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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 .
[4] [12] [13] [14] He and his family left for America on April 10, 1634 [15] [16] in search of religious liberty from Ipswich aboard the Francis, commanded by John Cutting. [17] [4] Coe settled for a brief time in Watertown, a Boston suburb in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with several other Puritan families from Boxford who arrived with John ...
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 Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.
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]
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
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.
The Harrison family of Virginia is an American family with a history in politics, public service, and religious ministry, beginning in the Colony of Virginia during the 1600s. Family members include a Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V , and also three U. S. presidents : William Henry Harrison , Benjamin Harrison , and ...