"Ancient planter" (sometimes called ancient colony men) was a term applied to early colonists who migrated to the Colony of Virginia when the settlement...

The planter class was a racial and socioeconomic class which emerged in the Americas during European colonization in the early modern period. Members...

he interacted with native leader Debedeavon. Thomas Savage was an ancient planter, married a tobacco bride, and had a son (John) that represented Northampton...

colonist, landowner, militia officer and legislator. Considered an ancient planter for living in the Virginia colony during its first decade, he was one...

Richard Pace was an early settler and ancient planter in colonial Jamestown, Virginia. According to a 1622 account published by the London Company, Pace...

16th and 17th centuries Ancient planter, a colonist receiving one of the first land grants in Virginia New England Planters, settlers who moved to the...

the Plantation at Accomac. Graves was the second Commander. As an "ancient planter" he received one of the first patents there on March 14, 1628, consisting...

(sic: Raleigh Crowshaw) Kecoughtan (Kecoughtan,_Virginia) Gent. "An Ancient Planter who hath remained in this country 15 years complete and performed many...

colony as a child in 1610 and was established as one of the few female ancient planters by 1620. After her husband Samuel Jordan died in 1623, Cecily obtained...

known as Anne Laydon, was an early English settler in Virginia and an ancient planter. She was the first English woman to marry in the New World, and her...

Samuel Jordan (died 1623) was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess...

"ancient planters," were entitled to 100 acres (0.40 km2). John Rolfe described the situation in Jan-1620 in glowing terms: "All the ancient planters being...

Spenser) was an early Virginia colonist on Jamestown Island, who was an Ancient planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia...

spearheaded trading and expansion of the Virginia colony. Described as an ancient planter, Wyatt owned several parcels of land. Francis was the son of George...

one of the first subscribers of the Virginia Company. Tucker was an ancient planter with 800 acres (3.2 km2) in Kecoughtan (later Elizabeth City). He traveled...

Jr. (or John West II) of West Point, Virginia (1632–1691) was an ancient planter, commander of the New Kent Militia in the Colony of Virginia and represented...

Sir George Yeardley (b. 1587 – d. November 13, 1627) was a planter and colonial governor of the colony of Virginia. He was also among the first slaveowners...

residence there, Spence was considered an "Ancient planter", which was simply a descriptive term. Ancient planters were early Virginia colonists who arrived...

who owned a plantation was known as a planter. Historians of the prewar South have generally defined "planter" most precisely as a person owning property...

Governor, Sir Thomas Dale, assigned 3-acre (12,000 m2) plots to its "ancient planters" and smaller plots to the settlement's later arrivals. Measurable economic...

England, but migrated to the American colonies, becoming one of the "ancient planters". Brown states in his "First Republic in America," that, in 1619, "the...

with 30 immigrants (captained by Robert Adams). The Noah brought ancient planter Henry Coltman in August, 1610. In c. September 1610, the Dainty arrived...

succeeded the 17th-century plantation. The area was originally patented by ancient planter William Claiborne in 1626. Three successive colonial governors lived...

Sergeant Sharp or William Sharp) was an early Virginia colonist, soldier, ancient planter, and Virginia Company shareholder who settled in the Bermuda Hundred...

lock of his hair and held him hostage as they escaped. Robert was an Ancient Planter, and thus received 100 acres of land for being present before the arrival...

traveling with family or relatives: Ursula Clawson, "kinswoman" of ancient planter Richard Pace, traveled with Pace and his wife on the Marmaduke. There...

Alington, 4th Baron Alington (1680–1691), Irish peer Giles Allington, the Ancient Planter Giles Alington (academic) (1914–1956), Fellow of University College...

of Thomas Savage Women of Colonial Virginia The Wives of Jamestown Ancient planter Casquette girl Plaçage King's Daughters Marriage à la façon du pays...

marks, boxes, or other symbols. Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. The principal use of slaves...

Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Unskilled or low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with...