This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitehurst Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVB.2ACI/1055.1 Message Board Post: As to who is James Vanerit? The item you refer to is in Nell Nugent's book , Cavaliers and Pioneers. James Vanerit bought 1000 acres from a person named Stafferton who obtained the 1000 acres because he [Stafferton] arranged for passage of 20 people to the colony of Virginia including William Richard Whitehurst. The date of 1636 when Vanerit bought the property would indicate that these people came to Virginia some time prior to 1636. Vanerit did not bring Richard Whitehurst to Virginia. In 1648, Richard Whitehurst arranged for passage of 5 persons for which he [Richard] was awarded a land grant. Reference "Richard Whitehurst Grandfather of us all" by Becky Sandeers, 1978