Christopher Branch

Christopher Branch (circa 1600–1681) was an early English settler in Colonial Virginia, tobacco planter, and a member and justice of the House of Burgesses.

[2] Christopher and Mary Branch sailed to Virginia on the London Merchant in March 1621 and survived the Powhatan attack of 1622 the following year.

[1][a] They were living at Colledg Land in Henrico by February 1623[4] when their son Thomas was nine months old.

[3] Branch acquired land in Henrico (now Chesterfield) County on the south side of the James River and north of Proctors Creek beginning in or before 1634[2][b] and established the Kingsland and Arrahattock Plantations.

[3] In 1639 he was a member of the House of Burgesses from Henrico County[2] and was named a tobacco inspector that year.