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From: "Scott, Brenda" <>
Subject: RE: [VAFairfax] Fairfax, Virginia
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:27:32 -0400


I was interested because of 1. I have ancestors that hail from there
And 2. If Loudoun county was part of Fairfax. And your reply is
fascinating. How vast it was. They have a wonderful library there!
Brenda J Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Fairfax, Dan [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:19 AM
To:
Subject: [VAFairfax] Fairfax, Virginia

Yes , The County of Fairfax, Virginia and the City of Fairfax, Virginia
was named after Honorable Sixth Lord Thomas Fairfax of Cameron [ a
Scotland County in Scotland, UK ], whose grandmother Lady Ann Culpepper
Fairfax bequeath to him ( her favorite Grandchild ) the Six Million
Acres of the Northern Neck of Virginia [ which territory included
existing Washington, DC Land ] and he came to America in the early 1700s
to maintain "Proprietor-ship over the FAIRFAX Lands of the Northern Neck
of Virginia". The Honorable US President George Washington, in his early
years of training as a Surveyor, was commissioned by Lord Fairfax to
survey the FAIRFAX Lands. They became Lifelong close friends.

Dan Fairfax
US Internet Representative for THE FAIRFAX SOCIETY of ENGLAND

Visit the Web site for additional information and links ...{:)


http://www.the-fairfax-society.org/


Have a great day!

Dsf

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott, Brenda [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:23 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [VAFairfax] To Diane Duty - request for your books

Is this the Family that Fairfax Va was named for?

Brenda J Scott



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