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Type of English colony
Proprietary colonies were a type of colony in English America which existed during the early modern period. In English overseas possessions established
Proprietary_colony
British colony in North America (1732–1776)
Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. Founded as a British proprietary colony in 1732, in 1751 it
Province_of_Georgia
British colony in North America (1664–1673, 1702–1776)
English rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, becoming a proprietary colony. The English renamed the province after the island of Jersey in the
Province_of_New_Jersey
were granted to a particular person; these were known as proprietary colonies. Proprietary colonies in America were governed by a Lord Proprietor, who
Territorial evolution of the British Empire
Territorial_evolution_of_the_British_Empire
British colony in North America (1664–1776)
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended
Province_of_New_York
Term for a 17th-century English colony founder
and government of an English colony in the 17th century. The plural of the term is "lords proprietors" or "lords proprietary". In the beginning of the European
Lord_proprietor
British colony in North America (1634–1776)
Palatinate, a proprietary palatinate granted to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, whose father, George, had long sought to found a colony in the New World
Province_of_Maryland
Former British province in North America
originally known as the Albemarle Settlements, was a proprietary colony and later crown colony of Great Britain that existed in North America from 1712
Province_of_North_Carolina
British colonies forming the United States
established in 1681 as a proprietary colony Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 as a proprietary colony; chartered as a royal colony in 1624. Province of
Thirteen_Colonies
Part of Pennsylvania in North America (1664–1776)
The Lower Counties on the Delaware was a semi-autonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania in North America. Although not royally sanctioned
Delaware_Colony
British colony in North America (1606–1776)
a proprietary in Virginia (a claim that would only be valid were the king to return to power). While under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Colony, the
Colony_of_Virginia
English and British American colonies (1620-1776)
America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province of New
New_England_Colonies
Class of colonial government
English colonies in North America, the other classes being proprietary colony and crown colony. These colonies were operated under a corporate charter given
Charter_colony
British province in North America (1712–1776)
the lords proprietor; they planned for a Christian colony. Originally a single proprietary colony, the northern and southern sections grew apart over
Province_of_South_Carolina
The Province of Maryland was a proprietary colony, in the hands of the Calvert family, who held it from 1633 to 1689, and again from 1715 to 1776. George
List of proprietors of Maryland
List_of_proprietors_of_Maryland
British colony in North America (1636–1776)
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an English colony on the eastern coast of North America, founded in 1636 on former land of the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations
Colonial governor of Virginia
Wingfield from the presidency because he was hiding food for himself that the colony needed. Ratcliffe was elected president and asked Smith to organise work
John_Ratcliffe_(governor)
Head of government of Virginia
served as a governor. The council was based in London and controlled the colony from afar. Nominally, Thomas Smith was the first president of the council
Governor_of_Virginia
All types of U.S. capital cities
been a state, since they served as the capital of a predecessor territory, colony, or republic. Boston, Massachusetts, has been a capital city since 1630;
List of capitals in the United States
List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States
British province in North America and the Caribbean (1663–1712)
The Province of Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America
Province_of_Carolina
The Province of Maryland began as a proprietary colony of the Catholic Calvert family, the Lords Baltimore under a royal charter, and its first eight governors
List of colonial governors of Maryland
List_of_colonial_governors_of_Maryland
American politician and military officer (born 1939)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Chuck_Robb
English soldier, explorer and writer (1580–1631)
and as a slave, he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North
John_Smith_(explorer)
Short-lived extra-legal colony in frontier Kentucky
The Transylvania Company investors hoped to establish a British proprietary colony by purchasing the Kentucky lands from the Cherokee who had earlier
Transylvania_Colony
Appointed post in the Colony of Virginia
Company of London lost its proprietary charter in 1624, the colony was taken over by the English Crown, and became a crown colony. Governors were appointed
List of colonial governors of Virginia
List_of_colonial_governors_of_Virginia
American politician (1756–1818)
Lee was born on Leesylvania Plantation in Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Col. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania"
Henry_Lee_III
President of the United States from 1841 to 1845
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
John_Tyler
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was born into the Colony of Virginia's planter class. During the American Revolution, Jefferson represented
Thomas_Jefferson
Virginia colonist (c.1690–1750)
Officer for the Northern Potomac Region and agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary. After his father died, Lee inherited thousands of acres of land as well
Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)
Thomas_Lee_(Virginia_colonist)
First constitution of Pennsylvania, written by William Penn
Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England. The Frame of Government
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
Frame_of_Government_of_Pennsylvania
British colonial administrator (1692–1770)
Virginia remained in Great Britain, he served as the de facto head of the colony of Virginia. Dinwiddie is credited for starting the military career of George
Robert_Dinwiddie
Upper house of the state legislature
house of the colonial assembly created in 1650 when Maryland was a proprietary colony controlled by Cecilius Calvert. It consisted of the Governor and members
Maryland_Senate
English politician and lawyer (1605–1675)
Calvert proceeded to establish and manage the Province of Maryland as a proprietary colony for English Catholics from his English country house of Kiplin Hall
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore
Royal governor of Virginia
contraction of the colony from scattered outposts into a defensive core. Governor Wyatt spearheaded trading and expansion of the Virginia colony. Described as
Francis_Wyatt
Historic house in New Jersey, United States
Proprietary House in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States, is a historic proprietary governor's mansion, the only one from the original Thirteen Colonies
Proprietary_House
English colonial administrator (1576–1618)
council of the colony under the presidency of Captain John Smith. In November 1609, the Powhatans killed John Ratcliffe, the Jamestown Colony's Council President
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1817 to 1825
1758, in his parents' house in a wooded area of Westmoreland County in the Colony of Virginia, to Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. The marked site
James_Monroe
Island off the coast of New York, United States
"right to possess the land forever", with the island being declared a proprietary colony[citation needed] Gardiner was given the title of Lord of the manor
Gardiners_Island
17th-century English joint stock company
establishment of the Plymouth Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and the Province of Maine. Sir
Council_for_New_England
British Army officer and colonial administrator (1730–1809)
governor of New York in 1770. He succeeded to the same position in the colony of Virginia the following year after the death of Norborne Berkeley, 4th
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore
American Founding Father and statesman (1753–1813)
August 10, 1753, to the influential Randolph family in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virginia. He was educated at the College of William and Mary. After graduation
Edmund_Randolph
British army officer and colonial administrator (1681–1751)
inspection and regulation of Virginia's tobacco, the most important crop of the colony. Tobacco planters were required to transport their crop to public warehouses
Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet
American planter, merchant, and colonial administrator (1664–1732)
1727. An agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary, Carter emerged as the wealthiest settler in the British colony of Virginia and received the sobriquet
Robert_Carter_I
Region of Canada
regarded Rupert's Land as their proprietary colony. In 1670, King Charles II of England in his grant creating the proprietary colony Rupert's Land defined its
Northern_Canada
American Founding Father and politician
Penrith in Cumberland, England, who after three voyages to the Virginia colony settled at and developed Yorktown, where the York River drained into Mobjack
Thomas_Nelson_Jr.
1689 rebellion in the Province of Maryland
when Protestants, by then a substantial majority in the colony, revolted against the proprietary government led by the Catholic Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron
Protestant Revolution (Maryland)
Protestant_Revolution_(Maryland)
American politician (born 1954)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Mark_Warner
British colony in North America (1681–1776)
known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British colony situated on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard of North America. The colony was founded for religious thinker
Province_of_Pennsylvania
16th/17th-century Governor of Jamestown, in the English colony of Virginia
Sir Thomas Gates (died 1622) was the governor of Jamestown in the English Colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia, part of the United States
Thomas_Gates_(governor)
American general and politician (1835–1905)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Fitzhugh_Lee
Subset of British American Thirteen Colonies
the Duke of York, who later became King James II of England, as a proprietary colony. James II later granted the land between the Hudson River and the
Middle_Colonies
Colonial Governor of Virginia
part of the first group of 105 English colonists to settle the Jamestown Colony. It is thought he was sent to the warmer climate of Virginia to benefit
George_Percy_(governor)
American politician
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Charles_T._O'Ferrall
American Founding Father (1736–1799)
independence. Henry was born on the family farm, Studley, in Hanover County in the Colony of Virginia, on May 29, 1736. His father was John Henry, an immigrant from
Patrick_Henry
English possession in North America (1674–1702)
and East Jersey were two sections of New Jersey. The development of the colony of New Sweden in the lower Delaware Valley began in 1638. Most of the Swedish
West_Jersey
English colonial administrator
authored Discourse and View of Virginia, where he argued for diversifying the colony's tobacco economy. Berkeley was born in 1605 in Bruton, Somersetshire to
William_Berkeley_(governor)
Governor of Virginia from 2022 to 2026
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Glenn_Youngkin
English chartered colony in the Bay of Moskitia (1630–1641)
The Providence Island colony was established in 1630 by English Puritans on Providence Island. It was founded and controlled by a group of English investors
Providence_Island_colony
English colony, Maryland, was founded along the Chesapeake Bay. The land was granted by Charles I to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, as a proprietary colony
Tobacco_colonies
Noble rank held by the Calvert family (1625–1771)
their proprietary colony. He was appointed Governor by his cousin, The 5th Baron Baltimore. Benedict Leonard Calvert (1700–1732), the proprietary/colonial
Baron_Baltimore
American lawyer and politician (born 1958)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Tim_Kaine
English colonial administrator (1635-1689)
Northern Neck than governing, so he soon returned to England. Rioting in the colony forced him to return in 1682, by which time the riots were already quelled
Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
Thomas_Colepeper,_2nd_Baron_Colepeper
American judge (1747–1813)
James City County, Colony of Virginia, British America, to Anne Contesse and her husband John Tyler, the marshal of the Colony's vice-admiralty court
John_Tyler_Sr.
American planter and politician (1711–1772
the Virginia General Assembly in that colonial period), he became the colony's acting governor between the death of royal governor Norborne Berkeley in
William_Nelson_(governor)
British colonial administrator (1703–1768)
1768. Born in England to a Huguenot family, he emigrated to the British colony of Virginia to take up of the office of lieutenant governor. A teacher and
Francis_Fauquier
English colonial councillor in Maryland
first Commissioners of the Province of Maryland (Proprietary Colony of Maryland), and Captain of the colony's military during the early years of settlement
Thomas_Cornwallis
Colonial governor of Virginia
West, Lord Delaware, was the first governor of what became the Virginia colony, serving from 1608 until 1618. However, first John West was educated, including
John_West_(governor)
Netherland in 1664, Philip Cartaret, governor of what became the proprietary colony of East Jersey, granted land to Captain John Berry in the area known
New Barbadoes Township, New Jersey
New_Barbadoes_Township,_New_Jersey
English soldier and colonial administrator
soldier and colonial administrator who served as deputy-governor of the Colony of Virginia in 1611 and again from 1614 to 1616. Dale is best remembered
Thomas_Dale
English pirate (c. 1680–1718)
travel in groups larger than three. As head of a Crown colony, Spotswood viewed the proprietary colony of North Carolina with contempt; he had little faith
Blackbeard
British army officer and colonial administrator (1676–1740)
killed in 1718. In addition, Spotswood promoted the economic growth of the colony by founding the metallurgical settlements of Germanna; introduced the juridical
Alexander_Spotswood
American politician in Virginia (1762–1811)
the continent of North America, with a history of the executives of the colony and of the commonwealth of Virginia. Washington, W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. p
George William Smith (politician)
George_William_Smith_(politician)
English colonist in Virginia
by the Virginia Company of London as a council member to assist the new colony. and arrived in Virginia in 1608 on a first supply ship. Listed as "Matthew
Matthew_Scrivener
American politician
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
James_Wood_(governor)
British Army officer (1705–1782)
of New Hampshire and on the Piscataqua patents. Vol. 25. New Hampshire (Colony) Probate Court. Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
John_Campbell,_4th_Earl_of_Loudoun
English military official
colonial administrator who was appointed governor of Albemarle Sound, a proprietary colony in present-day North Carolina, by the Lords Proprietors in 1680. Although
Henry_Wilkinson_(captain)
17th-century British prince
death reached North America. Martha's Vineyard was then part of the proprietary colony of New York, given to Edgar's father the Duke of York in 1664 by Charles
Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge
Edgar_Stuart,_Duke_of_Cambridge
Governor of Virginia since 2026
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Abigail_Spanberger
Governor of the Virginia Colony (1652-1655)
(1630–1660), Commonwealth Governor of Virginia, of Warwick County in the English Colony of Virginia, was a member of the House of Burgesses, the Governor's Council
Samuel Mathews (colonial Virginia governor)
Samuel_Mathews_(colonial_Virginia_governor)
alliances between the colony's various ethnic, religious, proprietary, and landowning groups. During this period, the population of the colony began to expand
List of colonial governors of New Jersey
List_of_colonial_governors_of_New_Jersey
American politician (1797–1858)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
John_M._Patton
American businessman and politician
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Henry_Carter_Stuart
Jersey-born colonial governor of New Jersey and East Jersey
Carteret; (1639–1682) was the first Governor of New Jersey as an English proprietary colony, from 1665 to 1673 and governor of East Jersey from 1674 to 1682.
Philip Carteret (colonial governor)
Philip_Carteret_(colonial_governor)
American politician and newspaper publisher (1887–1966)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Harry_F._Byrd
Type of British colony directly administered by the British central government
were often proprietary colonies, usually established and administered by companies under charters granted by the monarch. The first "royal colony" was the
Crown_colony
British politician and colonial administrator (1717–1770)
following the Ohio River that gave the Kentucky portion of the Virginia Colony to the British Crown, as well as most of what is now West Virginia. The
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
Norborne_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Botetourt
16/17th-century English naval officer and colonial official in Virginia
English sea captain, navigator, and Deputy-Governour of Virginia, an English colony. As a sea captain, in 1609, Argall was the first to determine a shorter
Samuel_Argall
Colonial governor of Virginia
1587 – d. November 13, 1627) was a planter and colonial governor of the colony of Virginia. He was also among the first slaveowners in Colonial America
George_Yeardley
Colonial Maryland planter (1703–1787)
entered politics at a time when the Calvert family had regained their proprietary colony, having lost it during the Protestant Revolution of 1689. Darnall
Henry_Darnall_III
Island nation in the Atlantic Ocean
were among these first settlers. The settlement was established as a proprietary colony and funded by Sir William Courten, a City of London merchant who acquired
Barbados
Consolidated town and county in Massachusetts, United States
Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands, and other islands in the region as a proprietary colony from Sir Ferdinando Gorges and the Earl of Stirling. Mayhew led several
Nantucket
American politician
militia officer and Deputy Governor under the Lords Proprietor of the Proprietary Colony of New Jersey. Soon after British annexation of the Dutch province
John Berry (New Jersey governor)
John_Berry_(New_Jersey_governor)
American journalist (1842–1927)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
William_E._Cameron
English colonial administrator (1643–1695)
efforts, Howard was unpopular among Virginians. He ordered that no one in the colony could use a printing press for any reason and tried to gain the power to
Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham
Francis_Howard,_5th_Baron_Howard_of_Effingham
American politician
plantation in the James River in Henrico County in what was at the time the Colony of Virginia. However, Beverley was born at the Chatsworth plantation in
Beverley_Randolph
American politician (1923–2021)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
Linwood_Holton
Williamsburg, Virginia. He is noted as having been a "mild, benevolent man." Colony of Virginia Governor's Palace List of colonial governors of Virginia History
Edward_Nott
American politician
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
John_S._Battle
administration, laws, & ordinances for the colony but only as conforming to the laws of England. Proprietary charters gave governing authority to the proprietor
Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies
Colonial_charters_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies
American politician (1931–1986)
Governors of Virginia Virginia Governor's Council Colony of Virginia Virginia Company proprietary colony Wingfield Ratcliffe Scrivener (acting) Smith Percy
John_N._Dalton
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Propriety of a King
Male
Chinese
making propriety bright.
Male
Chinese
bright propriety.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Joslin.The Josselyn name appears in Black Point (now Scarborough, ME) before 1638, when the author John Josselyn came to visit his brother Henry, who was for many years a principal representative in eastern New England of the interests of the Mason and Gorges heirs, which were endangered by the Massachusetts Bay colony’s expansion into Maine. Their father was Sir Thomas Josselyn, of Torrell’s Hall in Willingale, Essex, England.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Rajasthani, Telugu
Propriety of a King
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leet.An early American bearer of this name was one of the founders of Guilford, CT. William Leete (c. 1613–83), a colonial governor of New Haven colony and CT, was born at Dodington, Huntingtonshire, England. He converted to Puritanism and sailed for America to escape persecution in May 1639.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rajyashree | ராஜà¯à®¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€
Propriety of a king
Rajyashree | ராஜà¯à®¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lowthorpe in East Yorkshire, named with the Old Norse personal name Logi or Lági + þorp ‘outlying farmstead’In 1634 the name was brought to North America by the Rev. John Lathrop (b. 1584 in Etton, Yorkshire, England), a Puritan preacher fleeing religious persecution. He arrived at Plymouth Colony and lived in Scituate, MA until 1639, then moved to Barnstable MA, where his Bible can still be seen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a habitational name from Kitcham in Devon, but more likely a reduced form of Kitchenham, a habitational name from a place so named in East Sussex.Edward Ketcham (d. 1655) immigrated from Cambridge, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1629–30, and subsequently moved to Stratford, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Kynsey, a survival of Old English Cynesige, composed of the elements cyne ‘royal’ + sige ‘victory’.This name may also have assimilated some cases of Scottish MacKenzie, with the Mac prefix omitted.Possibly an Americanized spelling of Swiss German Künzi (see Kuenzi).The paternal grandfather of NJ and PA legislator John Kinsey (1693–1750) was one of the commissioners sent out from England in 1677 by the West Jersey proprietors to buy land from the Indians and to lay out a town. John was the leader of the Quaker party in the PA assembly and chief justice of the PA supreme court.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.Thomas Fairfax (1693–1781), an army officer from Leeds Castle, Kent, England, first came to VA in 1735 and settled on maternal estates there as a proprietor in 1747.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Inkersall in Derbyshire, recorded in the 13th century as Hinkershil(l) and Hinkreshill. The final element is Old English hyll ‘hill’. The first may be the Old Norse personal name Ingvarr or an Old English byname Hynkere meaning ‘limper’. Ekwall suggests that it may represent a contracted version of Old English hīgna æcer ‘monks’ field’.The Ingersoll name in America dates back to John Ingersoll, who emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. His descendants include lawyers, public officials, and politicians in CT and PA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of Lincoln, so named from an original British name Lindo- ‘lake’ + Latin colonia ‘settlement’, ‘colony’. The place was an important administrative center during the Roman occupation of Britain and in the Middle Ages it was a center for the manufacture of cloth, including the famous ‘Lincoln green’.Abraham Lincoln (1809–65), 16th president of the United States, was the son of an illiterate laborer, descended from a certain Samuel Lincoln, who had emigrated from England to MA in 1637.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Read 1.An early American bearer of the common British name was George Reed who emigrated from England in 1635 with his son, William, and settled in Woburn, MA, several years later. His grandson James (1722–1807), a revolutionary war soldier who distinguished himself at the battle of Bunker Hill, moved to Fitzwilliam, NH, and was one of the original NH proprietors.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi
Happiness; Bliss; Decent; Propriety; Cheer; Pleasure
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holland 1.Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland.Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c.1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Doggett.John Daggett came from England to Watertown, MA, in 1630, and moved to Rehoboth, MA, in 1646. He was one of the original proprietors of Martha’s Vineyard in 1642 and by 1651 had settled there permanently.
Male
Chinese
transmitting propriety.
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