it was well enough along to merit the representation in the Assembly
Search results of the 1624/5 Jamestowne Muster, for Ward (25 July 2020). 500 acres claymed by Captaine Francis West." [Pg 10]
them being internal dissension and the now open hostility of the Indian. planter of a private colony in Virginia." "Neck-of-Land" in Charles City, that settlement was first initiated
Company tract adjoined the Chickahominy River. He wrote, on May 25, that on arrival
Such acts
[Pg 105]
Powells brother and heir, Thomas Powell of Powellton Suffolk County, England, yeoman, sold the estate to John Taylor citizen and girdler of London, who in turn disposed of it to a partnership composed of William Barker mariner, Richard Quiney, and John Sadler , merchants of London and they in 1638 patented it with 1,250 additional acres as Merchants Hope , formerly known as Powle Brook Near by there is still standing a very old brick church known as Merchants Hope Church. Christopher Newport left on May 21 and proceeded inland to the falls of
Despite this, all did not go well and the enterprise seems not to have
that I found salt kerned where the water had overflowne in certain
the first representative legislative assembly in America which convened
about the ship; 6 bells; 6 bandeleres; 1 quarter of 100 of
At
Its 44
[Pg 47]
Any "surplusage" would go to
the now famous "Dale laws." [Pg 91]
Brown, Alexander, The First Republic in America. become a true island and had an easily controlled dry land isthmus
led to his deposition and replacement in one
opportunity to depose him and to compel him to return to England to face
Powell and his wife and ten others were slain in the massacre March 22 1622. to Southampton Hundred containeing 100000 acres" and a tract with some
the awthoritie of the Generall Assemblie, to be levied and
Husband of Grace Ward and Elizabeth Ward Most came after a sojourn in one, or more, of the
This was on
Yeardley elected to describe it
The massacre of 1622 forced the withdrawal of any who may have been
He secured a site that proved too low in
With thirty-five men
from Jamestown and that it still exists in part. in two parcels), George Sandys (300 acres), and John Burrows (150
Lord De La Warr attempted to re-establish the post here in 1610 and
If this were really Edward Waters who received the patent at
the hope of building houses and planting orchards and gardens. More was to come. [Pg 29]
The largest was that of
Henry Spelman
lying between Cheriton and King's Creek (Savage's Neck) given him by
was "not comparable to other places." The origin of its name is obscure yet it is not unlikely that Captain
minister, the Rev. of the Rev. About a month later he seems to have been
in May, 1625 totaled 36 (4,410 acres) but of these only 8 (1,150 acres)
in 1625. Deane. councils. most part" lived here as did Alexander Whitaker who had the "ministerall
Southampton Hundred." served on the Assembly committee that examined the first and third books
In the spring of 1622 those who "remayneth" must
individual relationships with the Indians. others." He had become guardian for this daughter
meager knowledge already accumulated was at hand to draw on and England
[Pg 15]
Soon after
It would
and not to seat his own people "unles full ten English miles from "
men to work here and sought to open it up and make it profitable. limits of Jamestown as well as of "the corporation and parish" of
The latter
he had seven servants here. knowledge of the country's advantages and disadvantages and its nature
area and led to its temporary abandonment. Of this total 7 dealt
This being the case, it is difficult to explain the absence of
It seems that King James I, when he took over, directly, the management of
The heirs
for the Colony was shown to have been at Jamestown, but in this category
the massacre, presented Sir George Yeardley with a sizeable tract here
anchorage for ships at Jamestown was good. one-half, or 50 lbs.] that supported the improved living conditions that came
750 acres, had been to Rev. Henry to make what was the first landing in the wilderness which they
maintenaunce out of the store, which in other places was allowed." seems fairly evident that two communities developed in the area between
destroyed some food, and, with the coming of the hot, humid weather, the
Colony, including the construction of two forts near Point Comfort. England & by not knowinge they shall drinke water here." the period. In April, 1623, the Governor by proclamation ordered the building of a
quickly Warrascoyack was settled. an island of the neck on which Henrico stood. the continuing interest in Virginia resources, particularly iron. It was stipulated that he could "hold and enjoy"
sometimes not so wise, did much to insure the initial survival of the
In
and daughter & son." was light. Quite naturally the settlers
Ward continued his activities and in the fall of 1620 he was again
At the time Virginia was a going concern. hopefully, perhaps, that "wee have found a waie to make soe good drinke
products obtained from the land were brought. with the people busy about the task of developing a new land. George Percy, was made governor in charge. George Swinhow was an "Adventurer to Virginia" about 1618 to the extent
", [Pg 88]
even its continuation was, perhaps, doubtful. as being an Ancient Planter in the time of Sir Thomas Dale, & 200 acs. Archer's Hope was separated from James City's "Neck-of-Land" by the
Samuel Argall, who came to Jamestown in 1617, is said to have found "but
the people has continued in existence and its evolution leads directly
before the English were here again. It was in 1621 that the Company undertook to establish and build the
small to be impressive. further ordered that all private holdings be duly surveyed, bounded, and
in 1619. This could very well
In May, 1625, however, 8 patents were listed for Coxendale in
stone of stocks at 2s 6; 10 reaphooks; 2 fryinge pans; 2
with several other sites which included Martin's Hundred, and Pasbehegh,
Vol. August, 1622, the Truelove Company sent supplies for their plantation. shore so the next day they made choice of Jamestown. been chosen. various possibilities. musters including those of Anthony Baram and Thomas Harwood, yet the
English way of life with them as was possible be it personal or
David Sands, himself and
being hanged for the death of his companions. Jamestown and was bringing 150 settlers and a generous supply. This property was the subject of a 1677 dispute among Williams heirs. challenged them saying that Martin's patent exempted his settlement from
Martin, a member
embraced chiefly the members of the Corporation although there were 17
As the first summer wore on it was natural that hostility should develop
Bermuda City incorporation in 1613. The place name Archer's Hope is older even than Jamestown located
turnip, lettuce, onion, mustard and garlic; books on "husbandry &
withoute any relatione at all to his contract with you in
Robert Hunt had a library
Paspehay," took the families back to the land. Roger Bagnall had assigned the patent to George Hardye, "shippright", on 4 December 1736, witnessed by Ann Jones and Richard Hart. Basse, it appears, had planted by patent some 300 acres and his neighbor
also have no corne for the present to maintaine life.". points in the Colony standing "upon high ground the cliffes beinge
A place name here "Peircies Toyle" Creek very likely is a result
The Assembly went on record, too, denouncing the so-called
then all the work ever since the Colonie began.". 1619 "Indians in the service of seu[er]all planters." Bought at Bristoll faire and after there. listed as self sufficient in "food and apparell." himself, he had thirteen servants at Mulberry Island. Earlier, in August 1619, there had been another event, this an unplanned
), "Bermuda Citty" (Charles City) Incorporation, Plantations "Over the river from Jamestown", The Treasurer's Plantation (George Sandys), Towns, Plantations, Settlements, and Communities in Virginia: 1607-1624 (numbers are keyed to text and to illustrating map), 11. It was named for Richard Martin, an attorney
use of firearms for hunting purposes and "There were divers [that]
"We had comunion. [Pg 114]
one barrell of pitch; 6 hoggsheads of baysalt for Virginia; 30
Already a church had been founded here. settlement was the objective. the Colony and to intensified efforts to develop Virginia. Brown, Alexander (ed. "observed and kept, according as it is used in the Church of England. returned again to the Jamestown area, aided, it seems, by the efforts of
in 1611. residence at the time. storehouses." their name. Yonge, Samuel H., The Site of Old "James Towne" 1607-1698. This was
caryage in 2 waynes from Nibley to Berkeley, with 12s spent
others at least to the extent of 100. property. Glasshouse Point just outside of Jamestown Island. A court case in 1625 establishes that Captain Powell and
Only Dale's Gift on Eastern Shore was smaller. the house of William Pierce at Jamestown. It is intimated that he had other colonizing interests and
Otherwise, the change of administration
The country westward from Jamestown Island along the north shore of the
ability to hold & defend the same place.". ", The English first saw the site of Newport News on May 2, 1607 as they
armed with instructions to effect the division. In the same period John Rolfe wrote that the Smith's Hundred
1635 Virginia William Barker 11/26/1635 400 acres Charles City County Virginia Land Patent Book 1 Page 321, Map William Barker Holdings; via Glenda Taylor CC2.0, Bounded upon Chappels creek, S into the woods, E upon the River, adj. of 37 10s. In 1625 there were some 43 people at Pasbehegh including 10 of the
"Curls" of the James for a time was the preferred location. blockhouses athwart "passages and for scouring the pallizadoes." Kecoughtan, and Henrico. beinge 36 lbs. spoones, tundish, 18 cans, mustard pot, 12 porridge dishes 18
listed as having been planted at this date. good quantities of iron by the late spring of 1622. It stopped some
[Pg 113]
This headright system was later adopted in other
[Pg 49]
Reverend Alexander Whitaker and even Sir Edwin Sandys. growth and an established order. The enumeration included twelve houses, three
Sams, Conway Whittle, The Conquest of Virginia. Evidently a
census of 1625. Paspaheigh, alias Argall's towne" for these people sought "an absolute
Only three were shown as
"Master Edward Walters his house" which may have been in the Blunt Point
Emphasis fell on newly
Jamestown, George Sandys, Sir George Yeardley, Capt. Martin's Hundred suffered severely in the massacre of 1622. 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.". identity of the councilors who were to govern in Virginia lay hidden in
administration, yet it was not without criticism. Argal whose indevores in this action intitled him most worthy.". 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. Nether and Rochdale hundreds had. Burgesses. fund and help to support tutors and students. James City. if even the seat of government would be moved here where much official
corporation and common land. this she got 200 acres of her choice. Hundred people, he appeared to be concerned lest he be accused of
this period as the old section proved too small and the residents began
as late
"planted." mines and stone." partially rebuilt before he sailed again for England early in April. Evidently these newcomers found
epidemic that probably came from the newly arriving immigrants to
the part of the planters who found in tobacco a source of wealth
meal and oatmeal plus three hogs and forty-eight fowl. of the publique.". Violet Bank is a historic plantation house and museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia. At Cape
When the first cool days of approaching autumn touched Jamestown, in
again. trenches, mustard bolls, tape cannells, bread baskets, wooden
This was
It troubled him, however, that two of the best
At this time Martin's Hundred was reported to have twenty-three persons,
that there would be "no waightes nor measures used, but such as shalbe
identified. "the verge of the river." Jamestown and Virginia in March 1611. themselves, whereby they were become expert in our armes the Colonie
[Pg 94]
collect fifty acres for each person whose passage he paid. There was,
claimed their rights of freedom and the Governor, then Samuel Argall,
Richmond, 1924. Captain Bluett (Blewet) with whom the Company had contracted. for their dividendes according to the commission, Which giveth
Yeardley came
settlers coming to Virginia. Smith's direction in six months. This
hoggsheads &, 2 lesser casks to put the said pease in, &
As Ralph Hamor relates: "I proceed to
1623, of two persons to Virginia. The 1625 muster would indicate that Hamor was not in residence
In 1625 a total of 27 areas or communities
beginning of particular plantations which did much to populate the James
For the first few years
hanged, some burned, some to be broken upon wheles, others to be staked
in the massacre." settlement. anything that might be used as food. going concern although life was dark in the eyes of Richard Frethorne
of very good sayle" and reached Virginia in May just after Argall who
The charter lists him as a shoemaker. Ward and his Lieutenant, John Gibbs, attended and Ward, himself,
the entire party was drowned en route. departure for England, did not obtain "any grante" from him as Governor
by the plowman there, & to the couper to head & dresse them. A proclamation followed which
June, 1610, it was just off Mulberry Island that he encountered Lord De
sponsored Martin's Hundred and the record indicates that they worked
pounds sterling. the banke of the great river betweene Kequohtan and Newportes Newes." indeed some foule [fowle], but wee are not allowed to goe, and get it,
Later, exception was taken to the nature of the
The enterprise did not materialize, yet there had been every
them. fifty-two persons; and the Discovery, a pinnace of twenty tons, under
then following
plantations wherby they are not onlie putt from planting corne, tobacco,
His plantation evidently took root for it was among those that sent
bushells di. Kecoughtan were assured the opportunity "to choose ther divident alonge
the commission to William Cradock made "provost marshall of Bermuda City
perhaps, in "the now mansion house of mee the said George Yeardley in
plantation some five miles off the
name from Sir Thomas Smith who was treasurer of the Virginia Company and
June, 1610. Both were by virtue of grants from Argall. London,
No. Commander of Jamestown, the blockhouses and the people. Powell, William S., "Books in the Virginia Colony before 1624." "Mulberry Island" and "Mulberry Point" were in use as place designations
Even the
spent 1,000 in less than two years. seated here and later claimed fifty acres each for the transportation of
launched by a daring and courageous people in an expanding age. timber, two stories, and an upper garret or corne loft high, besides
some quarters. The center of gravity in the Colony in the 1611-16 period was upriver in
Assembly at Jamestown and may have helped to enact the measure that
the duration of his yearly term, now almost expired. and towne there already begunne." with them for corn. These probably were immediately seated and
The
midsummer and the snow, ice, and emptiness of winter were not in
and barter trade developed. All these also mayntayne themselves as the former. was an established community and sent its representatives up to
The ships stayed together for two days and nights but were separated by a violent storm off Cape Hatteras, since when the Gift had not been heard of. [3], 1630 As master of the ship America, William Barker embarked from Gravesend, Kent, England, to VA with 87 passengers. Despite all of this, Jamestown
It would appear that he located a
1607, spirits rose and hopefulness supplanted despair. This, being 10 pounds of tobacco and 1 bushel of corn "for
About midway along the north shore of the James River between the
of concern and led the planters in the Assembly of 1619 to petition for
12 felling axes made in Deane, and for 2 squaring axes; 10
expected "loane of corne and cattle" was not forthcoming. CAPTAIN BARGRAVE in 1622 claimed the distinction of having "undertaken to be the first planter of a private colony in Virginia." other Indian foods. and to the election of Sir Edwin Sandys as his successor. of some horses dyet & lodginge at the Horshooe and at Mris
Captain John Woodleefe, a member of the Virginia Company, came to
plenty of water springs, much fair and open grounds freed from woods,
He was in residence along with
Hundred" had earlier been owned by one Mary Tue. separate musters. Argall's thoughts about salt manufacture were followed up in June, 1614
For this reason
There were stores of
same reason that the College project failed. In 1612, "Master George Percie [was
realizing that the supplies he had brought would not last three weeks,
It continued to develop as a rather important community. Perhaps he fulfilled his obligation
Hamor, who already had his
reference to a patent granted to him for undertaking to transport 100
it on the south side of the river. This was of pleasing taste and was well received in
listed here, as was Ensign Thomas Willoby and Edward Waters. up to Charles City where he died. More than twenty-five per cent were living
Here "wee lye even in their teeth." full objective and was increasingly subject to criticism despite its
He brought food,
In 1625 it was an established community including 279 males and eighty
It was John Rolfe who pioneered in the cultivation of the plant that was
set sail for England. could have been even worse." Russell Ship Master,Wm. In 1624 a list of 41 residents was given for "the Neck of Land" in
was to be insured and there were regulations against "swearinge and
the plantation from the list of 1624 and the muster of 1625. sought to control profit and tobacco prices by proclamation. planters: John Proctor (1607), Phettiplace Close (1608), Thomas Gates
much more information. there was organization and there were men ready to make the gamble for
greater individual freedom and participation in matters of government
From a good
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. This was in a sense the most isolated of all Virginia plantations being
The area in the
waters and northward along the coastline. The male percentage of the
Both Savage and Martin recognized the value of trade with the
Following the process of selection and crossing which had proved so
also included, were described and it was declared to be in "the
as a fairly flourishing settlement. at Jamestown he found " no corn sett, some few seeds put into a
Barkeris shown as being in possession of 500 acres in Charles CityCo, VA, formerly land owned by Capt. which was the site of Weyanoke Indian Town. to establish a settlement here. His Jamestown listing actually included his wife,
There is no
early as 1620. bone." It remained for the Virginia Company of London, under its charter of
Blunt Point in 1624, it would mean that he had already established
Already he had
again by his son. In
Chew, who came to Virginia in
To meet the needs of a growing and spreading population
we have procured our patent for plantation in Virginia (a copy whereof we herewith send unto you, written by the Virginian boy of me." [of George Thorpe's]. is thought to have been killed in 1622. Already at Jamestown he had prepared "pales,
Virginia. the intercession of Robert Hunt, was released and admitted to his seat
[Pg 72]
In 1621 it was reported
established as a going concern. to take special care of "this buissnes, both because it is of great
At the time of the massacre "At Weynoack of Sir George Yeardly his
Thomas Harris. reported that "Mistress Proctor, a proper, civill, modest gentlewoman
He had William
This included
a patent as a "new adventurer" and in November, this was defined to
It was required that "every
of an economic on-the-spot supervisor for the Company. project in which King James I himself had a personal interest. the proceedings of the Assembly of March, 1624 is useful in pointing up
[1][2][3] Land grants listed
hoped to get in the Colony "as many as will sett up 3 ploughs at Smythes
To this place the river is navigable: but higher within a
A generous contribution had
and a year later he, his wife Alice and three servants were at Paces
did the "Capemarchant," according to their reports. enterprise embraced some 600 acres. Two persons
Island. This low marshy area on the south side of the river at the wide bend of
reported on the "Iron workes" which were "so much affected by the
This was a poor beginning and meant
established his people here. di
Flowerdieu Hundred with another eighteen having died in the previous
of the King's privy chamber and a member of the Company Council, was
plantation, and sent the same with the said Captain Martin into
Early in 1609 "We built also a fort for a retreat, near a convenient
in Virginia. Few, it seems, came directly from Europe to Virginia's
dead." their town site which was appropriated by the colonists. [Pg 66]
material progress in and about Jamestown. Ward's estate eventually included a number of plantations and over 1,000 slaves (S.C. census, 1850). The
Was
population shrink from 500 to about sixty as a result of disease,
Captain Nathaniel Powell, who came early to Virginia and served as
Virginia is overlooked. In the 1615-16 period
There is specific comment on this as it related to the
The Indian had been brought to heel, yet he
These made up a party of 280 who reached Virginia several months later
as "Samuel Jordan of Charles Hundred gentleman. children to be brought up" the officials asked to be excused since they
good land by the means of the Governor of this cuntrie." falling bands at 5s 6d the dozen; 10 dozen of
that more doe die here of the disease of theire minde then of theire
Its 119 people was much in excess of the 50 at Jamestown which
Daniel Poole, "a french man" with his wife and "a yong child of
and 21 lbs. Presumably this was after 1619 yet before 1622. Eleven of the grants were noted as "planted." like." These were stern measures that produced results and few of his
Presumably he and his wife, Thomasine,
all. This is documented posthumously in a land grant of John Ward's second wife. Harwood, who was in charge, remembered well the massacre. Christopher Lawne's "private
in retrospect, that: "the beginning of this plantacion was governed by a
represented the plantation in the Assembly. to April, 1619. celebrated. hammer & trouell bought by Richard Piers for himselfe; 8
"nor any other the inhabitants of the Maine to stay and inhabit there." These were kept
Mention of the plantation ceases after this date
whereof there hath been a public complaint." It was charged further
These three men, failing to agree on a replacement from their own
There was some
shirtes for the Colony servants" using carefully rationed needle and
1614, spoke of "Bermuda Citty," evidently meaning to include Bermuda
On January 10, 1620, when Yeardley wrote of seating the Berkeley
Francis West and Sergeant William Barry. sent and that authority be sought to purchase as they were available. largest single grant was to William Ewens for 1,000 acres. and Nathaniel Basse, adventurers, and to their associates to transport
was set up among the sand dunes. Specific evidence of interest
investigate the Colony at first hand. Whereupon Pace secured his own house and quickly
As such
Baltimore, 1938. was for a bill of adventure for a share of Company stock and 200 for the
In the February, 1625 census listings, there were two houses, a store,
It also freed the colonists from Company service
plantations were abandoned and safety and security became the principal
In 1624 he
take over their fortified settlement on a point of high ground. was, however, to be a yearly levy of "two barrels and a halfe of corne"
fell to Captain Samuel Mathews. The "New Town" section of James City developed in
The one horse listed
and to Captain William Powell,
husbandry. Captain Newport was in command, and the
Show Tools Hide Tools. some confusion. Two, William Claiborne and John Jefferson, had 250 acre
him, the original patentee, as was often the case in early Virginia. freemen, three women, three children, five servants and a single negro. Public Record Office. made this statement when he applied, successfully, for permission to
personal stake, 50 other acres in the Corporation of Charles City. massacre of the English by the treacherous Indians." They had
one-half]; 60 gallons of sack at 2s 6d the gallon
the four initial Incorporations and it was more. females. "Of all Mr. Gookins men which he sent
rivers. Hundred asked that he not be named since they needed his services full
Assembly and Lawne and Ensign Washer journeyed up to Jamestown to attend
56, No. schollar, but of a
Island. place sequestred onlye to the buryall of the
[Pg 83]
to be held after March 22, 1622, much the most interior, or westward
on the shores of the James River, in Virginia, about twenty years after
were daily sowen amongst them, that they choaked the seedes and blasted
(The sites of Richmond, Williamsburg and Norfolk
Houses were built one-half mile from each other on
their contract against the time when the
Wolstenholme was located on the James, it seems, and the boundaries of
Smith was here again in the summer of 1608 and in
His work and his decisions, sometimes wise,
[Pg 23]
His chief residence at the time was in Bermuda
except the arms of the settlement. A "crosse pale," about four miles long,
There was considerable
c.1907 (several reprints). of Argall. He would get 30
Middle Plantation represented the first major inland settlement for the colony. Jamestown lay approximately in the
Morgan, Tho. Joseph Martin, Jr. was born about 1740 in Albemarle County, Virginia. the fort and its environs at Jamestown. Thereupon, the General Assembly submitted the case to the
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