This copiously documented volume sheds new light on one of the earliest families to settle in Virginia, that of Captain William Tucker of London, and on a number of allied families whose progenitors figured in the early history of the Virginia and Maryland colonies.

Thomas Sturman was born in County Bucks, England in 1584. He and his wife, Ann, were married ca. 1617. They had five children born in England. They family immigrated to America in 1640 and settled first in Maryland, and later moved to Westmoreland County, Virginia. He died in Westmoreland County in 1654. Descendants lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Idaho,.

"The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported [between 1634-1777]. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond."--Amazon.com.