Prominent Family Members
William Jefferson Clinton (AKA William Jefferson Blythe IV)
42nd President of the United States.
John Adams & John Quincy Adams, 2nd and 6th Presidents of the United States.
Colonel David Mason (1731-9 Feb 1792) of Sussex County, VA
- Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses at 25, served with Thomas Jefferson
- Virginia Conventions of 1775 (where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech), 1776, and 1777
- Served directly under Gen. George Washington as Commander of the 15th Virginia Regiment
- Correspondence with Gen. Washington kept in Library of Congress
- Committee that presented George Mason's Bill of Rights to the House of Burgesses
John Alden (1598-1687) & Priscilla Mullins (c1603-1680)
- Mayflower Passengers
- Signer of the Mayflower Compact
- Founders of Plymouth Colony
- Subjects of "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Col. Elijah Hiram Herchel Blick (c1803-1877), Brunswick Co., Virginia, Judge and member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Gov. Winthrop Murray Crane (1853-1920), Republican governor of Massachussetts (1900-1903).
Brigadier General John Crane (1744-1805)
- Only American injured at the Boston Tea Party
- Revolutionary War soldier
Dan Quayle, 44th Vice-President of the United States. When I met him in 1997 I had no idea we were related.