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Name Occupation Alt. names Death date (YYYY-MM-DD) [note 1] Notes Henry Adling: Gentleman Adding, H. Jerome Alicock: Gentleman Alikok Ancient, Jeremy 1607–08–04 Slain by natives [10] Gabriel Archer: Captain and Gentleman Archer, Gabriell 1609 or 1610 winter Secretary to the Council (lawyer) [11] John Asbie: 1607–08–06
Family name Related Family members Notes Adams. Charles County. Francis Adams (c. 1645 – 1698) [1] early settler John Adams (c. 1670 – 1740) early settler [2] Francis Adams II (1680 – 1766) revolutionary, planter and gentleman [1] Charles Adams (c. 1672 – 1733) carpenter [3] [4] Bowie. Prince George's County
These elite families generally married within their social class for many generations and, as a result, most surnames of First Families date to the colonial period. The American Revolution cut ties with Britain but not with its social traditions. While some First Family members were loyal to Britain, others were Whigs who supported and often ...
In 1892, Peters, then "head of the oldest branch of a famous colonial family", [5] was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. [8] [7] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.
Lee family, political family of Colonial Virginia and Maryland; Roosevelt family, from the old stock Knickerbocker settlers [14] [17] Washington family, family of George Washington, commanding general of the Continental Army, first president of the United States, the man who would not be king [14] [18] [19] [20]
The Coe family, originally recorded as "le Queu" and then "Coo", [1] were Normans considered gentry and acquired wealth through the cloth trade. [2] [3] [4] The name was derived from Old Norse "ka" meaning Jackdaw, which is also the meaning of Coe in Old English. The English heraldry of the Coe family uses the Martlet, a small black bird like ...
The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry.It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several highly valued plantations, mostly making their money in tobacco farming.
Previous colonial wars in North America had started in Europe and then spread to the colonies, but the French and Indian War is notable for having started in North America and spread to Europe. One of the primary causes of the war was increasing competition between Britain and France, especially in the Great Lakes and Ohio valley.