Publications

“The English Origin of Reverend Daniel1 Sturges of Virginia and Georgia: His Relationship to Lady Hesilrige, and Further Clues to the Identity of Samuel Richardson's Pamela,” The Genealogist 37 (2023):35–49.

"Maria Susannah1 (Merrick) Thorn and Her Maddison Children, Immigrants from London to Utah: With a Royal Descent," The American Genealogist 92 (2022):177–86.

“Disproving the Claimed Kentish Parentage of Thomas1 Warren of Surry County, Virginia,” The American Genealogist 92 (2021):72–77.

“The English Origin of Lt. Col. Daniel1 Clark of Charles City County, Virginia,” The American Genealogist 91 (2020):241–49.

“Records in Moulton, Lincolnshire, of Rev. Thomas1 James of New England,” The American Genealogist 91 (2020):215–16. With Randy A. West.

“The English Ancestry and Royal Descent of Francis1 King of Prince George’s County, Maryland: A Second Cousin to Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier of Virginia,” The American Genealogist 91 (2020):1–9, 125–38. With Leslie Mahler, FASG.

"Merchants, Mayors, and Members of Parliament: The English Ancestry of Jane1 Harding, Wife of Colonel Frederick2 Jones of London, Virginia, and North Carolina," The Genealogist 32 (2018):137-80.

“The Ancestry of Elizabeth (Smith) Noyes, Wife of Peter1 Noyes of Sudbury, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 90 (2018):24–34, 149–57. With Leslie Mahler, FASG.

“Captain Abraham1 Read and Emelia (Cary) (Read) Gressingham of Virginia and London: More on the Seafaring Kin of the Byrds of Westover, Virginia,” The American Genealogist 89 (2017):265–71.

“Restoring the Ancestry of Walter1 Aston of Charles City County, Virginia,” The American Genealogist 89 (2017):1–20. With Paul C. Reed, FASG.

“Gibbs and Robertson Ancestry of Merrable Gibbs, Wife of John1 Folger of Martha’s Vineyard, and Anne Gibbs, Wife of Rev. John1 Fiske of Chelmsford, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 88 (2016):277–92.

“The King, Vanson, and de Colonia Ancestors of William1 Fitzhugh of Virginia,” The American Genealogist 88 (2016):58–72, 145–57. With Leslie Mahler, FASG.

“Gleanings from the Common Pleas: Margaret Grey [died c.1504], Wife of Edward Stafford, KB, Earl of Wiltshire, and of Henry Stafford, KG, Earl of Wiltshire,” Foundations 8 (2016):98–100. With Douglas Richardson and Matthew Tompkins, Ph.D.

“The English Origin and Royal Descent of Margaret1 Domville, the Wife of Robert Hatton of Lymm, Cheshire and John1 Banks of Maryland,” The American Genealogist 87 (2015):226–235, 285–298.

“The George Ancestry of Early Modern Author and Educator Bathsua (Reynolds) Makin of London,” The American Genealogist 87 (2014):109–16. With Leslie Mahler, FASG.

“The English Origin of Anne1 Redman, Wife of Captain Anthony Smith and Mr. John Webster, of Virginia,” The American Genealogist 86 (2013):241–48.

“An Italian Indentured Servant Contract: Thomas Jefferson’s Gardener, Anthony1 Giannini (1773–1778),” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 100 (2012):221–28. With Robert Lewis Giannini III.

“The English Ancestry of Alice Reynolds, Wife of John1 Roper of Dedham, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 85 (2011):222–34. With Leslie Mahler, FASG.

“The English Origin of John1 Josua, Gentleman, 1609 Adventurer to Virginia: An Analysis of the First English Will to Mention American Kin,” The American Genealogist 85 (2011):29–36.

“The Devon Seafaring Origins of William1 Byrd’s Mother’s Family: Grace (Stegge) Byrd of London, Thomas1 Stegge of Charles City County, Virginia, and Captain Abraham1 Read of Charles City County, Virginia; Including Additional Details about William Byrd’s Father John Byrd’s Career as a London Goldsmith,” The American Genealogist 84 (2010):241–56.

“London Foundlings in Colonial America: Overseas Leads to Dead Ends; John1 Abchurch, William1 Abchurch, Isaac1 Jewry, and Henry1 Woolchurch of Virginia and Maryland,” The American Genealogist 83 (2008):100–10.

” ‘To be sent to America’: Indentured Servants Registered at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, 1683–1689,” Genealogists’ Magazine 29 (2007):101–2.

“Cornelius1 McDermott Roe: Indentured Servant to George Washington,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 95 (2007):135–46.

“Devon’s Supply of North American and Caribbean Indentured Servants, 1655–1660,” Genealogists’ Magazine 29 (2007):3–12.

“Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 93 (2005):5–24.