A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families
From Wally Atkins Family Wiki
A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families is one of the foundational books behind the Wally Atkins Family Wiki. This book preserves family reconstruction, early Virginia context, homeplaces, military service notes, cemetery information, and branch-by-branch lineage material that shaped the modern family memory.
This page serves as the book hub. Each section below is broken out into its own chunk page so the work can be read, linked, and expanded without burying everything inside one giant wall of text.
Book Sections
- 01. Introduction / Front Matter (pages 1-5)
- 02. Atkins (pages 6-29)
- 03. Bucke (pages 30-33)
- 04. Langley (pages 34-44)
- 05. Lawson (pages 45-53)
- 06. Bray (pages 54-55)
- 07. Gookin (pages 56-59)
- 08. Thorowgood (pages 60-75)
- 09. Offley (pages 76-77)
- 10. Osborne / Hewett (pages 78-80)
- 11. Yeardley (pages 81-101)
- 12. Flowerdew (pages 102-104)
- 13. Custis (pages 105-111)
- 14. Graves (pages 112-118)
- 15. Paynter (pages 119-126)
- 16. Ellington (pages 127-131)
- 17. Rivers (pages 132-137)
- 18. Barne (pages 138-140)
- 19. Rogers (pages 141-143)
- 20. Myrick (pages 144-149)
- 21. Thorpe (pages 150-156)
- 22. Throckmorton (pages 157-166)
- 23. Nicholson (pages 167-180)
- 24. Briggs (pages 181-183)
- 25. Flood (pages 184-186)
- 26. Tucker (pages 187-192)
- 27. Waller (pages 193-202)
- 28. Cotton (pages 203-207)
- 29. Arrivals in Virginia (pages 208-210)
- 30. Bruton Parish Churchyard (pages 211-216)
- 31. Records of Military Service (pages 217-227)
- 32. Old Homes in Virginia (pages 228-241)
- 33. Manors of England (pages 242-246)
- 34. Castles of England (pages 247-250)
- 35. Atkins and Allied Families in Virginia (pages 251-253)
- 36. Bibliography (pages 254-266)
How to use this book on the wiki
- Read the chunk pages as a digital working edition of the book.
- Follow links from the book into person, place, cemetery, and story pages across the wiki.
- Use the book together with family records, later research notes, and documentary follow-up where the book's conclusions need stronger proof.
