. Historic Virginia homes and churches . o become, tln-ough histhrift and industry, a man of nuich distinction in the Col-ony. Perhaps, too, a strain of gentle ])lood. which Howedin him from a long line of English ancestors, enal)led himto hnpress those early colonizers—an impression so last-inff that to this day their descendants around Lvnnhavenand Norfolk, in Virginia, still revere his memory. He was the son of Thomas Thoroughgood. ^ andbrother of Sir John Thoroughgood, Knight of Kensing-ton, England, whom lie mentions in his will, and it is statedin the patent for 5350 acres of land g
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . o become, tln-ough histhrift and industry, a man of nuich distinction in the Col-ony. Perhaps, too, a strain of gentle ])lood. which Howedin him from a long line of English ancestors, enal)led himto hnpress those early colonizers—an impression so last-inff that to this day their descendants around Lvnnhavenand Norfolk, in Virginia, still revere his memory. He was the son of Thomas Thoroughgood. ^ andbrother of Sir John Thoroughgood, Knight of Kensing-ton, England, whom lie mentions in his will, and it is statedin the patent for 5350 acres of land granted him, that the K! VIK(;iMA IIOMKS AND CHURCHES ^raut is made at the fsi)ffial ivc-ominendatioii of himfrom their Lordships and others of his INlajesties mosthiiiiililc privy Coiiiieell. He settled first at Kieotan,now Hampton, \irninia, l)ut in , when this hnul vvasjrranted him in the same shire, lie removed to Baek River, it Norfolk County, and its beautiful Bay, Lvmihaven. Here he huiltthe quaint house, the gable. i %
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