Middlesex

Middlesex County Genealogy Records, Wills, Estates, Marriages, Court House Records

Note: When researching Princess Anne County for ancestors, Norfolk County should also be examined as the names between all possible care to apprehend Capt. Kidd, who had recently seized a ship in the West Indies.” In 1687, Richard Wills of Middlesex County was a man of great wealth. His house, which had received several additions from time to time, contained eight rooms and one closet, with an attached kitchen and dairy. Corbin Griffin of Middlesex County had a home of six rooms, a kitchen and two closets, and his estate was valued at 1131 pounds. The largest personalty appraised by order of the court was that of Robert Beverley. It consisted of property amounting to 1531 pounds in value, with debts owed him in the form of tobacco, 331,469 pounds, and in the form of metallic money, 801 pounds. Robert Dudley had an estate valued at 548 pounds. Sources: Records of Middlesex County, Beverley inventory; Willis inventory, original vol. 1698-1618, p. 168; Griffin, original vol. 1698-1713, p. 134;Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Philip Alexander Bruce, vol. 2; Records of Middlesex County, vol. 1604-1703, page 165.

Marriages

Marriages to 1699
Bonds 1759 to 1803

Digital Images of Middlesex County Wills 1698 to 1713

Testators: Boseley, Elizabeth ;Davis, David; Downing, William ;Dudley, Robert ;Griffin, Corbin ;Haslewood, Mary ;Head, Mary ;King, John ;Mullins, William ;Passatt, Richard ;Porter, William ;Smith, John ;Thacker, Edwin;Williams, Thomas;Wormeley, Ralph

Digital Images of Middlesex County Wills 1713 to 1734

Testators: Allen, Richard Sr. ;Bannerman, Mark; Batchelor, John ;Berry, John; Bristow, John ;Causen, Thomas ;Crank, Thomas ;Davis, Mary ;Dodson, John ;George, David ;Gibbs, John ;Goddin, Thomas ;Gordon, William; Halfot, Henry; Jacoby, Joseph ; Jones, Thomas ; Jordan, James ; Montague, William ; Nash, John ; Robinson, Judith ;Sandeford, Joan ;Shurley, Thomas ;Smith, John ;Smith, John ;Smith, Thomas ;Tinnly, William ;Williamson, Benjamin ;Williamson, Robert ;Wormeley, Ralph.

Digital Images of Middlesex County Wills 1740 to 1748

Testators: Allen, John ; Batchelor, Samuel ; Bette, Thompson ; Blake, John ; Bristow, Mary ; Bristow, William ;Brooks, Jonathan ;Brown, Robert ;Buchanon, Henry ;Carter, John; Cheap, Patrick ; Clark, Edward ; Condon, David; Daniel, James ; Daniel, Robert ; Daniel, William ; Dudley, Jean ; Dudley, Robert ; Edwards, James ; Fearn, John; Graves, Alexander ; Greenwood, James ; Hammitt, William ; Handley, Elizabeth ; Hardin, George ; Harwick, Philip ;Howard, Youstice; Johnson, William ;Jones, William ;Riley, John ; Seers, Joseph ;Segar, John ;Shaw, Thomas ;Smith, Cary ;Smith, John ;Stanard, Elizabeth ; Street, Richard ;Thurston, William ;Tuggle, Henry

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1748 to 1760, Book D

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1760 to 1772, Book E

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1772 to 1787, Book F

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1787 to 1793, Book G

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1794 to 1795, Book H

Digital Images of Wills, Estates, Bonds, 1795 to 1798, Book I

Images of Middlesex County Orphans Records

1760 to 1826

Images of Middlesex County Administrator Bonds

1767 to 1810
1821 to 1825

Indexes to Wills

1675 to 1800
1800 to 1950
Indexes to Heirs and Devisees
1675-1935

Miscellaneous Wills

William Daniel (1695)

Abstracts of Wills

Wills and Inventories, abstracts (1713-1727)

Miscellaneous

1704 Quit Rent Rolls
Immigrants to Middlesex County 1674-1702
Order Book 1673 to 1680
Order Book 1758 to 1767
Execution Book 1799 to 1802

Traced genealogies and family histories of Middlesex County available to Members !

Beverley

Brooking

Elegant Homes

Sometimes, as at “Carter’s Grove,” the miniature carving of the friezes was of exquisite beauty. Motifs such as the egg and dart, the Wall of Troy, and the Tudor rose were employed with fine effect. In the halls ornamentation was frequently given freer scope than elsewhere. The wide passageways which extended through the houses were customarily broken midway by arches of fine proportions. The usual focal point of interest in the hallways, however, was the stairs, the sweep of which was often majestic. Carved and hidden newel posts were common, and sometimes the pattern of the posts reappeared in elaborate friezes below the landing. Twist-carved balusters were placed on the steps, and running floral and foliated carving decorated the risers or step-ends of many of the stairs. For these homes the Virginia aristocrats imported furniture, china, plate, and other furnishings from England and France. Their letters to factors in the homeland were filled with descriptions of the articles wanted, and frequently specified that items must be in the latest London fashion. Choice pieces of walnut and mahogany, expensive mirrors, and carpets and hangings of the best quality graced their drawing rooms. Harpsichords, spinets, and other fine instruments stood in many homes, and portraits of members of the family, some by the best artists of the day, hung on their walls. In the dining rooms, fine crystal and plate emblazoned with the family crest gleamed on polished sideboards and tables.