On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.[1][2]
The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant, Discovery, and the Godspeed, and the settlement itself, were sponsored by the London Company, whose "adventurers" (investors) hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. The settlers suffered terrible hardships in its early years, including starvation, native attacks, and sickness. By early 1610 most of the settlers, 80-90% according to William Strachey, had died due to starvation and disease.[3] With resupply and additional immigrants, it managed to endure, becoming America's first permanent English colony.[4]
Once the settlement location was chosen, the company members opened sealed instructions containing the list of the previously chosen councillors of the Virginia Governor's Council. The first council president was Edward Maria Wingfield. The other six council members were Bartholomew Gosnold, John Martin, John Ratcliffe, George Kendall, Christopher Newport (ex officio) and John Smith.[5]
Original settlers (May 1607)
- Council members in bold.[6][7] Titles and occupations are from era accounts, but use modern British spellings.
On December 30, 1606, between 105 to 108 settlers with 39 mariners (non-settlers) sailed aboard three ships from Blackwall, London, England.[8]
Name | Occupation | Alt. names | Death date (YYYY-MM-DD)[note 1] | Notes |
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Henry Adling | Gentleman | Adding, H. | ||
Jerome Alicock | Gentleman | Alikok Ancient, Jeremy | 1607–08–04 | Slain by natives[10] |
Gabriel Archer | Captain and Gentleman | Archer, Gabriell | 1609 or 1610 winter | Secretary to the Council (lawyer)[11] |
John Asbie | 1607–08–06 | First death of the colony (dysentery)[10] | ||
Robert Beheathland | Captain and Gentleman | Behethland, R. | 1627 | |
Benjamin Best | Gentleman | Beast, B. | 1607–09–05 | |
Edward Brinto | Mason and Soldier | Brinton, E. | ||
Edward Brookes | Gentleman | 1607–04–07 | Died in the West Indies (before arriving to Virginia) | |
John Brookes | Gentleman | |||
Edward Browne | Gentleman | Brown, E. | 1607–08–15 | |
James Brumfield | Boy | Brunfield, J. | ||
Andrew Buckler | Shipmaster[12] | Bucler, A. | 1625[citation needed] | |
William Bruster | Gentleman | Brewster, W. | 1607–08–10 | Died from native wound |
John Capper | Carpenter | Not listed [as alive] as of June 1607[13] | ||
George Cassen | Labourer | Cawson, G. | 1607–12–26 | Killed by natives[13] |
Thomas Cassen | Labourer | |||
William Cassen | Labourer | |||
Ustis Clovill | Gentleman | Clovill, Eustice | 1607–06–07 | Killed by natives[13] |
Samuel Collier | Boy | Dutch Samuel | 1622 | John Smith's page |
Roger Cooke | Gentleman | |||
Thomas Couper | Barber | Cowper, T. | ||
Richard Crofts | Gentleman | |||
Richard Dixon | Gentleman | |||
John Dods | Labourer and Soldier | "1624 VA muster with wife Jane, 40 at muster, he was 36"[13] | ||
Ould Edward | Labourer | |||
Thomas Emry | Carpenter | 1607–12–26 | Killed by natives[13] | |
Robert Fenton | Gentleman | |||
George Floure | Gentleman | Flowre, G. | 1607–08–09 | |
Robert Ford | Gentleman | |||
Richard Frith | Gentleman | |||
Stephen Galithrope | Gentleman | Calthrop,[14] Halthrop | 1607–08–10 | Possible mutineer[13] |
William Garrett | Bricklayer | |||
George Golding | Labourer | Goulding, G. | ||
Thomas Gore | Gentleman | Gower, T. | 1607–08–16 | |
Anthony Gosnold | Gentleman | 1609–01–07 | Possibly two cousins with identical names. Drowned Jan 1609 in James River. Grandson of Robert Gosnold of Earl Soham, Suffolk.[13] | |
Bartholomew Gosnold | Councillor and Captain | 1607–08–22 | Captain of the Godspeed | |
Edward Harrington | Gentleman | 1607–08–24 | ||
John Herd | Bricklayer | not listed [as alive] as of June 1607[13] | ||
Nicholas Houlgrave | Gentleman | |||
Robert Hunt | Preacher | before 1609 | ||
Thomas Jacob | Sergeant (soldier)[10] | Jacon, T. | 1607–09–04[10] | |
William Johnson | Labourer | |||
George Kendall | Councillor and Captain | 1607–12–01 | Execution by firing squad for "mutiny"[15] | |
Ellis Kingston | Gentleman | E. Kiniston or Kinnistone | 1607–09–18 | "Starved to death with cold"[16] |
John Laydon | Carpenter and Labourer | Leyden | arrived on the Susan Constant[17] | |
William Laxon | Carpenter | Laxton, W. | ||
William Love | Tailor and Soldier | Loue, W. | ||
John Martin | Councillor and Captain | Martine, J[18] | 1632-06-?? | Lower Brandon Plantation owner |
John Martin, Jr. | Gentleman | 1607–09–18 | Son of Councillor | |
George Martin | Gentleman | |||
James Midwinter | Gentleman | Francis Midwinter | 1607–08–14 | Died suddenly[10] |
Edward Morish | Corporal and Gentleman | Morris, E. | 1607–08–14 | Died suddenly[10] |
Thomas Mounslie[19] | Labourer | 1607–08–17 | Died suddenly[10] | |
Thomas Mouton | Gentleman | 1607–09–19 | ||
Richard Mutton | Boy | |||
Nathaniel Peacock | Boy | Pecock, N. | ||
John Penington[citation needed] | Gentleman | Robert Pennington | 1608-08-18[10] | |
Robert Penington[citation needed] | Gentleman | |||
George Percy | Gentleman, Shipmaster | Percie | 1632 | Eventual Governor of Virginia Colony. Son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland. |
Drue Pickhouse | Gentleman | Dru Piggas or Peggase | 1607–08–19 | |
Edward Pising | Carpenter | Posing, E. | ||
Nathaniel Powell | Captain[20] and Gentleman | Nathaniell | 1622–03–22 | |
John Ratcliffe | Councillor and Captain | Sicklemore, J. | 1609-11-?? | Captain of the Discovery, eventual Governor |
James Read | Blacksmith and Soldier | 1622–03–13 | ||
John Robinson | Gentleman | Jehu | 1607–12–26 | Killed by natives[20] |
William Rods | Labourer | Roods, W. | 1607–08–27 | not listed [as alive] as of June 1607 |
Thomas Sands | Gentleman | Sandys, T. | Brother of Edwin Sandys (1561–1629) | |
Edward Short | Labourer | 1607-08-?? | ||
John Short | Gentleman | |||
Richard Simons | Gentleman | Simmons, R. | 1607–09–18 | |
Nicholas Scot | Drummer | Skot, N. | ||
Robert Small | Carpenter | |||
John Smith | Councillor and Captain | Smyth, J. | 1631-06-?? | |
William Smethes | Gentleman | |||
Francis Snarsbrough | Gentleman | |||
John Stevenson | Gentleman | |||
Thomas Studley | Gentleman, Cape Merchant (treasurer)[10] | Stoodie, T. | 1607–08–28 | |
William Tanker | Gentleman | Tankard, W. | ||
Henry Tavin | Labourer | Tanin, H. | ||
Kellam Throgmorton | Gentleman | Throgmortine, Kenelme | 1607–08–26 | |
Anas Todkill | Carpenter and Soldier | Servant to John Martin | ||
Robert Tyndall | Mariner, Gunner[21][22] | |||
William Unger | Labourer | |||
George Walker | Gentleman | 1607-08-24[10] | ||
Thomas Walker[citation needed] | ||||
John Waller | Gentleman | Waler | 1607–08–24 | |
Thomas Webbe | Gentleman | |||
William White | Labourer | |||
William Wilkinson | Surgeon | |||
Edward Maria Wingfield | Councillor and Captain | Edward Marie Winfield | 1631 | Captain of Susan Constant |
Thomas Wotton | Surgeon and Barber | 1638–04–28 | ||
Richard [citation needed] | Commoner |
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- Bragg, Thomas - Teenaged Deckhand of Christopher Newport
- Bragg, George - Teenaged Deckhand of Christopher Newport
- Browne, Oliver - Mariner
- Clarke, Charles - Mariner
- Collson (or Cotson), John - Mariner
- Crookdeck, John - Mariner
- Deale, Jeremy - Mariner
- Fitch, Mathew - Mariner (d. July 1609)
- Genoway, Richard - Mariner
- Godword, Thomas - Mariner
- Jackson, Robert - Mariner
- Markham, Robert - Mariner
- Morton, Matthew - Sailor
- Nelson, Francys (Francis) - Captain (d. winter 1612-1613)
- Poole, Jonas - Mariner (d. 1612)
- Skynner, Thomas - Mariner
- Turnbrydge (or Turbridge), Thomas - Mariner
- Newport, Christopher - Captain, Councillor ex officio (d. 1617)
- White, Benjamyn - Mariner
- Danynell
- Stephen
Settlers from First Supply (January and April 1608)
Aboard the John and Francis (captained by Christopher Newport) and the Phœnix [sic] (captained by Francis Nelson),[23] The John and Francis arrives in January, while the Phenix is considered lost (but arrives months later).[24] 120 settlers left England in October 1607. Only 100 made it to Virginia to settle. When they arrived at Jamestown, there were only 38 to 40 men that had survived the summer and autumn.[25][26][20]
- Jefrey Abots, Gentleman
- Robert Alberton, Perfumer
- Robert Barnes, Gentleman
- William Bayley, Gentleman
- William Beckwith, Tailor
- Richard Belfield, Refiner
- William Bentley, Labourer
- John Bouth, Labourer
- Richard Brislow, Labourer
- William Burket, Labourer
- James Burne
- William Cantril, Gentleman
- William Causey, Gentleman
- Thomas Coo, Gentleman
- Robert Cotton, Tobacco-pipe-maker
- Robert Cutler, Gentleman
- William Dawson, Refiner
- Richard Dole, Blacksmith
- Thomas Feld, Apothecary
- Richard Fetherstone
- George Forest, Gentleman
- Post Gittnat, Surgeon
- Raymond Goodyson, Labourer
- Richard Gradon, Labourer
- William Gryvill, Gentleman
- Edward Gurganay, Gentleman
- John Harford, Apothecary
- John Harper, Gentleman
- George Hill, Gentleman
- Thomas Hope, Tailor
- William Johnson, Refiner
- Peter Keffer, Gunner
- Richard Killingbeck, Gentleman
- Timothy Leeds, Gentleman
- John Lewes, Couper
- William May, Labourer
- Michaell
- Richard Miler, Labourer
- Richard Molynex, Gentleman
- Ralfe Morton, Gentleman
- Rowland Nelstrop, Labourer
- John Nickoles, Gentleman
- William Perce, Labourer
- Francis Perkins, Labourer
- Michaell Phetyplace, Gentleman
- Captain William Phetyplace (Phettiplace), Gentleman
- Peter Pory, Gentleman
- Richard Pots, Gentleman, Council Clerk, returned to England c. 1609
- John Powell, Tailor
- George Pretty, Gentleman
- Richard Prodger, Gentleman
- Jonas Profit, Fisherman and Sailor
- Abraham Ransacke, Refiner
- Christopher Rodes
- Walter Russell, Gentleman and Doctor[27]
- Richard Savage (Salvage), Labourer
- Thomas Savage (Salvage), Boy and Labourer[28]
- Matthew Scrivener, secretary, appointed to be of the Council (d. January 7, 1609)
- Lt. Michael Sicklemore, Gentleman
- William Simons, Labourer
- John Speareman, Labourer
- William Spence, Labourer and Treasurer
- Daniell Stalling, Jeweller
- John Taverner, Gentleman
- Laurence Towtales, Tailor
- Nicholas Ven, Labourer
- William Ward, Tailor
- James Watkings
- Vere
- Richard Worley, Gentleman
- Richard Wyffin, Gentleman
- Bishop Wyles, Labourer
- William Yonge, Tailor
- "...with diverse others"
Settlers from Second Supply (autumn 1608)
Quickly after the first supply, Captain Newport boarded 70 new colonists to the Mary and Margaret[note 2]. First women colonists are noted with female sign (♀️).
- Thomas Abbey (Abbay), Gentleman
- Gabriell Bedle (Bedell),[31] Gentleman and Lumberjack
- John Bedle (Bedell), Gentleman
- Henry Bell, Tradesman
- Thomas Bradley, Tradesman
- ♀️Anne Burras, maid to Mistress Forrest
- John Burras, Tradesman
- George Burton, Gentleman
- Captain Raleigh Croshaw, Gentleman
- John Clarke, Tradesman
- Henry Collings, Gentleman
- John Dauxe, Gentleman
- Thomas Dowse, Labourer
- William Dowman, Gentleman
- David Ellis, Tradesman
- Thomas Forrest, Gentleman
- ♀️Mistress Margaret Forrest, Gentlewoman[32]
- Thomas Fox, Labourer
- Thomas Gipson, Tradesman
- Thomas Graves, Gentleman
- John Gudderington, Gentleman
- Hugh Gwyn (Wynne), Tradesman
- Nicholas Hancock, Labourer
- Thomas Holcroft[33][34]
- Hardwin, Labourer
- Harmon Haryson, Gentleman
- Hellyard, Boy
- John Hoult, Gentleman
- David ap Hugh, Tradesman
- Master Hunt, Gentleman
- Captain Thomas Lawson[33][34]
- Thomas Lavander (LaVinder),[35] Tradesman
- Henry Ley, Gentleman
- Michaell Lowicke, Gentleman
- Captain Isaac Madison[36]
- Thomas Mallard, Labourer
- Thomas Maxes, Gentleman
- Milman, Boy
- Morrell, Labourer
- Thomas Norton, Gentleman
- Dionis Oconor, Tradesman
- Thomas Phelps, Tradesman
- Henry Philpot, Gentleman
- Master William Powell, Tradesman
- John Prat, Tradesman
- Rose, Labourer
- John Chief Russell, Gentleman and Lumberjack (d. c. 1625)[37]
- William Russell, Gentleman
- William Sambage, Gentleman
- Scot, Labourer
- Jefry Shortridge, Tradesman
- William Taler, Labourer
- Daniel Tucker, gentleman, cape merchant (treasurer), and supply officer
- Walker, Labourer
- Captain Richard (Ralph)[38] Waldoe, appointed to the Council (d. Jan 1609)[39]
- Master Robert Wilde, store clerk[22]
- Williams, Labourer
- Captain Peter Wynne (Winne), appointed to the Council (d. April 1609)
- Master Francis West, Gentleman
- Hugh Wollystone, Gentleman
- George Yarington, Gentleman
- ...Eight Dutch men, Poles (known as the Jamestown Polish craftsmen), with some others
Settlers from Third Supply (August 1609)
With 500 to 600 persons, a fleet of nine ships set sail in May 1609 led by Thomas Gates and George Somers. The ships were named Sea Venture, Diamond, Faulcon [sic],[42] Blessinge, Unitie [sic], Lion, Swallow, Virginia, and Catch (ketch[43]),.[44][45]
In July, a tropical storm struck the flotilla. The Catch vanished with all aboard, and the Sea Venture shipwrecked on Bermuda, inadvertently colonizing the island.[46] The seven remaining ships arrived at Jamestown only to bring diseased and hungry passengers to the stressed colony.[47][48]
- Council members in bold.[6][7] Those who died in Bermuda (or were lost at sea) are indicated with a Latin cross (✝️). Titles and occupations are from era accounts, but use modern British spellings.
Name | Occupation | Alt. names | Ships | Notes on travel |
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Gabriel Archer | Captain and gentleman | Archer, Gabriell | Blessinge | Secretary to the Council, previously sailed with original colonists |
Robert Adams[49] | Captain | Blessinge | ||
Henry Bagwell | Sea Venture → Deliverance | Traveled from Bermuda to Virginia on Deliverance, aged 35 | ||
Temperance Flowerdew | Wife of Richard Barrow | Flowerdew Barrow, T. | Faulcon[50] | Uncertain if husband Richard Barrow accompanied to Virginia |
Nicolas Bennit | carpenter | Sea Venture | ||
William Brian | Sea Venture | |||
Jeffrey Briars ✝️ | Sea Venture | Died in Bermuda, c. 1609-1610 | ||
Richard Buck | Reverend, Chaplain | Bucke or Bucket, R. | Sea Venture | Uncertain if traveled with wife or children |
Maria Thorowgood Buck | Marye Thorowgood | Sea Venture | Died 1620 | |
Buck daughter (I) | child, girl | Bucket | Sea Venture | Unknown name, daughter of Richard Buck |
Buck daughter (II) | child, girl | Bucket | Sea Venture | Unknown name, daughter of Richard Buck |
William Capps | Saltmaker | William Moss Cappes, Sr. | Sea Venture[note 3] | |
Christopher Carter | Sea Venture | Plotted to assassinate Sir Thomas Gates, considered a deserter and stayed behind on Bermuda.[52] Settled Smith's Island.[53] | ||
Josuah Chard | Chard, Joshua or Joseph[54] | Sea Venture | ||
Edward Chard | Chart, E. | Sea Venture | Sailed back to Bermuda with George Somers, remained on Smith's Island[53] | |
James Davis | Captain, mariner | Davies, J. | Virginia | From Popham Colony |
Robert Davis[55] | Shipmaster | Davies, R. | Virginia | Likely brother to James Davis |
Rachell Davis | Wife of James Davis | Virginia | ||
Edward Chart | Sea Venture | |||
Bermudas Eason ✝️ | baby boy[56] | Easton, Bermudas[57] | -- | Born on Bermuda islands, died c. 1610 either on the islands or arriving at Jamestown[58] |
Edward Eason | Easton, E.[59] | Sea Venture | Father to Bermudas (boy), husband to Mistress Eason | |
Mistress Eason | Easton[60] | Sea Venture | Mother to Bermudas (boy), wife to Edward Eason | |
Matthew Fitch ✝️ | Shipmaster | Finch, M. | Catch | Died c. July 1609 (likely lost at sea) |
Richard Frobisher | Shipwright | Frubbusher, Robert[61] | Sea Venture | Builder of the Deliverance on Bermuda[62] |
Thomas Gates | Governor and Lt. General[63] | Sea Venture | ||
Thomas Godby | Sea Venture → Deliverance | Traveled rom Bermuda to Virginia on Deliverance, aged 36 | ||
George Grave | Graye, G. | Sea Venture | ||
Ralph Hamor | Captain | Haman, Raphe | Sea Venture[64] | |
Mistress Horton | Sea Venture | |||
William Hitchman ✝️ | Sea Venture | Died on Bermuda, c. 1609-1610 | ||
Stephen Hopkins | merchant and tanner | Sea Venture | Protested leaving Bermuda, was almost executed for mutiny.[additional citation(s) needed] Died 1644. | |
Elizabeth Joons | Girl | Jones, E. | Sea Venture | Probably aged 9 or 10 |
Samuel Jordan | Captain, gentleman | Sea Venture[65][additional citation(s) needed] | ||
Silvester Jourdain | Writer, gentleman | Jordan, Sylvester | Sea Venture | Writer of A Discovery of the Barmudas [sic] |
William King | Captain | Diamond | Mariner (did not remain in Virginia) | |
Richard Knowles | Sea Venture | |||
Richard Lewis ✝️ | Sea Venture | Died in Bermuda, c. 1609-1610 | ||
John Lytefoote | Servant | Lightfoot, J. | Sea Venture → Patience | Servant living with William Peirce in 1624[66] |
John Martin | Councillor and Captain | Faulcon | Original Jamestown settler, traveled back and forth from England | |
William Martin | Sea Venture | |||
Matchumps | Powhatan servant to Namontack | Sea Venture | ||
John Moone | Captain | Swallow | Mariner (did not remain in Virginia) | |
Richard Moore | Carpenter[67] | Sea Venture[67] | Returned to Bermuda as a deputy governor in 1612[67] | |
Namontack ✝️ | Powhatan translator[68] | Namotacke[69] | Sea Venture | Died 1610, slain by Matchumps in Bermuda |
Francis Michell | Mitchell, F. | Sea Venture | ||
Francis Nelson | Shipmaster | Francys Nelson | Faulcon | Mariner (did not remain in Virginia) |
Christopher Newport | Captain and Councillor (ex officio) | Sea Venture | Mariner (did not remain in Virginia) | |
Henry Paine ✝️ | Sea Venture | Executed (by gunshot) for refusing to report for watch patrol in Bermuda[52] | ||
Francis Pearepoint | Sea Venture | |||
Elizabeth Persons | Maidservant to Mistress Horton | Sea Venture | Would marry Thomas Powell on Bermuda, aged 30 | |
William Peirce[note 4] | Soldier | Pierce, W. or Pearse | Sea Venture | |
Joane Peirce (I) | Wife of William Peirce, mother of two Janes (II and III)[70] | Pierce, Jone | Blessinge | |
Joane Peirce (II) | girl | Jane Pierce | Blessinge[note 5] | |
Jane Peirce (III) | girl | Joan | Blessinge [72] | |
Michael Philes ✝️ | Captain | Pinnace (ship's boat) in tow by Sea Venture[73] | Died at sea during the tropical storm, c. July 1609 | |
Robert Pitt[55] | Shipmaster | Arthur Pett[49] | Unitie | Could be purported member of the Pitt family, or a Robert Fitt who was active in 1625[74] |
Thomas Powell | Cook | Sea Venture | George Somers' cook. Married Elizabeth Persons in Bermuda | |
John Graye Proctor | Gentleman, Yeoman[75] | Sea Venture | ||
John Ratcliffe | Councillor | Diamond | Original settler. Died c. 1609-1610 (tortured by natives) after arriving in Virginia | |
Henry Ravens ✝️ | Master's mate | Raven, H. | Sea Venture → pinnace (ship's boat) | Lost at sea (or killed by Native Americans) after sailing a pinnace for help after shipwreck on Bermuda, c. 1609[52] |
Humfrey Reede | Sea Venture | |||
Robert Rich | Soldier | Sea Venture | Author of "verse pamphlet", "Newes from Virginia: the lost flocke triumphant". Died in 1630 after returning to Bermuda. | |
Bermuda Rolfe ✝️ | baby girl | -- | John Rolfe and Sarah Hacker Rolfe's daughter. Born on Bermuda islands, died on islands c. 1610 | |
John Rolfe | tobacco trader | Sea Venture | ||
Sarah Hacker Rolfe ✝️ | Wife of John Rolfe | Sea Venture | Either died in Bermuda or soon after reaching Virginia (c. spring 1610) | |
Edward Samuell ✝️ | Samuel, E. | Sea Venture | Murdered by shipmate Edward Waters | |
Samuel Sharpe | Lieutenant (soldier) | Sea Venture | ||
William Sharpe | Sergeant (soldier) | Sgt Sharp | Sea Venture | |
Henry Shelly | Mr. Shelly | Sea Venture | ||
George Somers | Admiral of the Fleet, Councillor (ex officio) | Sea Venture → Patience | Died upon return to Bermuda, November 1610 | |
Matthew Somers | Captain | Mathew Somers | Swallow | Nephew of George Somers. Sailed to Bermuda and then back to England at some point in 1610. |
Henry Spelman of Jamestown | teenaged boy, writer | Unitie[additional citation(s) needed] | ||
William Strachey | Secretary-elect, writer | Sea Venture | Author of True Reportory and other works | |
James Swift | Sea Venture | |||
Robert Walsingham | Cockswain | Sea Venture → Patience | Bermuda's Walsingham Bay and region namesakes are due to Robert. Walsingham piloted (and saved) the Patience during launch from Castle Harbour reefs.[76] | |
James Want | John Want | Sea Venture | Refused to build boats to be rescued or to leave Bermuda[52] | |
Edward Waters | Lieutenant (soldier) | Robert Waters[77] | Sea Venture | Murdered shipmate Edward Samuell.[52]Taken into custody, then to a tree and left to starve, but escaped by cutting the ropes. Remained in Bermuda afterward, settled Smith's Island.[53] |
George Webb | Captain, sergeant-major | Lion | ||
Thomas Whittingham ✝️ | Cape merchant (treasurer)[78] | Sea Venture → pinnace (ship's boat) | Lost at sea (or killed by Native Americans) after sailing a pinnace (with Henry Ravens) for help after marooning on Bermuda, 1609[78] | |
Thomas Wood[79] | Captain | Unitie | ||
George Yeardley | Captain of the guard for Thomas Gates | Sea Venture |
Settlers from Fourth Supply (June 1610)
Survivors from Bermuda (137-142 passengers and crew)[80] salvaged the Sea Venture, and built two ships: Deliverance and Patience.[62] The ships made it to Jamestown on May 23rd to find only 60 starving colonists, and chose to abandon the colony.
Patience and Deliverance (castaways from Bermuda and Sea Venture)
- Henry Bagwell
- Mistress Maria Thorowgood Buck[additional citation(s) needed]
- Richard Buck
- William Capps
- Edward Eason
- Mistress Eason
- Richard Frobisher
- Thomas Gates
- Thomas Godby
- Stephen Hopkins
- Elizabeth Joons
- Silvester Jourdain
- Matchumps
- Elizabeth Powell (nee Persons)
- Thomas Powell
- Robert Rich
- John Rolfe
- Mistress Sarah Hacker Rolfe[additional citation(s) needed]
- George Somers
- William Strachey
- Robert Walsingham
- George Yeardley
De La Warr's mission
At the same time, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and Samuel Argall (after hearing of John Smith's adventures), led a humanitarian mission from England with 150 men (including a doctor, some Frenchmen, a Swiss miner[81]) and supplies.[82] Aboard the Hercules (of Rye), Blessinge (of Plymouth, England), and De La Warr[note 6] ships, they intercepted the weary colonists in Chesapeake Bay departing Virginia and compelled them to return to Jamestown with the new provisions and passengers.[44][83]
- Captain Samuel Argall
- Doctor Lawrence Bohun[22]
- Master Andrew Buckler[84]
- Humfrey Blunt[85]
- Reynold Booth[22]
- Captain Edward Brewster (Bruster)[86]
- Joan Chandler[22]
- Captain Ralph Hamor, secretary (d. c. 1626)
- William Henrick Faldoe, a Swiss mine-hunter[87]
- William Julian[22]
- Richard Kingsmill, on the Delaware[22]
- Reverend William Mease (Mays)[22]
- Master Anthony Scott, ensign[88]
- Master Stacy[89]
- Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, "Lord Governor and Captain General" (d. 1618)
- Captain William West[44]
- Sir Ferdinando Wainmen (Wenman, Weinman), captain and gentleman, master of the ordnance[90]
Other settlers in 1610-11
The Hercules (of Rye), which had left Virginia in July 1610, returned on April, 1611 with 30 immigrants (captained by Robert Adams).[91]
The Noah brought ancient planter Henry Coltman in August, 1610.[92] In c. September 1610, the Dainty arrived with "twelve men, one woman, three horses, and provisions..."[89] Captained by Nathaniel West, the Mary Ann brought over widow Mistress Francis West.[93] The Mary and Thomas[note 7] brought over William Tucker.[95]
Settlers from Fifth Supply (May and August 1611)
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Both Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates led flotillas back to Virginia. Thomas Dale headed to the colony with 300 labourers, at the request of the London Company. The Starr, the Elizabeth, and Prosperous (with Vice Admiral Christopher Newport) also carried horses, poultry, goats, and rabbits.[96][97] Thomas Gates had ships Sarah,[98] Tryall [sic][note 8], Swan[note 9] which arrived just after the Dale flotilla. Those who died before arriving in Virginia are indicated with a Latin cross (✝️)
- John Clark, pilot[101]
- Thomas Dale, "Marshall of Virginia", on the Starr
- ✝️ Mistress Thomas Gates, wife of Gates[102]
- Daughter of Gates (I)
- Daughter of Gates (II)
- Cecily Jordan Farrar, girl
- Robert Poole (Powell), boy, on the Starr[103]
- Robert Poole (Powell), Sr., father, on the Starr
- John Poole (Powell), brother of Robert the elder, on the Starr
- Reverend Mister Poole[101]
- William Spencer, yeoman[98]
- Thomas Sully
- Reverend Alexander Whitaker (Whiteaker), on the Starr[101]
- Robert Wright, sawyer[104]
See also
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ Dates are in Old Style calendar (the New Year begins on March 25).[9]
- ^ Ship name, Mary and Margaret is sometimes documented as Mary Margaret or Mary Ann Margett
- ^ It is unclear which ship William Capps arrived on. Capps was potentially marooned on Bermuda with the Sea Venture (most likely) or could have arrived safely to Virginia with Thomas Gates remaining flotilla.[51]
- ^ Not to be confused with an English immigrant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the same name and same named-wife.
- ^ There is conflicting data on whether Jane Pierce (daughter of William and Joan) sailed with her father aboard Sea Venture or her mother on the Blessinge.[70][68] It is also debated if the found remains of a "Jane" are the same girl.[71]
- ^ A third ship, De La Warr (Delaware) name is debated, and even the ship itself to exist
- ^ Ship Mary and Thomas is often referred to as Mary and James[94]
- ^ Ship name is an alternate spelling of "Trial", sometimes written as Triall[99]
- ^ Swan ship might have been called Swan of Barnstaple[100]
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Additional reading
- Bernard Bailyn, The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 (Vintage, 2012)
- Warren M. Billings (Editor), The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century: A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1700 (University of North Carolina Press, 2007)
- James Horn, A Land as God Made It (Perseus Books, 2005)
- Margaret Huber, Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia (University of Nebraska Press, 2008)
- William M. Kelso, Jamestown, The Buried Truth (University of Virginia Press, 2006)
- David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003)
- Helen C. Rountree, The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013)
- Ed Southern (Editor), Jamestown Adventure, The: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605-1614 (Blair, 2011)
- Tony Williams, "The Jamestown Experiment: The Remarkable Story of the Enterprising Colony and the Unexpected Results that Shaped America" (Sourcebooks Inc, 2011)
- Jocelyn R. Wingfield, Virginia's True Founder: Edward Maria Wingfield and His Times (Booksurge, 2007)
- Benjamin Woolley, Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America (Harper Perennial, 2008)
- William M. Kelso, Nicholas M. Luccketti, Beverly A. Straube, The Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeology Project