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The defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil War of the 1640s led many of his aristocratic followers to seek exile in Virginia, which was known for its loyalty to the crown during the war.
These royalist cavaliers included members of the Randolph, Carter, and Lee families, who would be so influential in the subsequent history of the colony and state.
But their numbers were not large, as most royalists remained in England or migrated to the continent.
The greatest number of immigrants to Virginia were indentured servants who had been brought to the Americas as contract labor and served out their four-toseven-year contracts before becoming free persons.
Another sizable group of immigrants from England were “middling” people such as merchants or artisans.
The idea that most Virginians were descended from the English aristocracy is a “cavalier myth.”
The defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil War of the 1640s led many of his aristocratic followers to seek exile in Virginia, which was known for its loyalty to the crown during the war.
These royalist cavaliers
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