"Virginia's Descendants" compiles information on Virginia immigrants from many different sources into one file, using the Family Tree Maker 2006 (Version 16) genealogy program. We do not compile mere lists of names and dates, but include all the interesting material we locate on the immigrant and his descendants. The information we gather includes court cases; residences; employment; education; deeds; descriptions of homes; physical traits; personalities; transcriptions of wills; personal correspondence; and even contemporary reports of gossip circulating about individuals during their lifetimes. And we offer this colorful genealogy file to the descendants of Virginia immigrants for a fraction of what it would cost them to obtain the material on their own.

Robert Behethland, born in Cornwall, was one of the first settlers to Virginia, leaving his native England for the adventure in late 1606 and arriving in April, 1607 OS. He survived the many hazards and diseases, dying sometime before 1636, leaving issue.

Of the 414 surnames included, other than Behethland those appearing ten or more times: Alexander, Ashton, Babbage, Bernard, Bolling, Boyd, Burke, Chapman, Conway, Crane, Dade, Davis, Fishback, Fitzhugh, Foote, Harrison, Jett, Massey, Meade, Monroe, Moore, Newton, Nicklin, Smith, Stith, Stokes, Strother, Stuart, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thornton, Triplett, Washington, Watkins, and Woolfolk.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The information on the FTM Backup CD must be restored to Family Tree Maker 2006 for Windows 98/ME/XP to be accessed.