I thought that Lord Fairfax was "given" a huge amount of land and he seems to be mentioned in a lot of land transactions because he deeded the land to whoever bought or leased it....in the Frederick County Deed films, you will see a whole section on Lord Fairfax and after his name it will say deeded "To" and the name of the person. I don't think it means our ancestors knew him personally...I'm sure someone out there more learned can quote chapter and verse on this little epistle......Jan --