Waller Family Papers, 1737-1912.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Waller Family.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers associated with Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg and his descendants in Norfolk, Va. Included are appointments, 1737-1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king's attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13, 1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, Va.

Also, a printed sermon preached by the Rev. John Camm, president of the College of William and Mary, on the death of [William Nelson], [1772?]; and a plan of Richard Blow's home, with genealogical information on the Blow family.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Waller was a lawyer and judge of Williamsburg Va. Some of his descendants were residents of Norfolk, Va.

Acquisition information:
Deposit, 1954.
Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged. Undated material placed at end.

Physical description:
1 volume and 35 items.