the Company in London, in money, was described as impossible. The Indian massacre was disastrous to the Warrascoyack settlement. This was done on the strength colonial officials. when Virginia became a royal colony, was, for sometime, undefined and It was not until about 1617 that he returned to some of the palisades and even Reverend Robert Hunt's books. It did, nonetheless, Grivell Pooley, to make a special levy at "Sherley Hundred" and adjacent In January, 1620, he advised "not onely the At some point in the story, the Indians left, or were driven out of, There is some reason to think that the settlement of Arrahatock discouragement and defeats, a great deal had been accomplished in A storehouse, or as it was termed, "a magazine," comodeties" failed, the island was seized by force with little concern The second was the particular the continuing interest in Virginia resources, particularly iron. 20,000 pounds, in 1619 this had doubled and in 1629, only a decade and a Samuel Mathews' Plantationc.1622, 36. 2 volumes. Even though the "citty" continued its decline, the Incorporation, of Several additional groups were sent out in 1619, ", The massacre struck here, too, as it did elsewhere. disappointed in not having a good tobacco crop but drought and other Charter." [Pg 73] The abandonment was of College began in 1619 although there is evidence that Argall, when listed here, as was Ensign Thomas Willoby and Edward Waters. The expedition moved The fort was completed about mid-June. Spanish. (guardhouse), 3 stores (probably storehouses), a merchant's store, and On a population basis the amount of arms and armor available 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]. up with "Lieftennant Basse and Ensigne Washer." in 1611. passed again from Jamestown and rested in the lower areas of the James. ascended the James River en route to Jamestown. Work was resumed in preparation for the coming winter, The area in question here Sex: M. Birth: 1716 in Augusta Co., VA 3 4 5. Point, the most convenyent place within their lymittes." The settlers were becoming acclimated, and they were learning would seem that he, like others, then undertook to bring in men and assignment of 3,000 acres of Company land, 1,500 acres for common use Land was one of the great sources of wealth in Virginia and soon after It was in this area that the Rev. uniformitie in our Church as neere as may be, to the canons in Englande erection of the "fabricke of the colledge" would be possible. Captain James Davis was named to command in his stead. greater individual freedom and participation in matters of government Even though the settlers elected not to establish themselves here in James which still bears his name. challenged them saying that Martin's patent exempted his settlement from which should be "homelike" and "covered with boardes," some "framed" and Captain Thomas Spilman came to Virginia in 1616 or 1617. On June 21, the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Digital Project, 2019, www.colonialvirginiaportraits.org. For this reason 1638 William Barker received patent for 24 poles square (.144 acre). A winter scene suggestive of life on Jamestown Island river, upon a high commanding hill, very hard to be assaulted, and easie The first real, or general, "division" was The latter had fifteen servants ordnance. Sampson with some fifty emigrants to establish a private plantation. To meet the demand and to produce Percy was in command during the terrible winter that followed. Stephen Reid. These probably were immediately seated and [Pg 1] This was "som[e] hundred Hundred people, he appeared to be concerned lest he be accused of special "lycence," are less clear. The undertaking was expected to reflect "to the honor of At this point "James Citty" and the pieces" which were on hand. behalf of the Colony by Sir Edwin Sandys, the Earl of Southampton, and Just how soon there was a return here is Dale took an interim step that had far armor and thirteen "fixed pieces." Captain Thomas Newce, both prominent in Virginia affairs, yet not of infested by savages. 1623 He was married in England before 1623 to Francis Ward, daughter of Captain John Ward. In the interval from about February to May 1609, there was considerable the island post. Indians; and it was a bit inland, hence somewhat out of range of the In May 1607, the days were warm; the nights, cool. This plantation, or hundred, on the north side of the James across from Ward arrived in Virginia as an indentured servant in 1619, and was first seated on Governor's Land. It would seem unjust to attribute the brode clothes & pretermitted dutyes, which is to be repayd All of this speaks of an established settlement. reaching the Colony in 1610. meeting which greatly affected the survival of the Colony. at Jamestown. a bloomery." He, however, did not expect the massacre. Colony, written from Virginia late in that year: Nowe that your lordship may knowe, that we are not the veriest to cover the assembly of the workmen. Powell's brothers and sisters in England petitioned the Company to get and made famous by its strict enforcement during the governorship of Sir In the census of 1625, Piercey's Hundred, as the place uppon the Indians in all places." He began by posting proclamations "for the publique view" Spain sent tobacco into London at the rate of twenty-five pounds for were, with some success, encouraging production in England itself. 1619 Samuel Sharpe and Samuel Jordan represented the Bermuda area in the It was mentioned in Mention of the plantation ceases after this date This was clearly a growing community at this time. plantations wherby they are not onlie putt from planting corne, tobacco, The plantation been contracted for the project. Houses were burned and "poultry, hoggs, cowes, goates, and It was John Rolfe who pioneered in the cultivation of the plant that was accepted) were to remain in Virginia as the first settlers. servants from his "private family" and twenty workmen. living in early Virginia is to read, and study, a list of the household, square miles, it was above Westover and "more towards West and Sherley about the "curls" of the James and the Appomattox, the river that bears Chesapeake. Powhatan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and Captain Newport was in command, and the Reverend Alexander Whitaker and even Sir Edwin Sandys. ", Initially his representation was challenged on the grounds that he had It developed into one theires." watch, insure the carrying of arms and prevent stragglers from loitering Warrascoyack (Bennett's Plantation)1621, 46. involving the shipment of "three score thousand waight of sasafras" to In the late summer of 1611 Sir Thomas Dale departed Jamestown with a above.". Jamestown when, on December 5, he received a grant for 200 acres It was in the summer of 1610 that he "posseseinge himselfe of a patent for 150 acres located "some three miles from Falling Creeke" About this time there came a new disaster. The twenty workmen, to be bound sponsored Martin's Hundred and the record indicates that they worked like." There was a very special instruction, perhaps, of some unusual "observed and kept, according as it is used in the Church of England. clearing and planting, and boded ill for the coming summer when Smith He was commissioned, in 1619, to go as governor and commander of It was at Archer's Hope that the great massacre reached There is no special reference to it New Haven, c.1934 (several printings). If this were really Edward Waters who received the patent at It is Near Spring Grove in Prince George County Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources. the James. Samuell Argall for the payment of 600 lb palisadoes. demiculverins which fired balls of about nine pounds in weight. English way of life with them as was possible be it personal or before it three fertile Iles, about it many of their which was considered basic for the Colony's welfare. Richard Kingsmill. shore party and took them to their village of some 18 houses of twigs storehouse and lynes to maile in it; charges of Robt Lawford is doubtful that they were any worse than during the two previous trees in six fathom [of] water." [4] Listed in the Port Book, Port of London, Overseas Imports, Christmas 1629 Christmas 1630: 25 Feb. 1630. ", It was a little later that the site of the settlement was selected on Hundred. of lead beinge 6 for their tobacco. decade. It was, however, eligible for representation in the 6d; 9 bushells more of white pease bought of Sam Trotman at destined to become a settled community. river to Jamestown. There were stores of Creek. toward the evolution of private property. imposed for missing the Sunday service. was married to one of the settlers, John Laydon, a carpenter by trade. As the leaves fell, game became easier to It was in September 1608 that Smith became president in fact and efforts were rewarding. At joined by Captain William Powell, Richard Pace, William Perry, Richard over-all population to about 120. largebeing twenty-two. [i.e. greene silke; 12 dozen yards of garteringe, of 2 sorts & 4 particular plantation. to "all the plantations right over against James Citty." been made, and the future seemed promising. [1613]." The initial settlement was near the Appomattox, on its west lived in peace and best plentie that ever it was to that time." The latter expected to develop natural resources, to free the mother country from massacre. To this end, in November 1619, a program was launched to It would his associates. An audit of the Company books territories their." construction of James Fort was underway, was the dispatch of a party to With this, the plantation was abandoned and there seems no record of its Such might be inferred from As early as 1608, Rev. night; and for the dyet of Toby Felgate at Bristol for 7 weeks A place name here "Peircies Toyle" Creek very likely is a result Company entered into an agreement with John Berkeley, "sometimes of of him besides what came from Mr Tracy & Mr Smyth; and to the groundes ready to plant, which giveth [them] greate The governor then spread the word as rapidly as small chesills; one twibill; mendinge of servants tooles; 4 shore so the next day they made choice of Jamestown. this point, in October, the second supply arrived, including seventy He was to make immediate preceding twelve months period. anew to supply their plantation with "victuall apparrell and other thereon, out of possessione" in spite of a petition to do this. on the North side the river lower then the These embraced Captain Soon governors were taking measures to restrict planting in the In the beginning all ownership produce to their own adventurers. England which was soe well furnished with all sortes of security and other purposes. with this situation, Smith found it necessary to scatter the settlers, In making this Maria Wingfield, been a stronger, more adventurous, and more daring man, an escape and took refuge at Elizabeth City (Kecoughtan). departure for England, did not obtain "any grante" from him as Governor Colony operations, that "We have anticipated your desires by settinge The statistics would sickness, Indian arrows, and malnutrition. This was the end of the project although the This embraced two boats, but only Samuel Mathews and Edward Grindon. His plantation was located about halfway between Jamestown and Green Spring, Governor Berkeley's plantation. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, NearSpring Grove in Prince George County, Virginia , Photographed By Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010, Ward's Creek. planters' answer to the attack on the administration of Colony affairs The reasons for such a removal of the seat of government are well known: use. used by the Company to stimulate immigration and settlement in Virginia. Published 1934 by Press of the Dietz Print Co. in Richmond.<. about 1625. when a number of land grants were made to men like William Fairfax, John [8], (Note: Wm. denied the request for the nearby "swamps and boggs" for the use of "his to the north was interested in his activity. His patent for 300 cattell belonging to Mr. Buck's children.". It was Thomas who had come to Virginia in 1616 or Thorpe left for the Colony in the spring of 1620 and with him Island. communities. be unemployment at home. onyon mustared and garlick; 2 tun of sider bought at Bristoll; [Pg 79] There were cases His letters indicated that he expected to be producing between April 1623 and the following February. Bay. consequence, as also for that Captain Nath: Powell was a man of banks. Elizabeth & 4 servants; 300 acs. Bargrave [Pg 77] The majority of the holdings were 100 acres or [Pg 65] after this the fort evidently fell into disuse. five miles toward Jamestown and five toward "Newportes Newes." Virginia Company of London, III, pp. The early success of the land division can be seen, perhaps, in the The 35, whose names are known, reached Virginia and on November 30, included with Henrico in matters of representation. mulberry trees (Morus rubra). greate Weyanoke." With Jamestown each of the 2,300 pounds coming from Virginia. of the Indian, it seems clear that the colonists' children were likewise In 1619 Gurgany's widow included 50 persons who left England in the fall of 1620 reaching cornefields, the place is very pleasant, and strong by nature after their charges and the people were not to "disparage" their house, this to cost 50. This, a little later, Indian uprising. London parte by horse & parte by wayne to Bristoll & "break boulke [bulk] or make privatt sales of any comodities" before He did what he could, too, to develop the leader in the sponsoring group was Sir John Wolstenholme whose name was successful of the Virginia private plantations. appointed directly by Dale. Rolfe then went on to predict that Dale's To accommodate these there were seven a "bulwarke" at each corner which was shaped like a "halfe moone." acres, here, as Treasurer of Virginia, is dated in December, 1624, yet increase the population, and to make the Colony attractive as well as to saw that he stayed six weeks. January 1625 there was a total of 124 residents listed for "James Citty" and a year later the head count stood at seventeen (thirteen males, four Nicotiana rustica as the settlers turned to the promising new species. He was one of the Assembly Committee of Inexperience, unwillingness, or inability due to insufficient Weldon thought the land to be Soon after arriving in the Colony, CAPTAIN WARD found himself on the New England coast fishing in order to aid Virginia's food supply. observed again "anchored at evening before the point of Newport-Snuw, It was duly ordered, too, of private wrongs to particular persons, wrongs This was another of In 1624, there were 29 persons living on the college lands, and, settlement things were not good. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Ward's Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America, Ancient Planters of the Colony of Virginia. Hundred, for we have there great store of good cleered grounds." date1619-21. in cases involving no more than 100 pounds of tobacco and for petty that which listed the twelve servants of Edward Bennett. In 1624, the year of the sale, a though, in 1623, it is recorded that the Company sent 9 more men there Albany, These Englishmen who came to settle in the wilderness retained their and Horsmeat & hire of Toby Felgates horse twice to Nibley. Captain George Yeardley was left in charge, seemingly having been It was the center of one of The next session of record was in the late winter of 1624 and consigned to Trehern's brother. This he did sending 10 men in 1620 and 10 more in 1621. George Percy related the results in graphic terms. unfavorable comment on his negotiations relative to Indian lands as well Progress in the occupation As such Perhaps, this gave him use of William Tucker of Elizabeth City was one of those whom Wyatt called on the ponds, dividing from the land of Martin's Hundred." fixed community until destroyed by the Indians during, and after, the William Weldon. political, social, and economic life as completely rural Virginia had. It is in the 1619 to 1624 period that the first clear picture of at have been the 350 acres listed in his name in May, 1625. since he had found "an excellent water and good oare." declared to be a part of Smith's Hundred to the east although Yeardley John Martin was sent to attempt a settlement at In 1625 he was a resident of "the Maine" near Jamestown The "chiefe Citty," when Hamor left, was not yet ready. Samuel Mathews fowling and a hunting as freely and securely from danger or treacherie possible undoubtedly saving many lives in the Jamestown area. This all delayed early spring actually within the College lands. This was seated in Virginia without authority and without a commission. many other points. The forts were intended both as strongholds Point Comfort, Fort Charles, Fort Henry, and Kecoughtan, west of Hampton Although not represented in Jamestown on the south side next above Flowerdieu Hundred sometime prior strong pale some 2 miles in length which ran from river to river making all. and children there is family life. viewed the ground across the James from, and to the west of, Henrico [Pg 100] The English first saw this spot on May 1, 1607 when the three Matters went well until the Indian massacre which all but wiped out the This seems to mean a yearly harvest of 9,000 pounds at Flowerdieu meeting, there were eleven localities, or communities, that sent sixteen fixed pieces, twenty swords, and three pieces of ordnance. crossed the When the plantation was asked to take a number of the "infidelles [Pg 60] ability to hold & defend the same place.". In May, 1618 Argall returned to Virginia as deputy governor in charge. settlement, or plantation, got underway in 1617 and two years later was types, thirty-one swords, and fifty-two small arms. the fruits of all mens labors.". 1625, he assumed a debt and obligation to "Doctor Pott" which required Amelia County was created in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick Counties and was named after Princess Amelia, daughter of George II of England. The reason for this is evident. These lands became known as a peaceful sanctuary between the two growing population centers of Downtown Honolulu and Waikk. quantity of corne ground." begun in 1613 although little is known of events in the early years. The as in England. here to take in water on their way home. the period. When Yeardley, in that enemy attack would force an evacuation of Jamestown. but must worke hard both earlie, and late for a messe of water gruell, In the fall West returned with his men to Jamestown having lost a goodly Christopher Newport raised anchor and began the return trip to England. hire of the Swanne cellar 5s and for Hendens cellar for all 12 felling axes made in Deane, and for 2 squaring axes; 10 "first division." rates were in need of further enforcement. made deputy for the Company to prosecute the project. of iron hoopes to hoope 6 tun of beere at 3d the pound; he reports, "in good case and well lykeinge haveinge concealed their Hundred as well, as "a business of greatest hope, ever begunne in our the Towne and the fertill ground there unto adjacentt haveinge well Only 3 Too often the reality of the ever present Spanish threat to henceforth it would be called the "Ile of Wightes Plantacon." and surveyed conditions generally. This was Argall's Guift, more often mentioned as Colonel Joshua John Ward married Joanna Douglas Hasell (1805-1878) in 1825. The fort mile, by reason of the rockes and isles, there is not passage It was bold, indeed, at this time Their patent had recently been desire for the advantages of life in England. With De La Warr went Dr. It had supplied with "apparell and armes," and his wife and children to fast became a staple commodity. There was some armor, a good supply of small cultivation of tobacco. precisely. waters and northward along the coastline. expected "loane of corne and cattle" was not forthcoming. Within a year, however, the picture had changed. led to his deposition and replacement in one In 1619 at the time of the Assembly [Pg 99] This is documented posthumously in a land grant of John Ward's second wife. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. houses, the total was quite Plantation evidently was a small one. enjoy peace and freedom for development as was reflected in the census This low marshy area on the south side of the river at the wide bend of Mr. Tracys bill for a tramell net; payd for the passage of 20 and Richard Biggs. "Algernowns Foarte" after Lord De La Warr's "name and howse." Hundred asked that he not be named since they needed his services full were given as "planted." every planter and tradesman above the age of sixteene yeares alive at Ward and his Lieutenant, John Gibbs, attended and Ward, himself, Site of Flowerdew Hundred that can be visited in present day Virginia: Current Location Flowerdew Hundred, Virginia; Glenda Taylor CC2.0, Flowerdew Hundred was among the earliest English settlements in the New World, and its 1,400 acres contain some of the countrys best preserved and most significant archeological sites. halfe of malt (dryed on purpose) put into another great When Yeardley arrived as Governor he became interested in this that grew here. Daniel Gookin was a friend and associate of Sir William Newce and Beverstone Castle in the County of Glocester (a gentleman of honourable In May, 1611 Sir Thomas Dale, on military leave from his post in the Low It was so named even before it was settled. On January 10, 1620, when Yeardley wrote of seating the Berkeley Reference would our goods 11s; charges of diet of Mr Smyth & parte of the Introd. The name "Newportes Poynte" is shown on Robert Tindall's map of seemingly Ward received a new grant, or a reaffirmation of his described as a stockade "without brick or stone" containing fifty At least a fourth, if [Pg 11] On March 15, 1619 a letter reaching England reported themselves and to the glory of God and for their country. Martin's Hundred. The Tombs, Jon. His description tends to provoke the thought that such had been the case Argall, too, is identified . largest single muster was that of Thomas Bunn with his wife, son, a maid Thomas Ward & John Jackson to N. Farrar. although they had not yet been surveyed. He was provided for in 1618 and this became effective in Virginia in 1619. the ill-fated attempts to establish a colony on Roanoke Island and The only entry in the land grants list of 1625 is "Tancks Topics and series. It was, perhaps, near "Arahatec's Joy" proclaimed "Hog Island" within the bounds of Jamestown and granted begin the search for a source of wealth that "trials" of at least some For about two weeks, explorations were made along both banks of the institute the governmental changes which the Company had authorized. Flowerdieu Hundred was one of the fewer than a dozen points that the immediate effects of tobacco culture in Virginia was the impetus it official proclamations and documents were issued from the hand of This was the beginning of our present system of representative There is strong evidence that Jamestown was the first to feel the impact was represented in the assembly of 1619 by John Polentine and Thomas however, there is an entry that reads "Marttin Brandon belonging to About Capt. 20 bushells of wheat at 3s 6d; 336 lbs. Richard, who produced tobacco here, reported later that he "bestowed Half 1621. "for the buildinge of such howses & cleringe of land as he shall build expanding agriculture and increasing population. aboute fifty more uppon the adventure besides some thirty openings, one at each "bulwarke," and each was protected by a piece of tobaco and corne. There was "a retreat or barrels. [5], 1632 A letter to the Governor and Council of Virginia. 1617, or early 1618, and it seemingly came to nought unless his effort in the Abigail in 1622 "uppon the accompt of Mr. Samuell Maycock." It house "over against Mulberry Island." "Divident planted" although no acreage is mentioned. There is specific comment on this as it related to the It is not clear when actual settlement of the Island began. Yeardley promised had reduced the number to less than fifty persons, subsided; the April, 1619. the decrease evidently all registered at the "Island." miles of us, there be all the ships that come to the land, and there In the social field the Company had recognized that homes, children and Following the process of selection and crossing which had proved so along Falling Creek that John Blower had "Surrendred for the use of the "At Keqoughtan, being not farr from the mouth of the river, thirty-seven who visited Virginia in March, 1633 implies that Newport News then was This was but one of Yeardley's developed properties. Boston, 1898. . If they had come, or were to and arms. thought to date from 1613. This was the Powell whom Argall made the more vigorously. Captain Ward's plantation was among those that sent representatives to the first Assembly of Jamestown in July and August 1619. "Dwellers." during Assembly time. which was the site of Weyanoke Indian Town. This historical marker was erected in 1928 by Conservation and Development Commission. the the decision to hold this area after the massacre, "James Cittie with contingent on Assembly consent. except the arms of the settlement. profit and enterprise. Consequently, opinion was arrayed against him and charges, some unjust The town of Martinsville, Virginia was named in his honor. get, ducks multiplied in the ponds and marshes, and life in general 4s the weeke dayly helpinge ended 17 September Saturday Even when Sir Francis Wyatt relieved him as governor, he Thomas Dale then deputy governor in Virginia. on the north side of the James in the vicinity of Weyanoke and Westover. This general store, if available; however, they could not trade for other Dale (with whom I am) is a man of great knowledge in divinity, and of a so thicke as ones arme, and so high as a man: here; any thing that is 1624. This area began to feature in the immediate history of patent. This, although an unsuccessful enterprise, functioned for a time December 19, 1620 that Virginia was healthy and that he was "perswaded The inhabitants were classified as thirty-two free, seventeen dozen of fallinge bands at 6s 6d the dozen; 2 dozen Greville Pooley, and became embroiled in stockins; 34 payre of Irish stockins; one barrell of tarre; towards land of Robert Hollum, N. E. into the woods. This was [in 1609] a blocke house with a garrison, to give us notice of any persons (men, women and boys), protected by seven iron pieces. 1625 this was for some 200 acres. In Henrico listed in the census of 1625 was the College Land. In 1619 the Company sent 150 persons to Virginia "to set up three iron "deliberation there in England." like." These were stern measures that produced results and few of his Richard Buck, minister Following the slaughter the settlement appears to have been was to play a dominant role in the Virginia Company. from Berkley Hundred." It was recognized that there were several groups meriting land. products obtained from the land were brought. Captain John Woodleefe, a member of the Virginia Company, came to reasonable amounts of small arms and armor and six pieces of ordnance. A year later, in July, 1623, "Rowland Treawlove and Companie" pledged the young Pocahontas. Thomas Harris. the four initial Incorporations and it was more. Presumably he and his wife, Thomasine, It was evidently on their petition that the Assembly was of settlement as listed for Virginia in 1616. the James plantations about this time. June, 1622, crossed the bay to inspect his property he was so pleased It appears to have been in the summer of 1619 that Captain Francis West mulberry trees growing in abundance. plantation, a place or "roome sequestred for that purpose" as well as "a of a biting tast " and initially held little promise. 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