Petry, Pettry, Petrey, Pettrey, and Allied Families


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Martin Petry (1757-ca. 1839/1840) was born in Orange County, Virginia, and was a son of Matthew Peatross. Martin married Ann Raines, and served in the Revolutionary War. They moved to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1785, and then made several other moves, finally moving after 1798 over the mountains to Summers County, West Vir- ginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and elsewhere. Includes probable ancestry and genealogical data in Virginia to the mid-1600s.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.




Forthcoming Books


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The Buttrill Family


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Thomas Buttrill, Sr. and his family immigrated from England to Yorktown, Virginia in 1776. Descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere.







Some Prominent Virginia Families


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The Phillips Family


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John Phillips (ca. 1735-1801) and his family moved from Loudon County, Virginia to Rowan (now Davie) County, North Carolina during or before 1790. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and elsewhere. Includes some Phillips genealogical data (where no connection can be traced as yet) in New England, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.