The following publications authored by the Order's Genealogist, John A. Brayton, are available for purchase online from Heritage Books by clicking the image or title below.
Registry of Ancestors
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Order of First Families of North Carolina: Registry of Ancestors, Volume 1
$30.00 This volume, the first of this series, begins the genealogies of every eligible ancestor used by members to join the Order. Treatment of the ancestor depends upon what is known of him or her, but mostly includes a full first and second generation, down to the fourth, with drop-charts describing descent to member. Ancestors in vol. 1 are the following: John Alston, Sr., of Chowan Co., North Carolina; William Bennett of Northampton Co., North Carolina; John and James Drake of Bertie Co., North Carolina, and John Collins; Gov. William Drummond; Nathaniel Everett of Tyrrell Co., North Carolina; William Bridgers, John Cotton, Osborne and Simon Jeffreys, Capt. John Speir, and William Whitehead; Benjamin Laker of Perquimans Co., North Carolina; John Mann II; Thomas Mann II; Dr. Godfrey Spruill, Ann Walker, Henry Norman I and II; Thomas Vinson of Surry Co., Virginia, and Northampton Co., North Carolina. John A. Brayton (2005), 2014, paper, xxix+ 690 pp. 836-7959 |
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Order of First Families of North Carolina: Registry of Ancestors, Volume 2
$40.00 The Descendants of John (d. 1692) and Thomas Williams (d. 1693) of Isle of Wight County, Virginia This volume treats the known descendants for five generations, male and female, of John Williams, died testate 1692, Isle of Wight, Virginia and his brother Thomas WIlliams, died 1693, Isle of Wight, Virginia. The second generation: John Williams, William Williams, and Samuel Herring (married Anne Williams). Some lines, where information was available, are taken down to the 9th generation. The question of Ann Wheatley's marriage to a John Williams is resolved in the appendix - she married a different John WIlliams, not the John Williams of the main work. Much new information taken from now-available chancery suits at the Library of Virginia has been included. John A. Brayton 2020, paper, 522 pp. ISBN: 9780806353999 836-5399 |
Ancestor Biographies
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Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies, Volume 1: "The First Two Hundred"
$35.00 Membership in the distinguished Order of First Families of North Carolina requires having an ancestor who lived in North Carolina before it became a royal colony on July 12, 1729. The work at hand--the first in a new series--describes and documents family histories of the first 200 persons named to the Order's Ancestor Roster. Undertaken with the blessings of the Order of the First Families, renowned genealogist John Brayton here establishes the origins (if known) of each ancestor, the facts of all their children's families (not just the ones through whom descent is proven), and any other accessible data to round out the family history. John A. Brayton 836-9714 Ancestor Biographies: Albert Albertson, Sr., Nathaniel Albertson, Simon Alderson, Sr., John Alston, Sr., John Archbell, William Bailey, Henry Baker II, Thomas Barecock, Edward Barnes, Jacob Barnes, Joseph Barnes, John Bass, William Bateman, Abraham Baum, William Bennett, Ann Bigg, Benjamin Blanchard, Capt. James Blount, John Blount, Capt. Thomas Blount, John Bond, Richard Bond, XCapt. Thomas Bonner, Sheriff Thomas Bonner, Joseph Boon, Thomas Boswell, Sr., John Branch, William Bridgers, Henry Bright, John Bright, Edward Bryan, Needham Bryan, Sr., James Bryant, Sr., James Bryant, Jr., Lewis Bryant, John Bunn, John Cake, Sr., Moore Carter, Edmund Chancey, Sr., William Charles, William Charlton, Robert Coleman, John Collins, John Cotton, William Coward, Robert Coxe, Sr., William Stancell Crisp, Thomas Cullen, John Culpeper, George Cünys/Cunitz/Kuntz/Koonce, Johan Cünys/Koonce, James Curry, Robert Daniel I, Nicholas Daw, Francis Delamare, John Dew II, John Dickinson, John Drake, XGov. William Drummond, Christopher Dudley, George Durant, John Edwards, Robert Ellis, Sir Richard Everard, Nathaniel Everitt, George Fort,John Freeman, Jr., Thomas Futrell II, Henry Gibbs, Sr., Rev. Joseph Glaister, Cary Godbee/Godby, John Godley, Baron Christopher de Graffenreid, Landgrave, Thomas Grandy, Sr., Farnefold Green, Richard Gregory, Jasper Hardison, John Hardy, John Herring, Sr., Samuel Herring, Robert Hill, William Hilliard, Abraham Hobbs, John Hobson, Robert Hodges, Thomas Hoskins, Sr., Thomas Hoskins, Jr., William Hunter, Nicholas Isler, Osborne Jeffrreys, Simon Jeffreys, Proprietary Governor John Jenkins, John Jennings, William Jennings, John Jernigan, Hannah Kent, Thomas Kent, Michael King, Sr., George Kornegay, John George Kornegay, Benjamin Laker, Katherine [__] Langston, Robert Lanier, John Lee, Sr., John Lee, Jr., James Leigh, Sr., Alexander Lillington, William Lowe, Thomas Luten, Daniel McDaniel, John Mann II, Thomas Mann II, Joell Martin, William Martin, John Mason, Sr., Edward Mayo, Sr., Charles Merritt, Matthew Midyett, Joseph Moore, John Morris, John Nelson, Sr., James Newby, John Newby, Nathan Newby, Samuel Newby, William Newby, Christopher Nicholson, Marmaduke Norfleet, John Pace,Richard Pace, Jr., Francis Parrott, Jonathan Pearson, Rev. Peter Pearson, Robert Peele I, Robert Peele II, Robert Peele III, Robert Peele IV, Jacob Perry, Sr., Robert Peyton II, Samuel Pike II, Jacob Pope, George Powell, John Powell, Kader/Cader Powell, George Powers, Benjamin Pritchard, Col. Francis Pugh, Gov. William Reed, William Reeves, Isaac Ricks, Edward Salter, Hon. Richard Sanderson, Caleb Sawyer, Thomas Sayer/Sawyer, Rebecca Sebrell, Matthew Sellers, Thomas Sessums, Darby Sexton, Thomas Sharbo, Alexander Sherrod, Robert Sherrod, Daniel Shine, John Shine, Robert Sims, Nicholas Smith, Robert Smith, Hugh Smithwick, Col. John Snoad, Capt. John Spann, John Speir, Dr. Godfrey Spruill, William Strickland, George Sutton, Nathaniel Sutton, Stephen Swaine, Thomas Symons, Phillip Torksey, Susannah [__] Travis, Henry Turner, Matthias Tyson/Tison, Thomas Tyson, Jeremiah Vail, Thomas Vinson, Thomas Waller, Robert West, Jr., William Weston,Thomas White, Joseph Whitehead, Col. William Whitehead, William Whitfield, Sr., Thomas Whitmel II, John Williams, Jr., Lewis Williams, William Williams, Robert Willson, William Willson, Lidia Windley, Robert Windley, Henry Woodward, Thomas Wynne. |
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Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies, Volume 2: Numbers 201-400, Revised Edition
$40.00 Fully documented sketches of the second 200 of ancestors used by members of the Order of First Families of North Carolina, complete with documented list of children and their spouses. Transatlantic origins are given where known, and colonial origins discussed. Much information never seen before, and many mistakes corrected. John A. Brayton (2014), 2020, paper, 522 pp. 836-3823 Ancestor Biographies: Aaron Albertson, William Albertson, John Aldridge, Col. Thomas Avent, William Baldwin, John Barclift, William Barclift I, William Bartlet/Barclift II, John Barrow, William Barrow, XEdmund Bellinger I, Edmund Bellinger II, John Belman, Grace Bennett, Benjamin Blount, Sr., James Blount, Jr., Thomas Blount II, Samuel Boutwell, John Boyce, Francis Boykin, William Bright, John Brown, Thomas Brown, William Brown, William Bryan, William Bush, Edward Cannon, William Carraway, Sr., Samuel Charles, Sr., Timothy Clare, John Clarke I, John Clarke II, Major Clarke, Thomas Cook, John Coward, Capt. James Dauge, Peter Dauge, John Davenport, Sr., Richard Davenport, Sr., Francis Delamare, Jr., Thomas Devane (Devaughan), John Dew III, Walter Draughon, Richard Elkes, Thomas Elliott, William Elliott, John/Jean Fonvielle/Fonville, John Forbes, George Fort II, Samuel Freeman, William Freeman, William Gause/Goss, Richard Graves, Thomas Graves, Thomas Gregory, William Gregory, Joseph Hall, John Hardison, Thomas Hart, Anthony Haskett, Sr., Anthony Haskett, Jr., William Haskett. John Hassell, Sr.. Alice [__] Hawkins-Davis-Wade, John Herring, Jr., Daniel Highsmith, Sr., George Hill, Isaac Hill, Jeremiah Hilliard, John Hinnant II, John Hinton, Thomas Horn, William Horn, George Hughes, Christian Isler, John Jarrett, Jacob Johnson, Sr., William Johnson (Carteret), William Johnson (Chowan), Richard Jones, Arthur Jordan, Israel Joyner,Thomas Kearney, Abraham Kimberly, Henry King, Capt. Benjamin Lane, Dutton Lane, Joseph Lane, Sr., Leonard Langston, Sr., Cornelius Loftin, Leonard Loftin, James Long I, James Long II, James Long III, James Long IV, James Long V, William Loveridge, William Luten, Peter Mallard, Roger Mason, Dr. Patrick Maule, Barnaby McKinne, James McKoy, Thomas Mewborn/Mewboorn, John Mitchell, Sr., Robert Morgan, Joseph Morris, John Morris/Morrison, John Nelson, Jr., Miriam Newby, William Nicholson, Henry Norman I, Henry Norman II, Jacob Overman I, Jacob Overman II, John Overman I, Isaac Page, John Parrish, Sr., Jacob Parrott, Sr., Robert Patterson, Edmund Pearce, Edmund Pearce, Jr., Henry Pendleton , David Perkins, Jeremiah Perry, Paul Phillips, Samuel Pike I, Jacob Pope, William Pope, John Porter, Jr., John Porter II, John Pretlow, William Pridgeon, William Putnell, Matthew Raiford, Henry Raper, Sr., John Raper, Andrew Read, Lyonell Reading, Sarah Reeves, William Rhodes, Sr., XWilliam Ricks, Francis Rountree, Samuel Ruffin, William Ruffin, John Sawyer, Thomas Sawyer, Francis Shackelford, John Shackelford, Sr., John Shackelford, Jr., David Shepard I, David Shepard II, Richard Silvester, Edward Simmons, Ebenezer Slade, Henry Slade, Sr., Henry Slade, Jr., Christian Sloback, Benjamin Small, John Small, Charles Smith, Edmund Smithwick, Edward Smithwick, John Smithwick, Richard Sowell, Sr., Richard Sowell, Jr., Francis Speight, Henry Speller, John Stafford, Mary Stafford, William Stafford I, William Stafford, Jonathan Standley, Darby Sullivant, Thomas Sutton, Thomas Taylor, John Trippe I, Robert Turner, Cornelius Tyson, Edmund Tyson, Moses Tyson, Susannah Tyson, Edward Vail, Ann Walker, Robert Warburton, Edward Ward, Col. Edward Ward, Enoch Ward, Thomas Weeks, John Wheatley, George Williams, Sr.. John Williams (Perquimans), Richard Williford, Sr., Richard Williford, Jr., Andrew Woodley, Thomas Woodley, William Woodley, George Wynns, John Wynns, John Yelverton, Sr. |
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Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies, Volume 3: Numbers 401-526, Revised Edition
$40.00 Fully documented sketches of the third set of ancestors used by members of the Order of the First Families of North Carolina, complete with documented list of children and their spouses. Transatlantic origins are given where known, and colonial origins discussed. Much information never seen before, and many mistakes corrected. Considerable information added to ancestors in the first two volumes. John A. Brayton (2017), 2021, paper, 672 pp. 836-5823 Corrections and Additions to Vol. One: Sheriff Thomas Bonner, John Bright, Michael King, Sr., John Lee, Jr. X, Joel Martin, John Nelson, Sr., Robert Peyton II, Hon. Richard Sanderson, Stephen Swaine, Henry Turner, Jeremiah Vail. Corrections and Additions to Vol. Two: William Bright, William Bryan, Edward Cannon, John Coward, John Davenport, Sr., William Gause/Goss, Thomas Graves, William Horn, Arthur Jordan, Joseph Lane, Sr., Leonard Loftin, Thomas Mewborn/Mewboorn, John Porter, Jr./Sr., Christian Sloback, Benjamin Small, Robert Turner Ancestor Biographies: Richard Allen, Jr., Warren Andrews X, Nathaniel Averitt, Joseph Ballard, Sr., Joseph Ballard, Jr., Samuel Barclift, Jacob Bardin, John Bardin, Richard Barfield, Sr., Richard Barfield, Jr., John Blount, Benjamin Boykin, Edward Boykin, Jr. , John Bright, Simon Bright, John Bryan, Needham Bryan, John Bryant, William Bryant, Rose (Bush) Wynns, Jacob Butler, Robert Campen, James Castellow, Richard Chappell, Joseph Chew, Arthur Cotton, John Cotton II, John Cotton III, Joseph Daniel, Sr., Owen Daniel/O’Daniel, Samuel Davis, Sr., William Daw, Sr., Jean Depp, Thomas Dudley, William Everett, Benjamin Foreman, Sr., Robert Forster, Francis Foster, William Foster, James Foyle, John Fulford, Benjamin Griffin, Col. William Hancock I, Capt. William Hancock II, Lemuel “Lamb” Hardy, William Hardy, Richard Hill, William Hill, Richard Hodges X, William Hooker, Nicholas Hunter, Robert Hunter, Jonathan Jarvis, Evan Jones, Sr., Evan Jones, Jr., Capt. William Kinchen II, William Kinchen III, Charles King, Michael King, Jr., Michael King III, Walter Lane, William Lawrence, Lawrence Mackque, John Martin, Sr., William Maund, Sr., William Maund, Jr., John McKinne, Jr., Zachariah Morris, Phillip Mulkey, John Nelson III, Christopher Nicholson, Jr., Samuel Nicholson, John Nixon, Edward Norwood, Ephraim Overman, Sr., Thomas Overman, Henry Palin, Sr., Henry Palin, Jr., Thomas Palin, Sr., Thomas Palin, Jr., Michael Paquinet, Jr., Francis Parker, John Patterson, John Peirce, Thomas Peirce, James Poitevint, Peter Poitevint, Solomon Pool, Dr. Thomas Relfe, Capt. Thomas Relfe ,Richard Rustull, Sr., Richard Rustull, Jr., Edward Rutland, James Rutland, John Rutland, Joseph Scott, Nicholas Sessums, Prudence (Sherrod) Brown, Henry “Hendry” Smith, John Smith, Sr., Malachi Smith, Thomas Smith II, Roger Snell, Sr., Roger Snell, Jr., Dr. James Speir, John Spivey, Matthew Spivey, Sr., Thomas Spivey, Samuel Spruill, Sr., John Stancell, Sr., John Sumner, Joseph Sutton, Jeremiah Symonds, William Thomas, John Vaughan, Thomas Wallis, William Wallis/Wallace, Arnold White II, Jr., Henry White, Sr., Henry White, Jr., Patrick White, William Whitfield II, Henry Woodhouse, John Woodhouse, Sr., John Woodhouse, Jr., John Yelverton, Jr. |
Provincial Will Transcripts
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Transcription of Provincial North Carolina Wills, 1663-1729/30, Volume 1, Testators A-K, 2nd Edition
$30.00 This is the first volume of a two-volume set containing meticulous transcriptions of 900 of the earliest wills in North Carolina. With the exception of a handful of wills that were previously published in J. Bryan Grimes' North Carolina Wills and Inventories (1912, reprinted by Clearfield Company in 2005), none of these transcriptions has ever appeared in print before. The wills are part of the North Carolina Secretary of State papers, and they encompass the entire period BEFORE North Carolina became a royal colony. (A number of the wills in this collection, we should note, come from Nansemond and Warwick Counties, Virginia.) With the exception of the Grimes wills referred to above, these wills are neither transcribed nor referenced in the North Carolina will titles associated with Grimes, Fred Olds, Thornton Mitchell, or Stephen Bradley. The wills themselves are arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the testator. Full name, location, slave indices. John A. Brayton (2003), 2014, cloth, 414 pp. 836-9467 |
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Transcription of Provincial North Carolina Wills, 1663-1729/30, Volume 2, Testators L-Z, 2nd Edition
$30.00 Complete verbatim transcription of all Secretary of State Wills, and all other wills as well, not included in either Grimes, Olds, Mitchell, or Bradley. Full name, location, slave indices. Contains a section of corrections and additions for volume 1. John A. Brayton 2008, cloth, 437 pp. 836-1701 |