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Our History

The Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers was founded February 6, 2013 and is comprised of men and women who are able to comply with the requirements of the membership clause.  

The purposes of the Organization shall be to perpetuate the memory and promote the principles and virtues of the Colonial Virginia ancestors of its members. In addition, the Organization shall collect and preserve genealogical and historical documents relating to Colonial Ancestors in Virginia, encourage excellence in historical research and establish commemorative and durable memorials in lasting tribute to the early Colonial settlers.

Founders

Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins
Leslie Ann Kirk
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Founding Board Members

Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins
Leslie Ann Kirk
Sally Hellums Woolley
Sue Hansford Jaworowski
Anne Travis Kilgrow
Karen Elizabeth McCandless McClendon
Deborah Whitmore Hicks

Mission Statement

To identify, collect, preserve and honor the history, memory, courage and endurance of those valiant men and women who left the known, escaping the Old World, for a promise of building a better world of liberty and personal freedom, risking their lives and personal fortunes in the establishment of the colony of Virginia.

Our Motto

Honoring our past ~ Preserving our future

Emblem

The tobacco flower

Organization Colors

Dark Purple and Silver-Gray

Logo and Name Use

The logo and name "Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers" is the property of this organization and may not be used outside this organization without the express written consent of the Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers.



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Virginia Colony History and Timeline

1606 - The first Charter was granted to Virginia Colonists.

1607 - The London Company Colonists landed, and established Jamestown.

1607 - Capt. John Smith's company erected a cross on the islet near the Falls of the "Powhatton" River and changed its name to "James."

1607 - Landing made by Virginia Colonists at Cape Henry.

1607 - The Virginia Colonists discovered the mouth of the Delaware River.

1607 - Arrival of the London Company Colonists with Capt. Christopher Newport in the James River, Virginia.

1607 - Capt. John Smith was sworn in as a member of the Jamestown Council.

1619 - The first General Assembly of Burgesses met in Virginia.

1621 - Virginia received its first written Constitution.

1676 - Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, under Nathaniel Bacon, against the Royal Government, in favour of self-government.

1682 - A Virginia Printer was forbidden to print anything until his majesty's pleasure in England should be known.

Source:  A Year Book of Colonial Times Compiled by the Rev. Frederick S. Sill, D.D. Member of the Society of Colonial Wars, E. P. Dutton & Company, New  York, 1899 



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