"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.

Major Robert Beverley, Sr, the historian, was born in Yorkshire, England and emigrated from England to Virginia ca 1663. He settled in Middlesex County and married twice. Mary, his first wife died in 1678 and a year later he married Katherine Hone. He died in 1687 leaving issue by both his wives.

Of the 817 surnames included, other than Beverley those appearing ten or more times: Anderson, Archer, Armistead, Bankhead, Baylor, Berkeley, Braxton, Bruce, Brydon, Burwell, Callendar, Carter, Charrington, Cocke, Coleman, Cooke, Corbin, Corse, Custis, Daniel, Dowman, DuVal, Eggleston, Evans, Fauntleroy, Fitzhugh, Fleming, George, Gravatt, Green, Grymes, Harris, Harrison, Hayes, Hill, Hutchinson, Jones, Keim, Kennon, Lee, Lewis, Loughborough, Magruder, Marshall, Mason, Millholland, Moncure, Montague, Munford, Nelson, Newton, Page, Pendleton, Preston, Randolph, Reid, Roberts, Robinson, Ruffin, Selden, Shafer, Sherman, Shields, Sinclair, Sloan, Smith, Sowers, Stanard, Tabb, Taylor, Towles, Trigg, Truscott, Turner, White, Whittle, Williams, Wormeley, Wright, and Yates.

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