FYI Fitchetts,
This DelMarVa area is a hotbed for the mid-Atlantic Fitchetts. There is a
'Fitchett Rd,' a fairly long one, that originates at the southern extreme of the
DelMarVa peninsula, traveling N, away from the N terminal of the Chesapeake Tunnel. There
is a Fitchett Cem there, as probably the very most southern object on the Peninsula. That
is Northampton Co, a Fitchett rich research resource for which is Eastville Lib. Accomack
Co, the source of this book, falls just above.Northampton Co. Apparently, there is a
Carruthers presence also.
THANK YOU HELEN & Tom Cloud for this informative post.
Barry Wetherington
This was posted to another forum -- an advertisement for a reprint of an old book --
technically not acceptable for
posting .... it looks like it could be helpful though.
sincerely,
Tom Cloud
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:54:08 -0600
From: Helen <Helenh(a)pdq.net>
Source: GEN-MAT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Accomack County, Virginia - See Names
Land Causes, Accomack County, Virginia, 1728-1825, Stratton Nottingham, 1930, 1999.
Illustrated softcover, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 172 pages, everyname index. This is a very nice
Heritage Classic in near new, if not new, contition, and is a personal favorite. The
abstracts are almost in their entirety and may cover several generations. It is a
wonderful aid in determining family relationships. Per the back cover:
"Accomack County is one of the two ancient counties on Virginia's Eastern Shore,
a region of much genealogical and historical interest. The 'land causes'
abstracted here refer to chancery suits regarding dower rights, divisions of land among
heirs, ejectment proceedings, etc. These files are likely to contain the delcaration of
the plaintiff, the answer of the defendant, depositions by various parties which
frequently give dates of birth, death, or marriage for key parties to the suit, and the
verdict of the jury. In many cases ownership of the land is traced down from the original
grant showing the various owners, and several generations in the process. Where parties to
the suits have left the county, their new addresses are generally given. The abstracts
given here are mainly taken from the verdicts which give concise summaries of the
declarations and answers, but where there were depositions of unusual interest, or which
provided additional information not in the verdicts!
, they have been abstracted also. These records were taken from both the County and
District court files.
This compilation is one of numerous valuable genealogical works self-published by
Nottingham in the 1930s in mimeograph format. The present edition has been made by
completely re-typesetting the material in standard book size. However, it has not been
practical to check Nottingham's abstracts against the original records, so errors or
omissions which he may have made are reproduced here. The re-formatting of the material
has, of course, required the compilation of a completely new index. As is always the case,
researchers finding critical information of interest to them in these abstracts should
examine the original files for verification and additional details."
A wonderful book for determining all surviving children, and the children of those
deceased; in another part of the country, these might be call land partition abstracts,
but no matter what it is called, it is the equal division of land among the named
heirs.This can often be better than a will as wills can and do omit some of the children
and other heirs sometimes. This picks up all the heirs in an erly Virginia county.
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Armistead, Armitrader, Ashby, Ashbym Ashmead, Aydlott, Ayres, Badger, Baggaly, Bagwell,
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