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  Elizabeth City Co, VA, Homepage
Elizabeth City County, one of the eight original shires, was created in 1634.
Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the
In 1636, it was subdivided, and the portion north of the harbor of Hampton Roads became known as Elizabeth City Shire.
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 My Family
Elizabeth COBB was born between 1639 and 1679.
Elizabeth COBB was born between 1614 and 1640.
Elizabeth Cobb was born on 5 Jan 1854.
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 Chandler Family Association
Elizabeth City was first settled about 1610 when Lord Delaware moved the newcomers into two small forts - Ft. Henry and Ft. Charles - near Kecoughtan and Point Comfort.
Muster of the inhabitants of Virginia at Elizabeth Cittie.
In a triangular spot now named Robinson Park in the city of Hampton, in a vicinity referred to as the Chandler homeplace in 1749, lunch on the grounds was held during the 2004 CFA Reunion.
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 Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce
The Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization that serves as the central agency to improve the business environment in our community.
Named one of “The 100 Best Small Towns in America” and known worldwide as the Harbor of Hospitality, Elizabeth City is a waterfront community that is centrally located on the eastern seaboard of the United States and only 45 minutes from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and North Carolina’s legendary Outer Banks.
Elizabeth City is home to two colleges, a constituent university of the University of North Carolina system and the largest U.S. Coast Guard command in the nation.
www.elizabethcitychamber.org   (165 words)

  
 Whitis Line
In 1963 Norfolk County was incorporated into the city of Chesapeake, and Princess Anne County became a part of the city of Virginia Beach.
On the 1830 census of Hawkins County Tennessee it was misspelled Whiteass.
Elizabeth Ann Burton, who was born in Tennessee on 28 April 1828, died 30 April 1906 in Lampasas County Texas.
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 Cook Genealogy
The only other Cooks recorded as being in Wayne County in 1820 were Jonathan, Christian, and William Cook, all young married men with children under 10 years of age, and John Cook, Sr., over 45, with a wife under 45, two sons over 16 and a son and a daughter under 10.
He was recorded as an immigrant in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in 1639, and was in York County, Virginia, in 1646.
His family have been conspicuous in this county and in the state for more than two hundred years, holding many offices of trust and confidence, and they always by their high character, domestic virtues, and lavish hospitality, deserved the respect and esteem of the people among whom they lived.
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 Twelfth Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John James SKINNER and Jane SMITH were married on 21 Dec 1697 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
Rebecca SKINNER was born between 1698 and 1700 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
Elizabeth SKINNER was born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
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 [No title]
For Elizabeth City, the area selected was a part of Captain Thomas Jarvis' property, which was vested in trustees or feoffees, and divided into half acre lots.
The limitations of the act, however, were distasteful to both merchants in England and planters in Virginia, and the act was soon suspended by the government, though several persons bought and built houses at the new town.
In 1691, the act was revived, and the town for Elizabeth City County was decreed to be built on "the west side of Hampton River, on the land of Mr.
www.claibornesociety.org /history/brief_background_on_william_claiborne.shtml   (971 words)

  
 The Robertson - Smith Connection - Person Page 129
     Elizabeth Norvell was the daughter of Hugh Norvell and Mary Norvell w-o Hugh.
Elizabeth died before 27 September 1792 at Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
     Elizabeth was born at Maryland, on 23 November 1763.
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 Steve Ewing's Genealogy "Powell Tree"
1650 in Norfolk County, Virginia, and died 1721 in Norfolk County, Virginia.
She was born February 08, 1839 in Lawrence County, Ohio, and died February 07, 1877 in Lawrence County, Ohio.
ELIZABETH KATHERINE11 DAVISSON (ISADORE10 POWELL, DECATUR9, HENRY A.8, CADER7, JACOB6, ROBERT5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born January 05, 1882 in Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died 1964 in Lawrence County, Ohio.
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 Needham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
ELIZABETH NEEDHAM born 3 Apr 1762, Orange County, North Carolina married Reverend Enoch SPINKS 15 Apr 1784, in Randolph County, North Carolina, she died 13 Sep 1854, in Randolph County.
Elizabeth and Pharoah Fentress were members of Back Creek MM and witnessed the marriage of Elizabeth Needham, daughter of John, and Henry Winslow, son of Thomas, as did Robert Reddin, Elizabeth’s uncle by marriage, Elizabeth Pool, who was probably her mother's sister, and John Needham, her father.
Elizabeth Needham was accepted as the daughter of John Needham, Revolutionary Soldier from Pasquotank County, NC by the Daughters of the American Revolution on 15 Apr 2002 through a supplemental application of Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld, the author of this paper.
www.heirsandroots.com /needham.htm   (8286 words)

  
 Combs &c. Families of Elizabeth City, Virginia
Elizabeth City is one of the Virginia Colony's original charter counties, "officially" established in 1634.
The City of Hampton was established in 1680, became an independent city in 1908.
The city of Hampton, town of Phoebus and Elizabeth City County consolidated in 1952.
www.combs-families.org /combs/records/va/elizabeth.htm   (806 words)

  
 Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
These are the claims of citizens of the county to Virginia after the Revolutionary War for cattle, horses, meals, services, etc taken by American troops during the War.
Buckingham County is one of the badly burned counties of Virgina and very difficult to research due to the loss of records.
Gloucester County was erected in 1751 and consisted of four parish subdivisions, including Kingston Parish, which was cut off from Gloucester in 1791 to form the present county of Mathews.
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 James City County Virginia Records
James City County was one of the original eight shires established in Virginia in 1634.
In 1769 the land north of the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, where the James City Court House and the City of Williamsburg was to be built was given by York to James City County.
All of the early records of James City County were destroyed in the April, 1865 Richmond fire during the evacuation of the city.
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 Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800 : Genealogical Publishing Company
Owing to an unfortunate error in Clayton Torrence's Virginia Wills and Administrations it is widely believed that the early probate records of Elizabeth City County do not exist.
This present volume is in large part a correction of that error, and indeed the bulk of it is devoted to abstracts of the county's wills and administrations for the period 1688 to 1800.
As an aid to research in the county (now the independent city of Hampton), this work further includes such items as an index to land patents, the quit rent rolls for 1704, tithables of 1782, soldiers of 1776, marriage records, and lists of burgesses, justices, sheriffs, clerks, surveyors, and much else besides.
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 Doctoris William Christmas
In the 1630's, this area extended from the eastern boundary of the York river to the southeastern point of the state and westerly to Greenville, Sussex and Surry counties.
Elizabeth, his wife, were in Elizabeth City as a Planter.
Christmas family in Virginia and I feel that these were the ancestors of my family in America.
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 John George (c1674/78-1711) and (---) and Frances Servant of Isle of Wight County, Virginia
John George was born between ca 1674 and ca 1678, probably in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
John George married Frances Servant on 16 Jun 1696 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia (that is across the James River from Isle of Wight County.) Frances was a child of Bertrond Servant and was named in his Will of 1 Nov 1707.
John George may have lived in Elizabeth City awhile, or perhaps not.
www.martygrant.com /gen/george/george-john-iow.htm   (1134 words)

  
 VAWills
Meade (Old Churches and Families of Virginia, 1, 264,265) states that the school founded by Samuel Sandfour in Accomac was in existance in 1857.
John Sandford, the brother, was a considerable land owner in (Old) Norfork-Princess Anne county and was J.P. at the formation of the latter county in 1691.
Mentions land bequeathed by Thomas Samford to grandson James Stamford; to Elizabeth, wife of son Samuel Samford; To grandsons William Giles and John Samford; to Samford Jones; to grandson William Samford; to Edward Jones; son Samuel to be executor.
www.carolyar.com /VAWills.html   (2984 words)

  
 William Henry Fuller, Sr. Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Died : In 1926 in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Note : Carrie Virginia Fuller and William George Hasson had one daughter at the time of Carrie's death by the name of Doris Virginia Hasson (8 years of age).
Born : circa 1910 in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County, Virginia
jan.ucc.nau.edu /daa/genealogy/whenryfullersr.html   (430 words)

  
 Descendants of Hannah Ellyson
Appointment 2: 1695, High Sheriff, Elizabeth City Co., Va Appointment 3: 1702, Burgess,
He was justice and high sheriff of York County, Virginia
His first name is not known in Doliant's book, but I have also seen his first name as "Thomas".
members.cox.net /trm/EllysonHannah.htm   (944 words)

  
 River City Cycling Club
Meetings are the second Monday of each month at 7 PM at Elizabeth City Bed and Breakfast.
This alternate route on the Maine to Florida Greenway route will bypass Raleigh in favor of Elizabeth City.
The route will pass through Hertford and Elizabeth City, then on to Virginia by way of Camden County.
www.rivercitycyclingclub.com   (101 words)

  
 Elizabeth City, NC: Pasquotank Waterfront ...
By 1779 a new ferry crossing had been established at a point just above the Narrows at a location where the river was narrow and favorable to crossing in any sort of weather.
Also, traffic passed a landing at the Narrows which was popular for the storage and shipping of shingles taken from the juniper swamps.
In 1793 a charter was granted by the General Assembly to form a town at the Narrows of Pasquotank River to be known as Reding.
www.elizcity.com /history   (463 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Elizabeth City County, Virginia, wills, 1733-1799: Books: Joan Charles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 August Alexander Kraft, Sr. Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Married : 08 June, 1911 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Buried : 05 April, 1952 in Hampton, Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Born : 14 September, 1886 in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County, Virginia
jan.ucc.nau.edu /daa/genealogy/aakraft.html   (326 words)

  
 Descendants of John Ellyson
1 John Ellyson b: in Windyedge, Avondale, Lanark, Scotland d: 1649 in New Kent County, Virginia + Ellin Hamilton b: in Scotland d: in Virginia
4 Gerard Robert Ellyson Senior b: 1659 in Virginia d: October 02, 1749 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia + Anne Myhill b: 1673 m: 1700 in Henrico County, Virginia d: July 1727 in Virginia
6 Elizabeth Ellyson b: 1706 in Virginia + John Johnston b: 1702 m: August 06, 1725 in New Kent County, Virginia d: in New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The English Ancestry of William Claiborne of Virginia by Clayton Torrence in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 56, No. 3-4, 1948;
Claiborne of Virginia, the First Eight Generations by John Frederick Dorman with Dr. Claiborne T. Smith, Jr.
This award winning genealogy can be purchased from the Library of Virginia.
www.claibornesociety.org /research   (179 words)

  
 Elizabeth City County Microfilm
Home >> What We Have>> County and City Records >> A Guide to Virginia County and City Records On Microfilm >> List of Counties and Cities
Now extinct, incorporated into the City of Hampton in 1952
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 M. E. Verlander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was 22, born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, a fisherman.
She was 19, born in Essex County, Virginia.
His parents were Sam Johnson and Lucy Benthall, hers were J. Verlander and Ada Samuel [sic].
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 Ancestors of Elizabeth Lorena Warren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Spouse: Joshua Stapp (1688-1783) Marr: Abt 1709 - Essex County, Virginia
Daughter of the late Charlie Wright and Effie Rakes Wright, she was bo rn on Aug. 21, 1907 in Marion County, Ky. and was a member of Woodlawn Chr istian Church.
Possible relation is a Robert Coffman, living in Tishimingo County, Misssi ssippi in 1841.
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