In this section, you will find a list and description of places associated with our family history, which you can visit.

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USA

VIRGINIA

Here is an alphabetical list of our ancestors who lived in 17th Century Colonial Virginia:

1. Lt. Col, Walter Aston and wife, Hannah Jordan (both immigrants) ARR: 1628
2. Cicily or Sysley Bailey-Jordan-Farrar (immigrant) ARR. 1610 and husband William Farrar (immigrant) ARR: 1618
3. Christopher Branch and wife Mary Addie (both immigrants) ARR: 1619/20
4. Thomas Branch (son of Christopher) and his wife, Elizabeth Gouch or Gough Born in VA
5. Miles Cary and wife Anne Taylor (both immigrants) ARR: 1645
6. Richard Cocke (immigrant) ARR: 1636 and wife Temmperance Bailey Born in VA
7. William Farrar [2] (son of William and Cicily) Born in VA
8. Samuel Jordan (immigrant) DOUBTFUL
9. Thomas Jordan (immigrant and son of Samuel) DOUBTFUL
10. Jacob Lumpkin (immigrant) ARR: 1690
11. William Swann and wife Judith Greene Austen (both immigrants) ARR: Before 1636
12. Thomas Swann (son of William) ARR: Before 1636 and five wives
13. Samuel Swann (son of Thomas and Sarah Codd) BORN in VA

All the following are located in close proximity to the James River and to each other.

JAMES CITY COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Historic Jamestowne National Park Some of our ancestors were born at James Citie and several served in the House of Burgesses here. Swann's Tavern, in ruins on site, was owned by our ancestor Col. Thomas Swann. There are statues of Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, identical to statues in England, and a rebuilt church where the House of Burgesses first met in 1619.
• Jamestown Settlement A museum complex devoted to the history of the Jamestown colony; includes an indoor museum and an outdoor replica of Jamestown Fort, as well as replicas of the three ships that brought the first settlers in 1607. Free admission for active-duty military and veterans on Jamestown Day (May 18).

Ancestors who served in the House of Burgesses and/or on the Governor's Council:

1. Col. Walter Aston (1629-1633 and 1641-1643)
2. Christopher Branch (1639 and 1641)
3. Miles Cary (1660-62) also member of Governor's Council (1663-67)
4. Richard Cocke (1632 and 1644-54)
5. William Farrar, Sr. (1635) also member of Governor's Council (1623-33)
6. William Farrar, Jr. (1659-61 and 1675-76)
7. Samuel Jordan (very first meeting in 1619) He served, but DOUBTFUL ANCESTOR
8. Thomas Jordan DOUBTFUL ANCESTOR
9. Thomas Swann (1658) also member of Governor's Council (1659-60)
10. Samuel Swann (1684-88)

SURRY COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Swann's Point (directly across the James River from Jamestowne) Home of the Swann family. See Swann Point Plantation Site and Swann Point Cemetery, where our earliest Swann immigrant from England, William Swann, is buried (grave unmarked) here, as well as his wife, Judith Greene Swann, and his English-born son, Col. Thomas Swann, whose tombstone is intact. William Swann and family arrived in Virginia sometime prior to 1636/7.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Farrar's Island. This is where our ancestor, William Farrar, owned land. He was one of the earliest of our ancestors to arrive in North America (1618, aboard the Neptune; during the voyage, on July 7, returning Governor De La Warr died enroute) It is also the site of the colonial "Citie of Henrico." There are two historic markers in the area: Farrar's Island marker is in front of the Advance Auto Parts store, south side of Hwy. 301/Jefferson Davis Highway, just north of Osborne Road and south of Interstate 95. Henrico Town marker is one of a group of five on Hwy. 5/New Market Road just southeast of intersection of I-295. They were along the northwest bound lane but may have been moved into a roadside park at the more or less the same spot, across the road from a Dairy Queen.
• Dutch Gap Conservation Area and Henricus Historical Park are located on Farrar's Island. The historical park is an interactive 17th century replica of old Henrico or Henricus.
• Kingland Plantation Site (south side of James River) APPROXIMATE, NO MARKER. This is where the plantation owned by immigrant Christopher Branch was located. Branch arrived in 1620 aboard the London Merchant with wife Mary. Their son, Thomas, was born in April 1624 at the so-called "Colledge Land" on the north side of the James River.
• There is supposed to be a Branch family cemetery at Kingsland and also in Goochland County (north side of James River), on Route 606, but no further information can be found about the location(s).

GLOUCESTER COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Grave of Rev. James Clack, Ware Churchyard, 7825 John Clayton Memorial Highway Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, 23061. The man who connects the TATE family with Pocahontas.

HENRICO COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Henrico Parish Church Cemetery, Varina, Virginia Where Thomas Branch was buried in 1694. There are no remaining grave markers or other signs of the former cemetery, which has been redeveloped and is situated on private property. There is, however, a Virginia historical marker near the entrance to the Varina Episcopal Church on Route 5 in Varina.
• Osborne Landing Historical Marker. Christopher Branch worked for Osborne on "Colledge Land."
• Malvern Hills Cemetery, GOOGLE MAPS LOCATIONwhere Richard Cocke is buried.

CHARLES CITY COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Westover Plantation and Cemetery, 7000 Westover Road, Charles City, Virginia Lt. Col. Walter Aston buried here; tombstone still intact and readable. The plantation, originally owned by the Byrd family, is open for tours.

NEWPORT NEWS (Independent City)
PATERNAL

• Colonel Miles Cary Historic Cemetery, behind George J. McIntosh Elementary School, Newport News, Virginia. Miles Cary is buried here under an intact tombstone, beneath a large tree.
• Windmill Point (where Miles Cary lived) historical marker, corner of Denbigh Blvd. and Garrow Road, Newport News Virginia.

KING AND QUEEN COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Mattaponi Baptist Church Cemetery, Virginia Hwy. 14, King and Queen Courthouse, Virginia. Just north of the York River. Here are the intact tombstones of Jacob Lumpkin and wife, Martha Ann.

FLUVANNA COUNTY
PATERNAL

• Bremo Historic District, GOOGLE MAPS LOCATION, Fluvanna County, Virginia (Where immigrant ancestor Richard Cocke lived.)