Very Early Family History?

While it is generally accepted that the 1637 land patent to one Robert Rockhould (Rockwell), for the arrival of himself, his wife Sarah and daughter Mary, and one Thomasin Rockhould and a Mary Sayo? is the beginning of our family in America.  I have questioned whether Thomasin was Robert's son or maybe his mother.

I found the following on line:  While there is always question as to the accuracy of transcribed historical documents, I now am more convinced that Thomasin was Robert's mother.  Thomas arrived in 1639, after the original immigrants.  I suspect the Mary Roe might have been a servant or some connection and she brought Thomas to the new world.  I still need to search the eitire document for any others that Robert might have sponsored in the '37 - 40 time frame.

I have only extracted those names I have found interest in, the Boatwright might connect to my mother's family, and any of the Richardsons might connect to Mary, wife of Robert's son John; both Learward and Leonard arrived in Norfolk..  I still have not found the Mary Sayo? (or whatever her name is) that is listed on the 1637 land patent.

New Norfolk,Upper Norfolk,and Namsemund are all pretty much the same, there were several name changes in the '37-'40 time frame.  You can view the entire transcript at the web site below.


http://www.evmedia.com/virginia/
Complete listing of
Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666
(from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free)
Each line contains from left to right:
   LAST & FIRST - Name of immigrant who came to America
   ARRIVAL -  Year of immigrant arrival
   SPONSOR - Name of sponsoring person(s) paying passage of immigrant
   COUNTY - County in which sponsor received land for payment of passage
"There are over 17,000 names of immigrants and over
25,000 names including the sponsors.  The original book had many alphabetizing errors,
which have been corrected with computerized sorting.
Scanning the 300+ pages and correcting the many errors has been a labor of love as
partial repayment for those genealogists (professional and non) who have given me gifts.

Allen Price, 2011"


LAST       FIRST       ARRIVAL  SPONSOR COUNTY

Boatwright      John       1654 Humphry Dennis Gloucester

Rockwell     Mary       1637 Robert Rockwell New Norfolk
Rockwell     Sarah       1637 Robert Rockwell (husband) New Norfolk
Rockwell       Thomas      1639 Robert Rockwell Upper New Norfolk
Rockwell     Thomasin    1637 Robert Rockwell New Norfolk
Roe              Mary       1639 Robert Rockwell Upper New Norfolk

Richardson     Barbary      1653 Major Abraham Wood Charles City
Richardson     Bridgett      1639 Ralph Barlowe Northampton
Richardson     Dorothy     1655 Richard Price New Kent
Richardson     Evan       1648 Thomas Ludwell James City
Richardson     Isaac       1650 Wingfield Webb & Richard Pate ???
Richardson     Isabell       1642 Hugh Gwyn ???
Richardson     John       1650 James Williams ???
Richardson     Learward   1637 Henry Catalyn New Norfolk
Richardson     Leonard     1638 Henry Catelyn Upper Norfolk
Richardson     Luke       1636 John Chandler Elizabeth City
Richardson     Mary       1645 Bartholomew Hoskins ???
Richardson     Nicholas    1655 Jervace Dodson Lancaster
Richardson     Peter       1638 Capt Christopher Wormley ???
Richardson     Peter       1651 Capt Stephen Gill Northumberland
Richardson     Robert       1639 Thomas Faulkner ???
Richardson     Robert 1655Thomas Peck Gloucester
Richardson     Symon 1636William Clarke Henrico
Richardson     Thomas      1650Capt Moore Fautleroy ???
Richardson     Thomas      1638Christopher Branch Henrico
Richardson     Thomas      1642Daniell Lewellyn ???
Richardson     Thomas      1642Thomas Bagwell Isle of Wright
Richardson     Thomas      1643William Warder ???
Richardson     Mary       1649 Rowland Burnham ???
Richardson     William      1637 William Farrar Henrico