Fenton (Yates/Avery/Holmes/Mott/Holcomb) Family Tree

This family home page covers the family history of the following families.
Fenton - VA (James City, York, & Newport News)
Yates - VA (Norfolk, Charles City)
Mott/Holcomb - Vermont, Conn., Mass., New York
Avery - VA (York, Warwick, Charles City)
Holmes/Dodge/Ashton - PA (Wilkes Barre, Philadelphia) and England
Williams - VA (New Kent)
Ruffin - VA (Dinwiddie, Surry)

I am currently concentrating on information regarding the following names and locations:
Fenton - VA
Yates - VA
Avery - VA

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree

Family Photos

• L. B. Mott (1850-1930) & E. E. Holcomb (1852-1930) (24 KB)
  Parents of Lula May Mott (Fenton)
• Ella Ashton Avery (YATES) (1882 - 1969) (106 KB)
  Daughter of John J. Avery & Virginia Frances Holmes. Married J. C. Yates, 1900.
• Children of Charley Yates and Ella Ashton Avery (60 KB)
  Before 1993. Bobbie, Edna B., Carrie, Charlie, Virginia, Floyd, and Ashton. (youngest to eldest)
• Edward Dudley Fenton & Lula May Mott (25 KB)
  Married Dec. 1900. With their first child, Cyrus Benjamin Fenton. Abt. 1901.
• Mary Frances Ashton (Holmes) 1821-1888 (57 KB)
  Moved from PA to Charles City, VA abt. 1857. Mother of Virginia Frances Holmes. Wife of Charles Henry Holmes.
• Fenton - Sons of B.W. Fenton & Lucy Williams (38 KB)
  Counter clockwise from bottom left. Ewell (1872-1941), Edward (1878-1938), B. W., Jr. (Bennie) (1880-1953), R. W. (Dick) (1883-????)
• John Joseph Avery 1851-1923 (96 KB)
  Married Virginia Frances Holmes. Lived at Lower Holly Hill, Charles City County, VA.
• Virginia Frances Holmes (Avery) 1858-1938 (93 KB)
  First Holmes child born in Charles City, VA. Married John Joseph Avery in 1880
• Lula May Mott (Fenton) 1874-1941 (21 KB)
  Married Edward Dudley Fenton, December 1900.
• Carrie Onelia Yates (Fenton) 1909-2001 (17 KB)
  Nurse in Williamsburg. Married Norman Edward Fenton, Sr., 1933 (Photo about that time)
• Edward Dudley Fenton 1878-1938 (32 KB)
  Son of Benj. W. Fenton. Married Lula May Mott.
• John H. Yates 1853-1940 (105 KB)
  Married Sarah Shackleford 1873. Married Martha ??? abt. 1889.
• Norman Edward Fenton, Sr. 1905-1991 (21 KB)
  Married Carrie Onelia Yates, March 26, 1933. Photo about that time.
• Joseph Charles (Charley) Yates 1879-1927 (119 KB)
  Son of John H. Yates. Married Ella Ashton Avery May 2, 1900.
• Children of Edward Dudley Fenton & Lula May Mott (78 KB)
  May 1941. Cyrus, Norman, Eva, Leonard, Elma, and Ruth. Taken at their mother's funeral. Green Lawn Cemetery, Newport News, VA.
• Sarah Shackleford 1856-187? (154 KB)
  First wife of John H. Yates. Mother of Joseph Charles Yates and John Germane Yates.
• Cyrus Holcomb 1824-1907 (9 KB)
  Father of Elvoretta Elvira Holcomb Mott and Luman Clayton Holcomb, MD. Lived primarily on Isle La Motte, VT.
• Charles Graham Avery (1892-1961) (97 KB)
  Married Mary Eugenia Binns (1916). Son of John Joseph Avery and Virginia Frances Holmes
• L. B. Mott, E. E. Holcomb & Lula May Mott (Fenton) (8 KB)
  Moved from Alburgh, VT to Newport News, VA abt. 1894.
• Raymond Thomas Avery (1894-1968) (63 KB)
  Married Margaret Turner. Son of John Joseph Avery and Virginia Frances Holmes.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Ancestor Tree of Norman Edward Fenton, Jr.


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Avery (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Holmes (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Adam Mott (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Fenton (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Joseph Yates (View PDF)

Related Files

• Fenton Family Research Document (Text Form) (27 KB)
  Prepard by Robert Davidson, Certified Genealogist
• Avery Family Research Document (Text file) (4 KB)
  Prepared by Robert Davidson, Certified Genealogist.