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Cheney Boyce and Richard Craven, whose relationship through a common English ancestor has yet to be proven, were two of the founders of Virginia. This detailed genealogy traces the descendants of Cheney Boyce for seven to nine generations, from Charles City County, Virginia, through the Virginia Tidewater, eastern North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Arkansas. Mr. Brayton makes use of published sources and manuscript collections to establish much information on related families Briggs, Carstarphen, Chappell, Gary, Gee, Potts, Rives, Scott, Sledge, and Tatum. Readers of the appendix will also discover the genealogy of Dr. John Cogan of Charles City and Isle of Wight counties, Virginia. Researchers hoping to use this volume as a guide for proving Jamestowne Society ancestry will find ample documentation for their lineage here.