Sargeant Memorial Collection Legacy Genealogy Research Files, 1900-2015 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Margaret Marshall

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Box 17

Folder 1: Newton family research, undated

Book excerpts, marriage records, research notes and family crest information for the Newton family, beginning with John Newton, the emigrant, who settled in Virginia in 1660.  Other family names listed include Allerton, Gerard, Tucker, Fitzhugh, Willoughby, Starke, Johnson, Monroe, Kenyon, Thomas, Broneaugh, Berry, Fox, Stuart, Kirk, Izzard, Adams, McAndree, Woolsey, Wise, Worthing, Farror, Baily, Seibles, Huyer, Moorehead, Gilson, Dade, Oldham, Eskridge, Keeme, Jones, Bonum, Aylett, Steptoe, Lee, Poythress, Armistead, Brockenbrough, Smith, Stevenson, Page, Marshall, Williamson, Arnest, Claybrook, Tyler, Mann, Boston and Badgley.  Geographic locations listed include Yorkshire, England, Norfolk, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Stafford, Virginia, King George County, Virginia, Bromley, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Hull, England, Cameron, Fairfax County, Virginia, Brooklyn, New York, South Carolina, Kentucky, Linden, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia and Madison County, Virginia.

Folder 2: Nexsen family research, 1969

A family history of the family Nexsen and their descendants, beginning with William Nexsen, born 25 December 1710, of North Yarmouth, England, died 8 December 1744.  Original family history written by Elias Nexsen, the second.  Presented by Walter Rowbottom Nexsen in memory of his parents, Walter Nexsen and Emma Rowbottom Nexsen.  Other family names listed include Mambrut, Pelse, Waldron, Bailey, Bogart, Sheffield, Warner, Mabee, Thompson, Dox, Brown, Johnston, Howell, Ivy, Banett, Hebard, Brady, Rapelve, Degraw, Woods, Carmen, Wilson, Wagener, Williams, Rutter, White, Halliday, Rice, Sample, Murry, Snether, Paice, Brady, Buckley, Lumby, Carpenter, Rogers, McClary, Blackwood, Jacobs, Murphy, Mason, Nichols, Denison, Tredwell and McLean.  Geographic locations listed include Tappan, New York, New York City, New York, Detroit, Michigan, London, England, Second River, New York, Ithaca, New York, Belleville, New Jersey, Kingstree, South Carolina, Bedford, New York, Albany, New York, Stonington, Connecticut, California, Charleston, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, Brooklyn, New York, West Point, New York, Williamsburg, South Carolina, Bloomfield, New Jersey, Brazoria, Texas, Warsaw, Illinois, North Castle, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Hampton, Virginia and Elmhurst, New York.

Folder 3: Nicholson family research, undated

"Genealogy of the Nicholson and Stowers families of the South, with their principal branches" by John Bradford Nicholson.  Other family names listed include Almon, Bill, Bossuet, Brown, Chitwood, Cooper, Cox, Crump, Douglas, Edwards, Fesler, Frierson, Hall, Hammond, Houts, Johnson, Jones, Killian, Lacey, Larmer, Letson, Lewis, Macbride, McClendon, MacLeod, MacNicoll, Majors, Moore, O'Connor, Pendleton, Perry, Renfro, Roberts, Roden, St. John, Schultz, Scott, Seaforth, Shull, Slaton, Small, Smith, Sollenberger, Somerville, Stowers, Temple, Turnipseed, Waddell, Walker, Weller, Winston, Wise, Wofford, Woodliff and Wright.  Geographic locations listed include Greenville, South Carolina, Mississippi, Van Buren, Alabama, Bowden, Alabama, Bainbridge, Georgia, Collinsville, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, Demopolis, Alabama, Dallas, Texas, Washington County, Virginia, Terrell, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wheeler, Texas, Jacksonville, Texas, Brinckley, Arkansas, Attalla, Alabama, Brooklyn, New York, Colorado, Texas, Granbury, Texas, Hillsboro, Texas, Talladega, Alabama, Blocton, Alabama, Middletown, New York, Longview, Texas, Columbus, Ohio, Palestine, Texas, Dux Springs, Alabama, Keener, Alabama, Gadsden, Alabama, Wilmington, North Carolina, New Orleans, Louisiana and North Dakota.

Folder 4: Nickens family research, 1993

The Nickens family history, including source listings and annotations, and how to guidance regarding tracing non-slave African American lineage. Written by Karen E. Sutton of Baltimore, Maryland and presented at the 1993 National Genealogical Society meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Other family names listed include Sorrell, Diggs, Thomas and Campbell.  Geographic locations listed include Lancaster County, Virginia, Northumberland County, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.

Folder 5: Nicolson family history, 1915

Newspaper genealogical columns regarding the Nicolson (alternative spelling is Nicholson) family of Virginia.  Other family names listed include Waters, Nelson, Welford, Randolph, Bolling, Digges, Wormeley, Wyatt, Copland, Woodbridge, Burwell, Trent and Johnson.  Geographic locations listed include Richmond, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, Columbia College, New York, York, Virginia and Middlesex County, Virginia.

Folder 6: Nimmo family research, 1952-2003

Magazine article, transcripts and copies of wills, and descendants list for the Nimmo family, beginning with James Nimmo, who arrived in Virginia in 1700, died 1733.  Other family names listed include McLaren/McClennan, Thorogood, Keeling, Yeardley, Brodie, Archdeacon, Browne, Denby, Butt, Hollis, Gochenour, Reynolds, Brimson, Kiernan, Waller, Lopez, Young, Thomas, Burdell, Bible, Woodhouse, Wilson, Ghiselin, Hunter, Smith, Johnson, Wright, Boush, Haynes, Old, Taylor, McCandlish, Ellis, Thornton, Dickson, Walke, Wilson, Thelaball and Cornick.  Geographic locations listed include Scotland, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, New Haven, Connecticut, Charleston, South Carolina, York, Pennsylvania, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jackson, Mississippi, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Arlington, Virginia, Caroline County, Virginia, Fort Eustis, Virginia, Birmingham, Alabama, Greeneville, Tennessee, San Diego, California, Long Branch, New Jersey, Seattle, Washington, Charlotte, North Carolina, Toccoa City, Georgia, Washington, District of Columbia, Richmond, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Folder 7: Nock family research, undated

Genealogy worksheets for the Nock family, beginning with Littleton Henry Nock, born Scotland 1805, died at sea, between 1852 and 1860.  Other family names listed include Hearn, Osmond, Dix, Patterson, Walton, Diebler, Martin and Hurtley.  Geographic locations listed include Accomack County, Virginia, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Salisbury, Maryland, Newcastle, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, Richmond, Virginia, Doe Run, Pennsylvania and England.

Folder 8: North family research, undated

Descendants list of the North family, beginning with Captain Edward North, died in or before 1772.  Other family names listed include Tucker, Gilbert, Peniston, Baker, Stoll, Forbes, Foot, Burch, Western, Parker, Gough, Dart, Allston, Pettigrew, Glover, Gervais, Hayward, Klein, Colgate, Chisolm, Spilman, Thurston, Bee, Drayton, Smith and Darrell.  Geographic locations listed include Bermuda, Charleston, South Carolina, Suffolk, England, Liberty County, Georgia, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Georgetown, South Carolina, Colleton County, South Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Albany, New York, Culpeper County, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and St. Louis, Missouri.

Folder 9: Nottingham family research, 1975-2012

Bible records of Frederick E. Nottingham, bible owned by Ann Nottingham of Norfolk Virginia, and genealogy worksheets for family tree information for the Nottingham family.  Other family names listed include Wilkins, Dalby, Clark, Scarborough, Evans, Bell, Jarvis, Downes, Saunders, Luker, Scott, Burris, Spady, Lynch, Goffigon, Masters, Wescoat, Dunne, Roberts, Harwood, Garrett, Williams, Mapp, Elliott, Hallett, Hunt, McKown, Jones, Joynes, Thompson, Bird, Fitchett, Powell, Dunton, Carpenter and Clegg.  Geographic locations listed include Northampton County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia, Macon, Georgia, Northampton County, North Carolina, Houston County, Georgia, Minden, Louisiana, Norfolk County, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.

Folder 10: O'Donell family research, 1965

Newspaper article regarding portraits of the O'Donell family.  Other family names listed include Elliott, Chew and Wynn.  Geographic locations listed include Baltimore, Maryland, Carroll County, Maryland, Cecil County, Maryland and Limerick, Ireland.

Folder 11: Old family history, 2007

Application for the Virginia Society of the National Society for the Sons of the American Revolution for Thomas Old, Senior, of Princess Anne County, Virginia.  Other documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence and a book excerpt from "The Olds (Old, Ould) Family in England and America" by Miss Susan S. Gascoyne Old of London England. Other family names listed include Smith, Ferebee, McPherson, Hollowell, Bledsoe, Warden, West, Webster, Whitehurst, Lovett, Herbert, Barclay, Parker, Rea, Land, Morton, Dougherty, Whitehead, Wiggins, Park, Wilkins, Corprew and Ives.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland and Perquimans County, Virginia.

Folder 12: Osborne family history, 1907

Newspaper genealogical columns regarding the Osborne (alternative spellings include Osboorn, Osbourne and Osbourn) family.  Other family names listed include Platt, Branch, Eppes, Agnes, Peterson, Goode, Watkins, Markhams, McCallum, Jones, Rix, McAdoo, Prewitt, Medley, Pettus, Barnes, Roberts, Stoner, Fowlks, Slaughter and Fisher. Geographic locations listed include Chesterfield County, Virginia, Charlotte County, Virginia, Mercer County, Kentucky, Missouri and Culpeper County, Virginia.

Folder 13: O'Sheal family history, 1953

Correspondence regarding the O'Sheal family, beginning with John O'Sheal, of Nansemond County, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Coupland, Holt, Boush, Shepherd and Veale.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia and Nansemond County, Virginia.

Folder 14: Otey family research, 1976

Ancestor chart and genealogical worksheets for the Otey family, beginning with Allen Comer Otey, born 9 September 1909 in Charles City County, Virginia. Other family names listed include Graves, Bishop, Ellis, Comer, Davis, Armistead and Binns.  Geographic locations listed include New Kent County, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia, Prince George County, Virginia, Charles City, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia and Campbell County, Virginia.

Folder 15: Overton family research, 1915

Newspaper genealogical columns regarding the Overton family, beginning with William Overton, born 3 December 1638, in England, and emigrated to Virginia before 1670. Other family names listed include Waters, Garland, Harris, Carr, Winston, Anderson, Clough, Nelson, Day, Baker, Petus, Waller, Terrell, Cosby, Whitworth, Godsey, Lacy, Thomas, Llewellyn, Simpson, Barrett, Miller, Lafayette, Fishback, Dalton, Watts, Garnett, Bronderburg, Payne, Ross, Grundy, Lockert, Turnham, Morris, Batts, Chewning, North, Gordon, Watson, Davis, Crenshaw, Sanders, Banks, Gilliam, Truehart, Bacon, Pryor, Guerrant, Waddy, Newell, Gardner, Harding, Maxwell, Brinkley, Lea, Ragland, Smith, Barry, Dixon, Taylor, Hutchison, Jones, Arnold, Saunders, Washington, Poterfield, Cave, Starke, Reed and Waddill.  Geographic locations listed include Louisa County, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, Nashville, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Folder 16: Owens family records, undated

Family bible records for the Owens family, beginning with James Foster Owens, born March 28, 1828. Other family names listed include Foster, Lash, Barco, Moseley, Covert, Leatherwood, White, Hooper and Tuten.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Folder 17: Pace family research, 1969

"Pace Society of America" bulletin, genealogy article published in September 1969 and information related to the Pace Society of America.  Family names listed include Turman, Davis, Montague, Blackley, Booten, Williamson, Irvine, Saunders, Brumelow, Thurston, Fowler, Anderson, Cain, Haymes, Munns and Alexanders.  Geographic locations listed include Middlesex County, Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Calloway County, Missouri, Campbell County, Virginia, Madison County, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Missouri, Accomack County, Virginia, Richmond County, Virginia, Wake County, North Carolina, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Granville County, North Carolina, Wake County, North Carolina, Franklin County, North Carolina, England, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Hickman County, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Tennessee, Montgomery County, Tennessee, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Clarke County, Virginia and California.

Folder 18: Page family history, 1958

Newspaper articles, biographical information with references and correspondence regarding the Page family of Norfolk, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Nelson, Griffith, Mason, Lowry, Spinola, Chichester, Whittle, Trinder, Dabney, Jackson, Lee and Taylor.  Geographic locations listed include Clarke County, Virginia, Los Angeles, California, Washington, District of Columbia, Norfolk, Virginia, New York, Gloucester County, Virginia, Rome, Italy and Leesburg, Virginia.

Folder 19: Palmer family research, undated

Pension record application for Frances Lewis Foy, widow of William Palmer, who served in the Revolutionary War, and other records for the Palmer family.  Other family names listed include Lewis, Westbrook, Palmore and Foy.  Geographic locations listed include Charlotte County, Virginia, Lunenburg County, Virginia and Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Folder 20: Parham family history, 1958

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Parham family of Virginia.  Other family names listed include Geislin, Taylor, Dunn and Purkeys.  Geographic locations listed include Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Brunswick County, Virginia, Greensville County, Virginia, Sussex County, Virginia, Knoxville, Kentucky, Salisbury, North Carolina, Beardon, Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee and Blount County, Tennessee.