Old Virginia and her neighbours

THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS. 7first settled, or when they acquired a distinct existenceas counties. For a long timesuch personal names were chiefly taken virgimafrom the royal household. Thus, whileCharles City County bears the name ofCharles I.,bestowed upon the region before that king ascendedthe throne, the portion of it south ofJames River, set off in 1702 as Prince GeorgeCounty, was named for George of Denmark, consortof Queen Anne. So King William County onthe south bank of the Mattapony, and King andQueen County on its north bank, carry us straightto the times of William and Mary, and indicatethe position of the frontier in the days of CharlesII. ; while to the west of them the names of Hanoverand the two Hanoverian princesses, Carolineand Louisa, carry us on to the days of the firsttwo Georges.^ At the time with which our narra-The following list of Virginia counties bearing royal names,^founded between 1689 and 1765, is interesting: —King and Queen, 1691, after William and Mary.Princess Anne, 1691, the princess who was afterwardsQueen Anne.King William, 1701, William III.Prince George, 1702, the Prince Conso3rt.King George, 1720, George I.Hanover, 1720, one of the king's foreign domin-Brunswick, 1720,ions,do.do.Caroline, 1727, the queen of George II.Prince WiUiam, 1730, WUliam, Duke of Cumberland.Orange, 1734, the Prince of Orange, who in thatyear married Anne, daughter ofGeorge II.Amelia, 1734, a daughter of George II.Frederick, 1738, Frederick, Prince of Wales.