Ambler family papers, 1638-1809.

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Ambler family papers, 1638-1809.

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Land records including bonds, deeds, grants, indentures, surveys, and other papers from the vicinity of James City County, Va., and the Fairfax proprietary estates of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Names represented include Richard Ambler and family, Robert Anderson, Sir Edmund Andros, Nathaniel Bacon, Sir William Berkeley, Beverley family, Robert Carter, Col. Edward Chilton, Lady Marguritte Culpeper (Culpepper) and family, Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Thomas Fairfax, Sir William Gooch, Henry Hartwell, Thomas Hollyday, Francis Nicholson, Isham Randolph and family, and Alexander Spotswood.

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Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry. From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435 ...

Randolph family.

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Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714

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Colonial governor of New York (1674-1681); president of the Dominion of New England (1686-1689); and governor of Virginia (1692-1697). From the description of Original patent to Samuel Willis, 1675 Apr. 02. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986011 British colonial governor. From the description of Sir Edmund Andros deed, 1696. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449113 John Underhill (circa 1597-1672) was a colonial military lead...

Beverly family.

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Gooch, William

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Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Virginia. From the description of Land patent, 1748. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367554079 From the description of Land patent, 1748 January 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629689 Epithet: Major; Lieutenant -Gov. of Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x0002ee Governor of Virginia (Colony) From the description of...

Ambler family.

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...

Berkeley, William, Sir, 1605-1677

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The Philip Carpenter noted in the deed was likely born before 1640, Mattapony River, Northumberland County, Virginia. From the description of [Deed] 1663 Feb. [to] Philip Carpenter / William Berkeley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268390 ...

Chilton, Edward

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Hollyday, Thomas Worthington, 1879-1967

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Randolph, Isham, 1685-1742

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Culpepper family.

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Effingham, Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl, 1767-1845

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Culpeper, Marguritte, Lady

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Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....

Anderson, Robert, 1712-1792

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Ambler, Richard, 1690-1766

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Hartwell, Henry

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Henry Hartwell was a member of the Royal Council of Virginia; Rev. James Blair was an Anglican clergyman and later a president of William and Mary College; Edward Chilton was the attorney general of Virginia and later of Barbadoes. The three collaborated on this work. From the description of An Account of ye present state and government of Virginia, 1696. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633124 ...

Carter, Robert, 1663-1732

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Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and great landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797). From the guide to the Carter Family Papers, 1667-1862., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) Represented in the collection are Rob...

Bacon, Nathaniel, 1648-1676

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Nathaniel Bacon (b. January 2, 1647, Suffolk, England–d. October 26, 1676, Virginia Colony) was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery....