Virginia
Fairfax County
In 1649, Charles II granted all of the land between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers to a group of 7 Englishmen. In 1719 this land came into possession of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax, after whom Fairfax County was named.
Thomas Fairfax was born in 1612 at Denton Hall near Otley, Yorkshire. He married Ann Vere in 1637. He and his father supported the Parliaments side against the king. By 1645 he was appointed Commander in Chief of the New Model Army.
There are various books and documents that tell of his life during these tumultuous times. He lived a quiet life during the years of the Commonwealth in his home at Nun Appleton Hall in Yorkshire.He died in 1671 and is buried in Bilborough parish church near York.
His descendant, Thomas Fairfax (1692-1782) inherited from his mother, the heiress of Thomas, 2nd Baron Culpeper, vast estates in Virginia. He sold Denton Hall and his Yorkshire estates and retired to Virginia in 1746, dying a bachelor.
He was a friend of George Washington.
Beverley
Robert BEVERLEY, lawyer, surveyor, militia (1641-1686) born near Beverley, Yorkshire. Son of Peter and Susanna (Hollis) of Hull, Yorkshire. Robert sailed to Virginia in 1663. He was Clerk of the House of Burgesses and served in the Governor's Militia and rose to the rank of Major. Beverley felt, as Gov, Berkeley did, that the Crown was ungrateful for their loyalty. Charles 11 became angry and ordered that Beverley be removed from the Council. He was reinstated later. His son, Robert wrote the first history of Virginia, "The History and Present State of Virginia", published 1705. Robert Sr. had married Margaret Boyd in 1666 in Jamestown.
Hardy
Richard Hardy(1577-1645) born Wetwang, Yorkshire; died in Norfolk County, Virginia He married 1602 Alice Wilson; she died in Bedfordshire. They had 6 children: Richard (1604); Thomas (1606); Alice Elizabeth (1608); George (1610); Mary (1612) all born in Wetwang. John was born 1613 in Bedfordshire.
George Hardy (1610-1675) joined his brother John (1613-1670) in Virginia. George became owner of the Hardy Mill, which was owned by the family for generations. He married but left no issue.
John Hardy (1613-1670) married in Virginia Olive Council. They had 5 children, all born in Norfold Co., Virginia
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
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