Wow! What a challenging question. The Northern Neck is defined as the "neck" of land between the tidal waters of the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers. It is broadly known as the proprietary of the Lord Fairfax which extended to the headwaters of the rivers. As for who came, many of the seats of Virginia families were in the NN. The NN Historical Soc. would be a good source of info. Bill