First Families of Virginia

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historical elite social group

The First Families of Virginia are the socially prominent and historically influential colonial-era families whose lineage, wealth, and political power shaped early Virginia society and leadership.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Families of Virginia canonical	5
Virginia gentry	2
Virginia gentry families network	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical elite ⓘ social group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FFV NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia planter aristocracy NERFINISHED ⓘ slavery in Virginia ⓘ tobacco plantations ⓘ
characteristic	emphasis on lineage ⓘ hereditary wealth ⓘ intermarriage among elite families ⓘ political influence ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasPart	Bolling family NERFINISHED ⓘ Burwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ Byrd family NERFINISHED ⓘ Carter family NERFINISHED ⓘ Custis family NERFINISHED ⓘ Eppes family NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairfax family NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrison family NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson family NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee family NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison family NERFINISHED ⓘ Mason family NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe family NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson family NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas family NERFINISHED ⓘ Page family NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph family NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph of Tuckahoe family NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor family of Caroline NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucker family NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington family NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	early Virginia politics ⓘ plantation culture in the American South ⓘ social hierarchy in colonial Virginia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ
notableMember	George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ James Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ James Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom	English colonists ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
socialStatus	landed gentry ⓘ upper class ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ colonial Virginia ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carter family of Virginia → socialClass → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

Carter family of Virginia → heritageDesignation → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

Peter Jefferson → partOf → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia gentry

Dandridge family → partOf → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia gentry families network

Lucy Taliaferro → memberOf → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia gentry

Washington family → socialClass → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

Burwell family of Virginia → memberOf → First Families of Virginia ⓘ

Richard Randolph of Bizarre → partOf → First Families of Virginia ⓘ