Order of First Families of North Carolina
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The following ancestors have been documented to have been resident, prior to 12 July 1729, in the portion of the Province of Carolina which became North Carolina. This list constitutes only those ancestors represented in the Order; additional ancestors continue to be proven, documented and added to our rolls.
Aaron Albertson
Albert Albertson, Sr.
Nathaniel Albertson
William Albertson
*Simon Alderson
John Aldridge
Richard Allen, Jr.
Charity (Alston) Dawson
John Alston
Joseph John Alston
Philip Alston
Solomon Alston
William Alston

Simon Anderson
**Warren Andrews
​
John Archbell
John Baptista Ashe
Samuel Ashe
Thomas Avent
Alexander Avera I
Thomas Avera, Sr.
Nathaniel Averitt (of Onslow)
William Bailey
Henry Baker
William Baldwin
John Baner
John Barclift
Samuel Barclift
William Barclift I
William Barclift II
Jacob Bardin
John Bardin
Thomas Barecock
Richard Barfield, Sr.
Richard Barfield, Jr.
Edward Barnes
Jacob Barnes
Jesse Barnes
Joseph Barnes
John Barrow
William Barrow
John Bass
Jonathan Bateman
Thomas Bateman I
Thomas Bateman II
William Bateman
Abraham Baum
James Beasley, Sr.
James Beasley, Jr.
Robert Beasley
*Edmund Bellinger, Landgrave
John Belman
Grace (Bennett) Hill
William Bennett
Ann (Bigg) Batchelor Fewox
John Bishop
John Blackman
Col. John Blake
Mary (Blake) Baker
Aaron Blanchard
Benjamin Blanchard
Benjamin Blount
Charles Blount
Capt. James Blount
James Blount, Jr.
John Blount (1721)
John Blount (1765)
Capt. Thomas Blount I
Thomas Blount II
John Bobbitt
John Bond
Richard Bond
Sheriff Thomas Bonner
Joseph Boon
Joseph Boon II
​James Boone
Thomas Boswell
Richard Bounds
Samuel Boutwell
John Boyce
Benjamin Boykin
Edward Boykin, Jr.
Francis Boykin
John Branch
James Braswell
Richard Braswell II
Richard Braswell III
William Bridgers
Henry Bright
Simon Bright
William Bright
John Bright (of Beaufort)
John Bright (of Currituck)
John Brown
Thomas Brown
William Brown
William Brown (of Martin)
Edward Bryan
Edward Bryan II
John Bryan (of Craven)
Col. Joseph Bryan
Needham Bryan
Needham Bryan II
William Bryan
James Bryant, Sr.
James Bryant, Jr.
John Bryant
Lewis Bryant
William Bryant
Caleb Bundy
John Bundy
William Bundy
John Bunn
John Burnham
Rose (Bush) Wynns
William Bush
Jacob Butler
Mary (Butler) Keile
John Byrd
John Cake, Sr.
James Campen
Robert Campen
Dennis Cannon
Edward Cannon
John Cannon
William Carraway, Sr.
​*Edward Carter
*Moore Carter
Thomas Cartwright
William Cartwright
James Castellow
Edmund Chancey, Sr.
Edmund Chancey, Jr.
Ruth (Chancey) Baker
*Richard Chappell
John Charles
Samuel Charles
William Charles
William Charlton
Joseph Chew
Timothy Clare
John Clarke I
John Clarke II
Major Clarke
George Coburn, Sr.
George Coburn, Jr.
Robert Coleman
John Collins
Thomas Cook
Arthur Cotton
John Cotton
John Cotton II
John Cotton III
Christian (Council) Bryan
John Coward
William Coward
Robert Coxe, Sr.
John Cranford
William Cranford
William Stancell Crisp
John Cropley
Thomas Cullen
John Culpeper
Johan Cünys/Koonce
George Cünys/Koonce
James Curry
​Christopher Dale
Owen Daniel
Robert Daniel I
​Thomas Daniel
James Dauge
Peter Dauge
John Davenport, Sr.
Richard Davenport
Jehu Davis
Samuel Davis, Sr.
Susannah (Davis) Boyce
Thomas Davis
Nicholas Daw
William Daw, Sr.
Francis Delamare, Sr.
Francis Delamare, Jr.
Ann (Depp) Bryan
Jean Depp
Thomas Devane
John Dew II
John Dew III
John Dickinson
Richard Dorman
​James Drake
John Drake
​James Draughon
Walter Draughon
*Gov. William Drummond
Christopher Dudley
Thomas Dudley
George Durant
John Early, Sr.
John Early, Jr.
Joseph Edmondson
John Edwards
Richard Elkes
Thomas Elliott
William Elliott
Robert Ellis
​"Trader" Joseph Evans III
Sir Richard Everard
Thomas Everett
Nathaniel Everitt
John Falconar
James Farlee, Sr.
Capt. James Farlee
Richard Felton
Adam Ferguson, Sr.
Adam Ferguson, Jr.
John Fonville
John Forbes
Benjamin Foreman, Sr.
Benjamin Foreman, Jr.
John Foreman
Robert Forster
​*Elias Fort (Halifax)
​**Elias Fort (Edgecomb)
George Fort I
George Fort II
Francis Foster
William Foster
James Foyle
John Freeman
Samuel Freeman
William Freeman
John Fulford
Joseph Fulford, Sr.
Joseph Fulford, Jr.
Thomas Futrell
John Gardner
​Daniel Garrett
William Gause
Henry Gibbs, Sr.
Rev. Joseph Glaister
Cary Godbee
John Godley
George Gordon
​John Gordon
Christopher, Baron de Graffenreid
Thomas Grandy, Sr.
Richard Graves
Thomas Graves
​Griffith Gray
Capt. Farnifold Green I
​James Green
Richard Gregory
Thomas Gregory
William Gregory
​Benjamin Griffin
Joseph Hall
Daniel Halsey
​John Halsey
​Col. William Hancock

​Capt. William Hancock II
​Jasper Hardison

​​​​​​John Hardison
John Hardy
​Lemuel “Lamb” Hardy
William Hardy

Samuel Harrell
Thomas Harrell, Sr.
Thomas Harrell, Jr.
Thomas Hart
Anthony Haskett, Sr.
Anthony Haskett, Jr.
William Haskett
Edward Hassell
John Hassell, Sr.
Charles Haughton, Sr.
Sarah (Helmot) Leigh
John Henby, Sr.
John Henby, Jr.
​Francis Hendrick
John Herring, Sr.
John Herring, Jr.
Joshua Herring
Daniel Highsmith, Sr.
George Hill
Isaac Hill
Richard Hill
Robert Hill
Jeremiah Hilliard
William Hilliard
John Hinnant I
John Hinnant, Sr.
John Hinton
Abraham Hobbs
Thomas Hobbs
John Hobson
*Richard Hodges
Robert Hodges
Luke Hollowell
Edward Holmes, Sr.
​John Holmes
William Hooker
William Hooker II
William Hooks, Sr.
William Hooks, Jr. 
Moses Horn
Thomas Horn
William Horn
Thomas Hoskins, Sr.
Thomas Hoskins, Jr.
George Hughes
Isaac Hunter
Lebbeus Hunter
Nicholas Hunter (of Onslow)
Robert Hunter
William Hunter
​Hugh Hyman
Christian Isler
Nicholas Isler
Daniel Jackson, Sr.
Daniel Jackson, Jr.
​William Jackson
John Jarrett
Jonathan Jarvis
Richard Jarvis
Gov. Thomas Jarvis
Richard Jasper
Samuel Jasper
Osborne Jeffreys
Simon Jeffreys
Gov. John Jenkins
John Jennings
William Jennings
John Jernigan
Thomas Jessup I
Thomas Jessup II
Jacob Johnson
William Johnson (of Carteret)
William Johnson (of Chowan)
Benjamin Johnston
​Evan Jones, Sr.
Evan Jones, Jr.
Frederick Jones
Henry Jones
Peter Jones, Sr.
Philip Jones
Richard Jones
Thomas Jones
Arthur Jordan
John Jordan
Israel Joyner
Thomas Kearney
Zachariah Keaton, Sr.
Zachariah Keaton, Jr.
Thomas Keile
Hannah (Kent) Smithwick Green Graves
Thomas Kent
Abraham Kimberley, Sr.
William Kinchen II
William Kinchen III
Charles King
Henry King
Michael King, Sr.
Michael King, Jr.
Michael King III
​Esther (Kirby) Ricks
Thomas Kirby, Sr.
George Kornegay
John George Kornegay
Benjamin Laker
Katherine (_____) Langston
Leonard Langston, Sr.
Benjamin Lane
Dutton Lane
Joseph Lane, Sr.
Joseph Lane, Jr.
Walter Lane
Robert Lanier
John Lawrance I
William Lawrence
James Lee I
​James Lee II
*John Lee, Sr.
*John Lee, Jr.
John Leigh
James Leigh, Sr.
James Leigh, Jr.
Alexander Lillington
James Lockhart
Benoni Loftin
Cornelius Loftin
Leonard Loftin
Leonard Loftin, Jr.
Thomas Loftin
James Long I
James Long II
James Long III
James Long IV
James Long V
William Loveridge
Thomas Lovick
William Lowe
Thomas Luten
William Luten
Daniel McDaniel
Barnaby McKinne
John McKinne
Lawrence Mackque
Peter Mallard
John Mann
Thomas Mann II
Joell Martin
John Martin (of Northampton)
​John Martin (of Pasquotank)
William Martin
Ann (Marwood) Durant
John Mason, Sr.
Ralph Mason
Ralph Mason II
Roger Mason, Sr.
Ezekiel Maudlin
Dr. Patrick Maule
William Maund, Sr.
William Maund, Jr.
Edward Mayo, Sr.
Edward Mayo, Jr.
Joseph Mayo
Charles Merritt
William Merritt
Thomas Mewboorn
Matthew Midyett
​James Milliken
Abraham Mitchell, Sr.
​Abraham Mitchell, Jr.
John Mitchell
​Adam Mohr
George Moore
Joseph Moore
​Roger Moore
Robert Morgan
John Morris
Joseph Morris
Zachariah Morris
John Morrison
George Moye, Sr.
George Moye, Jr.
Phillip Mulkey
Abraham Mullen
John Nelson, Sr.
John Nelson, Jr.
John Nelson III
Gabriel Newby
James Newby
John Newby
Miriam (Newby) Lamb
Nathan Newby
Samuel Newby
William Newby
Christopher Nicholson, Sr.
Christopher Nicholson, Jr.
Samuel Nicholson
William Nicholson
John Nixon
Marmaduke Norfleet
Henry Norman I
Henry Norman II
Edward Norwood
Dennis O'Dear
​Elizabeth (Overman) Morris
Ephraim Overman, Sr.
Jacob Overman I
Jacob Overman II
John Overman
Thomas Overman
​Robert Overton
John Pace
Richard Pace, Jr.
Isaac Page
Henry Palin, Sr.
Henry Palin, Jr.
Thomas Palin, Sr.
Thomas Palin, Jr.
Michael Paquinet, Jr.
Thomas Paquinet, Jr.
Azricam Parker
Francis Parker
​James Parker (of Currituck)
John Parker
Richard Parker III
Thomas Parker
Thomas Parker (of Nansemond/Chowan)
John Parrish
Francis Parrott
Jacob Parrott, Sr.
John Patterson
Robert Patterson
Edmund Pearce, Sr.
Edmund Pearce, Jr.
Jonathan Pearson
Rev. Peter Pearson
John Peirce
Thomas Peirce
​Thomas Peirce, Jr.
Robert Peele I
Robert Peele II
Robert Peele III
Robert Peele IV
Henry Pendleton
David Perkins
Jacob Perry, Sr.
Jeremiah Perry

Robert Peyton II
​Henry Phelps II
​Paul Phillips

​Thomas Pierce
​Samuel Pike I
​​Samuel Pike II
James Poitevint
Joseph Poitevint

Peter Poitevint
​Solomon Pool
Jacob Pope (d. 1752)
Jacob Pope (d. 1772)
​
William Pope
John Porter, Sr.
John Porter, Jr.
Cader Powell
George Powell
John Powell
George Powers
Abigail (Prescott) Bounds
John Pretlow
William Pridgen
Benjamin Pritchard
Francis Pugh
William Putnell
Matthew Raiford
Henry Raper, Sr.
John Raper
Andrew Read
Lyonell Reading
William Read
Sarah (Reeves) Hicks
William Reeves
Capt. Thomas Relfe
Dr. Thomas Relfe
William Rhodes, Sr.
Benjamin Ricks
Isaac Ricks
William Ricks (1771)
James Rigney
Joseph Roads
Henry Robinson, Sr.
Henry Robinson, Jr.
Francis Rountree
Moses Rountree
Thomas Rountree
Samuel Ruffin
William Ruffin
Richard Rustull, Sr.
Richard Rustull, Jr.
Edward Rutland
James Rutland
John Rutland
Edward Salter
Benjamin Sanders
Hon. Richard Sanderson
Caleb Sawyer
Henry Sawyer
John Sawyer of Bermuda
Thomas Sawyer (d. 1720)
Thomas Sawyer (d. 1765)
Joseph Scott
Rebecca (Sebrell) Pretlow
Matthew Seller
Culmer Sessoms
Nicholas Sessums
Thomas Sessums
Darby Sexton
Jeremiah Sexton
William Sexton
Francis Shackelford
John Shackelford, Sr.
John Shackelford, Jr.
Thomas Sharbo
David Shephard I
David Shephard II
Alexander Sherrod
Prudence (Sherrod) Brown
Robert Sherrod
Daniel Shine
John Shine
John Sholar
William Sholar
Richard Silvester
Edward Simmons
​Johannes Simon (of Craven)
Robert Sims
Ebenezer Slade
Henry Slade, Sr.
Henry Slade, Jr.
Christian Sloback
Benjamin Small
John Small
Charles Smith, Sr.
Henry/Hendry Smith
John Smith, Sr.
Malachi Smith
Nicholas Smith
Robert Smith
Thomas Smith I
Thomas Smith II
Edmund Smithwick
Edward Smithwick
Hugh Smithwick
John Smithwick
Roger Snell, Sr.
Roger Snell, Jr.
Col. John Snoad
Richard Sowell, Sr.
Richard Sowell, Jr.
Capt. John Spann
Francis Speight
Thomas Speight
John Speir
Henry Speller
Dr. James Spier
James Spier, Jr.
John Spivey
Matthew Spivey
Dr. Godfrey Spruill
Samuel Spruill, Sr.
Ann (Stafford) Forbes Shannon
John Stafford
Mary (Stafford) May Moulet
William Stafford (d. 1728)
William Stafford (d. 1765)
Elias Stallings, Sr.
John Stancell, Sr.
Jonathan Standley
Henry Stanton, Sr.
​Henry Stanton, Jr.
Richard Stiball
William Strickland
Darby Sullivant
John Sumner
George Sutton I
Joseph Sutton
Joseph Sutton II
Nathaniel Sutton
Thomas Sutton
Stephen Swaine
Samuel Swann
Mathias Tobias Swanner
​Richard Swinson
Jeremiah Symonds
Thomas Symons
John Tarkington
William Tarkington
Sarah (_____) Taylor-Smith
Thomas Taylor, Sr.
Thomas Taylor
William Thomas
Francis Tomes
Philip Torksey
Susannah (_____) Travis
John Trippe I
Edward Trotman
Henry Turner
Robert Turner
Solomon Turner
Cornelius Tyson, Sr.
Edmund Tyson
Matthias Tyson
Moses Tyson
Susannah (Tyson) Hardee
Thomas Tyson
John Upton, Sr.
Thomas Upton
Edward Vail
Jeremiah Vail
John Vaughan
Richard Vick I
Thomas Vinson
Alice (_____) Hawkins Davis Wade
Ann Walker
Robert Wallace, Sr.
Robert Wallace, Jr.
Thomas Wallace
Thomas Waller
Thomas Wallis
William Wallis
Thomas Walton, Sr.
Robert Warburton
Benjamin Ward
Edward Ward
Col. Edward Ward
Enoch Ward
James Ward
John Ward
​Thomas Ward
William Ward, Sr.
​Henry Warren
William Watkins
Thomas Weeks
Rachel (Welch) Lawrence Pricklove
Robert West, Jr.
William Weston
William Weston II
John Wheatley
Samuel Wheatley I
John Whedbee, Sr.
John Whedbee (d. 1784)
Richard Whedbee
Arnold White, Jr.
​George White
Henry White, Sr.
Henry White, Jr.
​John White II
Patrick White
Thomas White
​Arthur Whitehead
Joseph Whitehead
Col. William Whitehead
Richard Whitehurst
​Luke Whitfield
William Whitfield
William Whitfield II
Thomas Whitmel
Anthony Williams, Sr.
Anthony Williams, Jr.
​George Williams
John Williams (of Perquimans)
John Williams, Jr.
Lewis Williams
Richard Williams
Samuel Williams
William Williams
​William Williams (of Martin)
Richard Williford I
Richard Williford II
John Williston
Micall Wilson
Robert Willson
William Willson (of Northampton)
William Willson (of Tyrrell)
Lidia (Windley) Daw
Robert Windley
​John Winslow
*Henry Woodward
Henry Woodhouse
​John Woodhouse
Andrew Woodley
Thomas Woodley
William Woodley
Samuel Wright, Sr.
​Samuel Wright, Jr.
Thomas Wynne
George Wynns
​John Wynns
John Yelverton, Sr.
John Yelverton, Jr.

* Ancestor qualifies as eligible but future applications must prove correct descent.
** Ancestor has been completely disqualified as an ancestor for not meeting residency requirements.