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

By Margaret Marshall

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Box 25

Folder 1: Willis family bible records, 1977

Transcription of Willis family bible records, in the possession of Mrs. Robert L. Gordon of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Presented by the Great Bridge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Other family names listed include Norment, Vaughan, Sneed, Burch, Riddick, Jones, Doughtie, Cralle`, Pretlow, Boykin and Gordon.

Folder 2: Willoughby family research, undated

Book excerpt, newspaper article and a family tree diagram of the Willoughby family, beginning with Thomas Willoughby, born 1601, emigrated to Virginia 1610, died London, England 1658.  Other family names listed include Thompson, Overzee, Colcough, Allerton, Mason, Robertson, Hutchings, Abyvon, Portlock, Sweeney, Boush, Marnex, Ritter, Rourk, Ritson, Sharp, Lewis, Baylor, Waller, Rowland, Davenport, Walton, Pidgeon, and Porter.  Geographic locations listed include County Lancaster, England, County Gloucester, England, London, England, Elizabeth City County, Virginia, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, Rappahannock County, Virginia, Barbados, and Norfolk County, Virginia.

Folder 3: Willoughby family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Willoughby family, beginning with Thomas Willoughby, who emigrated to Virginia in 1610. Other family names listed include Bisshe, Thompson, Herbert, Robertson and Sharpe.  Geographic locations listed include Elizabeth City County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, New York City, New York and Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 4: Wills family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Wills family, beginning with Mathew Wills, born circa 1738, died circa 1797, Warwick County, Virginia. Other family names listed include Jones, Lee, Taylor, Gillem, Perkins, Salter, Bowles, Mason, Craven, Cleveland, Holland, Burnley, Scott, Smithson, Whitaker, Childs, Branson and Ryall.  Geographic locations listed include Warwick County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Ohio, Fluvanna County, Virginia and Washington County, Mississippi.

Folder 5: Wilson family research, 1927-1933

A narrative description (53 pages) including transcriptions of bible records, transcriptions of wills and land records, and book excerpts, for the Wilson family, beginning with George Wilson, born County Armagh, Ireland, circa 1720, who emigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania. History written by Albert Edwards Wilson of Norfolk, Virginia in 1927. Also included in the folder is a narrative description (108 pages) including transcriptions of bible records, transcriptions of wills and land records, and book excerpts, of the family of Albert Edwards Wilson's mother, Maria Francis Edwards, dated 1933.  A partial listing of family names associated with the Wilson family includes Buler, Douglas, Edwards, Bowen, Mather, Wright, Hammersley, Kennedy, Stewart, Seawell, Warner, O'Brian, Gabler, Walter, O'Hara, Eyster, Snyder, Watt, Horick, Tipton, Mumma, Grebe, Greene, Satterthwaite, Smith, Hohm, Gingrich, Heimerdinger, Murtorf, Weaver, McCoy and others.  A partial listing of geographic locations associated with the Wilson family includes Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Berlin, Pennsylvania, Norfolk, Virginia, County Tyrone, Ireland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Bloomery, West Virginia, Bendersville, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland, Amelia County, Virginia, Henderson, Kentucky, Accomack County, Virginia, Charlotte, North Carolina, Staunton, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Franklin County, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, South Pittsburg, Tennessee, Brunswick, Missouri and others.  A partial listing of family names associated with the Edwards family includes Tyler, Manfeild, Swann, Harrison, Lowe, Browne, Power, Ruffin, Bowdoin, Cocke, Jordan, Lomax, Hilliard, Selden, Blow, Butts, Edmunds, Nelson, Wyeth, Taliaferro, Seawell, Proctor, Holleman, Drew, Corprew, Nicholson, Gwaltney, Yates, Underwood, Mosely, Catlett, Boutwell, Bloxom, Armistead, Page, Rolph, Young, Sutton, King, Rountry, Penn, Divers, Mizell and others. A partial listing of geographic locations associated with the Edwards family includes Jamestown, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Southampton County, Virginia, Sussex County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Prince George County, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Nansemond County, Virginia, Stafford County, Virginia, Suffolk, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, Hampton, Virginia, Currituck County, North Carolina, Centerville, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eastern Shore, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia and Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Folder 6: Winder family research, 1897

Ancestors list for the Winder family, beginning with John Winder, who emigrated to Virginia, circa 1664.  Research compiled by Joseph B. Haudy of Schoharie, New York.  A partial listing of family names associated with the Winder family includes Garrett, Brereton, Kenner, Venables, Perkins, Dashiell, Gilless, Wilson, Jones, Harmonson, Henry, Servell, Handy, Ker, Polk, Dickerson, Ewing, Hargis, Knox, Martin, White, Snow, Gemmill, Slemons, Miller, Laird, Caulk, Gordon, Richardson, Humphreys, Toadvine, Covington, McCloister, Ballard, Geddes, Grundy, McGavock, Campbell, Briggs, McNair, Williams, Goode, Guion, Nicholls, Swift, Decormis, Segar, Lindsay, Hughes, Shield, Bayly, Dorsey and others.  Geographic locations listed include Williamsburg, Virginia, Northern Neck, Virginia, Somerset County, Maryland, Northumberland County, Virginia, Princess Anne, Maryland, Northampton County, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, Natchez, Mississippi, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Accomack County, Virginia, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nashville, Tennessee, Williamson County, Tennessee, Charenton, Louisiana, Thibodeaux, Louisiana, Franklin, Tennessee, Los Angeles, California, Galveston, Texas, King and Queen County, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, Wilmington, Delaware, Florence, South Carolina, Portsmouth, Virginia, Newark, Delaware, Cambridge, Maryland, Dorchester County, Maryland and Berlin, Maryland.

Folder 7: Winslow family research, 1975

Ancestor chart for the Winslow family, beginning with Kathryn Louise Nicholas of Norfolk County, Virginia, born July 8, 1918, married George Doward Winslow, born October 12, 1915 of Belvidere, North Carolina.  Research compiled by Kathryn N. Winslow of Norfolk, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Wilson, Hodges, Wilkins, Allaband, Williams, Anderson, White, Miller, Nicholas, Slaughter, Marvel and Linton. Geographic locations listed include Chesapeake, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Dover, Delaware, Norfolk, Virginia, Denton, Maryland, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Easton, Maryland, Belvidere, North Carolina, Hampton, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.

Folder 8: Winslow family genealogy, 2001

Pedigree chart for the Winslow family, beginning with William O. Winslow, born March 15, 1849, died December 27, 1894.  Other family names listed include Manry, White, Whitehead, Chappell, Cox, Cocks, Parker, Council, Boush, Copeland and Outland.  Geographic locations listed include Chowan, North Carolina, Northampton County, North Carolina and Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Folder 9: Wirrick family research, 2004

Narrative description with references, of the Wirrick family, beginning with Henry Wirrick, circa 1710.  Spelling variations of the last name include Wirrick, Werrick, Warrick and Widdick.  Other family names listed include Barrttee/Bartee and Odean. Geographic location noted is Tanner's Creek, now in Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 10: Wong family research, undated

Narrative description of the Wong family, beginning with George Wong, also known as George Hop, born 1857.  Other family names listed include Li, Shee, Wing, Big, Chin, Chew and Lan.  Geographic locations listed include China, San Francisco, California, Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City, New York, Norfolk, Virginia, Newark, New Jersey, Medford, Massachusetts, Oakland, California, Seattle, Washington, Cuba, Chicago, Illinois and San Jose, California.

Folder 11: Wood family history, 1907-1909

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Wood family, beginning with John Wood, circa 1635.  Other family names listed include Montague, Glass, Cocke, Henry, Southall, Johnston, Carter, Spencer, Pryor, Meriwether, Lewis, Woodhouse, Clarkson, Rogers, Irvin, Early, Miller, Dickerson, Harris, Walker, Thornton, Nelson and Rives.  Geographic locations listed include York County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Scotland, Richmond, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Maryland, Frederick County, Virginia, London, England, Yorktown, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, Henrico County, Virginia, Kentucky, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri.

Folder 12: Wood family research, 1987

Family tree diagrams of the Wood family, beginning with William Randolph.  Compiled by R. B. Wood. Other family names listed include Isham, Beverley, O'Neale, Rolph/Rolfe, Eaton, Jefferson, Lee, Bland, Custis, Robey, Sawyer, Rasmussen, Mathis, Overstreet, Walker, Woltz, Pickup, Ashmore, Mountjoy, Kingsbury, Waterfield, Cartwright, Small, Fink, Cudworth, Dewey, Shallis, Thorne, Hobson, White, Lewis, Boswood, Randolph, Baumstead, Bannett, Van Werry, Scanlon, Armstrong, Nelson, Harrell, Woolard, Jones, Watts, Pitts, Bolling, Fleming, Page, Stith, Marshall, Wilson, Timberlake, Pleasants, Mann and Meade.  Geographic locations listed include Tuckahoe, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Amelia County, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia and Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.

Folder 13: Wood family genealogy, undated

Wood family research notes including family bible transcriptions, transcriptions of wills, newspaper obituaries and an indexed list of associated family names.  Notes in the possession of Mrs. James Whitford of Staten Island, New York.  Copied by Mrs. Lawrence Kupillas, National Vice Chariman, Genealogical Records Committee, Daughters of the American Revolution.  Other family names listed include Brown, Buerk, Clunet, David, Dufeaual, Eldridge, Forman, Gordon, Gorton, Hallowell, Humphrey, Hall, Lacey, Linkford, Lockwood, Mount, Osborne, Parsols, Phillips, Radford, Redford, Richardson, Robinson, Ross, Smith, Stoeckel, Vaillant, Van Buson, Vanderbeck and Woolsey. Geographic locations listed include Passaic, New Jersey, New York City, New York, Louisville, Kentucky, Shelby, Kentucky, Durham, England, Goshen, New York, Orange County, New York, Dobbs Ferry, New York, Brooklyn, New York, Cuba, Auburn, New York, France, Patterson, New Jersey, Bradford, England, Holland, Newark, New Jersey, Long Island, New York and Newburgh, New York.

Folder 14: Wood family bible records, 2006

Transcription of William Wood family bible record information, done by Phyllis D. Lewis of Cheriton, Virginia, 29 June, 2006.  Bible owned by Ms. Margaret Ulrich of Cape Charles, Virginia. Information includes birthdays, army service information and marriage dates from the William Wood bible.

Folder 15: Woodhouse family research, undated

Genealogy research including bible record transcriptions, newspaper article, magazine article and descendants list for the Woodhouse family, beginning with Henry Woodhouse, born in Bermuda, 1607, who emigrated to Lower Norfolk County (now Princess Anne County), Virginia in 1637. Prepared by Melinda J. Lukei of Virginia Beach, Virginia. A partial listing of family names associated with the Woodhouse family includes Carter, Spratt, Lovett, Dale, Luke, Keeling, Cornick, Whiddon, Peters, Rutherford, Shepherd, Mayo, Frost, McKenney, Duke, Avery, Whitehurst, Malbon, Turner, Beamon, Moore, Owens, Thorogood, Nimmo, Boush, Land, Gaskins, Shipp, Murden, Atwood, Poynter, Thelaball, Ackiss, Ewell and others.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, England, New York City, New York, Bermuda, Anderson County, Texas, Lamar County, Texas, Chicago, Illinois and Leflore County, Mississippi.

Folder 16: Woods family research, undated

Family bible transcriptions and research notes regarding the Woods family.  Other family names listed include Cook, Kilogh, Trimble, Buster, Shields, Harle, Pickett, McBride, Boyd, Lampkin, Drinkwater, Smith, Breazeale, Lackey, Cozby, McDowell, Garrett, McBeath, McKinney, Lowe, Goss, Leackey, Cowan, Gilleyland, Magby, Hill, Wilson, Henderson, Jones, Anderson, Cluck and Cozley.  Geographic locations listed include Cabel County, West Virginia, Ireland, South Carolina, Albemarle County, Virginia, Amherst County, Virginia, Washington County, Tennessee, Harrison County, Kentucky, Greene County, Tennessee, Maryland, Madison County, Alabama, Catoosa County, Georgia, Fincastle County, Virginia, Augusta County, Virginia, Blount County, Tennessee, Rhea County, Tennessee, Botetourt County, Virginia and Knox County, Tennessee.

Folder 17: Woods family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Woods family.  Other family names listed include Reid, Henderson, Wallace, Provine, Savage, Doty, Sanders, Terrill, McCullough, Bean, Crum, Green, Peters, Collier, Bronaugh, Poindexter and Martin.  Geographic locations listed include Garrard County, Kentucky, Scotland, Pennsylvania, Amherst County, Virginia, Nelson County, Virginia, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Green County, Illinois, Bloomington, Indiana, Texas, Terre Haute, Indiana, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marion County, Maryland, Culpeper County, Virginia, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Danville, Kentucky, Carrol County, Kentucky, Mount Vernon, Missouri, Oregon and Washington.

Folder 18: Woods family genealogy, undated

Book excerpt, family tree and research notes regarding the Woods family.  Other family names listed include Wallace, Worsop, Parsons, Loftus, Vaughan, Bagnall, Pardon, McDowell, Sampson, Penn, Darrah, Clawford, Reed, Bruce, Bennett, Paul, Hamilton, Taylor, Osborne, Fultz, Cook, Cambell, Gross, McKinney, Lowe and Goss.  Geographic locations listed include Chester County, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Yorkshire, England, Albemarle County, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, County Dublin, Ireland, County Armagh, Ireland, County Ulster, Ireland, Augusta County, Virginia, Blaine, Kentucky, Cabell County, West Virginia, Bearing, Ohio, Lawrence County, Kentucky, Columbus, Ohio, Botetourt County, Virginia and County Antrium, Ireland.

Folder 19: Woodson family history, 1914

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Woodson family, beginning with John Woodson, who emigrated to Prince George County, Virginia in 1619.  Other family names listed include Winslow, Tucker, Ferris, Tarleton, Smith, Lewis, Watkins, Porter, Paine, Cannon, Mattox, Parsons, Redford, Edwards, Williams, Farquhar, Kelley, Shinberger, Sutton, Spiller, Bowles, Walker, Parker and Reynolds. Geographic locations listed include Dorsetshire, England, Henrico County, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, Prince George County, Virginia and Richmond, Virginia.

Folder 20: Wooldridge family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Wooldridge family, beginning with John Wooldridge, circa 1780, of Henrico County, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Martin, Viers, Elam, Porter and Hancock.  Geographic locations listed include Henrico County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia and Buckingham County, Virginia.

Folder 21: Wray family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Wray family of Elizabeth City County, Virginia.  Other geographic locations listed include Eastern Shore, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Surry County, Virginia and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Folder 22: Wright family history, 1906-1909

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Wright family, beginning with Thomas Wright, circa 1635, of Norfolk County, Virginia. Other family names listed include Thorogood, Trevethan, Quarterly, Phipp, Creecy, Mason, Sewell, Willoughby, Phripp, Blow, Sawyer, Bennet, Warren, Hodges, Coffield, Hoskins, Townes, Dunbar, Walter, Blacknail, Allmand, Hunter, Cargill, Pegram, Haynes, Shields, Lee, Wood, Holt, Treadwell and Cornick.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, Nansemond County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, Kentucky and Charleston, South Carolina.

Folder 23: Wright family research, 1996

Descendants list and research notes regarding the Wright family, beginning with James Wright, born 1807, died 1860.  Research compiled by Charles T. Harrell of Woodford, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Allen, Norwood, Gray, Kennemur, Wilson, Kinzer, Hamrick, Taylor, Cassiter, Brewer, Jones, Burton, Clary, Browder, Morgan, Daniel, Kight, Garrett, Harrell, Riggs, Sawyer, Mitchell, Needham, Morse, Hubbard and Burgess.  Geographic locations listed include Brunswick County, Virginia, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Davidson, North Carolina, El Paso, Texas, Miami, Florida, Warrenton, North Carolina, Valentines, Virginia, Gasburg, Virginia, Gholsonville, Virginia, Dolphin, Virginia, Emporia, Virginia, Currituck County, North Carolina, Camden County, North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 24: Wyatt family history, 1908

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Wyatt family, beginning with Francis Wyatt of Boxley, Kent, England, who emigrated to Virginia, circa 1621. Alternative spellings of the last name are Wyatt and Wiatt.  Other family names listed include Sandys, Conquest, Edmundson, Thruston, Rowe, Todd, Graham, Dabney, Stubbs, Jones and Scott.  Geographic locations listed include Boxley, Kent, England, Gloucester County, Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Essex County, Virginia, Barbados, Prince William County, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia and Jamestown, Virginia.

Folder 25: Yancey family history, 1908

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Yancey family, beginning four Welshman - Charles, William, Joel and Robert, who emigrated to Virginia, circa 1642. Other family names listed include Steptoe, Rodes, Nelson, Duke, Clay, Kavanaugh, Lewis, Strother, Smith, Price, Garth, Gramp, Conrad, Newman, Mauzy, Winsborough, Morrison, Gibbons, Hopkins, Bradley, Cudworth, Bird, Cunningham, Beman, Earle/Early and Robinson.  Geographic locations listed include Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, Greensville, Missouri, Piedmont, Missouri, Campbell County, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, Staunton, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia, Rockingham County, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina, Greene County, Virginia, Stanardsville, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, McGaheysville, Virginia, Warren County, Georgia, Troy, New York, Greenville, South Carolina and Dallas County, Alabama.

Folder 26: Yates family history, 1916

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Yates family, beginning with Reverend Robert Yates who emigrated to Middlesex County, Virginia, circa 1699.  Other family names listed include Bland, Randolph, Wellford,Poythress, Booth, Stanard, Montague, Garrett, Hoskins, Allen, Murray, Fauntleroy, Quarles, Baytop, Spratt, Gray, Warring, Nelson, Henderson, Howe, Plater, Stiff, Randolph, Nicolson, Roy, Thornton, Cooke, Walker, Reade, Bartholomew, Beverley, Chinn, Downman, Ball, Branham, Gilmore, Jones, Hayes, Carter, Mickleborough, Taylor, Dimmock, Daniel, Brockenbrough and Taliaferro.  Geographic locations listed include Dorrington, England, Middlesex County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Essex County, Virginia, Maryland, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia and Rappahannock County, Virginia.

Folder 27: Yates family research, 1938

Yates family descendants list with indexed listing of family names and places, and bibliography of referenced material. Compiled by Adlai Robin Yates of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Other family names listed include Shirley, Beard, Browning, Burdette, Butler, Caruth, Creel, Estes, Gaines, Garrett, Hughes, Kennard, Kinnison, McDaniel, Miller, Mitchell, Ocar/Ofgar, Pocahontas, Randolph, Roberts, Rogers, Strother, Talbert, Todd, Wagner, Wallace and Wood. Geographic locations listed include Yorkshire, England, Decatur, Jacksonville, Macomb, Quincy, and Springfield, all of Illinois, Centralia, Chanute and Pittsburg, all of Kansas, Adair County, Barren County, Glasgow, Metcalf County and Edmont, all of Kentucky,  Natchitoches, Louisiana, Lead, South Dakota, Clarksville, Tennessee, Port Royal, Tennessee, Caroline County, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia and Fredericksburg, Virginia.