The essential source for the Virginia Company of London is

Susan Myra Kingsbury, ed.
The records of the Virginia Company of London
Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1906-1935.  4 v., 14 leaves of plates :
ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents :  v. 1-2. The Court book [from April 28, 1619, to June 7, 1624]
from the manuscript in the Library of Congress.
                 v. 3-4. Documents.

Virginia Company Investors are among those discussed (and listed) in the
huge appendix to
Theodore K. Rabb, Enterprise & empire; merchant and gentry investment in
the expansion of England, 1575-1630 (Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University
Press, 1967) --
"The list of names [of investors in colonial companies]": p. 224-410.

In addition, the Library of Virginia catalog also shows this resource
(which I have not had occasion to consult):

Call Number F229 .S52 2007
Title Shareholders in the London Company, 1615-1623.
Publication Signal Mountain, Tenn. : Mountain Press, 2007.
Material 18 p. ; 22 cm.     Includes index.


And for what its worth I've commented on the historiographical implications
of the Purse-and-Person criteria  in

"Perry on the Eastern Shore," a review essay of James Russell Perry, *The
Formation of a Society on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1615-1655* (Chapel
Hill: UNC Press, 1990) in *Reviews in American History*, Vol. 20, No. 3
(Sep., 1992), pp. 297-302 - specifically at page 300.

Jon Kukla

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:06 AM, James McCall <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> You might want to post your query in the Jamestowne Society's Facebook
> page.
> Jim McCall
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2016, at 7:45 AM,
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > I need help understanding the contents of this 3 vol series, 4th
> Edition.
> >
> > I originally thought this was a listing of and subsequent descendants of
> > those who settled in Jamestown and that the publication was in fact
> sponsored
> > by  the Jamestown Society. I am now very much aware that at least part of
> > that is  incorrect.
> >
> > It seems that this series was first started by "The Order of First
> Families
> > of Virginia, 1607-1624/5".  The series itself was first published in
> > 1956.  2nd Edition in 1964 and the 3rd Edition in 1987. The 4th edition
> was
> > "brought to fruition by the genealogist of the Order" in 2004.
> >
> > Now it seems that "The Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5"
> > would be the early Jamestown settlers but... are they in fact the same or
> > different societies?
> >
> > There are several ways to qualify for the Jamestown Society.   Certainly
> > number one is "boots on the ground of Jamestown during this time  frame"
> but
> > there are others.
> >
> > One that I just recently read is if you were a stockholder in the London
> > Company or the Virginia Company.
> > Another is if you owned land on Jamestowne Island or lived on the island
> > prior to 1700
> > Another is if you served in certain offices of the colonial government
> > prior to 1700
> >
> > Now the question: Is "Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia
> 1607-1624/5"
> > only based on those who were resident in Va up to and at the time of the
> > 1624/5  Muster?
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a complete listing of the stockholders in the London
> > Company and the Virginia Company?
> >
> > Douglas Burnett
> > Satellite Beach
> > FL
> >
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