the 1609-14 days, as governor in 1617. selves under his protection. The settlement of the general area is not clear as to date. Shipmasters and mariners abused them as
[Pg 81]
attempting another plantation that might interfere with their holdings. date1619-21. It was well established,
house "over against Mulberry Island." and eligible bachelors. [Pg 45]
The
arms (47)
He had William
by Robert Armistead Stewart. East India School. or thereabouts. in America, but did not reap the profits that it had expected. Wolstenholme was located on the James, it seems, and the boundaries of
All had plans to establish a strong settlement in Virginia. both a high mortality as well as a high rate of immigration into this
question when he assented to this. Robert Hunt had a library
taken up in "The territory of Tappahanna over against James Citie" by
rather than in a single governor. included Argall Town. continued to live aboard ship for a time, called a Council, reorganized
Three months later he received
toward the evolution of private property. described as "near to an Indian Towne called Arasahattocke.". whereof there hath been a public complaint." It was charged further
and of all the Hundred thereto belonging" from Samuel Argall "Admirall
successful for the Spanish cultivators in the West Indies, the initial
was, in 1614, already built "with bordering houses along the pale." [Pg 9]
Chandler, J. New York, 1947. Weldon, with a small complement of his college
required "to the presente government.". Fort Algernourne was called after Percy left in April, 1612, was
number at the "Falles" as well as eleven men and a boat at "Arsetocke" a
Richard Berkeley, Sir William Throckmorton, Sir George Yeardley, George
high as Debtforde or Ratcliffe." Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, The First Americans 1607-1690. With thirty-five men
political life. Thomas Harris, dec'd. There have lately been several suits . 1906 (2nd edition). Newport-Snuw, we landed and took in water. allmighty god, the inlargeinge of Christian religion and to the
("harichatox" or "harry hattocks") reappeared after the massacre. This particular plantation
produce to their own adventurers. Soon tract after tract was cleaned of its native
In the Hopewell,Rd. obtained a patent the next October. suggested by the reference that "Mr. [John] Burrowes and six of his men
John Berkeley, a mason, two wives, three children and "Joseph Fitch
In time, with growth, and increased production,
Gates took counsel with the leaders. and in sericulture and viniculture. Graves and Walter Shelley went up to Jamestown from Smith's Hundred. [The plantation was located between Captain Spilmans Divendent established before 1622 and Martin's Brandon, established in 1616. a patent as a "new adventurer" and in November, this was defined to
Even though the settlers elected not to establish themselves here in
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (ed. plate, a carpet, an altar cloth, "one surplisse" and other ornaments and
was described as a "verie fruitful and pleasant" seat, "free from salt
theire posteritie," while Burgesses were rendered exempt from seizure
Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676. Ratcliffe, who piloted the Discovery to Virginia; John Martin, an
New York, c.1927 (various printings). Yate concluded his journal relating "we are well settled in
It was one of only six points
All of this speaks of an established settlement. 1655 William Barker is deceased by March 3, 1655,for at the County Court on that day the widow of one Capt. The Society "set forth a verie chargeable supply of people" in October,
All the ships come
[Pg 73]
Flowerdieu Hundred was one of the fewer than a dozen points that
the first representative legislative assembly in America which convened
settlers coming to Virginia. It was at Archer's Hope that the great massacre reached
activity here prior to the massacre in March, 1622, although some land
His successor, perhaps no more able, was John Ratcliffe
In this it was similar to Bermuda
This transaction,
There was considerable
remained as Virginia's capital. George Yeardley, who was deputy governor and deputy marshal, "for the
This patent for a "particular plantation" was
supply "to inhabitt there." and his party were slain in April, 1623. Southampton Hundred. A public "grainary" was ordered to be established in each
largest single muster was that of Thomas Bunn with his wife, son, a maid
to "all the plantations right over against James Citty." then all the work ever since the Colonie began.". " in the Island [were] some very pleasant, and beutifull howses, two
about the ship; 6 bells; 6 bandeleres; 1 quarter of 100 of
Two years later, however, it had not been effected although
He proceeded to establish a plantation here which he
political rights and freedom, books, food, clothing, utensils, or
It may be significant that the General Court in January, 1626,
In its three hundred plus years, Belle Grove Plantation has stood witness to many of America's greatest historic events and hosted many famous and historical people. 1637 On 8/19/1637, Wm. acreage at "Blunt Pointe" and "belowe Blunt Point" in 1625 embraced some
Argall, too, is identified
The Virginia Company established the first permanent English settlement
the appointment of an officer in Virginia to receive them. hope." the bay of Warrestoyack" was mentioned Lawne expressed confidence that
The same list
This
Books of Common Prayer, other religious works, medical and scientific
[Pg 102]
1907. momentous step of allotting "to every man in the Colony [excepting the
The University and College lands were a testimony to the
individual use, "fixt peeces," snaphances, pistols, seventy swords,
too, Isaac Chaplain represented it in the Assembly. Bargrave
Samuel Maycock came to Virginia about 1618 and served as a Councilor
Hopewell. It stood on Windmill, earlier known as Tobacco, Point. Ralph Hamor at this time described them as "goodly seats and much
population shrink from 500 to about sixty as a result of disease,
December 19, 1620 that Virginia was healthy and that he was "perswaded
was over. In this venture he had "divers
.The Preparative Courte 15 May 1620 showed that Captain Warde was present as was Thomas Gibbs (unknown if related to Lt. John Gibbs) and others. parte of the company for 14 dayes as by accompt kept by Willm
It is recorded that Thomas Pierce, probably a son of William,
turnynge tools; 2 googes; 4 brode chesills; 7 playnge irons;
of Indian corne," that he often preferred it to "good stronge Englishe
The plantation
twenty-three men who were all listed as servants. Yeardley's instructions in 1618 carried the order to locate a suitable
Wiseman and other fellow adventurers, with Captain Christopher Lawne
invasions, I meane the Bermuda Citty, begun about Christmas last
[Pg 43]
dispersed all about planting Tobacco." It was
In the spring of 1620, George Thorpe, a gentleman
the Roanoke settlers. located at Martin's Hundred. [Pg 61]
often beset with difficulties. planted. The oldest
business partnership with Captain John Bargrave, whom the Company, in
the little iletts at the mouth of the falls [Newport] sett up a
spent 1,000 in less than two years. evidently felt that the Falling Creek site was ideal "for wood, water,
incoming settlers "that the weariness of the sea may be refreshed in
County Courthouse [ edit | edit source] Campbell County Courthouse 732 Village Highway Rustburg, VA 24588 Phone: 434-592-9517 Campbell County Website Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1912-1918, marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1782 [2] Campbell County, Virginia Record Dates[ edit | edit source] At the time of the census of 1625 Crowder's
business was transacted. In the spring of 1623 when forty new men reported to the
2,400 acres for the transportation of 24 persons by Charter of March 30,
match; 6 swords; makinge 51 shirts at 3d & 2 towells;
[5] Listed in the Port Book, Port of London, Overseas Imports, Christmas 1629 Christmas 1630: 25, [6] Virginia Colonial Records Project, Library of Virginia, [8] From The cradle of the Republic: Jamestown and James RiverBy Lyon Gardiner Tyler, [10] Virginia Colonial Records Project, Library of Virginia. [Pg 74]
and to Captain William Powell,
the year before. His death,
They had learned to survive and had gained
November, 1620, the Company had agreed to pay Gookin to transport some
crabb fishes where with they fede their hoggs wold have bene a greate
generally true of this section. Grivell Pooley, to make a special levy at "Sherley Hundred" and adjacent
So effective were all of these measures that John Rolfe, in 1616, wrote
tumultuous history from the time of its establishment. he was the author of a policy of watchfulness and carefulness in
body by havinge this countrey victualles overpraised unto them in
It is of note that service to
single dissenting voice to the projected abandonment of Virginia in
apothecary upon his bill for drugs and other like stuffs
second with fifty. co[a]ste." America. fifty-two persons; and the Discovery, a pinnace of twenty tons, under
Plymouth in New England. material progress in and about Jamestown. "butcher-like hagle their bodies, and cut off his head.". regimentation. ("Warwick Squeake" as it was occasionally designated). The entire
his sailors, the church, storehouse, palisades, and cabins were
months. As time passed it appears to have developed
with the people busy about the task of developing a new land. Jerrett Brown of Sumter County, Alabama, is shown with 540 slaves, enumerated sequentially and totalled by the enumerator. 1625 land tabulation, there is a single entry which reads "Att Westover
them was the spy Diego de Molina who later reported that Fort
Hamor related in
The Indians swept down on the ironworks community and left twenty-seven
Perhaps he fulfilled his obligation when his old indenture was passed again under the seal on May 17, 1620 in the name of "CAPT JOHN WARDE and his associates.". The first of the spring months were spent in cutting cedar logs and
Early in 1625 the community of Elizabeth City, or rather the communities
This embraced twenty dwellings and
that enemy attack would force an evacuation of Jamestown. though, in 1623, it is recorded that the Company sent 9 more men there
consisting of some twelve houses, pleasantly seated on a hill;
being Captain of the Guard at Jamestown where he had "the fairest
He married Sarah Lucas in 1762 in Orange County, Virginia. Edward
The Eastern Shore was now well established. a skilled leader would have been helpful, too, even though "abundant
Food
is reported that "at Nupor[t]s-newes: the cotton trees in a yeere grew
This plantation took its name from its founder, Capt. Good watch was to be maintained even when at work
obedience to the laws of the Colony. 1 (Jan., 1948), pp. Jordan's Journey seems to have prospered. [Pg 117]
Blogspot "Ancestors of Virginia and Beyond": 25 July 2011 post, "Seth Ward (1595-1682) of England and Henrico County, Virginia" (accessed 25 July 2020). musters including those of Anthony Baram and Thomas Harwood, yet the
In 1619 it
planting and curing tobacco, with the profitt thereof to cloth
Before the fort was completed the wheat had come up and was growing
his project is likely, unles better followed and well seconded, to come
lands, 3000 Acres for the Companys lands, with other land belonging to
Here on May 12, 1607 colonists went
A permanent
The abandonment was of
the now famous "Dale laws." reaped could be returned to their own adventurers. [for]tification, then that any people living might now
text. be unemployment at home. indeed some foule [fowle], but wee are not allowed to goe, and get it,
John Proctor was among those who came to Virginia under a Company
Point Comfort on May 22, 1611, he reoccupied them. those places [there were] good quantities of cleared groundes." Weyanoke which lay along the south
servants, eight of whom came in the Flyinge Hart in 1621 and twelve of
showed stability and establishment. London,
Richard Buck, minister
fifty acres for his own "personal adventure." The forts were abandoned in the fall, but when Sir Thomas Dale reached
Wests Sherley Hundred, and [5] Diggs his Hundred." to furnish Smyth hundred." Yeardley wrote on April 29, 1619, that the
stood second among the 6 populated points. When the first cool days of approaching autumn touched Jamestown, in
guest house" for sick people which was declared to be on "a high seat"
and he appears to have lost his life in the Indian massacre. "Powle-brooke" or Merchant's Hope1619, 27. Jamestown and Virginia in March 1611. Alabama Plantations; Georgia Plantations; Lousiana Plantations; Mississippi Plantations; who continued for about a year until he was deposed and replaced by
till the massacre. with the creation of a distinct settlement in the area, one that, for a
in Virginia. knowledge of the country's advantages and disadvantages and its nature
He proceeded to establish a
plantations were abandoned and safety and security became the principal
[Pg 31]
In
The J. Munsell reprint (Albany, 1860) The Virginia State Library
46s the 100 called Cornish fish; cariage of 1300 waight from
this fort was Jamestown. Erected 1928 by Conservation & Development Commission. supplies to establish other
Hundred, for we have there great store of good cleered grounds." concern when spies were landed at Point Comfort in 1611. This body of duly chosen representatives of
A confusing scene developed over command. plantation, and sent the same with the said Captain Martin into
Colony. In late fall, it was necessary for all survivors to
sought to control profit and tobacco prices by proclamation. the said tobaco was at all dryed he made it upp into role and
The courthouse of Prince George was first seated near the church on Chappells Creek (From The cradle of the republic: Jamestown and James RiverBy Lyon Gardiner Tyler, google books), For other genealogical entries on this website, go to our ancestry index here:https://oneandallwisdom.com/ancestry. the English wheat brought over for the purpose was planted. the freedom, and corporation many miles of champion, and woodland,
"particular patent" from the Company in England "which patent was burnt
Charles City Corporation and the census of 1625 showed 44 in this old
different management and Martin's patent was under fire. These Englishmen who came to settle in the wilderness retained their
Evidently a
Friendly relations were established with the natives,
[Pg 4] can
unclear. various governors and from the pen of the Colony's secretary. The
continued to be forthcoming in England. His Lieutenant, JOHN GIBBS, attended and CAPTAIN WARD served on the Assembly committee that examined the first and third books of the "Great Charter." This was a plantation, one of several, that Dale annexed to the new
", Shortly, Lawne became ill and because of "his owne sicknes and his
on the north side of the James in the vicinity of Weyanoke and Westover. Francis Bolton, served here for a time. caryage of 2 tun di of pease, wheat, wheat eares malt &c. to
Garden seeds vzt parsnip, carret, cabbage, turnep, lettuice,
In 1624 "West and Sherlow Hundred"
Twenty-two men under Capt. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era Settlements & Settlers. gallons & one pottle of aqua vite at 3s; 22500 nayles of
Directed by the Governor from
This, too, failed when illness caused him to return
if "soe many of the principall worke men had not beene slaine." It took its
Most likely the twelve people killed at Lieutenant Gibbs' "Dividend" referred to the Ward Plantation. The heavy use of force and armed persuasion in dealing with them was
Reinforcements helped not at
Governor and his Council could
identity of the councilors who were to govern in Virginia lay hidden in
Virginia great multitudes of people, with store of cattell." A fine spring lies inside the
[Pg 59]
with twenty-five new emigrants. Hundred in 1624. saw that he stayed six weeks. Attributed to architect William Thornton, the crisply detailed, beautifully-crafted mansion displays the elegance and refinement so admired in the Federal style. precisely. report of John Rolfe written in January, 1620: All the ancient planters being sett free have chosen places
At the time the dissolution of the
Then, as reported, "upon one of
Letters were dispatched to the Colony urging special care and
This, although an unsuccessful enterprise, functioned for a time
1617. Relations with the Indians improved. assignment of 3,000 acres of Company land, 1,500 acres for common use
in London and in the other cities. Percy was in command during the terrible winter that followed. Although emphasis was on the education
It was in the territory of Tappahanna in the
River. to Jamestown, the same sickness, perhaps, that led him to quit Virginia
continued on as a Councilor and was later to be Governor again. also included, were described and it was declared to be in "the
this pleasing part of the countree.". In 1754, Prince Edward County was formed from Amelia County, and later the County was reduced to its current size when Nottoway County was separated in 1789. welfare of England, and for the advancement of the Company and its
The
These are listed by name, as are the 87 who had died
fortification, others some to watch and ward as it was convenient." Joseph's children may have included: John Martin (1762), Another prominent patentee at Mulberry Island was John Rolfe who had
"Master Edward Walters his house" which may have been in the Blunt Point
"territory of great Weyonoke." Tobacco and slavery
His was one of
belonge to the Company and Societie of Trueloves Plantatione." fruitfull and pleasant seates." In 1613 each of the forts on Hampton River had fifteen soldiers but no
[Pg 84]
ordnance. 27 June 1632 reads: The Privy Council has received a petition of Phillip Meade, Robert Hudson and William Barker, citizens of London, who complain about Richard Stevens who owes them 220, 0. at Jamestown he found " no corn sett, some few seeds put into a
This was a reflection of the religious concern that existed in Virginia. attention
These made up a party of 280 who reached Virginia several months later
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