Name

Fincastle

Description

Settlement in Virginia associated with Colonel William Christian, descendant of the same family as Illiam Dhone. The Fincastle Resolutions of 1775 — drafted by Manx-descended Virginians — preceded the Declaration of Independence. The constitutional instinct the Christians carried from the Isle of Man expressed itself in American revolutionary politics.

Location

Virginia, United States

Related To

Chapter 17

Type

Settlement / Diaspora