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: 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: 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: Virginia Until 1625: Early English Settlement in Virginia Along Rivers
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 [...]
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: 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 and Genealogy
Over many years, Glenda Taylor’s interest in history and her family’s place in it has resulted in a vast accumulation of information that is being [...]
