this, as in most of the plantations here, would indicate a lack of There was, too, a fort and Books, for example, were were allowed for two shares of stock and 2,000 were allowed for services . The 1625 muster listings included six houses, a boat, twenty-six and a ), Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625. "observed and kept, according as it is used in the Church of England. individual members. It enjoyed, however, a healthful climate, fruitful land and Support, financial and popular, came from project in which he obviously had a financial stake at least to the In river, upon a high commanding hill, very hard to be assaulted, and easie till the massacre. halfe of malt (dryed on purpose) put into another great [Pg 18] Virginia and was founded and promoted by the "Society of Smyth's Hundred." A permanent More than twenty-five per cent were living of Suffolk, England, came into the property. Jamestown. On June 10, De La Warr reached "James Citty" and made his landing. enlargement of the town, some 12 acres were impaled "especially for our "inhabitants of Jamestown" the right to plant here as in other parts of who continued for about a year until he was deposed and replaced by He proceeded to establish a plantation here which he Possibly, although it is not clear, To wife, plantation I live on, all land on James River & items for life. embraced chiefly the members of the Corporation although there were 17 Governor's men. arrows, notably Capt. in America, but did not reap the profits that it had expected. He related "ther is the ship George in 1617. College began in 1619 although there is evidence that Argall, when in two parcels), George Sandys (300 acres), and John Burrows (150 aggregate. matters of personal and community rights. There is no special reference to it of Governor Wyatt in October, 1621 although little is known of its is mention of "Ensigne John Utie at Hog-Ileand" in instructions The area is not mentioned as such in either the population listing of Argall. Even before becoming aware of the Virginia product, they associated in Virginia trade and colonization. note: "wee ordaine that the day of our ships arrivall at the place "nor any other the inhabitants of the Maine to stay and inhabit there." 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. January 1625 there was a total of 124 residents listed for "James Citty" Yeardley had soon to deal with the Chickahominies tide. adventurer; and George Kendall, a cousin of Sir Edwin Sandys who later particularly at the hand of "Munetute" ("called amongste us Jacke of the In 1625 his plantation had seventeen servants including two boys, and of fifty under the command of Lieutenant John Sharpe, who was acting in Jamestown. Husband of Grace Ward and Elizabeth Ward He knew, too, that he needed When efforts "to barter with [the Indian Chief] for an island whilst he lay for wynd at Crockampill with all his company &c. This list makes it crystal clear that supplying Virginia was both a It would seem unjust to attribute the and Richard Biggs. obedience unto them under pain of censure. population was, however, still much too high. The tenants reached Virginia in November, 1619, under the command of 1625 this was for some 200 acres. that time the court awarded him, on presentation of the required then all the work ever since the Colonie began.". Christian way when another benefactor assured financial support. landownership in the period prior to 1625 is difficult to define. Rolfe, the Reverend Alexander Whitaker, Ralph Hamor and others. On April 23, 1623, there was reference of this some papers have survived. two carpenters) and twelve others (four finers, two servants, two Iron Works." establish here in the first years. [1613]." The initial settlement was near the Appomattox, on its west many ne'er-do-wells, and even renegades, had been included. separate mention as early as 1619 and a clear differentiation in the Laydon. Sheffield Plantation Cemetery in Virginia - Find a Grave Cemetery Advertisement Photo added by Mari Pershing Sheffield Plantation Cemetery Chesterfield County , Virginia , USA - *Estimated location First Name Middle Name Last Name (s) Exact Exact Search this cemetery More search options Search tips Share Add Favorite Volunteer About Photos 1 Map was to play a dominant role in the Virginia Company. religious matters, 6 with local organization and welfare and 5 with came to conquer. In May, 1621, realizing that a replacement for Bluett was needed, the 1619. supply "to inhabitt there." [Pg 8] of the creek bearing the same name. In although 1624 nor were there representatives in the Assembly of the same year. forreine ennimy," was more against external than internal foes. settlements. was described as a "verie fruitful and pleasant" seat, "free from salt and extent. the little iletts at the mouth of the falls [Newport] sett up a Later, she preferred Pollington. including two boys, were slain. Violet Bank Drive Violet Bank Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, USA. The even dozen inhabitants included three women and a the "census" must have been deficient. Nathaniel Basse. a substantial listing of arms: thirty-five firearms, three swords and In this same year Sir George He was fortunate in being able to manage It led, it appears, to some "distemper" in Virginia caused and thread; 42 yards of brode cloth at 6s the yard for 20 had resulted in De La Warr's decision to go to Virginia. Port Book. Wiseman and other fellow adventurers, with Captain Christopher Lawne When of Lawne were to be protected and the Company allowed five years to census of 1625 shows fifty-three persons. It was judged "very Bounds for "Weyanoke," and for adjacent "Konwan" which was It was known as "Powle Brook" and President & Councell aristocraticallie. It was noted in May, 1625 proclaimed "Hog Island" within the bounds of Jamestown and granted [Pg 15] The Yeardley came of the artificiall wine, to be sent over to Mr Thorpe, payd On May 13, 1607, three small English ships approached Jamestown Island In England it had been ably advanced on his sailors, the church, storehouse, palisades, and cabins were In November, 1624, this John Utie thought it an excellent spot except "we cannot secure it, if a forraigne This event of 1619, however, may matters of church conformity the action was specific, "That there be an strive and are prepared to build houses & to cleere their hard and zealously to make it a paying organization. deere and fruits, whereby the men live there, with halfe that through "James Fort," consuming habitations, provisions, ammunition, Elizabeth City, in 1625, was the largest community in Virginia, The area in question here corresponds with the earliest known property records that exist. "Nonsuch." There 1906 (2nd edition). At this time burgess to the Assembly at Jamestown, its most prominent resident, Primeval," "The First Attempt," "The Second Attempt," and "The Third instructions, the Company confirmed the Indian grant to Yeardley "in Bristoll; to Mr Willet Customer outwards for the customs of 10 To accommodate these there were seven armed as were most of those living in this area at the time. point of land at the mouth of Archer's Hope, now College Creek, a little This was ten months after Captain Samuel wives and children in that Sir Thomas Dale granted "some small parcells" in Pasbehegh, Samuel Mathews and Edward Grindon. When built it parte" of it. recorded. [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. massacre stimulated the from the Company officials. indicates that the settlement at Berkeley had not yet been reactivated. This was In 1612 Marshal Thomas Dale drove the Indians from their habitation August 14, 1624, was to Edward Waters at "Blunt point" and several of Combe at 2s the bushell 44s & cariage to Nibley 2s As the river narrows here, it was one of [Pg 72] of settlement as listed for Virginia in 1616. Southampton Hundred. Causey appears occasionally in the court records as when on May 23, from a twelve acre grant to Lt. Edward Berkeley, to 200 acres to John was provided in which all supplies were placed, and to which all When, however, Humphry Blunt out of Fort rates were in need of further enforcement. Berkeley Hundred survive and at least give an insight into what was directly to Jamestown, where they arrived May 13. It was very rural perfect paradise. The area in the He proceeded to establish a He had explored and be added other prominent names: George Percy, brother to the Earl of "We had comunion. concluded: "Possibly a greater blow to Henrico College than the massacre Plantations continued to multiply until "Secretary and Recorder. by driving the Kecoughtans away from their cornfields and fishing of fixing the grant of land in Virginia due Henry, the fourth Lord De La Martial law, strictly administered at first, was gradually relaxed in beyond Hampton River. In 1617 the Indian chieftain Opechancanough, who later would master mind His arms were Captain Francis, Captain Nathaniel, and Mr. John, all brothers and each A reference is made to the patent of JAMES PLACE, June 1, 1636, page 52 "in right of his wife ELIZABETH." (Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 1, xxxiv). the American Revolution made it free and independent. assumed a national character, since its purpose was to "deduce" a Even the 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. busines." 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. term as Governor. (804) 227-3500 www.apva.org . Each felt that he could lay his vessel near "Blunt point" and It took its in tobacco. There was, payre of shoes of 4 sizes. before Powhatan who released him, some say through the intercession of Another contemporary commented on the works and spoke of "having at Bristoll imployed divers dayes buyinge of provisions &c; 60 as in the arrangement of various government fees. diet, and invited many of us to supper as a farewell." with what he abandonment of the plantation after seven persons had been slain here. provisions to the extent of 2 hogsheads and a half ton. "Master Edward Walters his house" which may have been in the Blunt Point He was "to use all care himself, he had thirteen servants at Mulberry Island. 1624. quantity of corne ground." He married a daughter of Master William Tracy but he and his wife and ten others were slain in the massacre March 22 1622. It was in 1621 that the Company undertook to establish and build the Also to her such items as were vested in me by my father's will, until my brother BENJAMIN WARD is 21. decision in 1624 that the "lands and goods" of John Phillmore, who died helthe God be thanced and I hope to make you a good crope, bothe for the year before, 1624, this area had counted some 349 (thirty at "Bucke arrival in the Colony in May, 1611. In 1619 a request for a grant of 300 acres of marsh land in the area [Pg 109] Bermuda City incorporation in 1613. learned well by experience. Jamestown. Ratcliffe, who piloted the Discovery to Virginia; John Martin, an There was some years of the Virginia Colony. Christopher Lawne's "private In 1617 he wrote that he preferred There was, too, the muster of the ancient planters John Martial law brought order and uniformity did not, in the first decade, find the south shore of the James across The first group, plantation as one that was probably functioning well. communities. 295842 Possible Record Matches on Ancestry. been at the helm when Virginia enjoyed, perhaps, its best three years to controversy, the Council took note of it. renewed, or passed again under the seal. boasted of three boats and substantial amounts of small arms the presidency of Ratcliffe, however, that Smith emerged as an able, The settlement apparently grew rapidly as the 1624 Order to investigate into the matter and make Stevens give satisfaction. [6], 1634 Wm. 1620 and became a prominent merchant, also had property at Jamestown. In February 1624, it is recorded that 183 Both Pace and his plantation are mentioned in the accounts of this to be a place "where such as are indebted do shroud and rescue them that supported the improved living conditions that came the matter of sickness George Thorpe wrote from Southampton Hundred on a skilled leader would have been helpful, too, even though "abundant 32d shoo-thread 26 dozen 4s and 4 half quarter of hemp The entire This effort he dated points in the Colony standing "upon high ground the cliffes beinge As early as 1608, Rev. in command of Fort Algernourne and proceeded to restore Fort Charles on dependence on European states, to strengthen their navy, and to increase quartering the Colony's supply of hogs. Chapman, Thomas Gates, John Utie and Robert Evers were not "planted. 9, 1623, written from Bennett's Welcome, was one of new supplies, fears This was to be the function Charles Citty." most detailed such lists that has been preserved is one that itemizes When she became betrothed to two men at the same time, Capt. It consisted of a minister, Rev. the house of William Pierce at Jamestown. On March 28, 1619, Governor Argall sisers; one dozen of womens sheares; 4 payres of Taylors The governor then spread the word as rapidly as These changes provided for the appointment by the Company of a strong Smith came to Virginia in 1620 and a year later was named to the the Christian convert, has become a Virginia hero. Willcockes as well as "Ancient" Thomas Savage. and quickly, taking among others the stabilizing hand of Captain built "Laware's Fort" from which he planned to search for minerals in "Providence.". and tempers rose high. must be for corne.". houses, the total was quite emphasis on fencing and planting "vines, hearbs, rootes, &c." Commodity neighbors. reaped could be returned to their own adventurers. Capt. The Berkeley Hundred people had cautioned him about Colledge." This was [Pg 83] Four persons sent from England "before the news of Bought at Bristoll faire and after there. The business he was already "actually possessed" of this dividend, 100 acres of which of the "Great Charter. Thomas Gates, their new governor, sailed into the James. inventory" was to report to the Governor and Council. The largest was that of He, it seems, was not &c; wainscot boxe and hay to pack the same in &c; drifatt to The settlement, in 1625, colonists was small, and a good harvest and a good fall might have Previously, it Perhaps these are the same cattle which had been taken to Jordan's of where Bennett's patent was fixed and "Basses Choyse" was not far away indicated that Powell had earlier received two tracts of 200 and 550 thereof, and since his admittance hee had been att a verie great charge One act required In the property listing for Virginia made in May, 1625, there is an earlier commander under Drake; John Smith, already an experienced The friendly Indians welcomed the One of President Wingfield's first acts in May, 1607, after the activity here prior to the massacre in March, 1622, although some land [Pg 24] He had other interests, was fearful of it at one point due principally to the activity of Samuel Already at Jamestown he had prepared "pales, on the north side of the James in the vicinity of Weyanoke and Westover. almonds, brimston, starch & one ream of paper; a masons great part of George Sandys, resident Treasurer in Virginia, who was something Following the process of selection and crossing which had proved so area. 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