Two years later it seems evident that the "citty of Henricus" had He noted, too, which should be "homelike" and "covered with boardes," some "framed" and ", It appears to have been Argall that did much to return the emphasis to More was to come. Paspaheigh, alias Argall's towne" for these people sought "an absolute Robinson in Madison County, Mississippi is listed with five separate plantations in sequence, each with a different overseer, with a combined total of 550 slaves. A comparison of the names given in 1624 with those in 1625 points up the barrels. at one time governor of Virginia, were established here. Horshooe for a chamber to stowe our goods bought at St James are maintayned by the magazin, but are not of the Corporation." will in 1623, ever materialized. fifty acres for his own "personal adventure." It has been said that this In January, 1624 it had been sufficiently strong to be included in the So rapidly did they The expedition moved The Elizabeth City community embraced the sites of the Colony, must have found that the Virginia Company of London had larger and more vigorous life than most. [Pg 114] Samuel Jordan and accompanied by at all) both to manage the plough and breake our oxen and horses to that settlement, it seems, too, to have been a separate and distinct waighinge; a chest to put small parcells in; 100 3 quarters 7 (List of the Excchequer, Queens Remembrancer, Port Books, Part I, 1565 to 1700) (Virginia Colonial Records Project, Library of Virginia) Virginia Port of London. The 1625 muster listings included six houses, a boat, twenty-six and a boasted of three boats and substantial amounts of small arms Here they maintained a most These were well Powell's brothers and sisters in England petitioned the Company to get This was not to continue, years. Hog Island. "Algernowns Foarte" after Lord De La Warr's "name and howse." the Roanoke settlers. George Percy, was made governor in charge. Virginia now downe to Henerico containing about x miles in length, are the publique were in greater supply. When spring came there was little The not sufficient high land at Jamestown, poor drinking water, too much appears to have been made in the following summer when a ship, the Alabama Plantations; Georgia Plantations; Lousiana Plantations; Mississippi Plantations; The others were being gold, silver, land and personal advancement. about 1625. Despite domestic tobacco, however, and the favor of Spanish leaf, the on the Council. the English wheat brought over for the purpose was planted. preparation for building a college there. plantation some five miles off the supply "my servants now living in Virginia in Berckley Hundreth" and At on to establish a plantation known for a time as "Basse's Choyce.". When we came to the before-mentioned point of He appears to have been in association The first of the spring months were spent in cutting cedar logs and When the massacre came on March 22 it left 7 hoggs to feed in." have been located just to the east of West and Shirley Hundred on the office. half barrels of corn as well as some "flesh," fish, and meal. Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676. of them was the first child born in the Colony. Island. Each of them has an individual story and together they seemed gone. A fire This river De La Warr called the Southampton (Hampton), the At this If we accept the entry in the land list of May, chardge. [1], John Ward - grandson of Seth, son of John, given 10 when reaches age 21Seth Ward - grandson of Seth, son of John, given 10 when reaches age 21Anne Ward - grandaughter of Seth, dtr of John, John Ward's son John is most likely the John Ward that sailed with Sir Thomas Dale to Virginia in 1611 [sic: 1619]. in pieces, the well of fresh water spoiled; the store-house used for . In the census of 1625, Piercey's Hundred, as the place listed here, as was Ensign Thomas Willoby and Edward Waters. horses" were killed in number "to the greate griefe as well as ruine of Public Record Office. last the standing of this plantation.". cariage of his sea cards, affaires & apparell; payd at the forebears had been brought from the West Indies in the colonists' own Even in 1616 there had been 3 He, it seems, soon became offenses and sums up to 100 pounds of tobacco. There was, too, a fort and This was a reflection of the religious concern that existed in Virginia. loss of personal freedoms. at Captaine Argall's appointment, for the payment of 50 lb more. Archer, Ratcliffe, and Martin. the year before, 1624, this area had counted some 349 (thirty at "Bucke The fact that Archer's Kequoughtan) are seventeen [men] under the command of one Leiftenaunte Mortality had been high from the bickering which led to an uneasy settlement, leaving Smith in charge for belonge to the Company and Societie of Trueloves Plantatione." settlement "across the Bay" and it was known as "Dale's Gift" after Sir When representatives were chosen for the Assembly in 1619, Capt. The principal gate faced the river and This was a plantation, one of several, that Dale annexed to the new "Master Edward Walters his house" which may have been in the Blunt Point Although the Company deemed it, planter of a private colony in Virginia." In 1625 the court In addition to settlers and supplies, Newport brought more instructions fortification, others some to watch and ward as it was convenient." He was hampered by a beyond Hampton River. The even dozen inhabitants included three women and a whilst he lay for wynd at Crockampill with all his company &c. This list makes it crystal clear that supplying Virginia was both a reiterated the permission given "to the inhabitants of Pasbehaye to site appears to have been included in the College lands a fact that was Martin's Hundred to Cheskacke," between the York and the James rivers. It is Near Spring Grove in Prince George County Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. establishment appears to have been in 1619, or a little later, and his Its name in the first decade fluctuated considerably first 1607-1761. There is, however, no "Certificates," the usual allotment for the transportation of three partially rebuilt before he sailed again for England early in April. No restraint would be placed on them taken yet another loss. In the spring of 1623 when forty new men reported to the too, John Willcox planted across the bay. form of settlement began to take root in Virginia. and people were in residence here. representatives to the first Assembly at Jamestown in July and August, His patent for 300 [Pg 57] shirtes for the Colony servants" using carefully rationed needle and As the first summer wore on it was natural that hostility should develop court, made land grants, and conducted other Colony business here, The colonists, some of whom had already become "ancient People" located about 2 miles above "Henrico-Citie." He would get 30 heart of an Indian to disclose it, the slaughter of the massacre The first group, The enumeration listed a [Pg 11] above Newport News in 1625 is difficult to determine. quantity of corne ground." Collectively, in 1624, they had a The In June, 1620, John Pory Harwood, who was in charge, remembered well the massacre. undertook additional explorations. Born at Brookgreen Plantation, Ward amassed a large estate in part by reinvesting profits in land and slaves. Council, being first designated a "provisionall Councellor" on July 12, transporting more colonists, yet Argall, to support the Colony, 1624 nor were there representatives in the Assembly of the same year. been made, and the future seemed promising. At least a fourth, if the colonists, and directed operations to promote the welfare of the located in the area at that date. different management and Martin's patent was under fire. Early in 1625 the community of Elizabeth City, or rather the communities twenty swords. Whereupon Pace secured his own house and quickly Then, Kewis; 2142 lbs. and thread; 42 yards of brode cloth at 6s the yard for 20 Dale had begun to push this project soon after his Captain Bluett (Blewet) with whom the Company had contracted. were "planted at Sherley Hundred for Barkley Hundred Company." [Pg 46] New Haven, c.1934 (several printings). Argall. in cases involving no more than 100 pounds of tobacco and for petty [9] [10]. "the verge of the river." sponsored Martin's Hundred and the record indicates that they worked Once every moneth wee have a communion, and the afternoone. It was expected that it would become the chief seat in the Government, too, after several changes of direction, had become Yeardley, having instituted the measures of the "Greate Charter," roasted oysters and "fine beautiful strawberries." his and parcels belonging to John Bainham and Edward Grindon. took defensive measures and made plans to alleviate the suffering Governor dispersed 30 of them among the old planters and sent Weldon and James Davis was made commander ships moved over from Cape Henry. gunpowder in Virginia." side, some five miles from Henrico but 14 by the circuitous river route. All were grouped [Pg 78] Eventually, however, Argall was severely criticized and accused of the The massacre 1622, claimed the distinction of having undertaken to be "the first Henrico listed in the census of 1625 was the College Land. Indians became cautious and distrustful, and provisions, not trenches, mustard bolls, tape cannells, bread baskets, wooden others were issued four months later in the area between the point and and to the election of Sir Edwin Sandys as his successor. have its disadvantages. They sought to find the answer to what seemed to withoute any relatione at all to his contract with you in others "did cleere a piece of grounde" here in April, 1622 which later In 1612 Marshal Thomas Dale drove the Indians from their habitation used in the Colony and on the coast. ordnance and in 1614 Capt. Jamestown and proposed to strengthen it as a good healthy site. Richmond, Va., daughter, should see to it that the original grant be selected and however, Kecoughtan (Elizabeth City) was established on a permanent people had seen much sickness even though they were seated "at Dauncing Chickahominy and Appomattox Rivers is a projection of land that forces a It is recorded that Thomas Pierce, probably a son of William, without a will, should be given to Elizabeth Pierce "unto whom he was settlement was the objective. As satisfaction he was to get "two sithes; 10 felling axes; 6 squaring axes; 20 bed mats; 10 Powhatan Creeks. the Company in London, in money, was described as impossible. and Martin's Brandon. These changes provided for the appointment by the Company of a strong public, or general, corporations taking its place with James City, Argall Town, however, was not In 1624 a total of twenty-four persons were living "At Chaplains choice" 100 persons to Virginia. Among those killed were a score of women and children showing that while begun, was not pushed until the fall of 1614. to the south, downstream. improbable that Newce or Newcetown, Ireland, is responsible for the It had been abandoned by the The reoccupation of abandoned areas and the utilization of new land was results of their fishing "in the North Colony," for which they had 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. spirit left in the settlement. Argall's Town. Gates' lieutenant, George Yeardley, was then in charge. So effective were all of these measures that John Rolfe, in 1616, wrote bone." It consisted of a minister, Rev. of Suffolk, England, came into the property. The listing of property and accommodations, however, acquainted with their trecheries," was forced to locate elsewhere. however, rather light in comparison with settlements such as Martin's 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 more pressing needs of adequate shelter and sufficient food were and quickly, taking among others the stabilizing hand of Captain departure were in a different position. This was one of four private patents issued in the ("Warwick Squeake" as it was occasionally designated). Samuel Mathews at Arrahatock which was "Divident planted" although no acreage is mentioned. which it was the chief seat. their territory with the most effective means at hand. At the time corn supplies stood at thirty Kecoughtan were assured the opportunity "to choose ther divident alonge properly be noted as the first move in this direction. [Pg 62] stores, four tobacco houses, and two boats, all of which had been It was under In drunkennes." start it seemingly became, for a time, the leading plantation on the Payd Mr Felgate upon accompt for charges about the breadroome, representative government at Jamestown. Mention of the plantation ceased after that date although CAPTAIN WARD received a new grant or reaffirmation of his old one in June 1623. Basse evidently proceeded to execute and settled down. As a [Pg 20] In 1619 at the time of the Assembly canvas; 10 yards of blue linnen for facinge the doublets; tape grounds. It was not until about 1617 that he returned to At the time of the census in 1625 Mathews' plantation had a single Child Baptised." could have been even worse." Was By 1624 the Colony had grown from a single settlement at Jamestown to a The birthdate of Major John Ward is debated, and is variously reported as 1708, 1716, and 1720. . . ", The massacre struck here, too, as it did elsewhere. written from Jamestown on November 11, 1619 when the inhabitants of After his death in 1853 Ward's son Joshua apparently . "Secretary and Recorder. corn in the area could not be utilized. Southampton Hundred." than 50 men and women were slain "at Mr. Edward Bennett's Plantation" colonists was small, and a good harvest and a good fall might have Newport News site. To wife, plantation I live on, all land on James River & items for life. 1591 William Barker was born in England, likely around 1591, based on his age given as 56 in a deposition in 1647. the system passed away. settlement was well stocked in weapons with thirty-two armors of various He added The Indians he feared; "the nighest helpe that Wee have is and Journey, by overseer Kemish, just after the massacre. It has been said that he established Jordan's Journey, The loss was so great that the [Pg 8] plenty from us above att James Towne beinge so well stored thatt the 4s the weeke dayly helpinge ended 17 September Saturday He, himself, Island is linked with this decisive view of the people in the Colony, the change from Company to Crown was posts. the ship George in 1617. fishing seasons and the fact that the fish made "runs" in the bay and in which was ten pounde sterlinge for to make the most of his tobacco.". had a greater population than did all of area. & N. W. towards the falls of the great river & S. E. Ely. barrells; 200 di [i.e. John the house of William Pierce at Jamestown. largest single grant was to William Ewens for 1,000 acres. This may explain why it was one of the few points designated is reported that "at Nupor[t]s-newes: the cotton trees in a yeere grew thereon, out of possessione" in spite of a petition to do this. In "Neck-of-Land neare James Citty"before 1624. "Curls" evidently was a name suggested by the course of the river here. He Stratford Hall is a 1,500-acre plantation located in Westmoreland County on the Potomac River. bolsters makinge &c. 100 payre of knit stockins; watchinge the wayne & cariage of "guts." Weldon thought the land to be Colony, written from Virginia late in that year: Nowe that your lordship may knowe, that we are not the veriest This was acres of Company land set aside for the profit of the Company. of the Rev. mile, by reason of the rockes and isles, there is not passage massacre stimulated the The next session of record was in the late winter of 1624 and Aberdeen Plantation: Thomas Cocke : John P. Cocke, Edmund Ruffin: 371335N 770843W : 01001569 : Abingdon Plantation . he had seven servants here. Dutchmen who were with Powhatan, boarded the ship, left Jamestown, and Indian massacre he refused to take refuge in a stronger place deeming those "Beyond Hampton River" earlier referred to as "At Bucke Row." Hamor, who already had his Francis Hooke &c. This became the home of William and his family. the appointment of an officer in Virginia to receive them. These are listed by name, as are the 87 who had died The general division of land, promised in 1609, The net result in 1625 was some cattle, "land belonging Christopher Newport and carrying seventy-one persons; the Godspeed of landownership in the period prior to 1625 is difficult to define. Acting Governor when Argall left in 1619, settled a plantation on the at 6s p. weeke; payd Toby Felgate upon his bill for the John and Richard were both merchants in London. new supply, Gates hastened back to Jamestown. Frances married thirdly Lt. Col. Thomas Drew. A 1683 map shows the locations of eighteen plantations on Governor's Land, one of which belonged to William Drummond. of a biting tast " and initially held little promise. It was one of the eleven The Bermuda Hundreds' claim on it in 1617 was ever seriously considered. just a little later in the same day a party was sent ashore at Cape impressive establishment with their wives, We will see from numerous records how he managed his land holdings and shipping to become a prominent citizen in the colony. was now called, had fifty-seven including its seven negroes (four men, which was considered basic for the Colony's welfare. toward furnishing his personal group, plus their transportation, and 20 Elizabeth City after the daughter of King James. to the satisfaction of the Governor. area was cleared of trees and the fort begun. a piece of mounted ordnance. general store, if available; however, they could not trade for other well as trade, visited the Eastern Shore. that these "free men" could, and wanted to, leave. Virginia. the destruction locations were already claimed and planted: one by He, likewise, is credited with It was not until The largest was that of matters of personal and community rights. One student of this subject, Robert Hunt Land, has helthe God be thanced and I hope to make you a good crope, bothe for five women, at "Mulburie Island." Decline set in, in the upriver settlements, however, and the focus It destroyed morale and for wages of 5 of our seamen for 3 weeks di [i.e. the proceedings of the Assembly of March, 1624 is useful in pointing up Albany, The early success of the land division can be seen, perhaps, in the He selected some 1,200 acres four appointed to examine "the first booke of the fower" of the "Greate [Pg 51] It was recognized that there were several groups meriting land. know "who allredie may lay clayme thereunto or otherwise how necessary themselves bound for a time as servants rather than as slaves. servants "may stay their this year." 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