Lancaster County, Virginia

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Lancaster County

History

Formed from Northumberland County and York County in 1652.

Portions of the county were subsequently broken out into Rappahannock (Old) County and Middlesex County.

Sources

See also:

• Lancaster County on Family Search
• 1649–1800 — ($) Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800; Headley, Robert K.; Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Lists some 7,000 marriages that took place in Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties or are referenced in their records.
• 1653–1800 — Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800 1959, by Ida J. Lee.
• 1763–1800 — Early Virginia marriages. Pt. I; by William Armstrong Crozier (1864-1913); Publication date 1907; Publisher New York : Genealogical Association. (See Lancaster county starting on page 48.)
• 1653–1674 — The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812; By Christ Church (Middlesex County, Va.)
• Virginia Colonial Abstracts. Vol. I Lancaster County Record Book #2. 1654–1666 pages 1–394
• Virginia Colonial Abstracts. Vol. 22 Lancaster County, 1652-1655