Ancestry: Surnames: Baker in Virginia 1620–1640
Ancestry: Baker Surname in Virginia 1620-1640 Note that this information refers to Baker, not Barker; see Barker in another post on this website. 1609 [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: William Barker, Early Virginia Mariner and Colonist
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," [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Burges In England Prior to American Colonization: Part 1
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 [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Burges in England Prior to American Colonization, Part 2
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 [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Stockdell–Stockstill–Stockdale–Stockden in Virginia 1623-1640
Stockstill/ Stockdell/Stocksdale/Stockden/Stockton in Virginia 1623-1640 Research by Glenda Taylor The pronunciation of this name undoubtedly was the cause of so many variations in spelling in [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Herbert Williams, My Stepfather
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 [...]
