Is there a project that covers these pre-1700 people? Richard, Thomas, William Exum

Question

I want to help contribute to the deep genealogy on our shared tree.

1.) Geographical region and time period:   [Isle of Wight, VA 1610-1700.]

2.) Some example names and dates:   [Thomas Exam and Ann Lawrence.]

3.) Source(s) for my information on them:   [Rappahannah Co, Deed Bk #3, p523, Essex Land Trials 1711-1716 p.44, 48 ]

Before I get started adding and changing profiles, can you tell me if there is a WikiTree project that would cover these people? If so, how do I get in touch with the project members to coordinate and collaborate on the profiles?

Comments

Don't know if this is any help for your Exum research; however, I stumbled across an article  "Three Early Landowners of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia: Jeremiah Exum, Michael Mackquinney, and William Pope, with Notes on Some of Their Descendants" is an article from The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 27." The article is on https://archive.org/details/jstor-1916111

Answer 1

Hello Ms. Kreutzer,

Thanks for contacting us about pre-1700 profiles in Virginia for Exum:

• Richard Exum
• Thomas Exum (He does not appear to have any affiliation with Virginia, which seems odd since his father is listed as born in Virginia.  Perhaps you can help sort that out?)
• I could not find your William Exum, please edit your question to include a link.

We have the Virginia Project for work on Virginia profiles (pre or post 1700), please join us if you have an interest in Virginia:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Virginia

Your suggested source, Rappahannah Co, Deed Bk #3, p523, Essex Land Trials 1711-1716 p.44, 48, is a great primary source. Please give full information on a source (like you did here) and a link to the source online whenever possible.  For sources that are not available online or are paywalled, it would be great if you could add any pertinent quotes from the source.  For example, when sourcing a deed, you can provide some quotes from the deed book entry to help others that don't have access to the deed, including all individuals named in the will.

Please note that we have standardized on "Colony of Virginia" for pre-1776 instead of other variants (e.g., never use British Colonial America) as best representing how someone of that period and place would refer to where they live.  Locations on Wikitree are entered on the basis of the timeframe they are from.  Please also correct any abbreviations you find to not be abbreviated in place name locations.  United States should only be used post July 4, 1776.  This is as shown in the spreadsheet of locations linked from here:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:North_American_Place_Names#US_Historical_Place_Names_-_New

We also have sources by county of Virginia listed here:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Virginia_Counties_and_Parishes

This includes counties like Essex where Robert is listed as dying:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Essex_County%2C_Virginia

However, note that that page tells us that Essex was not formed until 1692, so it would be impossible for Robert to have died there before 1688.  Perhaps Rappahannock (Old) County is correct since Essex was formed from there?

Most of these county pages presently only have a link to the helpful page for that county on FamilySearch.org.  Please feel free to edit our county pages to add more county specific sources, especially for online ones.

Binns is also a good location for Virginia tax records in the late 1700s, but when sourcing, please include link to the page and the date, so the person can be more readily found on the tax page.

Here are examples Virginia and US History project profiles showing what to strive toward in profiles you work on:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Watkins-4174
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alcott-73

You need not contact us again for pre-1700 Virginia profiles unless you have questions or need help. 

I'm happy to provide assistance as you may request in the future for Virginia, as this is my area of some expertise.  I'm also pretty knowledgeable about DNA if you have questions there too.

Thanks.

-Wiliam

Comments

Thank you, I really appreciate your answer, and all the links you included.