Rogers Dey Whichard Papers, 1597-1983 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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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

Family trees
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk County (Va.)

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.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
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Box 1

Folder 1: Brittany, France, undated: Includes genealogy notes.
Folder 2: Coat of arms, miscellaneous dates: Regards a Parisian secondary school Whichard attended.
Folder 3: Correspondence, circa 1962: Includes Whichard's correspondence with various museums.
Folder 4: Delta Kappa Epsilon, miscellaneous dates: DKE was Whichard's college fraternity.
Folder 5: Dey genealogy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 6: Dey genealogy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 7: Early North American and Spanish maps, miscellaneous dates
Folder 8: Genealogy of Jones, Lee, and Llewellyn families, miscellaneous dates
Folder 9: General Services Administration, miscellaneous dates: Includes requests for veterans' records and copies of correspondence from the Mexican War period of the mid-1800s.
Folder 10: George Washington, miscellaneous dates: Includes genealogy and history documents.
Folder 11: Line of descent and certificate of service of Thomas Nash IV, miscellaneous dates

Box 2

Folder 1: Maps of Norfolk, Virginia, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Marine Hospital of Berkley, Norfolk, Virginia, undated: Includes maps and photo.
Folder 3: Manuscripts, miscellaneous dates: Includes poem and handwritten notes.
Folder 4: Miscellaneous items, miscellaneous dates: Includes small notes and booklets.
Folder 5: Morton B. Howell Memoirs 1834-1909, circa 1947
Folder 6: Norfolk Town in Virginia 1680-1736, miscellaneous dates: Includes text from 1955, notes, and photos.
Folder 7: Note cards, miscellaneous dates
Folder 8: Nash and Thomas families genealogies, miscellaneous dates
Folder 9: News clippings, miscellaneous dates
Folder 10: Norfolk Academy article, 1942 January 11
Folder 11: Norfolk County court, undated: Include article and sketches.

Box 3

Folder 1: Norfolk deeds and land grants, miscellaneous dates: Includes notes and table.
Folder 2: Norfolk Freemasonry, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Notes on Norfolk County, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Notes on the Toy family, miscellaneous dates
Folder 5: Persian empire, undated: Includes notes on ancient figures.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous photos and drawings, undated
Folder 7: Professor William Fenn Hopkins, miscellaneous dates
Folder 8: Reconnaissance of Portsmouth, miscellaneous dates: Regards Whichard's translation of an old French text.
Folder 9: Selas history, miscellaneous dates
Folder 10: Surveying information, undated
Folder 11: "The Calendar" notes, circa 1985: Possibly notes for a manuscript.
Folder 12: Tidewater families genealogies, miscellaneous dates
Folder 13: U.S.S. Constellation, miscellaneous dates: Includes booklets and articles.

Box 4

Folder 1: Whichard family, miscellaneous dates: Includes correspondence, maps, and various documents and notes.
Folder 2: Whichard family genealogy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Whichard genealogy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Willoughby-Baylor House, circa 1965: Includes several pieces of correspondence.
Folder 5: Wishart House or Lynnhaven House, miscellaneous dates: Includes booklets, photos, and sketches.
Folder 6: W.R. Whichard's letters, miscellaneous dates
Folder 7: W.R. Whichard's letters, circa 1893-1900

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.

Box 6

Folder 1: English documents, deed, 1720 July 2: Deed between John Sayer of St. Dunston, City of Canterbury; Thomas Sayer of St. Martin, Kent county; of one part and Thomas Mihills of Kingston, Kent county.
Folder 2: English documents, lease, 1727 March 9: Lease for 14 years between John Morton of Ashland, Kent County; and Edward Browne of Littlebourne, Kent County.
Folder 3: Book, "Old Houses in Princess Anne, Virginia" (with annotations), 1931
Folder 4: Book, "The History of Virginia's Navy in the Revolution", circa 1933

Box 7

Item 1: Binder with sketches and illustrations, undated: Labeled R.D. Whichard.

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