Bøger af John Bennett Boddie

By: John B Boddie, Pub. 1938, Reprinted 2018, 778 pages, Index, Hard Cover, ISBN #0-89308-498-0.This book being the standard history of Isle of Wight County begins with a brief chapter on the native inhabitants and moves quickly to describe early white settlers, including the Cavaliers and the Quakers. Edward Bennett, "Elder of the Ancient Church and merchant of London", was among the earliest settlers; he received a patent for land in Virginia in 1621 "conditioned on the settling of 200 immigrants. Contains about 60 pages of genealogical sketches. Many of the early families came from the southwest of England while others were from London and its surrounding counties. An additional 50 or so pages are given to the history of the Bennett and Boddie families of Virginia and the Carolinas. The court records cover the Isle of Wight Book A (apparently a collection of various records although it appears to be mostly wills); Will and Deeds Book I, 1662-1686; Deed Book I, 1688-1704; Land Grant spanning 1628 to 1705; Quit Rent, 1704; and a roster of county officers for Isle of Wight and surrounding counties. The index covers names and subjects.

By: John Bennett Boddie, Pub. 1956, Reprinted 2019, 428 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-877-3. The Tidewater area of Virginia was one of the early regions within the colonies that received large amouts of immigrant coming in from over seas. This set of books on the early families of this are among some of the most frequently consulted works on that area due to Mr. Boddie's impressive and detailed research. This second volume of the set covers families from the early counties of Isle of Wight, Surry, and Sussex. Genealogies are for the families of Arrington, Bailey, Barham, Barker, Branch, Chappell, Cloud, Cocer, Cofer, Coffer, Coker, Collier, Copher, Darden-Durden, Edmunds, Foliot, Green, Gurgany, Hargrave, Hart, Harvin, Herbert, Hill, Holt, Judkins, Lane, Lucas, McKain, Macon, Mann, Norwood, Perry, Philips, Rogers, Sorrell-Earle-Warren, Stover, Taylor, Tyas-Tyus, Westbrook, and Worsham-Marshall. The index to this volume has approximately 10,000 names.