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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Title: Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers, 1918-2015, undated
Predominant Dates:1960
ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-040
Primary Creator: Alfriend, John S. (1897-1974)
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by record type or subject.
Date Acquired: 03/11/2016
Subjects: Family trees, Genealogy--Research, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Norfolk (Va.), Williamsburg (Va.)
Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Genealogies (histories), Invitations, Pedigrees, Photocopies, Photographs, Postcards, Publications (document genre)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Contains genealogical information on the Alfriend, Vickery, Rolfe, Samuel, Bland, and Bolling families. Documents include newspaper clippings, photocopies of vital records, correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts.
Biographical Note
John Samuel Alfriend was a Norfolk, Virginia native, born on July 6, 1897. Alfriend was a prominent businessman and active in the Norfolk community. He married Harriet "Hattie" Sanderlin. Alfriend died on July 8, 1974 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia. The Alfriend and Vickery families are direct descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
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:
Anne Alfriend Crenshaw by donation
Preferred Citation:
Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers, MSS 2015-040, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June 23, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 2
- Folder 1: Ann Crenshaw, 1816-2005, undated
- This folder contains information on the Alfriend and Vickery families. Documents include information on Blandford Cemetery, biographies, correspondence, genealogical information, newspaper clippings, and the history of Old Donation Church. Most of these documents are photocopies. Other surnames include Hume, Rawlings, Saunders, Wilson, Rolfe, Bolling, Bland, Gibson, and Kennon. Locations include Petersburg and southside Virginia, and Weston, West Virginia.
- Folder 2: Whiddon, Peters, and Vickery Families, 1816-1979, undated
- This folder contains information on the Whiddon, Peters, and Vickery families. Documents in this folder include Pocahontas genealogy, genealogical information, including birth, marriage, and death records; correspondence, newspaper clippings, and wills. Most of these documents are photocopies. Other surnames include Rolfe, Poythress, Bolling, Blair, Bland, Woodlief, Alfriend, Hume, Rawlings, Pearce, Rogers, Wilkins, Hardaway, Herbert, Cunningham, Gregory, Wilson, Gatewood, Stark, Harrison, Brodie, Nimmo, Massenburg, Walke, Barron, McLaughlin, Armistead, Hope, Tuttle, French, Pendergast, Candish, Jennings, Sanderlin, Savage, Abbitt, Camp, Cornick, Saunders, Carter, and McCandlish.
- Folder 3: Eli Vickery and Abbitt Family, 1799-1974, undated
- This folder contains photocopies on Eli Vickery and the Abbitt family. Documents include a biography, appraisement of personal estate, declaration for alliance, and the Abbitt family tree. Other families mentioned in this folder include Hinton, Harris, and Spence. Locations include Elizabeth City, North Carolina, South Mills, North Carolina, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, and Chowan Precinct, North Carolina.
- Folder 4: Applications, 1987-2001, undated
- This folder includes photocopies of applications to the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia regarding the descendants of Theodorick Bland, Sr. Supporting documents for the application are also included.
- Folder 5: Rolfe, Bolling, Bland Families, 1934-2015, undated
- This folder contains materials related to the Rolfe, Bolling, and Bland families. Documents include genealogical information, biographies, correspondence, and property information. Most of these documents are photocopies. Other surnames associated with this folder include Blanc, Barron, Rawlings, Samuel, Davis, David, Louise, James, George, Hulme, Alfriend, Vickery, Allen, Pearce, Rogers, Peters, Bennett, Poythress, Hume, Blair, Manson, Woodleif, Eckles, Woodward, Branch, Walker, Pegram, Codd, Randolph, Beverley, Munford, Currie, Dangerfield, Ruffin, Haynes, Eaton, Banister, Grymes, Tucker, Lee, Carter, Coalter, Custis, Fitzhugh, and Edward. Locations associated with this folder include Petersburg, Virginia, Warton Creek, Maryland, Prince George County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia, and Charles City, Virginia.
- Folder 6: Bolling Family (Folder 1 of 2), 1868-1987, undated
- There are two folders associated with the Bolling family. Documents include genealogical information, maps, biographies, manuscripts, family property information, and newspaper clippings. Most of the material are photocopies. Other surnames associated with this family include Blair, Rolfe, Randolph, Banister, Thompson, Burwell, Balfour, Gilmer, Pearson, Rawlings, Beverly, Bass, Batte, Bigbee, Bland, Bohlen, Boulians, Boyd, Branch, Burton, Byrd, Calverly, Campbell, Carrie, Carter, Cary, Clark, Clements, Coce, Edmunds, Eggleston, Eldridge, Elkin, Fleming, Fletcher, Freeman, Gaskins, Gay, Gilliam, Green, Hagedorn, Hall, Hill, Hobbs, Hoyer, James, Jefferson, Knowles, Lawton, Lee, Lemessurier, Lewis, Manlove, Mann, Meade, Meneger, Meriwether, Miller, Minge, Munford, Murray, Nash, Nicholls, Pearce, Pennington, Peyton, Phelps, Robertson, Russell, Shackelford, Slaughter, Smith, Snelson, Spragins, Starke, Stokes, Stith, Strachan, Sully, Tabb, Taswll, Thorton, Tilghman, Washington, Watson, Woodward, and Yates. Locations associated with this folder include Goochland, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, James City County, Virginia.
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