Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5: Families A-F Volume 1

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 929.3755 EAN: 9780806317441 ISBN: 0806317442 Label: Genealogical Publishing Company Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1278 Publication Date: 2004-04-01 Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company Studio: Genealogical Publishing Company
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Editorial Reviews: The purpose of the book is to establish descents--through the sixth generation--of the approximately 150 individuals who can be identified as (1) Adventurers of Purse (i.e. stockholders in the Virginia Company of London) who either came to Virginia in the period 1607-1625 and had descendants or who did not come to Virginia within that period but whose grandchildren were residents there; or (2) Adventurers of Person, 1607-1625 (i.e. immigrants to Virginia) who left descendants. With roots deeply embedded in the social fabric of the United States, over 7,800 descendants resident in Virginia (or subsequently in other states) are identified. Family accounts are supported by 10,000 footnote citations to manuscripts or published records. The index contains 19,000 name, place, and subject entries, many with multiple page citations. Far too large to be published in a single volume, the new fourth edition is to be published in three volumes, of which this is the first.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5: Families A-F Volume Comment: Excellent documentation on Jamestowne which proved my relationship to my Jamestowne Ancestor. The book was accepted as proof for my membership in the Jamestowne Society. Customer Rating: Summary: Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/25: Families R-z Comment: Excellent documentation on Jamestowne which proved my relationship to my Jamestowne Ancestor. The book was accepted as proof for my membership in the Jamestowne Society. Customer Rating: Summary: Best Resource of Information on the Founders of America Comment: There is no better source of authoritative information on the founders of America than this three volumn set about the Jamestown settlers from 1807 to 1824. The reserch effort to update information for the 400th. Anniversity of the founding of the Jamestown colony was a monumental effort and the work of author/compiler/editor John Frederick Dorman,F.A.S.G. is as authorative as it gets. These three volumns are a must read for anyone who traces ancestery to the earliest American settlers. This source traces the 1st. six generations of those who arrived in America prior to 1824 and surrived. Customer Rating: Summary: A Genealogist's Dream Comment: If you have (or think you have) ancestors who arrived in Virginia before 1624, this book is a "must-have". The research is impeccable, the footnotes are fascinating, and the indices list every ancestor. This three-volume series is an essential aid to any genealogist who is tracking down early Virginia ancestors. Because of a family Ahnentafel chart, I knew the names and relationships of the people I was looking for, but did not know any of their places or dates. Thanks to the indices at the back of each volume of this wonderful set of books, I now have all the dates and places back to 1610. Customer Rating: Summary: Publisher's Synopsys for the 2005 reprint by Clearfield Publishing: Comment: FAMILIES (R-Z) Reynolds, Robins, Rolfe, Rookings, Royall, St. Leger, Salter-Weld, Savage, Scarburgh, Sharp, Sharp-Baugh, Sheppey, Slaughter, Smith (Arthur), Smith (Richard), Smith (Roger) , Southey-Harmar-Littleton, Spencer, Stephens, Strachey, Swann, Tatum, Taylor-Cary, Thorowgood, Tooke, Townshend, Trussell, Utie, Utie-Bennett, Vassall, Waters, West, West (Anthony), Whiting, Wilkins, Williams, Willoughby, Wood, Woodhouse, Woodliffe, Woodson, Woodward, Wroughton, Wyatt, Yeardley, Zouche The final volume of the most important work ever to appear on Virginia genealogy! This is the third and final volume of the legendary Adventurers of Purse and Person, a monumental compendium of genealogies of the founders of Virginia during the formative period 1607-1625 and the culmination of more than twenty-five years of research by the widely respected Virginia genealogist John Frederick Dorman. It contains accounts of forty-six pre-1625 Virginia settlers or members of the Virginia Company of London whose families later came to the colony, with thirty-six of them traced to the sixth generation. Individuals ranging from R-Z (Reynolds to Zouche) identified in the work must have been resident in Virginia during the period 1607-1624/25 or members of the Virginia Company of London in order to be designated "adventurers," and it is their descendants alone who qualify for membership in one of the most distinguished hereditary societies in America, the Order of First Families of Virginia. Adventurers of Purse and Person is their story, a collection of genealogies of all adventurers with proven descents into the sixth generation. Prepared under the auspices of the Order of First Families of Virginia to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, this new edition of Adventurers of Purse and Person extends the lines of descent of the founding families documented in previous editions from four generations to six, bringing most families down to the Revolutionary or early Federal periods. The purpose of the work is to establish descents of the approximately 150 individuals who can be identified as (1) Adventurers of Purse (i.e. stockholders in the Virginia Company of London who either came to Virginia in the period 1607-1625 and had descendants, or who did not come to Virginia during that period but whose grandchildren were resident there); or (2) Adventurers of Person, 1607-1625 (i.e., immigrants to Virginia who left descendants). The foundation of the work is the famous "Muster" of 1624-25---essentially a census taken by the Royal Commission which succeeded the Virginia Company to determine the extent and composition of the Jamestown settlements. In the Muster, which is reproduced in entirety in Volume One, the name of each colonist appears with the location of his home and the number in his family, together with information about his stock of food, his supply of arms and ammunition, his boats, houses, and livestock. In all, about 1,200 persons are named in the Muster, of whom approximately 150 are shown in this work to have left descendants to the sixth generation. In addition to the Muster, this work builds on the investigations of dozens of scholars, correcting, revising, and supplementing the best genealogical scholarship of the past half century. New discoveries, newly available information, and a further reevaluation of evidence concerning previously accepted relationships have led, in some instances, to wholesale changes in the accepted genealogies. In consequence, this fourth edition brings together the results of all the most recent scholarship on these families, expanding the limits of what is presently known and opening up possibilities for research beyond the sixth generation. In the Foreword to this volume, Carter Branham Snow Furr, President of the Order of First Families of Virginia, writes: "Thanks go to those earlier genealogists and researchers as well as to those who assisted our current genealogist in his research. Mr. John Frederick Dorman has labored continuously since the publication of the third edition of 1987 to compile lists of new genealogical lines as well as the massive histories of all six generations, where available. It is he who deserves the ultimate gratitude of our Order and the public for giving us this most complete and comprehensive genealogy of our earliest Virginia ancestors." HIGHLIGHTS * Volume Three covers a total of 46 families that were established either by settlers of Virginia prior to 1625 or members of the Virginia Company of London whose descendants came to Virginia later. * Of these 46 families, 36 are traced to the sixth generation. * Over 6,500 individual descendants resident in Virginia (or subsequently in other states) are identified. * Family accounts are supported by nearly 10,000 footnote citations to manuscripts or published records. * The index contains 20,000 name, place, and subject entries, many with multiple page citations. More Reviews