Hello. I noticed a comment from you (al_jhel) in I think an earlier year just a few weeks ago and replied in hopes that you might still see it. Your surmise is quite right. The Mixon/Megginson people bought land in Gloucester Co. in 1652. The land was repatented in the 1680's showing the names of the people involved in the 1652 purchase. All of this is on records of deeds at the Library of Virginia, Richmond. What seals the deal on the identification of the family as being one family but with two surname spellings in common use is a Petition of Michael Megginson's for relief from a condition of his father's will, John Mixon's will. This petition went through the grindingly slow process of being read at the House of Burgesses; then read by the Governor's Council; then approved by the House; approved by the Council; signed and forwarded by the Governor to England; considered by the Board having oversight of Colonies; authorized by all concerned and sent back to Virginia by 1718. The document uses this wording, "... by Michael Megginson aka Mixon...." concerning the will of John Mixon. The original petition and the final approval appears in a book entitled The Statutes and Laws of Virginia by Mr. Henings. I have been told that a renewed royal patent for the property was also sent back to Virginia as a result of this petition, but I have not been able to find it at the Library of Virginia. My interest used to be to find my own family roots as far back as I could go. That took me to 1640. I then followed the Virginia people down through 1872. I am now eighty-one. My wife is an invalid at Farmville, VA. I have a great deal of data about the family in Virginia and would be glad to share any or all of it with someone interested. My tel. no. is (434) 394-2323. I am a fifth great grandson of William Megginson who is believed to be the son of Michael Megginson. I also followed three of Wm.'s sons when they moved to the banks of the Pee Dee and Yadkin rivers in N. Carolina. The first son's children stayed in Virginia and I descend from that family.