Dear Oldham Researchers of pre-1763 Virginia Some Oldham families related to Jesse and James Oldham later of Caswell Co., NC were found in Orange Co., North Carolina records (court records, as many of other records are missing) and then later in Caswell Co., NC records (formed 1777 fromOrange Co., NC) Some researchers maintain that Jesse and James Oldham were sons of Richard Oldham and his wife Elizabeth Basye of around Northumberland Co., VA, but this is difficult to prove without documentation. Nonetheless, should you be interested in pursuing the Basye line, keep in mind that the testator. Edmund Basye (whom I call II) did not hame a son. Some Virginia experts say that the oldest son, assuming one existed, did NOT have to be mentioned in the will, as by law, he would inherit the land. So, possibly there is a Basye son, but some of us have not discovered such a person. See the cited below. A good many Basye males appear in the grantee index of Culpeper Co., VA in the 1770s and later. Remember, Culpeper Co. was formed in 1749 from Orange County, VA The FHL film to which I refer (for Culpeper Co. index to grantee deeds.) is 30,941. Some of the names of the grantees are Edward, Elizimon, Isaac, Jos, Jas. Edmund, Jr. & A.... [cannot read], Henry and Isaac. The dates of the deeds, called Bills of Sale, were from 1770 to 1815. The Basye male who was the father-in-law of a Richard Oldham [which one of many dozens?] was