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Question: Is Greenway court Virginia named after Greenway court farm,near Hollingbourne ,Maidstone,kent,England!?
As Lord Fairfax was born at Leeds Castle and one of the castle estates farms is called Greenway court farm or is this a coincidence!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes!.

UK: Greenway Court, from which the sixth Lord Fairfax derived the name of his wilderness lodge in Virginia, still stands, close at the foot of the North Downs, on the boundary line of Harrietsham and Hollingbourne!.

http://gen!.culpepper!.com/Archives/uk/pla!.!.!.

USA: From 1751 to 1781, Greenway Court was the estate of Thomas Lord Fairfax (1693-1781), the only English peer residing in the Colonies, and the proprietor of a 5 million-acre land grant in Virginia!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Greenway_Co!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com