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  2. First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The ties among Virginia families were based on marriage. In a pre-Revolutionary War economy dependent on the production of tobacco as a commodity crop, the ownership of the best land was tightly controlled. It often passed between families of corresponding social rank. The Virginia economy was based on slave labor as the colony became a slave ...

  3. William Powell (Virginia colonist) - Wikipedia

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    William Powell (b. before 1586 – d. January 1623), was an early Virginia colonist, landowner, militia officer and legislator. Considered an ancient planter for living in the Virginia colony during its first decade, he was one of two representatives from what became James City County, Virginia in the first Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619.

  4. Category:First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    First Families of Virginia (FFV) were those families in Colonial Virginia who were European, socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They descended from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown , Williamsburg , and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the 17th century.

  5. Category:1623 in the Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Category: 1623 in the Colony of Virginia. 1 language. ... 1623 establishments in the Colony of Virginia (1 P) This page was ...

  6. Thomas Lygon - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the Lygon family. Lygon was born in Warwickshire, England on 11 January 1623 to Sir Thomas Framer Lygon II of Madresfield Court and Elizabeth Pratt. [1] [2] He was baptized in the Church of England in Walsgrave on Sowe. [3] [4] [5] Lygon was a member of an aristocratic family that were part of the landed gentry.

  7. William Tucker (Jamestown immigrant) - Wikipedia

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    On June 20, 1619, he was elected to represent Kecoughtan for the first General Assembly of Virginia. [5] He was a member of the Colony of Virginia in 1620. [4] In 1623 and 1634, Tucker was a member of the House of Burgesses. Called Captain William Tucker, he was an envoy to the Pamunkey Native Americans for the colony. [4] [6]

  8. Samuel Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Jordan (died 1623) was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North America. Jordan patented a plantation which he called "Beggar's Bush", which later became known as Jordan's Journey.

  9. Miles Cary - Wikipedia

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    Coat of Arms of Miles Cary. Miles Cary I (January 1623 – 10 June 1667) (later occasionally nicknamed "The Immigrant") was the first member of the Cary family to live in America, and to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly.

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