Old Stock Americans
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The Old Stock (also called Pioneer Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies, especially ones who have inherited last names from that era ("Old Stock families"). Historically, Old Stock Americans have been mainly White Protestants from Northern Europe whose ancestors emigrated to British America in the 17th and 18th centuries.[2][3][4][5]
In the 19th and 20th centuries the Old Stock, especially
Settlement in the colonies
Between 1700 and 1775, the overwhelming majority of settlers to the colonies (up to 90%)[
Early European settlers
Populations of
British settlers in New England
While the majority of colonists were from
British settlers in the Old South
Conversely, in
19th to mid-20th century
Until the second half of the 20th century, the Old Stock dominated American culture and politics.[21][22]
Starting in the 1840s, millions of
American settlers arriving in the formerly Spanish or Mexican holdings of the Southwest were labelled as "Anglos".[24]
Modern day
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See also
- Children of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Sons of the Revolution
- Albion's Seed
- American ancestry
- Demographic history of the United States
- Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States
- History of the Puritans in North America
- Immigration to the United States
- Maps of American ancestries
- White Southerners
- Melungeons
- Nativism
- Nordicism
- The Great Gatsby
- Mountain white
- Florida cracker
- Mormon pioneers
- Anglo-Americans
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- ^ "The latest to arrive were the English-speaking Americans-called “Anglos ” in New Mexico--who began moving in from the east a century ago." Neville V. Scarfe, "Testing Geographical Interest by a Visual Method." Journal of Geography 54.8 (1955): 377-387.