Ancestry: Government Documents: Charter of the East India Company 1600
Charter of the East India Company 1600 Source: British History Online. 'East Indies: December 1600', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and [...]
Ancestry: Governmental Documents: First English Charter for American Colonization1606
10 April 1606 King James I of England chartered two Virginia Companies, headquartered in different cities in England, to establish colonies along the coast [...]
Ancestry: Contemporary: Podcast: Reflections on Heritage, Place, People, Reconciliation
Podcast: Heritage, Place, People, Reconciliation In this podcast, Glenda Taylor dives deep into the complex and fascinating history of the area [...]
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: 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 [...]
Podcast: Reflections on Heritage, Place, People, Reconciliation
Podcast: Heritage, Place, People, Reconciliation In this podcast, Glenda Taylor dives deep into the complex and fascinating history of the area [...]
Ancestry: Governmental Documents: First English Charter for American Colonization1606
10 April 1606 King James I of England chartered two Virginia Companies, headquartered in different cities in England, to establish colonies along the coast [...]
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: Virginia Until 1625: Warrosquyoake Shire, Later Isle of Wight
Warrosquyoake Shire (later Isle of Wight) one of Original Virginia Eight Shires The first permanent English colony in Virginia was established at Jamestown in [...]
