RICHARD "The Immigrant" FOULKE (FAULK), SENIOR, the very 1st, arrived in 1688 @ YORK RIVER (PRE-1692 YORKTOWN), YORK COUNTY, ENGLISH ROYAL COLONY OF VIRGINIA. HE CAME ON A SHIP AMONG 46 IMMIGRANTS SPONSORED BY CAPTAIN FRANCIS PAGE ON A "CERTIFICATE OF IMPORT". CAPTAIN PAGE, SON OF COLONEL JOHN PAGE, PATRIARCH OF THE AMERICAN "PAGE FAMILY", A 1st FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, MAY HAVE BEEN THE SHIP MASTER. RICHARD FOLK PAID "QUIT RENTS" ON 100 ACRES OF LAND IN NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA NEAR SOMERTON IN 1704 BEFORE HIS MOVE TO CHOWAN PRECINCT, ENGLISH ROYAL COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE PASSED AWAY ABOUT 1712 OR 1713. HIS WILL IS ON FILE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES. HE IS THE PATRIARCH OF A VERY LARGE "FAULK FAMILY" IN THE SOUTHEAST CLEAR OUT TO TEXAS & ANCESTOR OF THE FAMOUS ENTERTAINER, CBS RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS ANCHORMAN-JOURNALIST-GAME SHOW PANELIST PERSONALITY, FOLKLORIST (the BEST STORY TELLER since MARK "Samuel Clemons" TWAIN & WILL ROGERS), HOLLYWOOD CHARACTER ACTOR, AUTHOR, 6 YEAR REGULAR ON "HEE HAW", & CHAMPION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH & 1st AMENDMENT RIGHTS, "JOHN HENRY FAULK, JR." OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS (VIA NYC, HOLLYWOOD, & NASHVILLE). HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED IN U.S. & SUPREME COURT HISTORY as "THE MAN THAT BROKE THE HOLLYWOOD & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BLACKLIST (OF INNOCENT CITIZENS ACCUSED OF BEING COMMUNIST, THEREBY LOSING THEIR EMPLOYMENT). RICHARD "The Immigrant" FAULK IS ALSO THE ANCESTOR OF "JOHN TILLMAN FAULK" OF LOGTOWN, OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA, ONE OF ONLY 25 AMERICAN CASUALTIES WHOSE COLORFUL STORY GIVES PROOF POSITIVE THAT HE WAS A HERO DURING THE "BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS" IN THE SERVICE OF GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. RICHARD # 1 CAN ALSO COUNT, CLARENCE EUGENE FAULK OF RUSTON, LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA, THE GRANDSON OF JOHN TILLMAN FAULK AS A DIRECT DESCENDANT. HE WAS A FOUNDING FATHER OF DELTA AIRLINES & THE MINI-STORAGE WAREHOUSE RENTAL INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES & THE WORLD.