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2. Northern Neck Proprietary - Wikipedia

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   A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.

3. Northern Neck - Wikipedia

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   The original Northern Neck land grant in 1661 was a land grant first issued by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649. It encompassed all the unsettled lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers and, later, by a straight line (the " Fairfax Line ") connecting their sources.

4. Fairfax Line - Wikipedia

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   The Fairfax Line was a surveyor's line run in 1746 to establish the limits of the "Northern Neck land grant" (also known as the "Fairfax Grant") in colonial Virginia. The land grant, first contrived in 1649, encompassed all lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, an area of 5,282,000 acres (21,380 km 2).

5. NJ's most expensive home for sale is in Colts Neck. Here's ...

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   WellSpring Farm, an equestrian estate on 160 acres in Colts Neck, features seven bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a world-class barn, wine cellar and more. NJ's most expensive home for sale is in Colts ...

6. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 1693 – 9 December 1781) was a British peer, military officer and planter. The only member of the British peerage to permanently reside in Britain's North American colonies, Fairfax owned the Northern Neck Proprietary in the Colony of Virginia, where he spent the majority of his life.

7. Northumberland County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The land between the Potomac River and the York River was formed into Northumberland County officially in 1648, prior to the creation of Westmoreland County and Lancaster County. [ 3 ] The colonial court ordered the Wicocomico and Chickacoan tribes to merge and by 1655, assigned them a reservation of 4,400 acres (18 km 2 ) near Dividing Creek ...