Volume one focuses on the Allen, Rives and Watkins families as they began their migration in 1822 to northwest Missouri from Virginia. Volume two focuses on the lineal ancestors and descendants of Charles Allen Watkins (1820-1864) and Henrietta Rives (1824-1885) of Virginia and Missouri. Early Virginian ancestors mentioned include Charles Allen (1748-1826) and his wife Mary Venable (1750-1824); Charles' twin brother, Benjamin Allen (1748-1808) and his first wife Elizabeth Austin (b. 1734); William Rives (ca. 1636-ca. 1695) of Oxfordshire, England and Virginia; and Henry Watkins (1637-1715/16).

Genealogy of the Watkins Family of Virginia and Missouri.

Charles Allen Watkins was born in 1820 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Henrietta Rives (1824-1885) in Buckingham County, Virginia in 1841. They had eleven children. Charles died in 1864 in Ray County, Missouri. Traces their descendants. Descendants live in Missouri, Ohio, Texas, and elsewhere in the United States and Canada.

Henry Watkins (b.ca. 1638), a Quaker and possibly emigrated from England as an indentured servant, was in Henrico County, Virginia during or before 1664. By about 1675, Henry and his family owned a small farm in Henrico County, where he died after 1715. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kentucky and elsewhere.

Henry Watkins (b.1585) emigrated from Wales, England to Accomack County, Virginia before 1621, and later moved to Henrico County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England.

Edwards Watkins (ca. 1664-ca. 1701) lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, California and elsewhere.