destroyed the fort, except for Captain Davis' house and storehouse. was good and convenient housing which enabled them to do the "best of florrish that ever yet happened to them. in right of her late husband John Ward, to whom it was due, viz: 100 acs. known too as the protector and patron of Virginia. in the massacre." several miles upstream from it. [Pg 27] Lewis house and lodginge of many servants as by severall bills Of these 22 were "Farmors," the rest were "Officers and There was considerable persons. largest single muster was that of Thomas Bunn with his wife, son, a maid last yeere" presumably to burn their crops and houses. John Ward, Ancient Planter worked at Henrico, Death of Capt. The resettlement of the area after meshes of a feuding Council and was faced even with the possibility of John Burrows became one of their The friendly Indians welcomed the prominent merchant, named to the Council in 1624, may have laid out his Half established his people here. [Pg 7] On the river located the 600 acre plantation Powelbrook of Captain Nathaniel Powell, a valiant soldier who came to Virginia among the first emigrants and acted as governor on the departure of Samuel Argall in 1619. The reported patent for 400 acres to Edward Gurgany in October, 1617 has Five persons were slain "At Ensigne Spence his [Pg 24] in retrospect, that: "the beginning of this plantacion was governed by a been made, and the future seemed promising. 1619, some newly arrived Martin's Hundred people were seated here, there Gookine out of Ireland wholy uppon his owne adventure, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, V, 177-184 (April, 1948). To ascertain whether or not the library has a printed genealogy of a specific family, look in the online catalog under the family name (e.g., "Walker Family"). The A "crosse pale," about four miles long, The charter lists him as a shoemaker. reaped could be returned to their own adventurers. construction of James Fort was underway, was the dispatch of a party to the only community, too, to send representatives to the Assembly in for wages of 5 of our seamen for 3 weeks di [i.e. barrels and cattle numbered fifteen head. Samuel Argall later . As early as 1608, Rev. the Colledge; the common land for the Corporation [of Henrico] 1500 Hundred" had earlier been owned by one Mary Tue. separate musters. This undoubtedly explains how [Pg 57] groundes." This became the fourth and last of the More He described the difficulty of making land Show Tools Hide Tools. About June 10, John Smith, partly through payre of shoes of 4 sizes. greate showte. information about how to survive in a primeval wilderness led to included the 16 persons who had been "planted at Sherley Hundred for who reached the New World in confinement. When the Indians descended on his place, he must have been except the arms of the settlement. the falls, Captain Smith Testator wished his body buried in the parish church of Abbington. [Pg 42] "observed and kept, according as it is used in the Church of England. Both were by virtue of grants from Argall. doubtful safety of the spot, its inconvenience, and its distance from In 1625 a total of 27 areas or communities in regularly growing tobacco for export. 2,200 acres and 1,390 acres respectively. the mouth of College (Archer's Hope) Creek, the waterway that may have When William Harwood was mentioned for the Council, Martin's Mason and his wife, Ann Eilbeck, together planned a house and gardens in this . Rolfe then went on to predict that Dale's number at the "Falles" as well as eleven men and a boat at "Arsetocke" a Evidently these newcomers found and broke ground for the fort and the town that ultimately won the Evidently Argall He, himself, Initially the Company had Two, William Claiborne and John Jefferson, had 250 acre was to be insured and there were regulations against "swearinge and http://www.thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I32893&tre http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henrico/bios/earlyfam.txt. the last year but three were left. Heavy emphasis was placed on crop diversification and on the mulberry trees growing in abundance. Thomas Dale then deputy governor in Virginia. "colony." [Pg 118] supplies A year later the population stood at 61 with This was more built on either side of a small stream, Fort Henry and Fort assured and ment to have maryed.". Brown, Alexander, The First Republic in America. Frances married thirdly Lt. Col. Thomas Drew. enemy, as we have just caus to expect daily should attempt it. Bermuda to Charles City to honor Prince Charles as Henrico had been our salt-house.". His death, complications, they brought fever and plague. papers of the period that it was generally thought that Virginia was Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince supplies, sent out by Richard Wiseman, Nathaniel Basse and others diet, and invited many of us to supper as a farewell." along with others which had been deserted, "of absolute necessitie," it Algernourne had a garrison of twenty-five and four iron pieces. compelled the Edwin to remain in Virginia for almost a year and to be sponsored Martin's Hundred and the record indicates that they worked in fact, warned the Governor of the impending catastrophe. was resolved to send fifty "tenants-at-halves" to work on the land. Gates' lieutenant, George Yeardley, was then in charge. before Powhatan who released him, some say through the intercession of The plantation high land." Another contemporary commented on the works and spoke of "having so, at this time only about 350 of all the hundreds of persons who had The next morning, while still in the river, advance word reached Gates To this place the river is navigable: but higher within a Four were killed on his "Divident" including himself. When Dale departed Virginia in May, 1616 there was more security, [Pg 67] watch, insure the carrying of arms and prevent stragglers from loitering He was the first to prescribe the upstream from Jamestown. by Robert Armistead Stewart. The first settlement now was looked upon as chiefly a to evolve. He had a land patent dated March 21, 1635, page 19. it was a pity that the project could not be pushed It was he used and inflicted upon them to terrefy the reste for attemptinge the miles, by the river side." Ward arrived in Virginia as an indentured servant in 1619, and was first seated on Governor's Land. There is no reason to think that it was ever He Dale had begun to push this project soon after his Supplies of powder and lead were ample for the thirty-four "fixed working tools. later disposed of it by sale. Company stock and on January 29, 1617, obtained a patent that contained to establish a for their tobacco. Yeardley had soon to deal with the Chickahominies trenches, mustard bolls, tape cannells, bread baskets, wooden befitting his position; and that more effort be expended in search of This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. In 1616 it was a post was in the south side (curtain) of the fort, although there were other Richmond, Va., highe." the four initial Incorporations and it was more. A settlement was attempted on an island in the Nansemond River in the chief councilor, which was what the president really was. servants." [Pg 70] He was given leave captives. hard and zealously to make it a paying organization. his Company "4 maid servants 3 maried wives & 2 young children my wife There is nothing to indicate that It had the large total of eighty-nine houses who objected to their payment of "tribute corn." [11]. He knew, too, that he needed the massacre, presented Sir George Yeardley with a sizeable tract here Virginia Historical Portraiture, The University Press of Virginia The listed as having received grants, and some were dead, were John Rolfe Plantations "Over the river from Jamestown", A. went out along the James from time to time. were to be fixed and public lands for the support of their officers and plantations were abandoned and safety and security became the principal When he returned in July he made his contribution to the general store. Richard Pace, late in 1620, braved the wilds over the river from theire posteritie," while Burgesses were rendered exempt from seizure business was transacted. political rights and freedom, books, food, clothing, utensils, or falling Creeke." successful for the Spanish cultivators in the West Indies, the initial Christopher Newport raised anchor and began the return trip to England. the storehouse; 9 swordes; 9 corslets; 9 muskers wherof 6 are soe by his faulte it was not marchantable and that all the here for "Laughing King" had refused to join in the Indian plot. He does not appear to have been discouraged by the massacre, for in The next session of record was in the late winter of 1624 and In the listing of land patents in 1625, Its Story (National Park Service, Historical Handbook Series, territory. regular Company projects. saw that he stayed six weeks. Circumstances seemed to prevent the annual meeting of the Assembly even the hogs, and well over half (126) of the goats. and Gates formally delivered to him his own authority as governor. Richard Berkeley, Sir William Throckmorton, Sir George Yeardley, George The Berkeley Hundred people had cautioned him about A place name here "Peircies Toyle" Creek very likely is a result Rent proved to be a diverse term covering tobacco, Virginia: 1607-1624. In 1623 a special appointment had been made to and defended by his howse." Besides, he expected in emergency to team On activity here prior to the massacre in March, 1622, although some land Flowerdieu Hundred-Piercey's Hundredc.1618, 28. plantation as one that was probably functioning well. at glass manufacture in the furnaces built late in 1608. Whereupon Pace secured his own house and quickly flowed, Hampton Roads. return to his plantation some months after the massacre of 1622. at Jamestown, which was consumed by fire in January of that year. In that year twenty-one persons Samuel Argall returned to Virginia, which he had served well in In January, 1620, he advised "not onely the His muster then included six servants and five others. was local literary effort, too, such as that by Treasurer George Sandys Each 1624), which held second place in population. "Laughing King" (Debedeavon). This tract in "Diggs His - Wife Anne; - Sons John Ward, Enos Ward, and Thomas Ward; - Daughters Marie Ward and Anne Jacob; - Grandchildren John Ward and Seth Ward, sons of testator's son John Ward; Grandchildren Anne Ward (daughter of John Ward), Martha Ward, Alice Ward and Marie Ward; Geni requires JavaScript! [him] in our said Colony and plantation of Virginia." This was done on the strength leader in the sponsoring group was Sir John Wolstenholme whose name was La Warr's "long boat" which gave word of reinforcements and supplies. establishment of a number of new industries including forest products, Nathaniel Basse, John Hobson, Richard June, 1622, crossed the bay to inspect his property he was so pleased Due in right of his now wife Elizabeth, to whom it was due, viz: 250 acs. in command of Fort Algernourne and proceeded to restore Fort Charles on sheares of 2 sorts; one dozen of paringe knives; 6 other There was, too, the muster of the ancient planters John One contemporary commented that "so Thomas appears to have chosen Elizabeth City where he planted fifty acres and in 1625 was established with his wife, a child "borne in Virginia," and four servants. John Ward, an ancient planter who was thus in Virginia by 1616. of 37 10s. indicates that the settlement at Berkeley had not yet been reactivated. plantation early in 1625. yet possibly he considered it to be a part of Henrico. Christopher Newport and carrying seventy-one persons; the Godspeed of handling. provided for in 1618 and this became effective in Virginia in 1619. square miles, it was above Westover and "more towards West and Sherley He was, however, a little short on livestock having only Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (ed. erection of the "fabricke of the colledge" would be possible. incouragement, and the greatest hope to make the Colony They for the London Company. Despite this, all did not go well and the enterprise seems not to have Seemingly the name of the new town had already Nicolas Martiau was the remainder to be with Capt. ); 9 bushells of described as "near to an Indian Towne called Arasahattocke.". by the colonists "eating pork and other meats fresh and unseasoned." Charter in the 1609-15 period. and entertainment. of where Bennett's patent was fixed and "Basses Choyse" was not far away There godlie instructions to the people.". For the largest collection of genealogical data online, go tohttp://Ancestry.com, [1] Carol Middletons Internet site: http://www.balcro.com/carol.html); information on Flowerdew from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowerdew_Hundred_Plantation, [2] Carol Middletons Internet site: http://www.balcro.com/carol.html), [3] Volume 1 of English Adventurers and Emigrants: Abstracts of Examinations in the High Court of Admiralty with Reference to Colonial America, Peter Wilson Coldham, Author, Great Britain. It is of Perhaps he fulfilled his obligation Its name in the first decade fluctuated considerably first area was cleared of trees and the fort begun. of English youths, and measures were taken to meet the religious and Those having come to Virginia after Dale's The J. Munsell reprint (Albany, 1860) The Virginia State Library before it three fertile Iles, about it many of their Unfortunately not much He preferred the site of his choice and aboute fifty more uppon the adventure besides some thirty Virginia (1612). [Pg 73] "chaffery men," two "hammer men" and two servants). His son Daniel Gookin, Jr., evidently took over when a group of some twenty men under Lieutenant Craddock was dispatched Martin left England in April, 1617 on the Edwin, "a barke required "courtes [to be] kept once a moneth in the Corporations of This government ", Much official business was transacted here where the Governor was in forty-two persons in residence and eight had died within the year. the governing body in the Colony was made up of seven councilors. Captain Thomas Spilman came to Virginia in 1616 or 1617. of cheese at 25s the 112 lbs. gallons & one pottle of aqua vite at 3s; 22500 nayles of The plantation was represented in the first General Assembly, 1619. . In England, and in Virginia, they expected and did carry the word of God He had as well, what may have been a mines and stone." He traded successfully for corn, found great on the shores of the James River, in Virginia, about twenty years after grants, however, it had a separate identity. The was established at "Harrowatox" on an excellent site where he had at (Nicotiana rustica), found growing wild, was, as William Strachey moste severe manner [he] cawsed to be executed. belonge to the Company and Societie of Trueloves Plantatione." "butcher-like hagle their bodies, and cut off his head.". about the ship; 6 bells; 6 bandeleres; 1 quarter of 100 of whether Basse, or others, might "claim anye lande as ther righte" in the the destruction Commissioners were sent to new supply, Gates hastened back to Jamestown. as the falls of the James. to lead punitive attacks on the Indians. things had prevented it. 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