At the end of the previous segment of this manuscript, as is usual when making genealogical connections, we leaped ahead of ourselves to bring in the Burge-Bray connection. We’ll [...]
Burges in England prior to colonization in the Americas. Burges in England prior to North American colonization include knights, barons, land holders, ordinary husbandmen, distinguished civil servants, tradesmen, a [...]
Burge, Burges, Burgess, Burgh, Burgeis, Burgis, Burgeys Burges (by any of these names) were among the earliest arrivals in the American colonies. (Spelling in the colonial days was purely phonetic [...]
On the Fourth of July, I often think of Thomas Jefferson, who is an example of the complexity of human nature if ever there was one. The back and [...]
Warrosquyoake Shire (later Isle of Wight) one of Original Virginia Eight Shires The first permanent English colony in Virginia was established at Jamestown in 1607. Soon Captain John [...]
Chippoakes Creek, Lawnes Creek, and the Blackwater River, Virginia Since many of my relatives settled in this area in the early 1600’s, I have accumulated some information about [...]
Earliest English Settlement in Virginia Was Along the Rivers Almost all the early settlement in the Virginia colony was located along one of the many rivers and creeks that [...]
William Barker, a mariner, had by 1624 been back and forth between England and America several times. He is referred to as "William Barker, Mariner," but he is also referred [...]
My stepfather might as well have been Amish, if you consider how he lived. Of course, he wouldn’t have known what Amish meant, probably. He was too rooted in East [...]
“The bowl of the pipe is a sacrificial vessel that itself is a miniature cosmos. Often tobacco is added pinch by pinch, each explicitly dedicated to the [...]
