Publisher's Synopsis
A history of related families who came to America seeking civil and religious liberty. They include landless English dreamers and dispossessed French Huguenots in the 17th century, Scots Irish in the 18th century, and German dissenters in the 19th century. There is also a brief history of the settlement of Virginia and information on the allied families of Buck, Calmes, Mauzey/Mauzy, Neville, Surkey/Sirkey, and Williams. Timeline; maps; photos; bibliography; index.
