Norfolk (Va.)--Genealogy

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Copies of indentures of lease dated 1724 pertaining to George Bowen and his wife, Martha, in Norfolk County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Family papers and photographs from 1831-2001, including genealogical notes, family trees, crests, biographical sketches, and obituaries of the Brooke family of Norfolk, Virginia. Related surnames include Tucker, Andrews, Cary, Coleman, Custis, Dallas, Drummond, Hagan, Higgins, Lucas, McLaughlin, McNamara, Mercer, Ramsey, Randolph, Taliaferro, Walton, and Washington. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Lucy Borland Higgins Brooke, her husband David Tucker Brooke, and her...

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Copies of legal records dated 1704 pertaining to the Bryan/Brian family of Norfolk, Virginia.

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A photocopy of a will of Robert Burgess of Norfolk County, Virginia dated 1714 with accompanying receipt for goods and services documentation. Associated family names include Malbone and Hodgis. Two Black women are mentioned, Hanna and Jenny.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a written statement and/or legal record signed by Geoge Burnett about the care of and compensation for a three year old Black girl named Nan. Other names mentioned include Todd, Hill, Marry. Page excerpts from a book about the Burnett family, including tax lists, marriage indexes, death notices, wills and deeds, are compiled. Geographic locations of the Burnett family include Jefferson County, Tennessee; Blount County, Tennessee; Essex County, Virginia; Amelia County,...

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A sketch of John J. Borroughs, a prominent clerk of local Virginia courts of law, including the Hustings Court of the City of Norfolk and County Court of Princess Anne, is included. Additionally, a photocopy of an indenture dated 1834 between Willaim Borroughs of Kempsville and Princess Anne County and John Ingram, signed by J. J. Burroughs is also included.

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Pedigree and family tree charts, correspondence pertaining to genealogy research, and copies of various research documents, book excerpts, and legal records (such as indentures, passenger and immigration lists, marriage records compiled and published by Elizabeth Baum Wingo, Deed indexes, unrecorded wills and will abstracts, prisoner lists, land patents and grants, and petition filed by Benjamin Bustin dated 1790. Connections to Barbados are also documented.

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Copies of legal records of complaint about monies owed, dated 1754.

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Pedigree charts, family trees, research notes, and photocopies of legal records, such as a will of John Cartwright dated 1694, deed from John Porter to John Cartwright dated 1693, and land records dated 1680, pertaining to the Cartwight family of Virginia and North Carolina. Associated family names include Shipp and Keeling.

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Photocopy of page 476 of "Patents No. 7 1679-1689" pertaining land granted to Richard Chambers in Lower Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, 1685.