entitled "Extracts from 'Our Family Tree' by William Alexander Smith, Ansonville NC." Calling card with a note to Dr. Swem from Mrs. Thomas C. Whitner.
Newspaper clipping about the Berkley Family.
Report on the Blackwell and Hughes Families by Francis Stuart Harmon, New York, NY, Christmas 1958.
Family tree of the Blairs of Williamsburg, VA by Dr. Hiestand-Moore of Philadelphia, PA and photocopy of the Blair coat-of-arms.
Scope and Contents 1 page excerpt by the Genealogical Bureau of Virginia from "Notes for Amelia County Court" on the will of Theodorick Bland in 1783 and 1784.
Scope and Contents Program for the "Blanding Family Association" meeting with constitution and names of members. Location and date not noted.
Cardboard plaque with Blundon coat-of-arms.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Boisseau Family of Virginia, Dinwiddie and Prince George Counties" by Robert Anderson Boisseau, Mathews, Virginia, November 1991.
Correspondence of Micajah Boland of London Bridge, Virginia and an included family tree entitled "Pedigree and Royal Descent of Elizabeth Sydnor (Terry) Boland and Captain John N. Boland.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Of Whom I Came: From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise and Otherwise, A Compilation of Genealogies of Families of Bolling, Colquitt, Gable, Norman, Rish, Robertson, Weatherbee, Wells, Wofford with Numerous Related and Connection Families, Volume VI, Part 1, "Bolling Volume" by Zelma Wells Price of Greenville, Mississippi, dated January 1963.
Handwritten genealogy chart on the Bolling Family, beginning with Pocahantas and John Rolfe and following the direct line to Mrs. Philip Cabell, Mrs. Alexander Holladay, Mr. Richard Bolling, Mr. Thomas Bolling and Mr. C.E. Bolling. Undated.
Letter from William and Mary to Hugh Goodwin Bonham thanking him for the genealogical charts of the Goodwin, Bonham and Gollehon Families.
1926 letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Mrs. Wirt Johnson Carrington enclosing a short note stating that Mary Jordan Booth married Mr. Page Haskins Vaughan on December 26, 1925 in Trinity Episcopal Church, South Boston, Virginia. Nora JOrdan Booth, wife of Henry M. Booth, died suddenly March 1, 1926 in South Boston, Virginia.
2 letters from Miss L.A.B. Cornick about the Boush Family.
Print of the coat-of-arms for the Bower Family.
Newspaper clippng with genealogical information on Alexander Boyd.
Printed sheet with genealogy of the "Children and Grand-Children of John and Mary (Marr) Bradford of Fauquier County, Virginia.
Scope and Contents April 1937 genealogical report, "Bramblette-Bramlett-Bramlitt Famiy Notes" assembled by Robert Franklin Cole of Washington D.C. 17 pages.
Printed flyer on the Brennan Family by J.F. B., beginning with Hubert Brennan of Ireland.
Newspaper clipping on the Brett Family.
Scope and Contents 14 page report, "Bridger of Gloucester, England and Isle of Wight Virginia" and 2 newspaper clippings on the Bridger Family.
Genealogical information on the Briggs Family sent to Dr. Swem by Mrs. Lucile G. Pleasants of Los Angeles, CA.
Genealogical booklet on Benjamin Briggs line of Southampton County, written by Martha W. Briggs, 1993. Accession 1993.56,
Scope and Contents "History of our Family: Briggs, Phillips and Related families" by Richard Dunn, Volume I and II. Dated 1991 and 1993. Accessions 1993.29 and 1995.30. Gift of Richard Dunn.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Brown, Spencer and Related Families" compiled by Ruth Richmond Austin of Tampa, Florida. undated. 43 pages with addendums.
Newspaper clipping on the Browne Family from the February 12, 1881 edition of "The Standard."
Typed carbon copy of a report, "Browning Family History." 2 pages. undated.
Letter from Mrs. Buchan Hepburn of Clovelly, Upper Norwood, England about the Buchan Family with an attached page from a book on Buchan of Kelloe. January 21, 1891.
Letter to W.S. Morton of Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia from Warrenton, Virginia about the Bullitt Family. October 10, 1859.
Newspaper clipping on the Burwell Family.
Newspaper clipping on the Cabell Family.
Scope and Contents "Genealogy of descendants of William Caldwell and Minnie Ethel Morgan and seventeen related families" compiled by Ralph and Jean Caldwell. 1996. Pages 1 - 386. Family names include: Bailey Family, Blankenship Family, Caldwell Family, Clark Family, Cockcraft Family, Davidson Family, Flournoy Family, Grim Family, Gurganey-Harris Family, Hancock Family, Haymaker Family, Lee Family, Ligon Family, Lusk Family, Medlin Family, Moorman Family, Morgan Family, Sinclair Family and Watts Family.
Scope and Contents "Genealogy of descendants of William Caldwell and Minnie Ethel Morgan and seventeen related families" compiled by Ralph and Jean Caldwell. 1996. Pages 387 - 521. Family names include: Bailey Family, Blankenship Family, Caldwell Family, Clark Family, Cockcraft Family, Davidson Family, Flournoy Family, Grim Family, Gurganey-Harris Family, Hancock Family, Haymaker Family, Lee Family, Ligon Family, Lusk Family, Medlin Family, Moorman Family, Morgan Family, Sinclair Family and Watts Family. Mss. Acc. 1997.74.
Genealogy notes on the Calkins Family sent to Earl Gregg Swem by Mrs. Velma L. Deason of St. Paul, MN
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Genealogy of the Carter Family, particularly correspondence from Paul E. Ship of Lexington, Kentucky on the Carter and Shipp Families.
Family chart of the Castle Family which includes the Tyler Family.
September 26, 1797 letter from Joseph Chew in Montreal to Joseph about the genealogy of the Chew Family.
Genealogy of the Chiles Family by Miss Sue C. Terrell of Lynchburg, Virginia. 2 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Genealogy of the Clack Family by Mrs. Lucile Gibson Pleasants of Los Angeles, California.
Newspaper clipping.
Copy of will of Jasper S. Clayton (1900), photostat copies of Clayton family trees and legal documents and correspondence with different Clayton Family descendants.
Newspaper clippings and correspondence between Dr. Swem and John B. Boddie of Chicago, IL about the Cocke Family.
Copy of a newspaper article in the Lynchburg News by Martha Rivers Adams on the Cohn Family.
Scope and Contents Compilation on the Coleman Family, "The Coleman Family Album, Descendants of Robert Coleman, The Daniel Coleman Line" by Ellen Nelson Catron. Includes photographs. 18 pages. Genealogical charts of the Sir James of Braxton, Mango, Essex.
Scope and Contents "Colgin and Related Families, Genealogy and History, General Information" dated June 1990. Accession 1991.01.
Scope and Contents "Colgin and Related Families, Genealogy and History, General Information" dated June 1990. Maps and Charts. Accession 1991.01.
Scope and Contents "Colgin and Related Families, Genealogy and History, General Information, Volume I, Part B" dated August 29, 1991. Accession Number 1992.24. Gift of Harvey L. Colgin.
Scope and Contents "Colgin and Related Families, Genealogy and History, General Information, Volume I, Part C" dated August 1992. Mss. Acc. 1993.37A. Gift of Harvey Colgin via Harrison Tyler.
Scope and Contents "Colgin and Related Families Genealogy, History and General Information, Volume I, Part D" dated August 29, 1994. Mss. Acc. 1995.13.
Narrative family tree of the Collins Family, Murphy Family and Hoge Family by Troy Young Collins of Fort Worth, TX.
Typed transcript of a narrative family story of Rawleigh Colston, written on the first leaves of the Christian's Family Bible (London, 1763), Vol. 3. 5 pages.
Scope and Contents Sample copies of "Comptonology" edited by C.V. Compton, San Antonio, TX. Copies include November 1942, May 1943, August 1943 and November 1944.
Newspaper clipping.
Correspondence between H.V. Moore, Williamsburg, Virginia and Earl Gregg Swem about the Cory Family. Includes family tree ane typed transcript of August 11, 1850 letter from M. Cory to Brother Nelson.
Photostats of gravestones of John H. Cottom and Rebecca Jameson who were married April 5, 1810.
Printed copies of coat-of-arms of the Cowdrey Family. (2 items)
Report by Jonathan Augustine Cowne and Janna Lee Gough Cowne of Richmond, Virginia entitiled "The Virginia Cowne Family: From its Origin in the Isle of Man to England and America," dated June 1981. 49 pages.
1891 correspondence between Miss Annie Emmerson and William Ivy of Newport News, Virginia about the Cowper Family. Includes a July 1, 1902 report (7 pages) by Frank Vaughan on the Cowper Family.
Typed carbon copy of a presentation by Ernest Craighead of Pittsburgh, PA entitled "Craighead Genealogy." 16 pages. Includes letter from Effie Whitaker Turner to President Chandler about the Craighead Family.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Family chart of the "Descendents of Thomas Turpin Crittenden son of Maj. John Crittenden and Judith Harris, compiled from the notes of Sidney McMechen Van Wyck Jr." by Elizabeth Whitney Putnam.
Handwritten genealogy of the Cunningham Family. 7 pages.
Scope and Contents Original "Family Record" of the Currier Family beginning with the birth of William Currier in 1827.
Printed cards of various coat-of-arms of the Custis Family.
Letter with genealogical information on the Daingerfield Family from Miss Sally Daingerfield of Corte Madera, California.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Letter from Charles William Dabney of Cincinnati, Ohio sending a transcript of a genealogy article on the Daubeney Family in the 1926 London Times by Captain Daubeny.
Family chart with family names of Davies, McAfee and McCormick by Lucien Beckner. 1 page.
Copy of typed narrative of Davis family tree in the 1600's beginning with Captain James Davis of 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia. 17 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Genealogical charts, flyers and 1947 newspaper article on Elizabeth Denny Vann.
Newspaper clipping.
Prints of De Peysler Family coat-of-arms.
Letter from Mary Sue Dew with genealogical information on the Dew Family. 10 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Print of Diuguid Family coat-of-arms.
Scope and Contents Booklet entitled " Identity of Edward Dorsey I, a New Approach to an Old Problem" by Caroline Kemper Bulkley. 55 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Copy of the family tree of the Douglas, Willett, Guy, Goffigon and Wilkins Families. 5 pages.
Scope and Contents Genealogical report entitled "William Downman of Plymouth, England and Virginia, October 1608 and Some of His Descendants" by Miss Clarissa W. Fleming of The Plains, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a transcript of "records from the family Bible owned by Daniel DuVal and his wife Sally Carter" from Mrs. A.E. Hayes of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Newspaper clipping.
Copy of bible entries for the Samuel Edney Family who married Martha Phipps in 1818.
1848 letter from Eli Leigh, Amelia CH, Virginia to Capt. Thomas H. Ellis, Richmond, Virginia stating that there is an Ellis Family in Amelia, James M. Ellis and Alfred E. Ellis.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy, with original photographs, of report entitled "Louisa Emmerson Papers" given to Swem Library by John C. Emmerson, Jr. of Portsmouth, Virginia. 65 pages.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Estep, Genealogy and Family History compiled 1944-45 and added to with corrections, 1947" by Russel Adin Estep of Redwood City, California.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Research done by Miss Margaret Hargrove for Lockwood Barr" on the Eubank Family, beginning with James Eubank, born 1750. 2 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "The Family and Descendants of John Fain of Prince Edward County, Virginia" by Daniel T. Fishback of Palmetto, Georgia. 50 pages.
Pages from an article from the "Magazine of American History," Vol. XIII, No. 3, March 1885 entitled "The Fairfaxes of Yorkshire and Virginia.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents "Case study and history database of the Ferguson Family" (1991) by John M. Ferguson (Accession 1991.45) and other material given by John M. Ferguson. Handwritten notes, 30 page carbon copy of typed report on Ferguson Family and copy of a the 1817/18 will of Alexander Ferguson of Franklin County.
Letter from John D. Collett to Earl Gregg Swem about the Collett and Ferrar Families with a short outline of Ferrar Family ancestors.
Scope and Contents Copies of some issues of the "Finch Family Bulletin" published by Pearl A. Marshall, secretary, in Gan Gabriel, California.
Report entitled "The Descendants of Hans Jacob Fischbach (Jacob Fishback the 1734 Colonist)" by Daniel T. Fishback. 24 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Descendants of Thomas Fitzwater and Mary Cheney" compiled by Mary Cole of Kentfield, CA and Dorothy Hukill of North Highland, CA on the Fitzwater, Cheney, West, Tyree and Richardson Families. Photocopy of published page on Robert West. Accession Number 1991.31. Gift of Mary Cole.
Broadside entitled "Some Geneological Sketches of the Fleet Family of Va." mostly including excerpts from Alexander Brown's "Genesis of Virginia."
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping and a "Family Record" page, probably from a Bible, beginning with the marriage of Nathaniel B. Floyd and Ellen M. Stith in 1855.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon pamphlet entitled "Geanology of Floyd C. Furlow" 250 Eleventh Avenue, New York City. Most of the genealogy information is for the Meriwether Family down to the Furlow Family. Mss. Accession 2008.260.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Paper entitled "War Risk Insurance in the Revolution: Frederick Flood of Charlotte County and His Family" by Rupert Taylor of Auburn, Alabama. In Rupert Taylor's letter to W.S. Morton, he mentions the Flood Family, Gallimore Family and mulattoes.
1906 correspondence between Miss Mary W. Garrett of Williamsburg, Virginia and others, particularly James N. Fletcher of Accomack CH, Virginia, about the Garrett Family. Includes genealogical family trees, narrative family trees, newspaper clipping and handwritten notes.
Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Cassie Moncure Lyne with attached notes on Capt. Gatewood of the Ninetieth Militia.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Narrative genealogy, beginning with Stephen Goggins, by Maggie [McManan...] of Stewartsville, Virginia
2 page pamphlet on the Goldsborough Family and a family narrative of members of the Goldsborough Family beginning with Nicholas Gouldsborough.
Scope and Contents Bound copy of mimeographed copy of "Biography of John Goodall (1789-1840) and the Goodalls of James City County" by John Goodall Bruce of Bluefield, WV.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents An 1893 and 1894 brochure entitled "Christmas Questions for the Goodwins Of Virginia" publisheds by John S. Goodwin of Chicago, Illinois. A carbon copy of a report entitled "Goodwins of Virginia" with narrative and individual sheets for various Goodwin Family members, beginning with James Goodwin of York County, Virginia.
Coat-of-arms of the Gordon Family, possibly hand painted.
Copy of a report entitled "The de Graffenried Family Honor Roll, European members only. Does not include any living member of the family." 23 pages.
Report entitled "Gram Family of Virginia and Kentucky, Some of the descendants of Christopher Graham of Highland County, Virginia," compiled by Lockwood Barr, Pelham Manor, New York. 23 pages.
Scope and Contents Books I, II and III of an unbound incomplete book entitled "Ancestors and Descendants of Moses Grant and Sarah Pierce, Henry Bradford and Elizabeth Chichester Payne, Thomas Collier and Elizabeth Stockwell and David Larimore and Nancy Clark" by W. Henry Grant. 10 sections. Note on first page of first section, "Incomplete - additional sections will be sent when printed and a bound volume when completed. WHG."
Letter to Dr. Swem from Charles Waugh Reynolds, M.D. of Covington, Kentucky with genealogical information on Thomas Graves, born 1692 and descendants, dated November 13, 1942. Genealogical charts on the Graqves from Roy McKee of Fort Worth, Texas, dated June 29, 1993. (Mss. Acc. 1994.24)
List of descendants of Thomas Marston Green to William Lee Green, born December 29, 1845.
Transcripts of wills of David Greenhill, Elizabeth Greenhill and Paschall Greenhill filed in Amelia County, Virginia.
List of Greenhow Family members beginning with John Greehnow, born 1724 in England. 1 page.
Newspaper clipping.
Copy of a report entitled "Cyrus Griffin Family in Williamsburg, Virginia." 26 pages. (Mss. Acc. 1994.79). Gift of Rev. William F. Egelhoff.
Scope and Contents 3 reprinted excerpts from books and a 3 page report "The Grymes Family in Virginia" given by M.C. Bean of New York City, NY.
Scope and Contents Report entitled, "A Guffey Gathering" by Dr. Carroll McGuffey of Colbert, Georgia. (Mss. Acc. 2000.68)
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Addendum to "The Ancestry and Lineage of Swan Anton Haggman" by Phil C. Haggman of Denver, Colorado.
Photostat of the coat-of-arms of the Hamilton Family with a narrative beginning with Harlan Bernhardt Hamilton. 1 page.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping. Charts on the Harris Family of William Harris and Mary Netherland Harris of Albemarle County, Virginia ending with Rebecca Diggs Coleman (received as part of the Hart Collection). Copy of a small book on the Harris Family, beginning with Thomas Harris of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, entitled, "Harris Genealogy" compiled by Gideon Dowse Harris of Columbus, Mississippi, dated 1914. (Mss. Acc. 1988.17)
Transcripts of documents of the Harrison Family of Virginia with excerpts from a paper prepared by Mrs. Rebecca Johnston of Richmond in March 1932, for Mrs. T. Ashby Miller. Newspaper clippings on Benjamin Harrison Family and Jesse Harrison Family. 1938 report on "Harrison-Preston and Allied Families," possibly written by Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, Illinois. Given to William and Mary in 1938 by Mary M. Mack of Danville, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Booklet, "The Harvie Family" published in Richmond, Virginia in 1928.
Newspaper clipping.
Transcriptions of excerpts from the "Old Thomson Day BooK' about the Morris-Hayne line through Sibel Haynie, wife of Matthew Thomson. Sent by Mary M. Washburne of New Orleans, LA on October 27, 1941. 16 pages.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of "The Hendricks and Their Kin" by Jasper R. Hendrick. 1962. Family sheets of Coulter and related families. Mss. Acc. 2009.462.
Copy of transcript of Prof. Thomas Ford's "History of the Naval Academy, Chapter 3, page 79." Photostat copy of the third page of the genealogical data in the Bible of Elizabeth Dandridge Henley, beginning with 1730 marriage of John Dandridge and Frances Jones.
Printed pamphlet on Dorothea Dandridge Henry by Mary MacKenzie Mack. 3 pages.
Volume 1 of a report entitled "The Hill Family of Bertie, Martin and Halifax Counties, North Carolina. Bryan, Whitmel, Blount, Jacocks, Pugh, Willilams, Norfleet, Urquhart, Barnes, Atherton, Spruill, Anthony, Hall, Eaton, Stuart, Weldon, Plummer, Evans, Hines, Johnston, Smith, Long, McKinne, Stith, Daniel, Elliott and other families." Compiled by Stuart H. Hill New ork and Halifax, NC. Carbon copy of typed document. Includes photographs, bulletins, handwritten notes, maps and photostat copies of documents. Page 1 - 231.
Volume 2 of a report entitled "The Hill Family of Bertie, Martin and Halifax Counties, North Carolina. Bryan, Whitmel, Blount, Jacocks, Pugh, Willilams, Norfleet, Urquhart, Barnes, Atherton, Spruill, Anthony, Hall, Eaton, Stuart, Weldon, Plummer, Evans, Hines, Johnston, Smith, Long, McKinne, Stith, Daniel, Elliott and other families." Compiled by Stuart H. Hill New ork and Halifax, NC. Carbon copy of typed document. Includes photographs, bulletins, handwritten notes, maps and photostat copies of documents. Page 232 - 377.
Scope and Contents Three combined accessions on the Hill Family. "Genealogical Record of Mrs. Page Morris, wife of Judge Page Morris" for the Colonial Dames (19pages). Typed transcripts of 4 Brunswick County legal records for members of the Hill Family (1740-1762) and transcripts of legal records of Robert Hill of Virginia and his descendants with an original and transcript of a letter from Francis Watkins of St. Louis, MO to his Uncle dated January 15, 1844.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typed report "Some of the Descendants of Henry Hill, Nansemond County, Virginia, 1707" by Annie Noble Sims (undated), 32 pages. Invitation to Mr. Stuart Hall Hill of New York City from the "Order of Gimghouls" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1941. Handwritten report beginning with Col. Humphrey Hill (undated), 34 pages.
Scope and Contents Typed and handwritten versions of a report entitled "Hill Family, Elizabeth Cittie, James Cittie and York County Group." Includes other typed and/or transcribed reports including "Earliest Settler s of the Hill Families of Virginia" and "Records of Births in Hill Family recorded in Family Bible," beginning with Elizabeth Hill, born 1745, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hill.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Small card with coat-of-arms of the Hives Family.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a report entitled "The Descendants of Moses Son of Naphtali of Hofheim or Moses Hofheimer ("Moshe Hoffer") (1781-1862) compiled by Malcolm H. Stern of Norfolk, Virginia, May 1964. 15 pages.
Ledger used to record the genealogy of the Holladay Family beginning with the will of Capt. Anthony Holladay of Isle of Wight in 1719. Part of the ledger is separated into A-Z tabs by first name. Includes hand transcriptions of wills, deeds and other legal documents. The last third of the ledger includes scattered notes from 1896-1900 on 5 medical cases treated by the writer of the ledger, probably in Portsmouth, Virginia. Includes letter from the War Department to Miss Mildred M. Holladay of Portsmouth, Virginia saying Joseph Holladay served as ensign of the 6th Virginia Regiment.
Scope and Contents Typed transcripts of various publications on the Holt Family, related families and locations. Includes a 1943 letter from Florence Malborne Davies of Petersburg, Virginia to Mrs. Holt; a DAR membership form for Mrs. Annie Holt Smith of Mobile, Alabama; transcription of an 1828 letter from D. Saunders, Jr. (husband of Lucy Saunders Holt), possibly in Richmond, VA to Mrs. John S. Holt of Augusta, GA about the power attorney for Uncle Julius Saunders and copy of a report "The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America, Genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania" by Harry Alexander Davis, 1927. Includes genealogical information on the Saunders Family.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon copy of a report entitled "The Virginia Holts" by Olivia Holt, dated May 26, 1942. Includes come handwritten notes and correspondence. Approximately 100 pages.
Carbon copy of a typed report which includes sections on the Bolling Family, Hall Family, Abercrombie Family and Holt Family.
Scope and Contents Copy of a typed report entitled "The Descendants of Samuel Hooker of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois" by Virginia Ingles Maes. 12 pages.
12 page report on the Hoskins Family, beginning with Samuel Hoskins (c. 1680-1738) of Northumberland County, VA by Joseph Page Pollard, M.D., Ret'd Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy dated February 10, 1983.
Letter from John W. Wayland, State Teachers College in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson of Richmond, Virginia with genealogical information on two daughters of Major Jed Hotchkiss, Mrs. Holmes and and Mrs. Howison, November 8, 1928. Includes small sheets of paper with mimeographed poetry, possibly from "Whispers of the Hills."
Scope and Contents Copy of a paper on "The Houston and Huston Family" compiled by Franklin Warren Houston, born September 22, 1818 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Letter given to Swem by Mrs. G.H. Goad of Centralia, Illinois.
Copy of a report on the Hughes Family and Blackwell Family by Francis Stuart Hughes of New York, New York, dated Christmas 1958. He gives background on the Hughes name and begins the genealogy with William Hughes, born 1615, in Gravesend, England. Gift of Francis S. Harmon.
Newspaper clipping.
Handwritten report on the Hungate Family of York, England ancestors and descendants of Charles Hungate who was in Virginia by 1747, possibly written by Andrew Hungate. Given to Swem Library by R.A. Hungate of Basham, Floyd County, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typed report entitled "The Hurt 'Land Empire' in Early Virginia. An Imperfect But Partly Scientific Analysis" by George Magruder Battey, III, dated August 7, 1947. 20 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Copy of a report entitled "The Descendants of Bartlett Haley Ingles and Margaret Allison of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Illinois with Data on their Direct Ancestors and on the Collateral lines of Bevan, Boone, DeHart, Haley, Harmer and Richardson" compiled by Virginia Ingles Maes of Rushville, Illinois.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Handwritten genealogy by C. Lee Starkweather of Occoquan, Virginia, of George Johnson who lived at "Lexington" and was a lawyer and advisor of Truro Parish Vestry in 1765 and the Bronaugh Family.
Scope and Contents Genealogy of S. Reed Johnson, born 1831 in Pittsburgh, PA contributed as part of "American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking" in 1891. 1 page. Copy of part of "Johnston of That Ilk and of Caskieben c. 1550" by Lorand V. Johnson, M.D., 1931. Approximately 20 pages.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping. Family tree beginning with Rowland Jones, born 1608, 1 page. Report entitled "Ancestors-Descendants John I. Jones who married Mary Ellen (McCann) Swartzelder, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky" compiled by W.R. McCann of Hopewell, Virginia. 1958. 19 pages. Newspaper clipping on Garibaldi Jones. Typed notes on Peter Jones Family of Surry County, Virginia, 5 pages, given by Charles Edger Gilliam of Richmond, Virginia in 1942.
Report with cover page noting "Descent from William Jones of Lymehouse, Marryner." Author unknown. Report is divided into chapters: Capt. Roger Jones and friends, Frederick Jones and his nephew Frederick of NC, Thomas Jones the brother of Frederick, William Cocke and Family, Thomas Jones, Jr. the son of Thomas, Children of Thomas Jones, Jr., Dorothea Jones the daughter of Thomas, William Jones the son of Thomas, Dr. Walter Jones and son, Maryland Brooke Family, Virginia Brooke Family, Carter Family, Fontaine Family, Fleet Family, Meriwether Family, Micon and Roy Families, Robinson and Walker families, Taliaferro Family and genealogy charts for Mrs. Isabella Jones and part of the Taliaferro Family.
Report with cover page noting "Descent from William Jones of Lymehouse, Marryner." Author unknown. Report is divided into chapters: Capt. Roger Jones and friends, Frederick Jones and his nephew Frederick of NC, Thomas Jones the brother of Frederick, William Cocke and Family, Thomas Jones, Jr. the son of Thomas, Children of Thomas Jones, Jr., Dorothea Jones the daughter of Thomas, William Jones the son of Thomas, Dr. Walter Jones and son, Maryland Brooke Family, Virginia Brooke Family, Carter Family, Fontaine Family, Fleet Family, Meriwether Family, Micon and Roy Families, Robinson and Walker families, Taliaferro Family and genealogy charts for Mrs. Isabella Jones and part of the Taliaferro Family. 415 pages.
Scope and Contents December 1899 - April 1900 issues of "The Keim and Allied Families" published and edited by DeB Randolph Keim of Harrisburg, PA.
Scope and Contents April - December 1899 - April 1900 issues of "The Keim and Allied Families" published and edited by DeB Randolph Keim of Harrisburg, PA
Scope and Contents Issues of the "Kendall Journal" published by Norman F. Kendall of Grafton, West Virginia. Issues include No. 1, 2 and 3 for the years 1930, 1931 and 1935. Flyers and brochures for the West Virginia Kendall Family Association reunions and meetings, 1928 - 1934. Flyer entitled "Cunningham Family High Lights, August 9th, 1937."
Letter from Clara V. Kennon of Valentine's Virginia about her grandfather, Dr. George Kennon with attached genealogy and transcriptions of letters.
Genealogical data on Hezekiah King, possibly sent by George H.S. King.
Original documents of the Knox Family of Scotland which include rents, land transactions and other legal documents. Some examples are "schedule of charge;" 1800 document in Rough haugh Hill dividing the estate of James Hart by his son Adam Hart; suits from the Bank of Scotland; suit involving Peter Smith and other heirs of deceased Andrew Smith; copy of a rental contract between Tuck of the Farm for Stirches and John Chisholm Esq of Stirches and James Bunyan and John Arges 1832; case of the British Linen Company against Walter Knox, Farmer of Stirches Mains in 1841; legal document with names of Walter Knox, Farmer Whitlaw and John Ludhopoe in 1841; and more. Place names include Silverbuthall, Hawick and Roxburghshire. 20 documents. 1880 letter from James Knox of Fredericksburg, Virginia to Thomas Knox Esq of Hawick about the genealogy of the Knox Family.
3 original documents which include a letter from Edward Langdon in Westfield to Joel Langdon of Plymouth, Connecticut about moving his store, December 31, 1813; a letter to George Langdon of New Haven, CT from his father, Edward Langdon, about family and local news, November 21, 1844; and a letter to George Langdon of New Haven, Connecticut from his sister Ellen M. Langdon of Hartford, Connecticut about her studies, June 23, 1846;
"Biographical and Historical Data on John Frederick Longford (1815-1887) and his Wife Mary Adams (1812-1860)" by Virginia Ingles Maes with some correspondence from Virginia Ingles Maes. Circa 1944. 10 pages.
Notes on the Lanier Family sent to E.G. Swem by Mrs. Maud Carter Clement of Chatham, Virginia, June 18, 1942.
Photocopy of a letter from Unk Lucas of Falmouth, Virginia to Lily O'Bannon of Sperryville, Virginia about the Latham Family, August 5, 1907. Mss. Acc. 200.261.
Pages with coat-of-arms of the Lee Family. 2 items.
Scope and Contents "Notes regarding Reverend Francis Prioleau Lee of South Carolina" compiled by Claudia Stuart Cole, his Granddaughter, from family records and data. London, 1927. Newspaper clipping about Richard Henry Lee, dated 1879 and a pamphlet, "Calendar of the Lee Manuscripts in Harvard University Library." Newspaper clipping on Robert E. Lee, dated 1881.
Notes on the Lee Family by P. Floyd Lewis, beginning with Edward Lewis of the Van, sent to the William and Mary Quarterly, November 22, 1934 and notes on the Lewis Family for the William and Mary Quarterly from Edward S. Lewis of St. Louis MO, 1928. Newspaper clipping on the arms of the Lewis Family.
Report on the Litton/Lytton Family which by Canie Burns Litton, Jr. with assistance by Mrs. Garland (Kitty) Litton. 1974. Mss. Acc. 1998.26.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Litton Virginians, The Whitley-Fullen-Litton Connection" compiled and edited by Eugene R. Lytton, Sr. of Copperhill, TN, October 2000. Mss. Acc. 2000.65.
Scope and Contents Supplement report entitled "The Ancestry and Progeny of Aker E. Litton, Our Duncan Connection" compiled and edited b Eugene R. Lytton, Sr. of Copperhill, TN, March 2001. Mss. Acc. 2001.16.
Scope and Contents Supplement report entitledf "The Ancestry and Progeny of Aker E. Litton, Our Shoemaker Line" compiled and edited b Eugene R. Lytton, Sr. of Copperhill, TN, February 2001. Mss. Acc. 2001.16.
Scope and Contents Supplement report entitledf "The Ancestry and Progeny of Aker E. Litton, Supplement End of the Millennium, Section III" compiled and edited b Eugene R. Lytton, Sr. of Copperhill, TN, December 2000. Mss. Acc. 2001.16.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typed report entitled "Royal Descent of the Livingstons, 400 to 1942, Robert Livingston (1654-1728) and his Ancestors and Descendants" by Robert Livingston Nicholson of Kansas City, Missouri, November 29, 1944. 30 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Handwritten copy of a Family Record of the Macon Family beginning with William Macon who married Mary Hartwell, September 24, 1719. Notation states "Memorandum from the Family Bible of he Macon Family, Mount Prospect, June 1849.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Some Descendants of John Makamie the immigrant founder of the Makamie Family in the Colonies; also the Herdman--Stout and allied lines" compiled by Lockwood Barr, Pelman Manor, NY, May 1942. 9 pages with a handwritten family tree.
Abstracts of English wills of the Martin Family of Virginia, prepared by Mrs. V.H. Gottschalk of Washington, D.C. at E.G Swem's request.
Carbon of typed abstract of an 1824 affidavit of George Graham in Washington, D.C. about estate of George Mason of Gunston, Fairfax County, Virginia sent to Swem by R. Carter Pittman of Dalton, GA.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a report entitled "Notes on the Maupin Family, including French Maupins, Immediate Family of Gabriel I, Gabriel Branch" by Florence Mary Maupin of Portsmouth, Virginia. Subtitle states "full bibliography, glossary of persons, appendix on Randolph-Isham-& Carter, for convenience of some Gabriel Branches." March 1981. Includes photocopy of the final report and photocopies of notes and drafts.
Newspaper clippings.
Report on the McBride Family by Major Billy C. Hall of Agoura, California, 1989. 26 pages.
Family tree of Robert McClanahan, D. Augusta Co, VA 1791, information obtained from "Rev. H.M. White's The McClanahans, printed 1894." 3 copies.
1878 newspaper clipping. Copy of a genealogical chart of the McDowell Families of Maryland, from the Ida Charles Wilkins Foundation.
Genealogical data on the Menefee Family sent by Josephine T. Menefee, Roanoke, Virginia, September 21, 1945. 20 pages.
Scope and Contents Carbon of a typed report entitled "Metheny Family: Origin of the Seigneurs de Methenay" by William Blake Metheny, 1937. 34 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Cardboard card with the Milton Family coat-of-arms.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents 1881 newspaper clippings on the Moore Family of King William County, Virgina. Cardboard card with coat-of-arms of the Moore Family. Pamphlet on "Jeremiah Moore, 1746-1815" by William Cabell Moore.
Scope and Contents Handwritten notebook with notes entitled "John Morton and Descendants, Partial List" about John Morton of Ireland who settled in Alleghany County, PA. Written by W.S. Morton. 31 pages. 1864 letter from C. Morton to James with Morton Genealogy and later notes up to1877 from possibly "Thomas A. Morton" and others.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet entitled "Genealogy of the Murdoch Family from 1640 to 1934" compiled by Rev. J.D. Leslie of Dallas, TX and Rev. F. Campbell Symonds of Lynchburg, VA. 14 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents "Neathery: 150 Years of History-Descendants" by J. Marshall Neathery. 1988. "A Partial History of the Neathery Family of Mecklenburg, Virginia" by J. Marshall Neathery. 1979.
Scope and Contents "Neathery Siblings had eight ancestors in the Civil War: Five of them at Gettysburg" by J. Marshall Neathery. 1996. "Over a Stone Wall" by J. Marshall Neathery. 1994.
Newspaper clippings.
Copy of "The Nicolson History, 1655-1985," a gift from Janice Nicolson Holmes, Ft. Worth, TX. 75 pages.
Letter from W.W. James of Philadelphia, PA to Cousin Prudence giving names of the vestry of the Episcopal Church in Princess Anne County, Virginia for 1723, 1724, 1728, 1748, 1785, 1788, 1803, 1821 and 1856, dated March 29, 1878. Includes a photostat of the Nimmo of Scotland coat-of-arms, a photograph of Maximilian Boush coat-of-arms form the sliver salver of Lynnhaven Parish and a certificate for Literary Distinction for Miss Prudence Nimmo, Norfolk, Virginia. 1821. Given by Mr. Granberry of New York City, NY in 1945.
Photocopy of the "Nottingham Family Tree, Northampton County, Virginia." 4 pages. Given by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Hampton, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Typed "Notes on the Overall Family of Yorkshire and America" by A.S. Furcron of Cleveland, Ohio. 5 pages.
Scope and Contents Carbon copoy of a report entitled "Owens-Grubbs and Allied Families of Virginia and Kentucky" with a genealogical chart compiled by and given by Lockwood Barr of Pelham Manor, New York. November 1940. 50 pages. Typescript of family records in an "Owens Bible" and photostat negatives of birth, marriage, etc. entries in the family Bible of the Ownes family, owned by Walter Daughtey Owens, Williamsburg, Virginia. Some or all of the above Bible entrees is a gift of John H. Minge of South Jacksonville, Florida in 1951.
Copy of a report, "Family Account of Mrs. Lucy Ann Page, Late of Gloucester, Virginia," by Mrs. N. Snowden Hopkins of Gloucester, Virginia. Notation says that original returned to Mrs. Hopkins due to imperfections. 8 pages. Photostat copy of a letter from Lilly Page of Argentina, SA, a neice of Philip Nelson Page to Delia Page Johnston lamenting the death of Uncle Philip Nelson Page and requesting information about the Page Family, April 15, 1941.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typed "Pannill Family Bible Records" with copies of an obituary of Samuel Pannill of Campbell County, Virginia, with genealogical information, written by Cornelia Rives and a February 1876 letter from Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stuart, Wythe County, Virginia to Mrs. Elizabeth Rives about Mrs. Rives's mother and father who were evidently the guardians of Mrs. Stuart when she was young.
Newspaper clipping.
Photocopies of family charts of the Peebles Family. Mss. Acc. 2008.264.
DAR record of Peter Pelham of Williamsburg. Mss. Acc. 1990.47. Gift of Jim and Louisa Ashbough via WHRA.
June 7, 1921 letter to Dr. Chandler from Henry Pegram of New York enclosing a pamphlet, "Origin of the Pegram Family in the United States and History of the Same during the Eighteenth Century," compiled by Henry Pegram, New York. 11 pages.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet entitled "The Penn Family of Virginia, a Chronological Record" published by William M. Clemens, New York.
Scope and Contents Carbon of a typed report entitled "One Pendleton Family of Nine Generations of Unbroken Male Descent, 1674 - 1944, Essex and King & Queen Counties, Virginia" compiled and donated by Eugene R. Pendleton of Brevard, NC. 21 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Carbon of a typed report, and a photocopy, entitled "Autobiography of Rev. James Thomas Pickett, D.D."
Carbon copy of a July 3, 1954 letter from William N. Wilkins to A.B. Stickney with information on the Pierpont Family of Maryland. 3 pages.
Family tree of the Pitt Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia beginning with Nicholas Pitt and ending with William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Pamphlet about the genealogy of the Porteus Family, beginning with Robert Porteus, born about 1679 and ending with Thomas, born 1734 at St. Michael's.
Scope and Contents Photostat copy of a report entitled "John Preston Genealogy" by John Mason Brown, Privately Printing, 1870. Note on first page "Copied by Photostat Process from original edition owned by Robert M. Hughes, donated by him to The Virginia State Library, 1934."
Scope and Contents Copy of a typed report entitled "Some Genealogical data Covering Descendants of Robert Dabney Priddy of Henrico County, Virginia" compiled by Walter M. Priddy, Wichita Falls, Texas. December 30, 1967. 10 pages.
Printed page with 3 coat-of-arms of the Provoost Family: John Provoost, Saml Provost, Esq and Saml Provoost.
Carbon copy of a typed report "Records in the Family Bible of Sarah Jane Pulliam, nee Clopton." 2 pages.
Carbon of a typed transcription of the wills of Dr. George Ramsay in 1756 and John Ramsay in 1780. Given by Mrs. Bunny B. Brooks of Memphis, Tennessee in 1946.
Scope and Contents Cardboard card with coat-of-arms of the Randolph Family. Photocopy of a report entitled "The Randolph Family, a Genealogy" by Gerald S. Cowden, undated, 50 pages. Photocopy of the family record of the Randolph Family, with an index, undated, 50 pages. Photocopy of a Randolph Family tree, beginning with Elizabeth Randolph who married Richard Bland, 4 pages. Typed transcription of an article "Randolph Family No. 1" written for "the Critic." Typed transcription of a letter from William M. Randolph of Memphis, Tennessee to G.M. Wilson of Richmond, Virginia about the Randolph Family, dated September 27, 1907. Report entitled "Genealogy of the Henry Randolph Family of Virginia" compiled by George Matthews Wilson, February 10, 1904, 9 pages. Other items include newspaper articles and transcripts of wills.Items donated by various people, including Wassell Randolph of Memphis, TN (1956) and Herbert R. Preston, Jr. of Baltimore, MD (1977).
Handwritten notes on the Reade Family, beginning with Captain Nicholas Martiau's daughter, Elizabeth Martiau, who married George Reade. 5 pages.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "List of Remey Family Records" donated by and probably written by Charles Mason Remey of Jamestown, RI, 1956. 5 pages.
Scope and Contents 3 reports on the Richardson Family, compiled by Mary Cole and Dorothy Hukill. "Genealogy of Melchizedek Richardson," 2 pages, "Benjamin Tyree and Sarah Richardson notes," compiled by Mary Cole, 1991 and "Sarah Richardson, daughter of John Richardson of Cumberland County, Virginia, wife of Benjamin Tyree: Notes" by Mary Cole. Mss. Acc. 1991.31.
Typed and handwritten notes on the Riddick Family with a notation that the originals were owned by a family in Suffolk, Virginia. 6 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings on the Robinsons of Strowan; Mrs. Rebecca Webb, the relict of the last Anthony Robinson, Jr. and Robinsons of Hewick near Urbanna, Virginia. Booklet entitled "The Reverend George Robertson, Rector Bristol Parish, Virginia (1693-1739), His Ministry - Marriage - Immediate Descendants" by Wassell Randolph, undated. Photostats of an agreement between Joseph Robertson and William Field, 1847 and a bible record of Joseph Robertson. Carbon typed copy of the transcription of the will of John Robinson of New Poquoson, 1686/87 with attachments from published material.
Scope and Contents Newspaper article on the Robins of Maryland and Virginia. 1969 letter from Melvina Paxton with Robin Family information. Typed family history, beginning with John Robins, Sr. (possibly transcribed from a publication). Photocopy of a report, "Robins-Savage-Spady-Goffigon-Nottingham-Wescoat, Family Tree of Northampton County" by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1976.
Photostat copy of letter from Col. Micajah Clack Rogers, Huntsville, TX, to his younger brother, Spencer Clack Rogers , February 14, 1866. Photostat of Rogers Family history, transcribed from a family book, beginning with the birth Henry Rogers in 1741 and ending with the birth of Cynthia Cannon in 1800. Letter from Mrs. Lucile Gibson Pleasants of Los Angeles, CA sending the family history material of the Rogers and Clack Families, February 5, 1930.
Scope and Contents A report entitled "A chart of the descendants of Philip and Mildred Rootes of "Rosewell" King and Queen County, Virginia through their Several Sons and Daughters to the Seventh Generation" by William Clayton Torrence. One notations says "published" and another notation says "From William G. Stanard, ....Virginia. 150 + pages. The report is handwritten on fragile onion skin paper. The photocopy in Folder 5 is for patron use.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a report entitled "A chart of the descendants of Philip and Mildred Rootes of "Rosewell" King and Queen County, Virginia through their Several Sons and Daughters to the Seventh Generation" by William Clayton Torrence. One notations says "published" and another notation says "From William G. Stanard, ....Virginia. 150+ pages. The original report is handwritten on fragile onion skin paper, filed in folder 4. Patrons should use this photocopy.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Rayathy, Rially, Rialtym, Rialtree, Rielty, Royaltey, Royaltie, Royaltree, Royalty, Royatty, Roylte, Ryalty, A Royal Chronology, Part One" by Mary A. Matson, Charlottesville, Virginia. April 1994. 24 pages. Mss. Acc. 1995.10.
Negative photostat of a Royall Family tree, the line of Joseph Royall prepared by Norman N. Royall, April 1946.
Typed transcript of John Rowzee's Register Book, 1791 to 1793, transcribed and donated by Miss Ella Rouzie of Richmond, Virginia in 1957.
Handpainted coat-of-arms of the Rust Family on paper.
Newspaper clipping.
Copy of typed report entitled "Ancestry of Noel Sargent, traced to 350 A.D. and including Fowke, Alexander, Rainsford, Fienes, Say, Vermandois and other Notable English and Continental Families, and Monarchs of these Countries. Divided into chapters. No author or date. 43 pages.
Typed carbon of family history of the Satchell and Wilson Families by Mrs. May Hart Smith of Ontario, California. February 29, 1932. 3 pages.
Photocopy of a family tree which includes the Savage, Spady, Nottingham and Wescoat Families, compiled by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia. January 1976. 5 pages.
Newspaper clipping about Scarlett Family sent by C. Lee Starkweather of Occoquan, Virginia.
Newspaper clipping. 6 page handwritten Scott Family tree, beginning with Thomas Scott and Catherine Tomkies, as part of a letter to Fr. Watkins, Farmville, Virginia from Christopher Scott of Arkansas, dated March 12, 1853. 6 pages. Possibly given by W.S. Morton.
Printed and possibly handpainted coat-of-arms of the Seymour Family on paper. 2 copies.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "The Shannon Family, Three Sons of Mattew Shannon (County Monahan, Ireland) who Immigrated to America Circa - 1820" by Daniel T. Fishback, 1983. 50 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Typed report on the Ancestry of Mary Rooksland Sheild from York County back to the Norman Conquest. Written and donated by Dollie Hughes Vick.
Scope and Contents Various copies of reports on "The Shelburne Family" written by and donated by Dr. Robert C. Shelburne of Newport News, Virginia and New Orleans, Lousiana, May 24, 1952. Includes correspondence between Swem Library and Dr. Shelburne and a biography of Dr. Shelburne.
Photocopies of wills and other legal documents of the Shelton Family of Virginia with some documents originating in other states. Flippen Family is mentioned. 23 items.
Shumate Family chart, beginning wiht Samuel Shumate with a 1739 grant in Virginia. Written by Edith Hampton Gibson Smith, Granddaughter of Annie Rachell Sumate McCarrell. 1971.
Newspaper clipping.
Typed carbon of a report entitled "A Branch of the Virginia Smiths Unscrambled: Pioneer John Smith (And He Had a Brother)" by George Magruder Battey III of Page County, Virginia, July 18, 1947. Included are other versions and/or updates of the reports and a page with the title "A New Method for Solving your Chief Genealogical Problems, Not in a Lifetime But a Year." Includes copies of letters to Earl Gregg Swem and Joseph D. Eggleston, 1943. 7 items.
Newspaper article.
Photostat of the coat-of-arms of the Spotswood Family on a cardboard card, from the Lee Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
Scope and Contents A book about the Stratham Family, "The Descent of the Family of Statham" by Rev. S. P. H. Statham, published 1824/25 by the Times Book Company Limited in London. Includes handwritten notes throughout the book, possibly by Mary Beaumont Statham who gave the book to William and Mary. A printed family chart (22 x 22) entitled "Pedigree of Statham, of Virginia" compiled by Miss Mary Beaumont Statham of Lynchburg, VA and Washington, DC., possibly in 1932. Includes handwritten additions.
Scope and Contents Family Chart entitled "Stephens Massieque" by Marguerite S. Anderson of Plainfield, NJ, May 30, 1938. Gift of Ms. Anderson.
Printed family tree of the Stiles Family, beginning with John Stiles, including ancestors of both the paternal and maternal lines. Dates and locations are not included. 2 copies.
Scope and Contents Pages from "Popular Science" June, 1944, about Henry Stith's invention of the Caterpillar treads for military tanks. Gift of Cora Stith Kibbe.
Photocopy of a genealogical information on Stringer, Willett, Guy, Goffigon and Wilkin Family members, sent by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia in October 1975.
Strother Family Reunion Booklet, 1992 and two newsletters of the Strother Family, 1992 and 1993. Mss. Acc. 1993.32. Gift of Donna L. Strother.
Photostat copies of pages from the ledger of David Sturrock, minister and schoolmaster in Sussex County, Virginia. Ledger covers 1770 to 1792.
Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Florence Studley LaFleur of New York City, enclosing typed notes from published sources.
Typed copy of the suit of Taliaferro v. Taliaferro after the death of John Taliaferro in 1720, given by Charles Waugh Reynolds of Covington, Kentucky. His letter includes his deductions of family connections which are shown in the lawsuit. Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Handwritten genealogical information on the Tanguary Family sent by Ora Tanguary of Van Wert, Ohio. 7 pages. Newspaper clippings and 3 postcards of buildings in Van Wert, Ohio.
Newspaper clipping.
Printed genealogical information entitled "Accompanying the Tenney Genealogical Chart, Griswold Family." The Tenny Genealogical Chart is oversize.
Carbon copy of genealogical notes on the Terrell Family, written and donated by George Magruder Battey III on May 24, 1943. 5 pages.
Newspaper clippings from The Standard on the Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia.
Coat-of-arms of the Tilghman Family pasted on cardboard.
Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping.
Handwritten notes on the Travis Family beginning with Edward Travis who married Anne Johnson in James City County, Virginia in 1644. 5 pages.
Genealogical material on the Turner Family on Francis Gilley, the Landrum, Davis and Turner Families. Mostly transcriptions of published soures. Given by A.N. Turner of Ina, Illinois. 11 pages.
Scope and Contents Typed report on the "Upshur Family of Virginia" by John A. Upshur of Williamsburg, Virginia. Report begins with John and Arthur Upcher. In cover letter, John Upshur notes that Thomas Teackle Upshur spent 42 years writing the genealogies of prominent Eastern Shore Families. September 6, 1941. 22 pages.
Photocopy of genealogical information on the Vaiden Family prepared by Virginia Evelyn Vaiden Strong of Sarasota, Florida in 1963 and sent to Mrs. Nelda Rose Hunter of LaCrosse, Virginia who gave a copy to Swem Library in 1983. 7 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Hand painted coat-of-arms of the Vermont Family.
Letter from Mrs. W. H. Bickley (pen name Beulah Vick Bickley) of Waterloo, Iowa to John M. Hart of Roanoke, Virginia about her maternal Vick Family and husband's Bickley Family. February 15, 1921. 2 pages.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping. Photostat copy of a handwritten report entitled "An Account of the Walke Family and its Collateral Branches, 1894" written by Littleton Waller Tazewell with a reverse stamp "Virginia State Library November 13, 1941." 119 pages
Copy of typed report "An Acrostic Written by Mary A. Hansard on Sallie A. E. Walker and genealogical material on the Walker Family with collateral Christian Family and others. 5 pages. Gift of Annie W. Burns, Washington DC in 1936. Newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clipping. Photostat copy of a letter by Mrs. Emma Backwall about the Waller Family, undated.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet "Gleanings from Court Records" on the Walthall Family. 2 copies. 2 pages.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet entitled "Notes on some of the Warwicks of Virginia" by Willilam A. Beardsley of New Haven, CT, September 1, 1937. 19 pages.
Coat-of-arms of the Washington Family on a small card.
Scope and Contents Hardbound book entitled "Thomas and Rebecah (Moorman) Watson and Their Descendants" by Estelle Cark Watson of Evanston, Illinois. Includes handwritten notes and a typed carbon index. Circa 1940.
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a report entitled "Maryland Genealogical Notes, Wells Family of Maryland" with publisher noted as "Ida Charles Wilkins Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland." Stamp on the verso of the cover page "William N. Wilkins...Baltimore, Maryland."
Correspondence between Mrs. George R. Washburn of Erie, PA and Earl Gregg Swem in August 1941. Family tree material sent by Mrs. Washburn on the Washburn, Thomson and other collateral lines. 5 items.
Leatherbound book "Royal Ancestry of Joseph Whitehead, Jr. and Conkie Pate Whitehead by Minnie G. Cook (Mrs. Henry Lowell Cook). 36 pages.
Newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon copy transcription "From the Wier Family Bible" beginning with Robert N. Wier, born 1807; transcriptions entitled "letters from Miss Bardwell" to Mrs. Wier and Family Record from a Bible beginning with Francis Thomas born 1743. 2 pages.
Scope and Contents Report entitled "Wilcox Family" by James Malcolm Breckenridge of Saint Louis, Missouri, compiled December 1941 and January 1942. 7 pages. 3 copies.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of report "Wilkins Family Tree" beginning with John Wilkins, born 1593, compiled by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia. 6 pages.
Scope and Contents One page carbon "The 16 children of Capt. William Wilkins and Wife, Ann Elizabeth Terrell, of Virginia and South Carolina" by George Magruder Battey.
Scope and Contents Photocopy, with cover, of report "Genealogical booklet on Richard Jefferson Williams family of Southampton County, Virginia", by Martha W. Briggs, December 1992. 75 pages. Photocopy of transcribed and original family records from the Williams Family Bible, Warren County, North Carolina, beginning with Alanson Williams, born 1779. Mss. Acc. 1993.26. Mss. Acc. 1994.62.
Handwritten transcript by W.S. Morton of the 1807 obituary of John Wilson of Spotsylvania who was 104 when he died. A handwritten Wilson Family history beginning with Col. Benjamin Wilson by P.D.W of Mount Vernon, Indiana, July 4, 1875.
Scope and Contents Blueprint (21x29) of a family chart entitled "Descendants of James Winston, Jr. son of James Winston, the emigrant to Virginia" by Edward A. Claypool of Chicago, Illinois, 1900. Mss. Acc. 1993.10. Transferred from stacks.
Obituary of Charles Evans Wingo, Richmond, Virginia, who died March 7, 2005.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping. Notes from the Family Bible of William Wood, born 1806. Transcripts of legal documents of the Woods Family of Virginia. Handwritten and typed notes of the Wood Family, beginning with William Wood who married Elizabeth Duncan. Bound report "Notes on the Wood Family in Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties of Virginia and Pasquotank County, North Carolina also Related Families" by William Thomas Wood of Norfolk, Virginia. February 5, 1965. Mss. Acc. 1993.71B. Gift of S.F. Royal.
Tissue paper carbons of the typed and written notes of Edna Pearl West Preuss. Some of the material appears to be a carbon of a final copy of her report "Our Branch of the Woodson Family." Over 100 pages.
Letter from Matthew Day of Georgetown to The Clerk of Court, Richmond, Virginia enquiring whether Lewis Worsey or Wergy or Werzy who died recently in Richmond, Virginia, left any other family members other than his widow who married a Mr. Del Campo, a son Henry Alphonso Del Campo and a daughter who married juan Pizzini. August 4, 1847
Scope and Contents Photostat copy of a chart "Pedigree of the Wormeley Family" beginning with Sir John de Wormele and ending with Ray Wormley, born 1881.
Scope and Contents Typed carbon notes on the Wright Family entitled "Wright, Notes from the Records of Bedford and Other Counties of Virginia" by Lula E.J. Parker (Mrs. George P. Parker) of Bedford Virginia.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet "Six Wyatts of Kent" by William Colwell Bibb, undated. Genealogical material on the Wyatt Family from Mrs. George Berlet of Houston, Texas. (1927). Report "Genealogy of Wyatt Family, Richard Wyatt line, Records copied by Mrs. Alice V.C. Pierrepont of Petersburg, Virginia," donated by Roscoe D. Wyatt of Redwood City, California, undated. Notes by Maggie McManaway of Stewartsville, Virginia, 1924.
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a report "Wynne Family" by Margaret Anne and Oliver Wynne, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia.
Handwritten note listing genealogical data on Jacob Layton Yancey, born 1793. Found in a book of law lectures belonging to William Lewis Yancey, a student at the University of Virginia, 1881-1882.
Newspaper clipping from The Standard on the Yates Family of Virginia. March 20, 1880.
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping, headline "Will of John Yeates Made Sept. 8, 1731" from the Suffolk Herald. Written by W.E. McClenny of Suffolk, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet "Founder Members, list incomplete" of the Institute of American Genealogy, Chicago, Illinois, published 1929
General correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and others about genealogy. 15 items.
Scope and Contents February 1923 - November 1924, Vol. II and Vol. III issues of "The County Court Note-Book, A Little Bulletin of History and Genealogy" published by Milnor Ljungstedt of Bethesda, Maryland. 12 items.
Pamphlet "Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607 - 1620, Annual Message 1935-1936." 2 copies.
Scope and Contents Carbon tissue paper copy of "Quaker Bibliography for the Genealogist, (References To) Biography, Genealogy, Records" compiled by Robert Furman, M.D. and Consuelo Furman, New York, NY. 1938. Mainly a list of people and places with some source information. Includes a list of other genealogies prepared by Robert and Consuelo Furman. 39 pages.
A cross reference guide to family names that appear in the files of other familes. 45 pages.
Item 1: Arab Tribes, undated One chart entitled "A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the Genuine Arabs, descended from Kahtan or Joktan" with Vol. XVI, page 267 on top of page. One chart entitled "A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the naturalized Arabs, being the Descendants of Ishmael, the son of Abraham by a Daughter of Modad the Jorhamite with Vol XVI, page 268 on top of page. They are from an unknown publication and possibly printed on rag paper.
Item 2: Bassett Family, undated Photostat copies of a Bassett Family Bible from the Virginia State Library. Includes George W. Bassett, son of John and Bettle Carter Bassett of Farmington, Hanover County, Virginia.
Item 3: Bennett Family, undated Photostat copy of a two page family chart of the Bennett Family, beginning with Thomas Bennett of Clapcot, County Berkshire.
Item 4: Bonham Family, 1949 Large folded blueprint copy of the family chart of the Bonham Family by Hugh G. Bonham of Pulaski, Virginia. 1949.
Item 5: Brown Family, 1914, 1961 Two family charts of the Brown Family: "Chart of the Descendants of William Brown, the Immigrant to Virginia From Scotland" by Virginia M. Brown for her Uncle Thomas L. Brown, 1914" and a large 4' x 4' chart of the William Brown Family from research by Thomas Lee Brown, updated by Philip H. Brown of Houston, TX in 1961.
Item 6: Chiles Family, 1928 Photostat copy of a 1page family chart of the Chiles Family with Carr and Davis and a 3 page Colonial Dames application for Alice Webster Davis in 1928. Notarized.
Item 7: Castle Family, 1921 Family chart of the Castle Family beginning with Henry Castle who arrived in Virginia in 1635. Prepared by professional genealogist Lawrence Brainard. Gift of George P. Castle of Honolulu, HI in 1921.
Item 8: Downman Family, undated Family chart of the Downman Family beginning with William Downman of Plymouth, England and ending with 1958 entrees. 2 copies.
Item 1: Despain Family, 1965 Five issues of a newsletter "Despain Logchain" published in Prosser, Washington. Includes issues from February, April, May, July and August 1965.
Item 2: Gollehon Family, 1938 Genealogical chart of the Gollehon Family prepared by Hugh G. Bonham of Pulaski, Virginia in 1938.
Item 3: Granbery Family, 1945 Granbery Family, "Descendants of John Granbery, Jr. and Abigail Langley that are of Original records" by J.H. Granbery, 1945. 18 of 25 copies.
Item 4: Grymes Family, Undated Photostatic copies of pages from a family bible containing records of the Grymes Family and related families.
Item 5: Kirby or Kerby Family, 1938 Negative print photostat copies of bible leaves of James Kirby's (1766-1847) bible. Gift of Virginia Lee Kirby in 1938.
Item 6: Levy Family, 1796 Original deed whereby Grace Levy, Judith Levy, Hugh H. Levy and Judah Levy, all of Newport, Rhode Island, sell to Moses M. Hays of Boston, Massachusetts land of the late Moses Levy which he purchased of William Davis, located in Newport, Rhode Island. 5 August 1796.
Item 7: Minge Family, 1951 Photostat positive, 18 x 24", of a hand drawn map of parts of Charles City, Prince George and Surry Counties and plantations bordering the James River, with particular reference to the "Minge Family" and its connections, with inserts along the borde rof the drawings and photographs of members of the Minge Family, and more. Gift of John H. Minge of South Jacksonville, Florida in 1951.
Item 8: Nimmo Family, 1906 Blueprint copy a family tree of the Nimmo Family dated February 19, 1906.
Item 9: Owens Family, 1951 A six page negative print photostat copy of an Owens Family Bible owned by Walter Daughtrey Owens of Williamsburg, Virginia. 1951.
Item 1: Oliver Family, 1946 Negative photostat of an Oliver Family tree made by N. N. Royall of Williamsburg, Virginia. February 1946.
Item 2: Pool Family, undated Genealogical chart of the "Pool Family of Pasquotank, North Carolina" beginning with Richard Pool of Middlesex, London.
Item 3: Smith Family, 1941 25 photostats of charts and notes of the ancestry and collateral lines of Maria McKay Smith. Collateral lines include McKay, Gaddis, Peairs, Job, Bowen, Pearse, Whitehall, Trabue and Porter. Gift of Miss Maria McKay Smith, Pueblo, Colorado in August 1941.
Item 4: Tenney Family, 1921 Family tree of the Tenney Family compiled by genealogist Lawrence Brainerd and given by George P. Castle of Honolulu, HI in 1921.
Item 5: White Family, undated Genealogical chart of the White Family beginning with Henry who married Rebecca Arnold and ending in 1903.
Item 6: Genealogy Charts, Blank, undated Three blank genealogy charts. Two charts are reproductions: a circular pattern and a listing pattern. The third chart is written in latin, possibly printed on 18th century paper and originally part of a folio collection.
Item 1: Anderson Family, 1971 3' x 3.5' colored poster with narrative and family tree of the Anderson Family. 8 x 11 copy of a portrait of Lt. Col. Richard Clough Anderson. Both items given by J.B. Blackford in 1971. 2 items.
Item 2: Blanding and Desaussure Families, 1897 Handwritten family tree of the Blanding Family with notes by James D. Blanding, Sumpter, SC, dated June 1897. Includes 2 other handwritten family charts of the Blanding and Desaurrure Families
Item 3: Brooke Family, undated Pedigree chart of Robert Brooke prepared by Bennet Bernard Browne, M.D.
Item 4: Bullington Family, 1920 Blueprint family tree of the Bullington Family compiled by Arthur B. Clarke of Richmond, Virginia. Revised 1920
Item 5: Byrd Family, Undated Six pages of the Byrd Family tree on vellum-type paper. Handwritten and painted with coat-of-arms of different branches of families and related families. Undated.
Item 6: Cocke Family, 1880 Photostat of an article on the "Cocke Family of Virginia" in the April 3, 1880 "Richmond Standard."
Item 1: Dishman Family, 1935 Dishman (Duchemin) Family Tree compiled printed by James Dallas Dishman. Chart of the Dishman family prepared by Samuel Roland Dishman in 1935. 2 copies.
Item 2: Goodwin Family, undated 3 blueprints of the Goodwin Family tree.
Item 3: Hill Family, 1927 Blueprint of the Hill Family prepared by the Mattie Southgate Jones, October 6, 1927.
Item 4: Nicholson Family, undated Blueprint of the family tree of the Nicholson Family of Virginia.
Item 5: Taliaferro Family, 1927 Family chart of the Taliaferro Family by W.B. McGroarty of Falls Church, Virginia. January 26, 1927. 3 copies, all on different papers.
Item 6: Temple Family, undated 2 genealogy charts of Joseph Temple of King William County, Virginia. Gift of Mrs.Frank Dewey in May 1986.
Item 1: Traquar Family, undated Photostat of a family chart on Traquar Family, beginning with Joannes Traquar. Glued on cardboard backing.
Item 2: West Family, undated Genealogy chart of the Sir Thomas West, 2nd Lord De La Warr. Prepared by George C. Gregory of Richmond, Virginia.
Item 3: Wise Family, undated Blueprint of the family tree of the Wise Family.
Item 1: Carter Family Tree, undated. Scrolled family chart of the Carter Family prepared by R.R. Carter (Robert Randolph Carter) of Shirley. Chart is pasted on linen ahd has a gold painted wooden dowell on each end. Very fragile.
Item 2: Finley Family, undated Blueprint family tree for the Finley Family. Scrolled. Fragile.
Item 3: Bryan and Stewart Families, 1970 Genealogical chart of the Bryan and Stewart Families by J. Frederick Dornam. Scroll. July 1970
Carter Family Tree, undated. Scrolled family chart of the Carter Family prepared by R.R. Carter (Robert Randolph Carter) of Shirley. Chart is pasted on linen ahd has a gold painted wooden dowell on each end. Very fragile.
Rolled family tree of the Fauntleroy Family.
Finley Family, undated Blueprint family tree for the Finley Family. Scrolled. Fragile.
Item 1: Robinson Family, undated A folded family chart of the Robinson Family. The chart is folded 17 times, with a total length of approximately 34 feet. Only the top quarter of each page contains the family tree which extends from page one to the end. Handwriten. Undated. Compiler unknown.
Item 2: Waring Family, 1979 Photostat of the family tree of the Waring Family of Virginia beginning in 1680. Four handwritten additions for the Trible Family. Compiled by Sarah and Harding Palmer. December 1979.
List of Swem Library's genealogy files that are microfilmed. The microfilm does not include all of the current genealogy collection. Also, when filmed, only certain documents from the existing files were filmed. 10 reels.