Virginia Gleanings in England Abstracts of 17Th-And 18Th-Century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians

The series of articles entitled "Virginia Gleanings in England" originally appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. The complete "Virginia Gleanings" series, assembled here in book form, comprises some eighty-five articles, the bulk of them contributed by Lothrop Withington from his post in London. The "gleanings" consist of abstracts of English wills and administrations relating to Virginia and Virginians and bear reference to heirs and issue, family members, administrators, property, bequests, places of residence, and dates of emigration, shedding light on the English origins of Virginia families of the 17th and 18th centuries, and naming some 15,000 persons in passing. These family "gleanings" are furthermore extended backwards and forwards in a remarkable series of textual annotations.Withington, Lothrop is the author of 'Virginia Gleanings in England Abstracts of 17Th-And 18Th-Century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians', published 1998 under ISBN 9780806308692 and ISBN 0806308699.