Norfolk (Va.)--Genealogy

Original will with accompanying photocopies of Lydia Mayle of the Borough of Norfolk dated 1791.

Family charts with accompanying family history pertaining to the McCoy family of Norfolk, Virginia. Research correspondence is included, as well. Associated family names include Benthall, Brooks, Brownley, Butt, Dean, Down, Cowan, Ellington, Etheridge, Frith, Godwin, Grice, Griffin, Hall, Holland, Smith, Stokes, Whitehurst, Wiles, and Williamson.

Copies of asset appraisal and chancery suit records pertaining to the Nicholson family of Norfolk, Virginia.

Copy of a Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia Declaration dated 1793 and a copy of an indenture pertaining to the Nivison family of Norfolk, Virginia

Family pedigree and deed book records pertaining to the Poole family of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne County, Virginia. Associated family names include Bannister, Calvert, Gaskins, Hayes, Keeling, Thorowgood (Thoroughgood), Ward, and Workman.

Family charts and pedigrees, copies of deedbook records, and a will pertaining to the Portlock family of Norfolk, Virginia. Associated family names include Bevan, Butt, Etheredge, Gardner, Hallford, Herbert, Matthias, Mayle, Nash, Spivey, Tatem, and Whitehurst.

Research correspondence, a speech written by Colonel Kenneth Purdie, and copies of land warrants and patents, deed book records, excerpts from "Virginia Historical Magazine," excerpts from "William and Mary College Quartlerly Historical Papers"," and copies of a newspaper clipping from "The American Beacon" pertaining to the Purdie family of Norfolk, Virginia.

Family chart and trees, research correspondence, and copies of chancery court records, wills and will book records, marriage bonds, indentures and deed book records pertaining to the Randolph (Randall) family of Norfolk County and Princess Anne County, Virginia. Associated family names include Banks, Blanch, Bonney, Brown, Butt, Cameron, Fentress, George, Gisburn (Gisborn), Hodges, Ingram, Jones, Lawrence, Mercer, Thorton, and Whitehurst

Research correspondence with will book, deed book, family Bible, and marriage records references among Festus Morgan, Jr., E. Griffith Dodson, and Elizabeth Baum Wingo pertaining to the Smith family of the Borough of Norfolk. Associated family names include Chew, Gwathmey, Hagner, Hill, Larkin, Morgan, Olmsted, Saunders, Scandrett, Taylor, Tazewell, Towles, and Waller. Frequent references to "Rickahock" are also mentioned.

Family genealogy notes, including birth, death, and marriage dates, and one family photograph.