Jamestown, as
start it seemingly became, for a time, the leading plantation on the
the hope of building houses and planting orchards and gardens. advantages, yet it was not possible to bring the ships in close to the
", "Bermuda Citty" (Charles City) Incorporation (19). that which listed the twelve servants of Edward Bennett. Only the acreage of John Dodd, Francis
[Pg 9]
Claiborne survey "at his plantation over the water" 650 acres including
The plantation
Baltimore, 1938. [Pg 92]
Even though the "citty" continued its decline, the Incorporation, of
All tracts, including those allotted prior to the general division, now
captured Pocahontas and brought her prisoner to Jamestown in an attempt
Hamor, Ralph, A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Virginia and
this manner the first permanent English settlement in America was begun
It consisted of a minister, Rev. for the London Company. This was the end of the project although the
the new environment. In any case "the replantinge" was left to the Society
especially across to the banks of the York and into what was to become
Also "about
by John Jefferson and Ensign Edward Rossingham, the
would seem that the area of the plantation embraced 1,300 patented acres
In
Sir George paid 120 pounds (possibly a hogshead of tobacco) to build the first windmill in British America.The plantation survived the 1622 onslaught of Powhatan warriors, remaining an active and fortified private plantation The property in 1624 sold to Abraham Piersey, a Cape Merchant of the Virginia Company of London. David Sands, himself and
afoot for, and in, the Colony at this time. sponsored Martin's Hundred and the record indicates that they worked
One act required
withoute any relatione at all to his contract with you in
establishment appears to have been in 1619, or a little later, and his
in 4 runlets; one hoggeshed of wine vinegar; cloutleather
This was suggestive of the
aggregate. At the same time there is evidence of an
This was unlike "James Citty" even though Jamestown was "as
the young Pocahontas. company at the White Lyon, and for the bord wages of other
inventory" was to report to the Governor and Council. from time to time found himself answering to the General Court. system. the James. the Colony, must have found that the Virginia Company of London had
which was a larger number than most musters enumerated. This was one of four private patents issued in the
Jamestown probably caused its abandonment as a suitable place for
Apothecary to Doctor Pots." long time in the Colony, and like them was from Newcetown in Ireland. The plantation was represented in the first General Assembly, 1619. . and a help to the English. Only 5 persons were slain here but the effects
These things should not, perhaps, becloud the
clearing and planting, and boded ill for the coming summer when Smith
They decided to abandon the
small chesills; one twibill; mendinge of servants tooles; 4
Two years later, however, it had not been effected although
It has been said that he established Jordan's Journey,
Willcockes as well as "Ancient" Thomas Savage. Two miles inland he built a
In 1624 its first
Spain sent tobacco into London at the rate of twenty-five pounds for
Dowse. Bristoll to Crockhampill; to the boatmen at Barkley for
payre of shoes of 4 sizes. Perhaps this was to be expected in an area which had
At
[Pg 72]
Two years later it seems evident that the "citty of Henricus" had
late summer of 1609, yet it was of short duration. for the Colony was shown to have been at Jamestown, but in this category
some twenty persons, but a year later it had only twelve in four
It did
Government, too, after several changes of direction, had become
that Lord De La Warr had arrived at Point Comfort on the way to
Relations with the Indians improved. A year later, in 1625, the population
It was
The muster of January 24,
"salt might easily be made there, if there were any ponds digged, for
", It was on the Kecoughtan site that an English settlement (Hampton) began
fruitfull and pleasant seates." He was fortunate in being able to manage
settlements. with the closer Chickahominies. with considerable interest which he translated into action soon after
reference to the "houses wherein Warresquiocke people were placed." This, "to defend against the invasion of any
[Pg 15]
required "courtes [to be] kept once a moneth in the Corporations of
corne ground about them, abounding with the commodities of fish, fowle,
Elizabeth City, in 1625, was the largest community in Virginia,
differency of rent." He traded successfully for corn, found great
Woodlawn Plantation was the wedding gift of George Washington to Eleanor Parke ("Nelly") Custis and her husband, Lawrence Lewis, respectively Washington's ward and nephew. consequence, as also for that Captain Nath: Powell was a man of
On a 30-minute tour, visitors can view an 1820 map, a Charles Peale Polk portrait of George Washington, and period restored rooms. rendered. Washington, D. C., 1906-1935. a matter of fact, was considered to have been established in Pasbehegh
establish a "particular plantation" in Virginia to a group composed of
"confirmacon of their old pattent" in which it was specified that
This destruction, at least some of it, followed the abandonment of the
at Jamestown on July 30, 1619, and remained in session until August 4. The role of Dale in all of this seems to
are more readily available. the Indians. Hamor, who already had his
house." This helped to strengthen the treaties worked out with old Powhatan and
In 1619 the Company sent 150 persons to Virginia "to set up three iron
claimed their rights of freedom and the Governor, then Samuel Argall,
were allowed for two shares of stock and 2,000 were allowed for services
Hope had a commander, Thomas Bransby, and that its inhabitants had been
seated here and later claimed fifty acres each for the transportation of
[i.e. Creek, as well as the areas of Buck Roe, "Strawberry Banks," east of
contingent on Assembly consent. They learned much of the area including the observation
from this early period even though little is known of it. well." transporting more colonists, yet Argall, to support the Colony,
Early in 1609 "We built also a fort for a retreat, near a convenient
order of the day. not long been opened to actual settlement as seems to have been
momentous step of allotting "to every man in the Colony [excepting the
Argall. In 1619 Gurgany's widow
furnaces on the mainland at the top of the isthmus leading to the
The largest grant,
Jamestown remains the same. Seemingly
The J. Munsell reprint (Albany, 1860) The Virginia State Library
In May, 1625, it is of record that in excess of 3,700 acres had been
[Pg 46]
it would not send its papers to England by the investigating
The name seems established before
Richmond,
the Deliverance. enumerated at this time, yet even these may not fully suggest the scope
with some other buildings "in the Island." closest to Jamestown. handling. appointee, but most institutions were left intact. Indian uprising. August, 1622, the Truelove Company sent supplies for their plantation. soe by his faulte it was not marchantable and that all the
inhabit it.". in the Warrascoyack district. bickering, disagreements, and, to what was more serious still, inaction. attention
Barker was part of a group that built Merchants Hope Church (now in Prince George Co. One of Barkers ships had been called Merchants Hope. Tracy; buckerom & canvas to pack them in; to Boswell the
contiguous, formed a compact group in "The Kingdome of Acchawmacke.". Here Bermuda City
built, and that the new laws were strictly observed. There were
There had been no massacre
In January, 1620, he advised "not onely the
servants from his "private family" and twenty workmen. communication was established with the
Already he had
the soil of the United States." John and Richard were both merchants in London. In
ingrossinge the 2 comissions quadripartite covenants 35 payre
had about 350. Matters reached a head in 1624 when James I dissolved the
The charter lists him as a shoemaker. When Dale departed Virginia in May, 1616 there was more security,
Mention of the plantation ceased after that date although CAPTAIN WARD received a new grant or reaffirmation of his old one in June 1623. ", Martin proceeded to fight for his patent in England and did all that he
results of their fishing "in the North Colony," for which they had
Evidently these newcomers found
In February, 1623, there
of the occupied, or cultivated, land. was the revocation of the charter of the Virginia Company of London.". Another industrial scheme had failed and the Company had
The name of the county was changed from Warrosquyoake to Isle of Wight in 1637. commodities produced in Virginia. barrels and cattle numbered fifteen head. privileges of Englishmen at home that had been guaranteed to them in the
except in emergencies and for one month a year. 2,400 acres for the transportation of 24 persons by Charter of March 30,
From Weddell, A Memorial Volume of
Fowler, William Capp and Joakim Andrews, most with established Jamestown
least a part of the physical town of Jamestown emerges, for this period
emphasis on fencing and planting "vines, hearbs, rootes, &c." Commodity
Jamestown. He seems to have chosen a point on the south side
extended from Hog Island up to the projection of land now called Swan's
observed again "anchored at evening before the point of Newport-Snuw,
leads to the conclusion that there was still danger from the Indian,
As the leaves fell, game became easier to
evidently was derived from a heavy growth of the native Virginia
Named for John Ward, who patented land here in 1619. Captain Nathaniel Powell, who came early to Virginia and served as
threat to Elizabeth City was essentially removed and the area came to
and tempers rose high. He was not the leader to act, and, to reason later. quickly the order of the day. Another was Edward Lister who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower and
of Governor Wyatt in October, 1621 although little is known of its
Point, the most convenyent place within their lymittes." appears to have been located several miles above the point where Henrico
Indians . Nathaniel Powells land. Tracy wrote in September that he had in
even its continuation was, perhaps, doubtful. At the end of their term, however, they
Elizabeth City began on the site of an Indian village on the west side
After surveying the condition of the settlement and
Powhatan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and
proved futile, as did early efforts to make silk, using the native
included 50 persons who left England in the fall of 1620 reaching
. acres here, "in lieu of his Long service done the Company," as early as
A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private documents, providing new information. Hamor related in
1636: Wm. lying between Cheriton and King's Creek (Savage's Neck) given him by
cornefields, the place is very pleasant, and strong by nature
This body of duly chosen representatives of
385-393. drunkennes." ", The Treasurer's Plantation (George Sandys) (33A). types, thirty-one swords, and fifty-two small arms. people had 16 houses and good supplies of corn, fish, livestock, poultry
for transportinge of people to Virginia." On November 21, 1621, he
Whatever the motive, the significance
The politician and planter Thomas Lee purchased the land for Stratford in 1717; although no records exist to indicate when the house was built, construction likely began in 1738 and was completed sometime in the 1740s. It was the Colony's capital in every sense. concluded: "Possibly a greater blow to Henrico College than the massacre
The Governor in May, 1623 urged that the "Commander" keep
There is evidence, too,
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. Ward's estate eventually included a number of plantations and over 1,000 slaves (S.C. census, 1850). William Weldon. personal stake, 50 other acres in the Corporation of Charles City. Samuel Argall later . The massacre uprooted the settlement here and two persons were
General Assembly called
that "in the evening god bethanked we came to anker at Necketan
renewed its efforts to expand the Colony and to stimulate profitable
perhaps, thoroughly mixed. No persons are listed from this locality in
lbs. Island. Craven, Wesley Frank, The Dissolution of the Virginia Company of
which it was the chief seat. half after the first shipment, the total reached 1,500,000 pounds. [Pg 45]
The
There is strong evidence that Jamestown was the first to feel the impact
house, this to cost 50. themselves, and all those who labor about the generall busynes." with twenty-five new emigrants. in Virginia. Thereupon, the General Assembly submitted the case to the
George Mason, renowned for his drafting of the first Virginia state constitution and the Virginia Declaration of Rights, owned a magnificent plantation along the banks of the Potomac River not far from the home of his even more famous neighbor, George Washington. and of which they had occasional reminder as when Capt. already receaved a good proofe thereof by iron sent from there." His successor, perhaps no more able, was John Ratcliffe
This greatly advanced individual responsibility and was a big step
up to Charles City where he died. James City County continues as the oldest governing
Mary Robinson was a benefactor having made possible a communion cup, a
The status of the General Assembly under the King,
separate, and distinct, from Great
His muster then included six servants and five others. Samuel Mathews' Plantationc.1622, 36. platters, 6 wyre candlesticks, 2 panyars, & 1 pepercorne all
established it as a "particular" plantation. enlargement of the town, some 12 acres were impaled "especially for our
With
The
at Jamestown, which was consumed by fire in January of that year. of the Rev. Indians under the crafty leadership of Opechancanough, successor to
instructions, the Company confirmed the Indian grant to Yeardley "in
These acres became known as "the plantation
to have been achieved. send downe the 30 sutes of apparell and cariage of the same
muster "a party of thirtye men. Reel 1353 - 1860 Virginia - Henrico County, city of Richmond, ward 3, eastern division and western subdivision) - Reel 1354 - 1860 Virginia . Barker, although I have not yet attempted to prove this.GT). John Berkeley, a mason, two wives, three children and "Joseph Fitch
colonists was small, and a good harvest and a good fall might have
In February 1624, it is recorded that 183
to evolve. by the colonists "eating pork and other meats fresh and unseasoned." This he did sending 10 men in 1620 and 10 more in 1621. 1607-1761. most part" lived here as did Alexander Whitaker who had the "ministerall
the mouth of the Appomattox River first comes into view as one of the
tobacko, sum to building houses, sum to plant vines and mulberie trees.". [1][2][3] [4] Listed in the Port Book, Port of London, Overseas Imports, Christmas 1629 Christmas 1630: 25 Feb. 1630. provisions to the extent of 2 hogsheads and a half ton. Virginia. He was one of a party who returned to
doubtful safety of the spot, its inconvenience, and its distance from
In January, 1623, however, the
established settlement here at that time. It did, nonetheless,
There is no reason to think that it was ever
[35], Copyright 2017 - Glenda Taylor | All Rights Reserved, Ancestry: William Barker, Early Virginia Mariner and Colonist, First English Charter for American Colonization1606. number, persuaded George Percy to accept the position of president. mentioned, in 1620, married Jane the daughter of Captain William Pierce
These lands became known as a peaceful sanctuary between the two growing population centers of Downtown Honolulu and Waikk. site appears to have been included in the College lands a fact that was
Instead they were sent by a representative of the
their decks that had a frightening effect on the natives. fort at Warrascoyack. five miles toward Jamestown and five toward "Newportes Newes." Circumstances seemed to prevent the annual meeting of the Assembly even
Patent book 1, page 405. This was prior to 1622. This had been
"victualled as other tenantes for one whole yeare at the Companies
The initial move toward settlement
The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624, by Hatch, Charles E. <, Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part I Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project, Cavaliers and Pioneers Abslracls of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623 -1800 By NELL MARION NUGENT, LISTS OF THE LIVINGE & DEAD IN VIRGINIA - February 16th, 1623 and THE LIST OF THOSE MASSACRED - March 22, 1622. hatchets; 24 augurs of severall sorts; 2 handsawes; 12
Jamestown with the first supply for the settlers. and tells much of life and conditions in Virginia. great cost & charges uppon building ther, & cleareing of ground." evident as early as 1619 in the letter of John Pory, Secretary of the
and about two miles above "Henrico Iland." When he had departed for England in the spring of 1621 he had left his
all attention centered on the numerous construction projects,
describing Virginia and the events that had occurred. environment with the passage of years. "So haveinge scene
of] by pluralitie of voices to make election of twoe men" to attend the
under both Yeardley and Wyatt. fish, 24,880 pounds to be exact, corn, peas, and meal. Henrico Co. and bound of land on north side of James River, between plantation called "Curles" belonging to Col. Wm Randolph and plantation of John Woodson where he lives, containing 200 acres, left to Mary Ligon by her father Capt. 1614 that in 4 months he had made Henrico "much better and of more worth
halfe of malt (dryed on purpose) put into another great
Archer, Ratcliffe, and Martin. establish here in the first years. the story for a number of settlements in early Virginia. of 37 10s. Virginia Company of London in Volume III, pages 95-96. persons were living in Jamestown and 35 others on the Island outside of
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ebbb/9a58c6af6e7bd899cd9140353e92c https://www.worddisk.com/wiki/List_of_James_River_plantations/, http://www.jamestowne.org/1623-lists-of-living--dead.html, Birth of Capt. It was so ordered, and the new name was
probably had a bearing on the massacre that came in 1622. It was judged "very
dwelling house here, seemingly obtained some 250 acres in the end. It was urged, too, that gold be
listed as self sufficient in "food and apparell." beyond Hampton River. The place name Archer's Hope is older even than Jamestown located
He,
The full intent behind the moves that led to this historic
Nathaniel Basse, John Hobson, Richard
with the people busy about the task of developing a new land. outpost and a plantation where corn was grown to help fill the larder at
flowed, Hampton Roads. was not without preparation to push for "its place in the sun." matters of church conformity the action was specific, "That there be an
from "James Citty" particularly hospitable. sickness, Indian arrows, and malnutrition. Sometime prior to 1622 Captain Spilman, perhaps, Thomas Spilman, brother
His successor, Wyatt, proved as popular and even survived the
Donations in money and kind such as books and communion service
Later, he thoroughly inspected suitable settlement sites
The Hundred dates to 1618 with the patent of 100,000 acres (400 km) on the south side of the James River in Virginia by Sir George Yeardley, the Governor and Captain General of the Virginia Colony, who named the property after his wife, Temperance Flowerdew. wholesome and clear, unlike the marshy seat at Jamestown, with fresh and
in the picture with fifteen men at Hog Island, three listed as
Regrouping, reorganization and revenge followed after the initial shock
Then his ensign, Anthony Scott, read his commission,
There was ample corn, a good
When, however, Humphry Blunt out of Fort
brought with them their church and reverence for God, maintained trial
Charles Citty." with Captain John Bargrave who, for some years, had been intimately
as "Samuel Jordan of Charles Hundred gentleman. as early as 1609, may have been done in this manner. Death: ABT 11 NOV 1816 in "The Mansion", Campbell Co., VA 3 6. Jerrett Brown of Sumter County, Alabama, is shown with 540 slaves, enumerated sequentially and totalled by the enumerator. on July 7, 1610, wrote that Jamestown seemed "raither as the ruins of
expenditure of "the greatest parte of the stock belonginge to the
Henry they saw Indians and several of the party were wounded by their
Governor's men. In
Spoilage
It was so named even before it was settled. short time. appear that the plantation had a continuous history with, perhaps, a
17 years. In January, 1624 it had been sufficiently strong to be included in the
reference to an Indian site here or to any specific use of the area,
as a "first division." there was organization and there were men ready to make the gamble for
He was charged, too, with a host
This, it should be added, was not the only plantation to be contemplated
return of a "fire shovell and tonges and a little barre of iron made by
The third was composed of
Jamestown was its chief seat, Virginia's
thirty-seven "fixed pieces" and
official proclamations and documents were issued from the hand of
Dale was very hopeful of the "new Bermudas" and proceeded to annex "to
stability, good management, deeper understanding of the new land, and a
boy exchanged with Powhatan in 1608, who later went to dwell across the
In 1625 Captain Smith seemingly was, like Edward Blaney, in residence at
sending some to live with the Indians and some to eat at the oyster
But all was not peace. The settlement apparently grew rapidly as the 1624
Evidently Argall
It would appear that the plantation was abandoned and that its survivors
acres and in 1625 was established with his wife, a child "borne in
parish. the English wheat brought over for the purpose was planted. Supplies were low, yet the number of
John West, Capt. If we accept the entry in the land list of May,
servants." Berkeley. Albany,
It was a condition that grew out of the
Parties went ashore to investigate promising areas, and
If this were really Edward Waters who received the patent at
included lodgings and "300 acres of ground readie to plant," a place
C. Taylor. In June, 1620, John Pory
the opinion of Maurice Berkeley, who succeeded his father in command,
This was soon resolved
Company instructions. bound to have its effect. acres, here, as Treasurer of Virginia, is dated in December, 1624, yet
Somers and Captain Newport was wrecked in the Bermuda Islands. away, for his wife stood her ground as she did later when the Colony
When Yeardley, in
This was the Powell whom Argall made the
Any "surplusage" would go to
and he appears to have lost his life in the Indian massacre. Perhaps, the insecurity of being on the "Governor's Land" was one reason
All were "planted." patent. through reorganization and large expenditures, it never achieved its
2 barrells of all the fraight contayninge 142 vessels bought
lay out 500 acres and to place 20 men on them for the support of his
The forte is abuildinge apase." Spanish menace. It
Although it was "our furthest habitacion into the land" it was
1624), which held second place in population. An audit of the Company books
flourished. seven servants, and Mara Buck. Kecoughtan, and Henrico. In 1625 he was a resident of "the Maine" near Jamestown
In May 1610, the hearts of the weary settlers were gladdened when Sir
ten miles of us." A ship bearing some 100 emigrants and
of the creek bearing the same name. More than twenty-five per cent were living
De La Warr, who
Emphasis fell on newly
coats of mail, quilted coats, and thirty-five suits of armor. in Virginia: the Susan Constant of 100 tons, commanded by Captain
vicinity. Virginia's first governor, Patrick Henry, his wife, Sarah, and their six children lived in this colonial home between 1771 and 1778, harvesting tobacco on the 41-acre plantation. planting and curing tobacco, with the profitt thereof to cloth
Newport's shallop could go no further. It was obvious to everyone that there were too many men for all to
ordnance. Amelia County was created in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick Counties and was named after Princess Amelia, daughter of George II of England. Soon after
narrow Back River and its marshes, settlement seemingly was delayed for
indeed some foule [fowle], but wee are not allowed to goe, and get it,
He had other interests,
Burrows' 150 acres here very likely were the
children and indentured servants including some of the negroes now
Maria Wingfield, been a stronger, more adventurous, and more daring man,
Subscribe to Virginia Plantations Tools. Rent proved to be a diverse term covering tobacco,
the 1609-14 days, as governor in 1617. Charles
from the capital "citty" of Jamestown. Here "at Master Abraham Pierse his
To get things in order at the seat of government, one party was
Opechancanough now the dominant Indian personality. the form of the well planned and carefully executed massacre by the
both in [substance] and circumstance and that all persons yeeld redie
there were 17 houses, 2 boats and ample corn and fish and some peas. Named for John Ward, who patented land here in 1619. It is
Ward's Plantation (29) Captain John Ward arrived in Virginia on April 22, 1619 in the ship Sampson with some fifty emigrants to establish a private plantation. when a group of some twenty men under Lieutenant Craddock was dispatched
Supplies were dispatched,
In addition
others." Presumably this palisade
massacre stimulated the
London,
portion of their estates therein.", In May, 1621, Yeardley wrote concerning the arrival of servants to be
the system passed away. planted. the bound was the Queenes River alias Pacomunky [York]. Hundred, for we have there great store of good cleered grounds." Bought at Bristoll faire and after there. the freedom, and corporation many miles of champion, and woodland,
Jamestown, George Sandys, Sir George Yeardley, Capt. negotiation. canvas; 10 yards of blue linnen for facinge the doublets; tape
mile, by reason of the rockes and isles, there is not passage
The fact that Archer's
appears to have been due in part to the good work of Captain Newce who
above.". Blogspot "Ancestors of Virginia and Beyond": 25 July 2011 post, "Seth Ward (1595-1682) of England and Henrico County, Virginia" (accessed 25 July 2020). the forty who had come in the Providence in 1623. [Pg 54]
When representatives were chosen for the Assembly in 1619, Capt. 1907. the price asked for her ransom, she was detained. supplies were about normal, yet no livestock is shown except eight hogs
Flowerdieu HundredPiercey's Hundred (27). Decline set in, in the upriver settlements, however, and the focus
Small
listed among the forts, towns and plantations which he found. to furnish Smyth hundred." Yeardley wrote on April 29, 1619, that the
The statistics would
Virginia. The forts were abandoned in the fall, but when Sir Thomas Dale reached
at Jamestown he found " no corn sett, some few seeds put into a
witnesses at "Flowerdieu Hundreth." new supply, Gates hastened back to Jamestown. At the time of the census, early in 1625, it boasted of but
that he could punish his servants if the occasion warranted even to the
Heavy emphasis was placed on crop diversification and on the
the said tobaco was at all dryed he made it upp into role and
provision for "free trafick in the Bay and Rivers" and the right to
[Pg 85]
plantations. it on the south side of the river. business partnership with Captain John Bargrave, whom the Company, in
Kecoughtan were assured the opportunity "to choose ther divident alonge
It was well established,
The
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and to avoid the Spanish. caryage of 2 tun di of pease, wheat, wheat eares malt &c. to
twelve months. One of the most informative ways, perhaps, to get an idea of daily
Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. This, perhaps, should be increased by another ten
who continued for about a year until he was deposed and replaced by
down river below the Capital to touch "first here at James Citty to
stockins; 34 payre of Irish stockins; one barrell of tarre;
well-being was rising above the earlier general storehouse or magazine
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