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  Jamestowne Ancestors 1607–1699
By Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis
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The year 2007 marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America. From its tentative start as a small fort on an island in the James River, with scarcely more than 150 inhabitants, Jamestown became a model for the colonization of the New World. Its early residents—planters and indentured servants alike—established a formula for immigration and settlement and laid the foundation for expansion into the hinterland. Because of its importance to American history, Jamestown's 400th anniversary is a milestone, and celebrations are planned throughout 2007.
Jamestowne Ancestors 1607–1699 was written by noted Virginia genealogist Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis, and it reveals the names of the very people who established the colony, first under the auspices of the Virginia Company of London and then under the English crown.
Jamestowne Ancestors is a list of approximately 1,000 persons who are known to have owned land or resided on Jamestown Island between 1607 and 1699. They are listed here alphabetically along with their known dates of residence in Jamestown, their official position in the colony (landowner, burgess, etc.), and their place of origin. In addition, the book contains details concerning the settlement of the island, a brief history of plantations and hundreds and their evolution into the early counties of Virginia, and pen and ink drawings, together with maps of the fort and settlement of Jamestown. From this you can determine the areas where the early settlers selected their home sites and plantations. Together with other facts assembled here, this information can be used as a starting point in establishing eligibility for membership in a number of hereditary societies that require proof of descent from an early Virginia ancestor.
108 pages, hardcover, ISBN 0806317671, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006
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