York County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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See also the main article on genealogical research in York County, Virginia.

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for individuals born in York, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 65,000 entries.

• DeMarco, Christopher. Colonial Families of York County, Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2006-2009. FHL 975.542 D2d v. 1
• Evans, June Banks. Settlers Along the Shores of Virginia's York River with Banks, Farthing, Knewstep, Philbates, Richardson and Their Neighbors. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1989. FHL 975.54 D2ev

Dwight Hogge's My York Co. VA Project includes family trees of many of the area's families.

Bibliography

• [Albritton] McSwain, Eleanor Davis. Some Descendants of Francis Albrighton (1609-1667), Mathew Jones of Mulberry Island, Virginia (1643-1712) and Ralph Albritton of York County, Virginia (1656 ca.-1701) and Connecting Families. Macon, Ga.: E.D. McSwain, 1984. FHL 929.273 AL15m
• [Bates] Bates Family of Old Virginia et al. The Bates Booster: The Bates Family of Old Virginia. Centreville, Va.: Bates Family of Old Virginia, 1972-. FHL Collection 929.27305 B318
• [Belvin] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Belvin of York County, Virginia A Family Genealogy. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1987. FHL 1728879
• [Booker] Austin, Jeannette H. and Shirley Foster Kinney. Booker Family Chart, York Co., Va. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990. FHL 1597743 Item 32
• [Broche] Doyle, James W. "John Broche," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (August/September 1994):76-82. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Burt] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. The Burt Family of York County, Virginia and Related Families. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1960. FHL 1728879
• [Burt] Burt, James Claude. Records of the Burt Family, 1665-1860, York County, Virginia and Edgefield County, S. Carolina. MSS. Microfilmed 1969. FHL 496405 Item 3
• [Burwell] John, Paul. Burwell Residents of King's Creek, a Plantation in York County, Colonial Virginia; and descendants of William Cocke Also the Families of Armistead, Bacon, Ball, Emmerson, Jones, Latane, Waring and Others of England and Virginia. Baytown, Texas: P. John, 1982. FHL 929.273 B958j
• [Cheatham] Moseley, Lucille Cheatham. Descendants of Thomas Cheatham of Chesterfield County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1981. FHL Collection 929.273 C41m
• [Chisman] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Chisman - Charles, 1601-1978, of York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T. Hansford, 1985?. FHL 1728879
• [Clopton] Erwin, Lucy Lane. The Ancestry of William Clopton of York County, Virginia: With Records of Some of His Descendants, to Which are Added Royal Lines; Magna Carta Sureties; Charters; Wills; Deeds, Etc. Also Notes on Certain English Families, viz: Acworth, Basset, Belhous, Calthorpe, Chastelyn, D'Arcy, Despenser, Drury, Echyngham, Howard, Jenny, Jolye, Knevet, Lunesford, Maydstone, Playters, Stapleton, Sutcliffe, Waldegrave, Wentworth. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1939. FHL Collection 1036924 Item 4; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• [Clopton] Gene Carlton Clopton, Lucy Lane Erwin, and Alice Clopton. The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia: With Record of Some of His Descendants to Which are Added Royal Lines, Magna Carta Sureties, Charters, Wills, Deeds, Etc.: Also Notes on ... [Stone Mountain, Georgia]: G.C. Clopton, 1984. FHL Collection
• [Cluverius] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Some Facts About Cluverius, a Family in York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Ironmonger, 1974. FHL 1728879
• [Collier] Austin, Jeannette H. Collier Family Chart, York Co., Va. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990. FHL 1597743 Item 46
• [Cosby] Jenkins, Elizabeth Cosby Stafford. The Cosbys of York County, Virginia 1737-1790. Charlotte, N.C.: E.C.S. Jenkins, 1994. FHL 929.273 C82j
• [Curtis] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. The Curtis Family of York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1989. FHL 1728879
• [Daniell] Ray, Worth S. Ancestry and Probable Origin of the Daniell Family of York County, Virginia. Typescript, 1955. FHL 1321345 Item 7
• [Hansford] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Hanserd, Hansford of America 1700-1980 Elliot of Tidewater Virginia; Eastern Shore 1720: Hansford of York County, Virginia; Documented to Charlemagne 800 AD. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL 1728882 Item 1
• [Harris] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Robert Harris, 1716 York County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 11, No. 4 (February/March 2003):225-240. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. Oklahoma City, Okla.: J.E. Harrison, 1994. FHL Book 929.273 H245he
• [Hawkins] Smith, Reginald Allison. My Family Hawkins (York Co., Va., 1623), 1587-1984. San Angelo, Texas: R.A. Smith, 1984. FHL 929.273 H314sr
• [Hogg] Ironmonger, Elizabeth Hogg. Hogg Family of York and Gloucester Counties, Va. Seaford, Va.: Ironmonger, 1968. FHL 929.273 H679i
• [Holloway] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Colonial Cousins being the History, Genealogy, Heraldry, Homes and Traditions of the Family of Holloway and Related Families Originating in the Original Shire of Charles River, Now York County, Virginia. Norfolk, Va.: G.E. Hopkins, 1940. FHL 929.273 H728h
• [Hopson] Jackson, Lydia L. and Russell B. Hopson. Hopsons of York County, Virginia and Related Families. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL 1728884 Item 4
• [Mackentosh] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Mackentosh Family of New Poquoson, York County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1983?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1127.
• [Martin] Martin, Fred William and Albert James Willett. The Martin Family of the Poquoson District of York County, Virginia with Additional Martin Notes on Grafton District, York County, Virginia. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1994. FHL 929.273 M363mw
• [Moss] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Moss Family of York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1967. FHL 1728880 Item 1
• [Nelson] See Page.
• [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of York County.]
• [Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books.
• [Page] Hutcheson, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Colonel John Page," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 3 (November-December 1992):123-126. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Parker] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. A Sketch of the Parker Family in York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1962. FHL 1728879
• [Philips] Vick, Dollie Hughes and Hugh S. Watson. Philips Family of York County, Virginia. Typescript. Microfilmed 1991. FHL 1753000 Item 11
• [Pleasant] Miller, Norman Carter and George Lane Miller. Pleasants and Allied Families: An Historical Genealogy of the Descendants of John Pleasants (1644/5-1698) of Henrico County, Virginia and of George Pleasant of York County, Virginia. DeKalb, Illinois: N.C. Miller & G.L. Miller, 1980. FHL 929.273 P71m
• [Presson] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. FHL 1682968 Item 4
• [Sebrell] Hart, Lyndon H. The Sebrell Family in Virginia Descendants of Nicholas Sebrell of York County. Petersburg, Va.: Sebrell Family Members, 1993. FHL 929.273 Se22h
• [Shields] Irongmonger, Elizabeth Hogg. Charts for Shields of York County, Virginia Pedigrees of 4 Sons of Peter Shield 1809 and Esther Ann Outten of Accomac County, Va. MSS., 1990. FHL 1728880 Item 1
• [Staige] Marye, William Bose. "Records of the Marye [of Spotsylvania County] and Staige [of York County] Families of Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 10 (1933):141-149. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
• [Stroud] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Stroud, Accounts of Some Families in York County, Virginia. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1962. FHL 1728880 Item 1
• [Terrell] Barnhill, Celeste Jane Terrell. Richmond, William and Timothy Terrell, Colonial Virginians. Greenfield, Ind.: Mitchell Co., 1934. FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• [Thornton] Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Thornton Family. Typescript, 1938. FHL Collection 929.273 A1 no. 1510
• [Thurmer] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Search for the Ancestors of Robert Thurmer of Elizabeth City & York Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1980. FHL 1231516 Item 16
• [Walton] Walton, Britain W. and Margaret H. Walton. Walton from the James and Many Descendants American Origin, James River Locale, Colony of Virginia, Those of Isle of Wight County, Those of York County, Those of King and Queen County, Those of Surry County. Edenton, N.C.: n.p., 1977. FHL 1036018 Item 6
• [Wootten] Wooton, Richard C. The Woottens of York County, Virginia. Arlington, Va.: Wooten and Related Family Association, 1984. FHL 929.273 W889wr
• [Wright] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. Wright of York County, Virginia, 1625-1850. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1987. FHL 1728880 Item 1
• [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. The Wynne Family of York, Warwick, & James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, 1985. FHL 929.273 W992j
• [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. Wynne History Supplement Corrections and Additions to The Wynne Family of York, Warwick, and James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, 198-?. FHL 929.273 W992j Supp.

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