In a letter to his daughter, Mrs Ann Alden, dated October 20, 1852, Gov. Wilson Lumpkin writes. "In the history of England, I find the name of Lumpkin..." and then goes on to say, "Among early settlers of Virginia, I find the name of Dr. Thomas Lumpkin who settled in King and Queen County in the old Dominion, in the 16th century. From this individual, as far as I have been able to ascertain, have descended all the Lumpkin families of the United States". Some think Jacob Lumpkin was the first ancestor and Dr. Thomas Lumpkin was his son.
The first family of which there is authentic record consisted of three brothers: George, Joseph and Anthony, born around 1725 and lived in Pittsylvania County. |
