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By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: Rogers Dey Whichard Papers, 1597-1983
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-240
Primary Creator: Whichard, Rogers Dey, 1902- (1902-1994)
Extent: 7.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Generally by major topic of material, alphabetically.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Family trees, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk County (Va.)
Forms of Material: Books, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Deeds, Genealogies (histories), Maps (documents), Memoirs, Notes, Photographs, Sketchbooks, Sketches
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Historical and biographical documents generally relating to the Tidewater area of Virginia, genealogy records, correspondence, maps, and photographs. Notably, this collection also contains several original English legal documents (such as deeds and wills) dating back to 1597 and the early 1600s.
Biographical Note
Dr. Rogers Dey Whichard was an academic and Norfolk, Virginia native. He received his PhD at The University of North Carolina, going on to teach at the College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division (which later became Old Dominion University) for 25 years. Whichard authored a number of history publications and books, including The History of Lower Tidewater, Virginia (1959). He also served as an Intelligence/Security Officer in the United States Navy and later served as a Liaison Officer with the Army during the Normandy invasion. Whichard was briefly called to active duty again during the Korean War. He retired from teaching as Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literature from Old Dominion University in 1972. Whichard died on January 30, 1994 in Chesapeake, Virginia and was buried at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Rogers Dey Whichard Papers, MSS 0000-240, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed in February 2020.
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- Box 5
- Folder 1: English documents, deed, 1597
- Deed between the Dean & Chaplain of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury and John Fydge of parish of Holy Cross of Kent County.
- Folder 2: English documents, deed, 1630 June 2
- Deed between Francis Seagars of Hartlipps, County Kent and Edward Osborne of Parish of Hartlipps, County Kent.
- Folder 3: English documents, deed, 1686 June 8
- Deed between Henry Sanford and wife Elizabeth of Wisbitch, in Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge, Nicholas Sanford and wife Elizabeth, and Thomas Adam, tanner.
- Folder 4: English documents, lease, 1694 August 30
- Lease (Indenture) between Richard & Frances Rich (brothers) of Sevenoak (Seavenocke), Kent County and Hannah Blackwell, widow.
- Folder 5: English documents, lease, 1702 October 30
- Lease between Osbert Pallet and John Bird of Ingoldenthoripe, Norfolk County.
- Folder 6: English documents, deed, 1706 November 26
- Deed between John, Earl of Buckingham; Thomas Lake; Thomas Weller; George Weller; and William Strong of Tonbridge, County Kent.
- Folder 7: English documents, lease, 1713
- Folder 8: English documents, will, 1717 August 19
- John Watts, yeoman, Sandhurst, Kent County.
- Folder 9: English documents, will, 1718
- Captain William Langley, Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk County, Virginia 1717. Probated in the Norfolk County Court; May 16, 1718.
- Folder 10: English documents, deed, 1720 June 24
- Deed between Edward Everest, City of London; Anne Wells of Heaven, County Kent; and Valentine Hayware of Fattesfield, County Surrey.
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