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"As early as 1660, every seat on the ruling Council of Virginia was held by members of five interrelated families," writes British historian John Keegan, "and as late as 1775, every council member was descended from one of the 1660 councillors." [4] The ties among Virginia families were based on marriage.
The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978, A Bicentennial Register of Members. Richmond: Published for the General Assembly of Virginia by the Virginia State Library, 1978. ISBN 978-0-88490-008-5. Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902.
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council; In office 1698–1711: Member of the House of Burgesses for Warwick County, Colony of Virginia; In office 1695-1697: Preceded by ____ Cary: Succeeded by: Miles Cary: Personal details; Born: 1665 E.D. plantation, York County, Virginia, Colony of Virginia: Died: January 18, 1711
Council members in bold. [6] [7] Titles and occupations are from era accounts, but use modern British spellings.On December 30, 1606, between 105 and 108 settlers with 39 mariners (non-settlers) sailed aboard three ships from Blackwall, London, England.
The members of the Council were almost all wealthy and both socially and politically prominent. Independent wealth was required both for the social standing necessary for membership and also to permit the members to be absent from their families and plantations for long periods of time," according to the Encyclopedia Virginia.
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. 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.
In the early 17th century, Virginia colonists did not have access to stone suitable for elaborate grave slabs — those were carved in England and transported to North America — so it’s not ...
Obedience Robins was born in 1600 to Richard Robins and Dorothy Goodman. In 1634, Robbins married Grace Neale Waters in Virginia. Their son John was born on May 7, 1636, in Northampton Co., Virginia. His daughter Mary Robins married Captain John Savage, whose father Thomas Savage was an interpreter of Indian languages at Jamestown.