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Pocahontas by Simon de Passe. Pocahontas (1595–1617), a Native American, was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, founder of the Powhatan Confederacy.According to Mattaponi and Patawomeck tradition, Pocahontas was previously married to a Patawomeck weroance, Kocoum, who was murdered by Englishmen when Samuel Argall abducted her on April 13, 1613. [5]
Old money is "the inherited wealth of established upper-class families (i.e. gentry, patriciate)" or "a person, family, or lineage possessing inherited wealth". [1] It is a social class of the rich who have been able to maintain their wealth over multiple generations, often referring to perceived members of the de facto aristocracy in societies that historically lack an officially established ...
The Boston Brahmins, or Boston elite, are members of Boston 's historic upper class. [1] From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent, [2] Harvard University, [3] Anglicanism, [4] and traditional British-American customs and clothing.
Margaret Brent. (c 1601 – c 1671) first woman in the English colonies to appear before court [9][10] Mary Brent. early settler and plantation owner, sister of Margaret [11] Giles Brent. (c1600 – 1672) Catholic early settler, [12] married Mary Kittamaquad, the daughter of the Piscataway Tayac [13][14] Brice.
American gentry. The Washington Family, a 1796 painting of the Washington family, a prominent gentry family, by Edward Savage. An enslaved man stands to the right of the painting. The American gentry were landowning members of the American upper class during the early modern period. Historians generally use the term "gentry" to refer to the ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...
Combined wealth in US$ billions (estimated) Source of wealth. Country or region. Walton [ 5 ][ 6 ] Jim Walton, S. Robson Walton, Alice Walton, Lukas Walton, Christy Walton, Nancy Walton Laurie, Ann Walton Kroenke (Sam Walton, Bud Walton) 289.8 (2024) [ 7 ] Walmart, Sam's Club. United States. Arnault.
socialregisteronline.com. The Social Register is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high society. First published in the 1880s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolm Forbes. Since 2014, it has been owned by Christopher Wolf. It was historically a directory of "old ...