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

By Margaret Marshall

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Box 24

Folder 1: Washington genealogy newspaper columns, 1913-1916

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Washington family, beginning with brothers John and Lawrence Washington, who emigrated to Virginia circa 1657.  Other family names listed include Fleming, Townshend, Dade, Steel, Bolling, Harper, Jenkins, Leet, Harrison, Blunt, Fford, Jordan, Lanier, Pope, Butler and Ball.  Geographic locations listed include Brunswick County, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Westmoreland County, Virginia, North Carolina, Surry County, Virginia, Prince George County, Virginia, Sussex County, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Folder 2: Watkins family history, undated

Book excerpts reflecting abstracts of Norfolk County, Virginia wills and biographical information for Watkins family, beginning with John Watkins of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  Oher family names listed include Lloyd and Parker.  Geographic locations listed include Talbot County, Virginia, Middlesex County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia and Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Folder 3: Webb family information, 2002

Photocopied pages including book and magazine excerpts, newspaper obituaries, correspondence, and military records, regarding the Webb family.  Other family names listed include Knuckles, Ritchie, Keller, Perdue, Cornell, Jones, Boone, Scott, Workman, Smith, Williamson, Mullins, Young, Duncan, Hendricks, Totten, McKinney, Posey, Bragg, Adkins, Skinner, Clark, Riffle, Conley, Cowarden, Purcell, De Pue, Davis, Tucker, Reilly, Fleming, Bigger, Shepperd, Cranz, Royall, Greer, Newberry, Vaughan, Genningen, Dickens, Cheatwood, Seyman and Massie/Massey.  Geographic locations listed include Wayne County, West Virginia, Summersville, South Carolina, Botetourt County, Virginia, Lawrence County, Ohio, North Carolina, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Tazewell County, Virginia, Tennessee, Vivian, West Virginia, McDowell County, West Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia and Limerck, Ireland.

Folder 4: Webb family history, 2002

Descendants lists and narrative research notes regarding the Webb family, beginning with William Tarleton Webb, of Norfolk, Virginia, born November 4, 1851, died August 7, 1912.  Compiled by Judith Anne Foster Paine of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Other family names listed include Jamesson, Massey, Kelly, Foster, Paine, Patterson, Davis, Triplett, Jones, Tucker, Purcell, Reilly, Fleming, Shepherd, Royal, Greer, Randolph, Shore, Bickerton, Afflerbaugh, Bigger, Cranz and Coles.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, Louisa County, Virginia, Buffalo, New York, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Alexandria, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, Goochland, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, London, England, Hanover County, Virginia and Albemarle County, Virginia.

Folder 5: Weir family history, 1952

Newspaper article regarding the Weir family of Norfolk, Virginia, specifically Andrew Weir, circa 1844.  Other family names listed include Allen, Malbon, Edwards, Williams, Wooten, Moody, Johnston and Bell.

Folder 6: Wenger family research, 1976

Ancestor chart for the Wenger family, beginning with Mary Lee Armpriester Wenger, born Baltimore, Maryland, April 6, 1963.  Compiled by Mary A. Wenger of Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Armpriester, Walton, Flanagon, Hollowell, Riddick, Hill, Gresham, Hathaway, Hoggard and Garland.  Geographic locations listed include Virginia Beach, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, New York City, New York, Edenton, North Carolina, Harrisonburg, Virginia and Gatesville, North Carolina.

Folder 7: Wescoat family history, 1976

Genealogy research including citation of references for the Wescoat family tree.  Alternative spellings of the last name include Wescoat, Westcott, Wascott, Westcoat, Wescot and Wescott.  Compiled by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia. Other family names listed include Ellet/Elliott, Bloxom, Jacob, Dennis, Watson, Belote, Roberts, Joynes, Johnson, Pope, Collins, Griffin, Custis, Nottingham, Goffigon, Wilkins, Harwood and Garrett.  Geographic locations listed include Northampton County, Virginia, Nottingham, Virginia and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Folder 8: West family history, 1907

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the West family, beginning with John West who emigrated from Boxley, England, to Virginia, circa 1620.  Other family names listed include Ludlow, Pelham, Delaware, Fox, Wyatt, Knollup, Cary, Croshaw/Crashaw, Young, Phillips, Brooke, Wilson, Martin, McKean, Grymes, Randolph, Beadles, Stout, Rosser, Carper, Chiles, Robertson, Mosby, Rucker, Thornton, Campbell, Wolf, Beverley, Savage, Pellott, Flood, Sackville, Bingham, Cole, Dandridge, Seaton, Blair, Bolling, Cornick, Food, Jones, Allen, Williams, Scott, Beckwith, Dickinson, Poindexter, Armistead, Eubank, Gunn, Cooke, Ryan, Spotswood, Harrison, Moreton, Washington, Longbourne, Richeson, Claiborne, Frazer, Roane, Ragsdale, Trueheart, Messinger, Cutting, Palmer, Quarles, Lipscomb, Easter, Sheppard, Winston, Aylett, Dancy, Chamberlayne and Pollard.  Geographic locations listed include King William County, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Jamestown, Virginia, Boxley, England, York County, Virginia, Warwick County, Virginia, Campbell County, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Buckingham County, Virginia, Charlotte County, Virginia, West Point, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia, Botetourt County, Virginia, Louisa County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, San Jose, California, Illinois, Missouri, Mexico, Green Springs, Virginia, Fort Worth, Texas, Richmond, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Frankfort, Kentucky, Caroline County, Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, Maysville, Kentucky and Baltimore, Maryland.

Folder 9: West family genealogy, 2002

West family genealogy, beginning with William West, born 1761, died 1844, in Norfolk County, Virginia. Compiled by Mrs. Eugenia Portlock Joyce of Norfolk, Virginia and donated by her daughter, Mrs. Hunter Joyce Bert. Other family names listed include Capps, Creekmore, Hodges, White, Cherry, Stafford, Fulford, Willoughby, Etheridge, Ray, Granger, Pell, Jordan, Nansemond, Frances, Newlon, McCain, Hunter, Cason, Watters, Lewis, Brooks, Macon, Hope, Woodhouse, Cornick, Morton, McClary, Weisigner, Garrett, Click, Ner, Stark, Croonenberghs, Braithwaite, Bonney, Kellinger, Stewart, Maupin, Thomson, Portlock, Adsit, Joyce, Owens, Crowder, Shumadine, Rainey, Nicholson, Flemming, Pope, Foreman, Simpson, Rogers, Dillingham, Gilman and Broderick.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Minnesota, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Portsmouth, Virginia, Nansemond County, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia, Kingston, North Carolina, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Hopewell, Virginia, Pensacola, Florida, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Wallaceton, Virginia and Scarsdale, New York.

Folder 10: Westcott family ancestor chart, 1989

Ancestor chart for the Westcott family, beginning with and compiled by Marian Virginia Westcott Rudd of Norfolk, Virginia, born November 4, 1930. Other family names listed include Rudd, Murden, Cherry, Dorman, Grotevant, Haines, Pebworth, Evans, Hill, Seely, Dennis, Edwards, Watts and Burke.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, North Carolina, Manhattan, Kansas, Franklin, New York, Meredith, New York, Milford, New York, Walton, New York, Ross County, Ohio, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Fayette County, Ohio and Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

Folder 11: White family genealogy, 1988

Research notes, transcribed land records, notes based upon recollections and correspondence regarding the White family genealogy, beginning with Benjamin White, circa 1835. Other family names listed include Williams, Worley, Grant, Daniel, Blake, Garner, Tipton, Mackey, Holmes, McGuire, Carr, Chiswell, Allnutt, Belt, Whitmore, Fauber, Meade, Tidball and Trapnall.  Geographic locations listed include Baltimore, Maryland, Forest, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, Bethesda, Maryland, Loudoun County, Virginia, Charles Town, West Virginia, Jefferson County, Virginia and Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Folder 12: White family research, 2004

Descendants list with references for the White family, beginning with John White of Norfolk County, Virginia, circa 1820.  Research materials donated by John M. Roberts of Richmond, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Godwin, Bailey, Scott, Downing, Wilson, Wood, Lee, McDorman, Churchwell, Dolt and Jakeman.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia, Mathews County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Folder 13: White family history, 1906

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the White family of Virginia, beginning with William White, circa 1654, an emigrant from England and the first pastor of York County, Virginia and Lancaster County, Virginia. Other family names listed include Brice, Sykes, Taylor, Freeman, Hamilton, Hayes, Davis and Pool.  Geographic locations listed include York County, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia, London, England, Jamestown, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia, Canton, Mississippi, Norfolk, Virginia, Lexington, Virginia, Greene County, Virginia, Hull, England, Memphis, Tennessee, Elizabeth City County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Albemarle County, Virginia and Gates County, North Carolina.

Folder 14: Whitehead family research, (folder 1 of 2), 1939-1992

Family tree diagram compiled and donated by John Boswell Whitehead Taylor, III of Concord, Ohio. Journal articles, book excerpts, correspondence, photocopied wills with transcriptions, photocopied wills, photocopied notes with transcriptions and "Bear Tracks" Genealogy Newsletter, No. 26, May, June and July, 1983, published by Hunting for Bears of Hammond, Louisiana. Other family names listed include Vick, Cobb, Boykin, Lamb, Elliott, McPherson, Grigsby, Colton, Poindexter, Anderson, Smith, Herman, Wake, Taylor, Potter, Bushnell, Wellman, Hubbard, Jones, Calvert, Wright, Binns, Thorougood, Fowler, Sidney, Lawson, Westgate, Weissman, Bobbitt, Klopp, Derrickson, Puckett, Morton, Byrne, Potter, Boswell, Colgate, Blair, Phillips, Andrews, Darden, Wilson, Goodwin, Halbrook, Herman, Irvin, Williams, Parker, Ralls, Jenkins, Moore, Prentice, Judkins, Riddick, Shivers, Casey, Knox, Turner, Powers, Frizzle, Fentress, Corprew, Old, Bertie, Batten, Collins, Stone, Alfriend, Calcott, Forbes, Whitehurst, Capps, Croft/Craft, White, Ackiss, Guynn, Taliaferro, Lawrence, Bright, Bass, Sykes, Malbon, Reid, Charnock, James, Salmononsky, Land, Dawley, Poyner, Brown, Holmes, Moses, Munden, Corbell, Parsons, Warden, Vaughn, Boswell, Irving, Garland, Smoot, Baldwin and Massie.  Geographic locations listed include Portsmouth, Virginia, Kentucky, Norfolk, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Norfolk County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, London, England, York County, Virginia, Rappahannock County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Southampton County, Virginia, Amherst County, Virginia, Winchester County, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia, Northampton County, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Smithfield, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland and Suffolk, Virginia.

Folder 15: Whitehead family research (folder 2 of 2), undated

Research notes, some with transcription and references, regarding the Whitehead family.

Folder 16: Whitehurst family research, undated

Descendants lists with citations, photocopied wills with transcriptions, photocopied wills, and other research materials for the Whitehurst family.  Alternative spellings of the last name include Whythurste, Whythurst, Whytehurste, Whytehurst, Whitehurste, Whiturst, Whithurste, Whithurst and Whitehurst.  Research compiled by William Rylance of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mrs. James R. Sanders of Smithfield, North Carolina, Miss Winifred Willis of Gloucester, North Carolina and Melinda Lukei. Other family names listed include Russell, Woodhouse, Goldsmith, Nicholas, Cox, Vause, Scott, Bryan, Franklin, Harrison, Morris, Broughton, Bennett, Isaksen, Huddle, Hughes, Herbert, Barclay, Holton, Bartley, Prince, Pigott, Burgess, Williams, Fulford, Ward, Wright, Lovett/Lovitt, Lamount, Land, Letter, Freshwater, Old, Flanagan, Mason, Stryon, Thorogood, Walker, Whitehead, Codd, Parker, Stokes, Gibbs, Hall, Wallace, Marshall, Nelson, Henry, Taylor, Piver, Simpson, Chadwick, Brogden, Hancock, Roberts, Langdon, Smith, Davis, Stewart, Vowels, Congleton, Searle, Willis, Swann, Grover and Sanders.  Geographic locations listed include Virginia Beach, Virginia, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Onslow County, North Carolina, Beaufort County, North Carolina, Hawkins County, Tennessee, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, Plymouth, North Carolina, Portsmouth, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, Carteret County, North Carolina, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Smithfield, North Carolina and Gloucester, North Carolina.

Folder 17: Whiting family research, undated

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Whiting family, beginning with James Whiting of Gloucester County, Virginia, circa 1642. Other family names listed include Peyton, Beverly, Randolph, Perrin, Fairfax, Little, Braxton, Horner, Burwell, Singer, Kemp, Wam, Thornton, Washington, Baylor, Snickers, Drew, Lowndes, Robinson, Blair, Cary, Nelson, Bushrod, Clayton, Booth, Cooke, Hubard and Elliott.  Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Hartford, Connecticut, New York, Clarke County, Virginia, Middlesex, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Mathews County, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia, Berkeley County, Virginia and Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Folder 18: Whittle family research, undated

Descendants list and photocopied family bible records, showing births, deaths and marriages, for the Whittle family.  Other family names listed include Davies, McNeece, Murray, Sinclair, Rennon, Page, Taylor, Charrington, Randolph, Campbell, Dublin, Latimer, Ewing, Mumford, Patterson, Southgate, Skipworth, Coles, Fairfax, Kennon, Drewey, Tanis, Dabney, Tyler, Brock, Chapman, Minton, Leeckin, Mann, Carter, Armistead, Byred, Selden, Lee, Colvert, Neilson, Baylor, O'Neil, Burwell, O'Fallon, Fuller, Gray, Lethbridge, Wills, Baggolay, Fitzhugh, Ruffin, Blow, Saunders, Bennett, Walke, Thorougood, Jones, Wickham, Cowdry, Beverley, Harrison, Astley-Cooper, O'Neale, Baumgartner, Watson, Bounan, Tinne, Sellar, Bells, Cabell and Cole.  Geographic locations listed include County Antrium, Ireland, Millbrook, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Buchanan County, Virginia, Bent Mountain, Virginia, Warrenton, Virginia, Surrey, England, Clarke County, Virginia, Bethesda, Maryland, King Williams County, Virginia, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Staunton, Virginia, Denver, Colorado, Kentucky, Williamsburg, Virginia, County Essex, England, Gloucester County, Virginia, Stafford County, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, St. Louis, Missouri and Albemarle County, Virginia.

Folder 19: Wickens family history, undated

Genealogy worksheets for the Wickens family, compiled by Eugenia Wickens Miller of Chesapeake, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Pell, Woodhouse, Tarkenton, Hatchell, Hughes, Evans, Jones, Capps, Lynch, Ballance, Parker, Overton, Wroten/Rhoten, Carter, Terrant/Ferrant and Rowley.  Geographic locations listed include Princess Anne County, Virginia, Hertford, North Carolina, Winton, North Carolina, Pike County, Illinois, Currituck County, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and Camden County, North Carolina.

Folder 20: Wilkins family history, undated

Descendants list with references for the Wilkins family, beginning with John Wilkins, born 1592, emigrated 1618, died 1649. Compiled by Nancy Wescoat Harwood Garrett of Portsmouth, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Higby, Voss, Argoll, Hunt, Drake, Henry, Croft, Baldwin, Jackson, Hunt, Moore, Willett, Clegg, Vermillion, Holstead, Stubblefield, Stringer, Percival, Goffigon, Mosely, Thoroughgood, Littleton, Savage, Spady, Elkington, Tyng, Grace, Corbin, Cowdery, Harmanson, Gascoigne, Webster, Powell, Waterson, Bibby, Ayres, Stratton, Stockley, Major, Fatherly, Guy, Elliott, Trower, Minter, Travis, Saunders, Nottingham, McCoy, Wicks, Elam, Harwood, Tyler, Woodruff, Pickett, Wescoat, Pope, Cutheriell and Garrett.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, James City, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, England, Northampton County, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Folder 21: Wilkins family bible records, undated

Photocopied pages of the Thomas M. Wilkins family bible.  Owned by Miss Ann Nottingham of Norfolk, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Saunders and Nottingham.

Folder 22: Williams family research, 1926-1962

Research materials with references and Williams' family application forms for submission to "The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America". The earliest ancestor noted is William Williams of Stafford County and Essex County, Virginia, died 1712.  Research materials arranged by Nellie Mae Burns Sparks, gifted by Mr. John C. Williams of Virginia Beach, Virginia, include an alphabetized list of associated family names.  Each application form includes dates, associated family names and locations.  A partial listing of family names includes Parson, Gibson, Boykin, Rogerson, Power, Chesnut, Miller, Lucas, White, Kirkpatrick, Harrison, Ames, Page, Hutton, Barton, Johnson, Klinzing, Conklin, Brooks, Botsford, Laux, Templeton, Enlow, Lewis, Carr, Washington, Mann, Tulle, Carter, Armistead, Cary, Dean, Clayton, Coleman, Croudson/Crowdson, Carpenter, Offner, Bird, Hite, Lyle, Peere, Wharton, Smith, Lane, McKella, Elliot, Pender, Cobb, Pickle, McBryde, Phillips and Hopkins.  A partial listing of geographic locations includes Middlesex County, Virginia, Rockingham County, Virginia, Greenbriar County, Virginia (now West Virginia), White County, Virginia, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Augusta County, Virginia, Botetourt County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Harrison County, West Virginia, Rockingham County, Virginia, Wythe County, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, Society Hill, South Carolina, Essex County, Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia, Northampton County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Darlington County, South Carolina, Stafford County, Virginia, Rhode Island, Camden, South Carolina, Lancaster County, South Carolina, Chillicothe, Missouri, Mexico, Missouri, Sioux City, Iowa, Los Angeles, California, Washington, District of Columbia, Hughson, California, San Diego, California, Littleton, Virginia, Southampton County, Virginia, Robertson County, Tennessee, Middlesex, England, Wales, Williamsburg, Virginia, Rosewell, Virginia, Willis Forks, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland, Woodstock, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia, Hertford, England, London, England, Linden, North Carolina, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Danville, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia, Calvert County, Maryland, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Currituck County, North Carolina, Todd County, Kentucky and Buffalo, New York.

Folder 23: Williams, John-last will and testament, 1875

Photocopied pages of the last will and testament for John Williams of Norfolk, Virginia, dated 7th of May, 1975.

Folder 24: Williamson family research, 2006

Ancestor list and research notes with sources used, compiled by Philip T. Williamson, II, for the Williamson family, beginning with Richard Williamson, died London, England, circa 1621.  Other family names listed include Foster, Kemp, Whitehurst, Edmonds, Berry, Godfrey, Drumwright, Voliva, Henderson, Watson, Dough, Fletcher, Dozier, Miller, Collins, Christopher, Harper, Smith, Mathias, Fentress, Polly, Wright, Ives, Casterton, Male, Daley and Armstrong.  Geographic locations listed include Princess Anne County, Virginia, London, England, Norfolk County, Virginia, Culpeper County, Virginia, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Albemarle County, Virginia, Cleveland, Ohio, Portsmouth, Virginia, Orlando, Florida, Clearwater, Florida, Bridgton, Maine, Palatka, Florida, Chesapeake, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Baldwin, Michigan, Norfolk, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia and Roanoke Island, North Carolina.