Virginia focused genealogy and history
Tag: Remy family
The Virginia legislature met from 18 April to 12 May 1705 at Williamsburg, which had been the capital since Jamestown was abandoned in 1699. During that session they considered a petition from a group of men “born in France and other foreign countries” asking to be made naturalized English citizens. Among them were my 8x … Continue reading My Huguenot Ancestors settle at Manakintown – the Dupuy, Le Villain & Remy families
My 6x great grandparents Hector and Sarah (Holt) Truly’s arrived in Amelia County in 1743.[1] Truly was then – and is now – an unusual surname. The American Dictionary of American Family Names states that the surname is “probably English, perhaps a variant of Truelove.”[2] The given name Hector is also unique in my family … Continue reading The Truly family of Amelia County, Virginia
A Son of Virginia 