R. a. Brock

By: R. A. Brock, Pub. 1886, reprinted 2023, 256 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-148-7. This book is the definitive work on the Huguenot emigration into Virginia. It contains numerous lists of refugees, emigrants and passenger lists. One of the most important lists is a record of the baptisms at Manakin-Town, 1721-1754. Beyond the obvious of a child's birth, the researcher will discover the names of the godparents, who often times were a relative of the family. Along with other genealogical data included within this book, the author has included an Appendix of Genealogies. This 88-page section contains genealogies of the following families: Chastain, Cocke, Dupuy, Fontaine, Marye, Maury, Trabue and other allied families of these families. The Index mentions approximately 4,000 persons.

By: Dr. R. A. Brock, Orig. Pub. 1904, Reprinted 2021, 234 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-618-5. Henrico County was created in 1634 and was one of the 8 original shires of Virginia. It is the parent county to: Goochland, Chesterfield, Albemarle and Cumberland. When the Parishes were created by the general Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all of such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry book. This book serves as a unique as well as double purpose in that it contains two different sets of records: the minutes of the vestry (civil functions) and also the order for Processing. The later was the surveying of land to attempt to eliminate lawsuits over boundary lines. This book is filled with hundreds of early inhabitants. In the last portion of this book are "Notes" from the author. These notes contain genealogies of some 30 founding families and individuals.