Family History - Living in Virginia’s Northern Neck During the 1600s and 1700s – Balls, Carters, Champes, Claughtons, Cralles, Garners, and Washingtons

 

​(This family history can be purchased on Amazon by searching for books by Richard Torian.)

 

Table of Contents

 

I. Introduction 

 

II. Demographics 

 

1. Introduction

2. Population

3. Immigration

4. Migration

5. Life Spans

6. Deaths

7. Indians

8. Indentured Servants

9. African Slaves

 

III. Nature 

 

1. Introduction

2. Forests

3. Land

4. Rivers

5. Weather

6. Wild Life

 

IV. Culture 

 

1. Introduction

2. Class Structure

3. Marriage

4. Religion

5. Education

6. Language and Communication

7. Food and Drink

8. Clothes and Fashions

9. Entertainment and Socializing

10. Travel

11. Holidays

​

V. Property

1. Introduction

2. Land Ownership

3. Houses

4. Courthouses

5. Churches

6. Personal Possessions

 

VI. Government

1. Introduction

2. Development

3. Responsibilities

4. County Positions

5. Colony Positions

 

VII. Industry, Technology, and Services 

 

1. Introduction

2. Agriculture

3. Flour Production

4. Forestry

5. Shipbuilding

6. Earthenware (Pottery)

7. Spinner Halls

8. Mining

9. Trade Services

10. Merchant Services

11. Legal Services

12. Communication Services

13. Science and Technology

 

VIII. Economics

1. Introduction

2. Political and Governmental Effects

3. Profits and Wealth

4. Money, Purchases, and Prices

5. Exports, Imports, and Trade

6. Supply Chains

​

IX. Security 

 

1. Introduction

2. 1600s

3. 1700s

 

X. Ancestors Living in the Northern Neck in the 1600s and 1700s – Balls, Carters, Champes, Claughtons, Cralles, Garners, and Washingtons 

​

 

1. Introduction

2. Ball

3. Carter

4. Champe

5. Claughton

6. Cralle

7. Garner

8. Washington

 

XI. Conclusions