Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County RecordsGenealogical Publishing Com, 1973 - 756 pages This is a comprehensive study of the early history and inhabitants of Isle of Wight County. It begins with a graphic description of the early settlers--including accounts of Quakers and Cavaliers--and is followed by detailed histories of the various Isle of Wight families. Nearly 200 pages of this voluminous work are devoted to abstracts of deeds, land records, and quit rents. Besides a place and subject index, the work further includes a 38-page name index of several thousand entries. |
Contents
The Aborigines of Isle of Wight | 1 |
Puritans and Pilgrims Before the Mayflower | 5 |
Edward Bennett of London and Isle of Wight | 34 |
Richard Bennett and the Puritan Exodus to Nansemond and Maryland | 54 |
The Personnel of the Puritans | 77 |
Early History of Isle of Wight Resumed | 81 |
The Coming of the Cavaliers | 105 |
The Quakers | 111 |
The BoddieBode Family in South Carolina | 376 |
The Derivation of the Name Boddie | 396 |
Brewer of Somerset London and Isle of Wight | 403 |
Bridger of Gloucester England and Isle of Wight | 409 |
Captain James Davis of New England and Virginia | 434 |
Exum | 450 |
Godwin Of Nansemond and Isle of Wight | 459 |
Lawrence of London and Isle of Wight | 489 |
Isle of Wight and Nansemond Emigrants Establish North Carolinas First Permanent Colony | 124 |
The Reverent Roger Greens Narrative Converning the State of Virginia in 1660 | 137 |
Bacons Rebellion in Isle of Wight | 144 |
Prace and Prosperity | 167 |
Isle of Wight Miscellany | 169 |
Some Isle of Wight Families | 204 |
The Genealogical History of the Bennetts of Wivelscombe Somerset and Isle of Wight | 265 |
Descendants of Richard Bennett of Isle of Wight | 289 |
William Bennet of Isle of Wight and Northampton County North Carolina | 305 |
Boddie of Essex England and Isle of Wight | 319 |
NEWMAN | 499 |
Pitt of Blanford in Dorset Bristol and Isle of Wight County Virginia | 505 |
BOOK A | 513 |
Will and Deed Book I 16621686 | 533 |
Deed Book I 16881704 | 598 |
Land Grants 16281674 | 654 |
Land Grants 16741705 | 692 |
Quit Rents 1704 | 698 |
County Officers from Isle of Wight and Surrounding Counties | 702 |
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