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Middlesex County, Virginia Order Book Abstracts, 1719-1721 contains entries from Middlesex County, Virginia Order Book No. 5, 1710-1721 beginning on page 421 and ending on page 535 for courts held 5 May 1719 through 4 July 1721 and Middlesex County, Virginia Order Book No. 6, 1721-1726 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 22 for courts held 1 August 1721 through 2 February 1721/1722. County court order books contain records of all matters br...

When the Revolutionary War erupted in Massachusetts in April 1775, no American army existed. Each colony had its own militia that required inhabitants, typically free men between the ages of sixteen to fifty years old, to defend the colony when needed. Few colonists imagined prior to 1775 that such colonial militia would be pitted against the professional regulars of the British army, but that is precisely what occurred as a result of the bloo...

This volume contains detailed abstracts of the order books, which covered probate, appointment of guardians and administrators of estates, appointments of county officers such as surveyors, constables, persons to take tithables, persons to inventory and appraise an estate, petitions to build a mill, build a road, adjudgements of the ages of slaves, cases of thievery, assault, and bastardy, chancery cases. Matters of probate include the date th...

This volume contains detailed abstracts of the order books, which covered probate, appointment of guardians and administrators of estates, appointments of county officers such as surveyors, constables, persons to take tithables, persons to inventory and appraise an estate, petitions to build a mill, build a road, adjudgements of the ages of slaves, cases of thievery, assault, and bastardy, chancery cases. Matters of probate include the date th...

William Riley's story necessarily starts in the middle, since the first record about him was in 1830 which said he was married with two children. Born in Connecticut in 1798, William's town of origin and parents are not known. He was a poor shoemaker, belonged to a Dunkard church, and lived in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1873. His five children moved to nearby Philadelphia after the Civil War where they were employed as m...

This book contains abstracts of King George County court orders, 6 November 1724 to 7 June 1728 (original pages 223-408). These detailed abstracts of court orders cover matters brought before the court such as: deeds, runaway slaves, individuals sworn to or ordered to appear before the grand jury, bonds, deeds of lease and release, grants of imparlance, ejectione firma, adjudgements of the ages of slaves, wills, cases of thievery, chancery cas...

County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized ...

In the fourteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church reigned supreme in England. The first break from the Church occurred in the early 1500s when King Henry VII wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine. The King's break with the Roman Catholic Church created the Anglican Church (Church of England) which, though not entirely Protestant, nonetheless allowed a revival of Protestantism. Many of these Protestants were called Puritans "because of their...

This is the second in a series of new genealogies about the Dudley family, and follows the same format as the first. This compilation follows the branch of Dudleys that sprang from Concord, Massachusetts, and is quite unique in that almost nothing is known of its founder, Francis Dudley, who is first mentioned in Concord in 1663. It is also one of the first branches of the Dudley family to follow the Westward Expansion, moving to Wisconsin, Oh...

Will books are one of the best resources for determining family relationships in genealogy research. This volume contains entries from Lancaster County, Virginia, Inventories and Wills No. 8, 1690-1709, beginning on page 1 and ending on page 139 for courts held 9 April 1690 through 8 June 1709. In addition to the full name of the deceased, these records offer a rich source of names, which may include spouse, children, relatives, witnesses, and...

Will books are one of the best resources for determining family relationships in genealogy research. This volume contains entries from Essex County Will Book No. 7 (1743-1747), beginning on page 1 and ending on page 322/323 for courts held 17 May 1743 through 19 March 1744. "N.B. Essex County Will Book 1743-1747 contains 533 pages. Pages 324 through 533 will be found in our following book, Will Abstracts of Essex County, Virginia 1745-1747." I...

This volume contains entries from Richmond City, Virginia, Hustings Deeds No. 1, 1782-1792 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 434-436 for courts held 15 July 1782 through 26 July 1790. Records include deeds, letters of attorney, bonds, etc. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work. (?), 2022, 8¿x11, paper, index, 134 pp.

This volume contains entries from Lancaster County, Virginia, Deeds &c., No. 9, 1701-1715, beginning on page 206 and ending on page 411 for courts held 3 January 1706 through 31 October 1710. Researching deed books is a must when researching your family history. County deed books contain records of land transactions, bills of sale, powers of attorney, mortgages and leases, slave manumissions, and sometimes marriage contracts. A full-name and p...

Unlike the will books in most Virginia counties, the inventories, estate accounts and estate sales of King George County are not a part of the will book (at least through 1780). The inventories for the years 1721-1744 were found in a separate book. This volume contains entries from King George County, Virginia Deed Book 6, 1745-1784 beginning on page 5 (pages 1-4 are missing) and ending on page 283 for courts held September 6, 1745 through Feb...

Deed books typically contain records of land transactions, mortgages, bills of sale, slave manumissions, powers of attorney, and sometimes marriage contracts. Deed books should always be consulted when doing genealogical research. This volume contains entries from King George County Deed Book 6, 1745-1784 beginning on page 285 and ending on page 402 for courts held 6 July 1780 through 23 December 1783, and entries from Deed Book 7, 1785-1793 b...

In January 1942, following the United States' entry into WWII, German U-boats began a reign of terror off America's Eastern Seaboard, over the next several months, sinking hundreds of ships almost at will. With the combatant ships of the then-small U.S. Navy, spread thin in distant theaters, Vice Admiral Andrews desperately sought vessels to protect the coast. Those available consisted of Navy remnants of World War I, private yachts and fishin...

Every old inhabitant of Florida knows of Andrew Turnbull.... Reminders of Turnbull are plentiful throughout the State. On the palm covered banks of the North Indian River stands New Smyrna itself, named for Smyrna, Asia Minor, the birthplace of Turnbull's wife." Spain yielded East and West Florida to England in exchange for Havana in 1763, but few Englishmen could be enticed to settle in this warm wilderness. Dr. Andrew Turnbull was an excepti...

This volume opens with four pages of undated clippings transcribed from the scrapbook of Rev. S. A. Agnew. The remainder of this volume is compiled from notices which appeared in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian from the beginning of its publication in 1867 through the end of 1888. Only a few issues have survived for the period between 1878 and 1884. These notices include people who lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia...

Richard Pyncombe (Richard Pinkham after his arrival to Dover) was born 7 November 1613 in Alvington, Devonshire, England and died in June 1681 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He became "Generation 1" of the North American Dover, New Hampshire Pinkham line. Richard Pinkham was one of the first settlers of Dover, New Hampshire and signed the charter of New Hampshire, a document believed to be a foundation study for the Declaration of ...

This is the fifth in a series of personal property tax records. This volume covers the years 1863-1866 and 1868-1870, as well as totals for all years and the home or employer of black males in 1868 and 1869. It is interesting to note in 1865 that nearly one hundred percent of those listed paid the same amount of tax which was forty cents. The introduction includes a breakdown of the various templates during 1863 to 1870, which corresponds to t...