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  2. First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Colonial families of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of ... (1745 – 1819) American planter, patriot, and politician who served as Maryland ...

  4. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant , Discovery , and the Godspeed , and the settlement itself, were sponsored by the London Company, whose "adventurers" (investors) hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World .

  5. 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.

  6. Lee family - Wikipedia

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    Colonel Richard Lee "the Founder" of the family in North America Thomas Lee (1690–1750), Virginia colonist and cofounder of the Ohio Company. Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and served as the president of the Continental Congress.

  7. Randolph family of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Randolph family of Virginia is a prominent political family, whose members contributed to the politics of Colonial Virginia and Virginia after statehood. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Morrell, Warwickshire, England. The first Randolph in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, who settled in Massachusetts in 1630. [1]

  8. Old Philadelphians - Wikipedia

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    Old Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians [1] or Perennial Philadelphians, [2] are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, also from Ulster, Wales and even Germany, and who founded the city of Philadelphia.

  9. Old Stock Americans - Wikipedia

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    Old Stock American (also known as Pioneer Stock, Founding Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies. Historically, Old Stock Americans have been mainly Protestants from Northwestern Europe whose ancestors emigrated to British America in the 17th and 18th ...