The author puts forth the theory that William Armistead (1602-1677), founder of the Armistead family in Virginia, was really Wilhelm V of Hesse-Cassel and that his wife, Ann Lovelace was Dutchess of Kent. They settled in Virginia where their children and descendants became prominent. At least three of their descendants became American presidents and others were influential in Virginia society. Descendants presently live throughout the United States....

Thomas Curle (d. ca. 1700) married Anne, the widow of Joseph Milby. He was the father of at least five children, possibly by an earlier wife. Nicholas Curle married Jane Wilson, who later married James Ricketts. Mary Curle, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Curle, married Capt. Henry Jenkins. Descendants and relatives remained chiefly in Virginia.

Samuel Selden (d.1720) married Rebecca Yeo, and the family immigrated about 1690 from England to Elizabeth City (now Hampton), Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and elsewhere. Includes several lines of ancestors in England, Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere to 1066 A.D. and beyond. Includes Armistead, Brewer, Dandridge, Henry, Hunter, Kennedy, Lane, Page,...

James Houston was born 22 June 1747 in County Down, Ireland. He emigrated in about 1767 and settled in North Carolina. He married Asenath Brevard (1755-1843), daughter of Robert Brevard (1718-1800) and Sarah Craig (1728-1807), 29 September 1774. They had twelve children.He served in the American Revolution. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and North Carolina. Includes Armistead, Fulenwider, Phifer,...

Genealogical collection, ca. 1066-1966, covering Booth individuals and families in England and in the United States. Insofar as possible, descendants and relatives are traced, including several direct-line lineages (particularly in England). Several Booth immigrants from England to the English colonies have been located, and progeny shown where possible. These immigrants were chiefly to Massachusetts and Virginia in the early 1600s. There are also...

Jesse Miller was born in the 1700's probably in Cumberland/Powhatan counties, Virginia. Jesse Miller married Elizabeth Walton in Cumberland County, Virginia prior to 1 March 1758. Jesse died in 1804. Elizabeth died in 1815. Includes Miller, Walton, Armistead, Street, Castleberry, Chaney, Johnson, Nuckolls, Cunningham, McWilliams, Parsons, Durden, Hilliard, Cragg, Rowan, Goolsby, Dyer, Whittington, Garland, Cox and related families.

Sarah Colley, daughter of Edward Colley, was born 18 September 1753 in Norfolk County, Virginia. She married John Jones. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Includes information concerning the Moss, Hebert, Thomson, Ball, Armistead, White, Caldwell, Ousley, and Bartlett families in the first volume.

Thomas Noxon (fl.1689-1742) immigrated (probably from England, possibly from Holland) to Albany, New York during or before 1689, and married Gertrude Hoogeboom in 1691. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, New England, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, Alabama, Texas, California and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. Includes probably ancestry, with genealogical data, in England to about 1332 A.D. Includes...