More Books etc on The Maybury Family

in America, Ireland and England

Table of Contents

  1. America

  2. Ireland

  3. England

America

The Mabry Family: Descendants of Francis Maybury and Elizabeth Gilliam of Surry County, Virginia, published by Donald E. Collins in 1987. 

The Mabry Family is a 603 page cloth bound volume, covering all branches of the family. The book is completely indexed. A reprint edition was published in 1997 and again in 1999. The reprint edition does not update previous information but does contain about 75 pages of new information about: the descendants of Seth Maybury of Jackson County, Tennessee; the Mabrys of Union and Abbeville Counties in South Carolina; and John Mabry of Rutherford County, Tennessee. Both editions are now out of print.

The following libraries have copies of either the first edition (1987) or the reprint edition (1997):

  • Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Carlsbad California Public Library, Carlsbad, California

  • Clayton Library, Houston, Texas

  • Cobb County Public Library, Marietta, Georgia

  • Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas

  • Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado

  • Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, North Carolina

  • Gwinett Historical Society, Lawrenceville, Georgia

  • Kentucky State Historical Society Library, Frankfort

  • Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

  • LDS Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City

  • Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles, California

  • Memphis Public Library, Memphis Tennessee

  • New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, New York

  • New York Public Library, New York City, New York

  • North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Putnam County Library, Cookeville, Tennessee

  • Quitman Public Library, Quitman, Texas

  • Roanoke Public Library, Roanoke, Virginia

  • San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California

  • St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Statesboro Regional Library, Statesboro, Georgia

  • Stone County Arkansas Genealogical Society, Mountain View, Arkansas

  • Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville

  • Tennessee Technological University Library, Cookeville, Tennessee

  • Texas State Library, Austin, Texas

  • Wisconsin State Historical Society Library, Madison, Wisconsin

America: The Mabr(e)y Experience, published in 1983 by Cletis R. Ellinghouse. 

This is a 261 page cloth bound volume with a focus on the descendants of Charles2 (Francis1) Mabry who migrated to southeastern Missouri. The author has done an excellent job of setting the Mabr(e)y story in the context of historical events. Copies of the book may be ordered from the Wayne County Journal-Banner, Post Office Box 97, Piedmont, MO (573-223-7122). The price is $29.95 including shipping and handling.

The book may also be found at:

  • Missouri State Historical Society, Columbia, Missouri

  • The Riverside Libarary in Jackson, Missouri

  • The Cape Girardeau Public Library

  • The Poplar Bluff, Missouri Public Library

  • The Piedmont, Missouri Public Library

  • and at a number of other libraries around the country.

Wayne County's Lost River Settlements: The H.Y. Mabrey Papers, also by Cletis R. Ellinghouse, published in 2008 by the Xlibris Corporation of Philadelphia. 

This is a book about the people in the communities along the St. Francis River that were destroyed by the government in the late 1930s to clear the landscape for development of Wappapello Lake. The original Mabrey homes in Wayne County were along this river. 

A Few of the descendants of Charles Mayberry/Mabry of Grayson (Carroll) Co. VA,  by Ora Belle McColman, published in 1987.

This is a two volume softbound book. Its 800+ pages are devoted to the descendants of Charles4 (Isaac3, George, Francis) Mabry. The volumes are very well illustrated with family photos and documents. Now out of print. (Family History Center: FHL 929.273/M451mx). The book is also available at the following and other libraries:

  • Arkansas River Valley Regional Library

  • Allen County Public Library, Allen County, Indiana

  • Kentucky Historical Society Library

  • Blue Ridge Regional Library

  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Roanoke, Virginia City Public Library

  • Wytheville Community College Library

  • State Historical Library of Wisconsin

Where It All Began by Roy M. And Ola H. Mayberry, published in 1988.

This is a 250 page soft cover volume. It traces the lines of many descendants of Charles2 (Francis1) Mabry, including historical settings and many personal stories. Now out of print.

The Mabrys of Stanly Co., N.C. by James Byron Mabry in 1974.

This is a 78 page soft cover book compiled. It examines the line of Francis2 (Francis1) Mabry with emphasis on those who settled in and around Stanly County, North Carolina. Now out of print.

Blue Ridge Heritage by Dorothy Burnett Peterson was published in 1987. 

This book is devoted to the Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter, Mabry, and other families of Grayson and Carroll Counties in Virginia. It is available from Mrs. Jean Peterson Lesesne, 607 Longleaf Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

Yesterday: The Hampton, McCracken, Longwith, Mabry & Wells Families by Diana Mellen, published in 1995.

This book presents Diana Mellen’s Mabry line along with other families in an historical context, enriched with photographs, letters, articles and documents. It is available from Heritage Books Inc., 1540-E Pointer Ridge PL, Bowie MD 20716. (Family History Center: FHL 1697637/item 9).

William Spark Mabry: His Life, His Home, His Ancestors by Martha H. Tyson, presents the story of William Spark6 Mabry (1849-1941), his father, Dr. Albert Gallatin5 Mabry (Richard4, Nathaniel, Hinchia, Francis) and related families. It contains numerous interesting photographs and documents. Contact Martha H. Tyson, 3526 Blue Bonnet, Houston, TX 77025. (Family History Center: FHL 929.273/M115t).

The Mabry/Maybury Family Newsletter.

Don Collins began a family newsletter in 1995 as "The Mabry Family" that continued in 2005 as "The Maybury Family". Its publication was discontinued in 2011. While they last, copies of all back issues will still be available from Dave Collins at dave77collins@gmail.com

Ireland

Spins: The Life and Times of Sonny and Mary Maybury, by Sandra Maybury, published in 2022.

An account of the Maybury family of Dunmanway, Co. Cork, that centres on the entrepreneurial exploits of Harry (Sonny) and Mary Maybury, providing an insight into Irish society in a West Cork market town. Spins is available to purchase online at www.buythebook.ie for €16.95 plus postage.

England

Jennifer Smith aka Claire Constable has written a trilogy on the Constable family of Horley Mill in England. Her third volume, The Constable Connections: Stories from Hertfordshire, Surrey and the Ottawa River, includes the story of the Maybury family from Frimley in Surrey, England. The patriarch of this family, William Augustus Maybury MD, was born at Cleady Cottage, Kenmare and later married Clara Constable of Storrington, Sussex. Dr. Maybury was a descendant of William Mabury, progenitors of the Maybury family branch at Kenmare, County Kerry.