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The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.

— John Sergeant Wise

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

— Robert Ballard

The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.

— Edmund Morgan

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude.

— Ice T

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

— Patrick Henry

England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

— Fidel Castro

I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.

— Jason Priestley

A lot of good things start in Virginia; a lot of good things have started in Virginia. We're no strangers to firsts.

— Robert Hurt

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

— Abraham Lincoln

✗Opposing Perspectives

My family came to Newark in the '20s. We've been there a long, long time. My father's name was LeRoi, the French-ified aspect of it, because his first name was Coyette, you see. They come from South Carolina.

— Amiri Baraka