General Notes

Research by Ron Myers copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, all rights reserved.  This information is provided for private personal use only.

This surname is the origin of the state name "Delaware".  Named for 12th Baron Thomas West De la Warr (1577-1618
).

"English founder of Virginia. After serving under the Earl of Essex in the Netherlands and Ireland, he became a member of the Virginia Co. and was appointed governor in 1610. He and 150 settlers arrived at Jamestown as another group was abandoning the colony. He established two forts at the mouth of the James River and rebuilt Jamestown. Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and the state of Delaware were named for him. "