Philip Alexander Bruce

Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. an Inquiry Into the Origin of the Higher Planting Class, Together with an Account of the Habits, C Philip Alexander Bruce

This thorough history of Lunenburg County begins with the colony of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 and continues through the dynamic time after the Civil War when many people were faced with social and economic change. Nearly 300 pages are devoted to genealogies covering about 30 Lunenburg families, along with abstracts of marriage bonds from 1746 to 1850. Records include the names of husband and wife (maiden name, places of birth and death when available), date(s) of marriage and death, names and dates of their children's birth and deaths.