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William Bernard emigrated from his native England to Virginia in 1622 on the ship, Furtherance. He settled at "Basse's Choice," and traveled to England and returned to Virginia at least three times before 1642, when he patented 1200 acres at the head of Lawnes Creek in Isle of Wight County, due him for his own adventure 'four times,' and transportation of 20 persons." Probably due to the influence of his brother, Sir Robert Bernard of Brampton Hall, he became a member of the Virginia Council and served until his death in 1665. He died in Nansemond County, Virginia, leaving his wife, Lucy and issue.

Of the 1684 surnames included, other than Bernard those appearing ten or more times: Allen, Ambler, Anderson, Armistead, Arthur, Aylett, Bagby, Bailey, Baker, Barksdale, Barrett, Baylor, Berkeley, Bevis, Blackburn, Block, Booker, Booth, Bouldin, Bowles, Brooke, Brown, Bruce, Bryan, Buckner, Burnley, Buxton, Cabell, Caldwell, Cameron, Campbell, Carrington, Carter, Cary, Chandler, Chapman, Christian, Claggett, Clark, Clayton, Cobbs, Cocke, Coles, Cooke, Cooper, Cowherd, Dabney, Dade, Daingerfield, Daniel, Davis, Deans, Dixon, Dox, Early, Edmunds, Eliason, Evans, Fairfax, Farrar, Fitzhugh, Fitzpatrick, Fleet, Fleming, Fox, Franklin, Fry, Garnett, Gillespie, Gilliam, Goodson, Goodwin, Graham, Gravatt, Gray, Green, Greenhow, Greenough, Gwynne, Hall, Harris, Harrison, Hawes, Henley, Henry, Hill, Holderness, Holladay, Hubard, Hull, Irwin, Jackson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Joseph, Kean, Keller, Lambeth, Lawson, Lee, Lewis, Lipscomb, Litchford, Lloyd, Lowry, Lyons, MacRae, Madison, Mallory, Marshall, Mason, Matthews, McHenry, McLaurine, Micou, Miller, Milner, Minor, Moncure, Moore, Morris, Morton, Neblett, Nelson, Newman, Newton, Nicholas, Norfleet, Norton, Ord, Owens, Page, Payne, Peachy, Pecquet, Pendleton, Peyton, Phillips, Platt, Preston, Price, Prince, Ragland, Randolph, Reade, Rives, Robertson, Robinson, Rootes, Rotch, Rucker, Ruffin, Ryland, Saunders, Scott, Selden, Semple, Shackelford, Slaughter, Smith, Spencer, Syme, Tabb, Taliaferro, Taylor, Temple, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Throckmorton, Todd, Tompkins, Traynham, Trigg, Truscott, Turner, Upshur, Walker, Ward, Waters, Wellford, White, Whiting, Wiley, Wilkins, Willcox, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wilson, Winston, Wood, Wooding, Wright, Wyatt, and Yeatman.

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