Northumberland County, Virginia was created in 1648 . It was originally known as the Indian district Chickacoan. Of the 172 counties that have existed in Virginia, Northumberland was "ancestor" to 116 of these.
Jon Eves (Eaves) came to Jamestown, Virginia under the care of Henry Southwell in 1636.
By 1639, Jon was in Northumberland County, Virginia on the northern banks of the Wicomico River. At that time it was the Indian district of Chickacoan.
William Eaves was born about 1640.
William participated in many land and tobacco transactions. William, or his father Jon, bought his land from the indigenous people.
William's children may have included:
John Eaves (1661, died age 10),
Ralph Eaves (1662),
Daughter Eaves (1663, married Loftin),
William Eaves (1665),
Isaac Eaves (1667),
Richard Eaves (1669),
Thomas Eaves (1671),
George Eaves (1672),
Margaret Eaves (1673, married Isaac Hester), Graves Eaves (1675),
Mary Eaves (1679).
In 1607 the London Company established Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony.
