Christian Cullen (bef. 1668)

Born before 1668 in Dover, Kent, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Christian Cullen was born in Dover, Kent County, England, before she emigrated with her parents to America by September 1668. She was the daughter of Thomas Cullen and Sarah Alderstone.^[1]

They came originally to Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia where her father obtained a land patent based on the headrights for himself, his wife, and six children.^[2][3][4]

Shortly after their arrival in America, her family removed to Albemarle Province of the Carolina Colony in the area which would later become Chowan Precinct. Her father obtained headrights in Albemarle Province for himself, wife Sarah, and seven children, including Christian.^[5][6][7]

No further record of Christian has been found.

Sources

1. ↑ John Anderson Brayton, Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. I "The First Two Hundred," (s.p., Baltimore: Otter Bay Books, 2011), 18-19; images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/orderoffirstfami0001bray/page/62 : accessed 2 Apr 2024) (profile of Thomas Cullen).
2. ↑ Virginia Land Patent Book 6, p. 215, Thomas Cullen; images, Library of Virginia, "Virginia Land Patents and Grants," (https://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO.html : accessed 2 Apr 2024) (patent granting Thomas Cullen 400 acres in upper part of Nansemond County, Colony of Virginia, for transport of 8 persons, including "Tho. Cullen, his wife and six children").
3. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. 2 1666-1695, (Richmond: Dietz Print Co., 1934), 55 ("MR. THOMAS CULLEN. 400 acs. Up. Par. Of Nansemond Co., 20 Sept. 1668, p. 215 [Patent Book No. 6]. Adj. Jno. Moore, Jno. Garrett & Francis Hutchens. Trans. of 8 pers: Tho. Cullen, his wife & 6 children.")
4. ↑ John Anderson Brayton, "Madam Esther Pollock of Kent Co., Md., and Chowan Co., N.C., and the Lutens," The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, 26 (2000): 376-392, at 385.
5. ↑ Mattie Erma E. Parker, "Cullen, Thomas," NCPedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/cullen-thomas : accessed 30 Mar 2024); citing William S. Powell, ed., Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 vols., (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1979-1996).
6. ↑ Caroline B. Whitley, comp., North Carolina Headrights: A List of Names, 1663-1744, (Raleigh, NC: NC Division of Archives and History, 2001), 90; citing Secretary of State Records, "Albemarle Book of Warrants and Surveys 1681-1706," [S.S. 978.1]".
7. ↑ Brayton, "Madam Esther Pollock," NCGSJ 26:385; citing Weynette Parks Haun, Old Albemarle County, North Carolina, Book of Land Warrants and Surveys, 1681-1706, (Durham, NC: s.p., 1984), 5.