Originally published in 1932, this is a facsimile, or exact, reprint of the original book. Peter Rucker, first of the name, settled in Virginia about 1690. the tradition is that he was a French Huguenot, ship-wrecked near the mouth of the James river, and that he swam ashore, living there for a time. A search in the land office does not show that he patented land there nor in Essex, where he was living in 1704. (1932) 2017, 585pp., ill. (608 total pages)