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6 days ago · Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax arrives and permanently settles in Virginia to personally manage his 5 million acre Northern Neck Proprietary. Thursday, May 11, 1749 Town of Alexandria Established by Act of Assembly. Sunday, June 11, 1749 Cameron Parish formed in western Fairfax County (present day Loudoun County) Saturday, April 25, 1752
3 days ago · Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County, and was named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. The Fairfax family name is derived from the Old English phrase for "blond hair", Fæger-feax. The county's initial settlements were along the Potomac River.
May 13, 2024 · The land came into Fairfax hands when Catherine married Thomas, 5th Lord Fairfax. Their son Thomas 6th inherited his grandmother's portion of the grant. When Thomas 5th died his son was only 12, and Catherine, unhappy with her husband's management and distrustful of her son's ability, controlled the estate for 20 years.
May 16, 2024 · That land soon became the property of Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, and was known thereafter as the Fairfax Proprietary. An indication of the rate of colonial American settlement can be found in the ...
May 23, 2024 · A map of the Northern Neck Proprietary land grant, c. 1737 The gravesite of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in Winchester The Colony of Virginia was settled at Jamestown in 1607. The area now generally regarded as "Northern Virginia" was within a larger area defined by a land grant from King Charles II of England on September 18 ...
May 24, 2024 · Siege of Colchester. Suppression of Leveller mutiny. Signature. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, [1] was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented commander, Fairfax led Parliament to ...
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May 16, 2024 · Label Text Portrait of Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron after the work of Robert Walker (1599-1658) who was the commanding general of the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War though he disapproved of Oliver Cromwell's radicalism and because of this was spared the harsh retribution conducted against other leaders of the revolt. He ...
