Wage earners, few in Virginia, 44; mostly recently freed servants, 44. Walker, Robert, has 52 slaves, 158. Warburton, Thomas, patents land in James City, 77. Warden, Thomas, landowner, 79. Warwick, average plantation of, 53; farms and tithables of, 58; 81. Washington, Richard, deals in servants, 48. Watson, John, landowning freedman, 75. Weaver, Samuel, landowning freedman, 75. Webster, Roger, servant, _Burgess_ in 1632, 74. Whitlock, Thomas, will of, 105-106. Williamsburg, 35; 54. Williams, William, buys 200 acres, 50. Wills, throw light on distribution of servants and slaves, 59; 73; headrights mentioned in, 76. Wine, prospect for in Virginia, 15. Woolens, need of potash for, 8; French duty on, 13. Woolritch, William, landowning freedman, 74. Wormsley, Ralph, 109; letter to from _Fitzhugh_, 130. Wray, Thomas, granted 50 acres, 81. Yates, William, has 55 slaves, 158. Yeomanry, largest class in Virginia, 59, 62; freedmen in, 72-82; 85; desperately poor, 90-91; driven to revolt by poverty, 92-93; no advancement for after 1660, 97-100; enjoy plentiful food, 101-103; often suffer for proper clothing, 103-105; _Burgesses_ represented interests of, 109; aid in ejecting Harvey, 110; many favor _Parliament in Civil War_, 110-111; in control from 1652 to 1660, 112; chief sufferers from _Navigation Acts_, 113; support Bacon in rebellion, 113; struggle for political rights, 114; few recruits to at end of 17th century, 122; condition of at end of 17th century, 123; effect of slavery on in ancient Rome, 137-139; migration of from Virginia 139-146; produce higher grades of tobacco, 146-147; misery of in 1713, 150; many sink into poverty, 151-154; many become slave holders, 152-159; slaves make less industrious, 155; 160. Yeardley, Sir George, 29; instructed to enforce free exchange of goods, 65. York, land transfers in, 46; plantations of small, 53; farms and tithables of, 58; servants and slaves in, 59; landowners of who had been headrights, 76; 79; 107; 130. Young, Richard, granted 100 acres, 81. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Punctuation corrections: Pg. 3 - added closing quotes (" ... not even beggars;") Pg. 142 - added quotes ("It should be inquired into," he said, "how it comes to pass ...") Pg. 151 - added period (for themselves only. Making) Pg. 152 - added opening quote ("illiberal, noisy and rude,") Pg. 172 - Footnote [5-29], added closing quote (" ... to the Government.") Pg. 251 - added comma after "George" (Archer, George,) Pg. 252 - changed "." to ";" (Carolina ... 99-100; 139-146.)