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Virginia became a royal colony in 1624, but Sir Francis, at the request of the crown, remained on as governor until 18 September 1625, when Sir George Yeardley, whom he had succeeded, resumed the office. In 1624, Wyatt resided in Jamestown with his wife, his brother Haute (Hawte), and seventeen servants.
Richard Lawrence Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County In office June 1676 Preceded by Edward Ramsey Succeeded by Edward Hill Personal details Born England Died Colony of Virginia Resting place unknown Spouse Dorothy Education Oxford University Richard Lawrence (before 1640 – after December 1676) was an Oxford University graduate who emigrated to the Virginia colony where ...
Born to the widowed Alice Eltonhead Burnham and her British emigrant husband Henry Corbin (circa 1628-January 1676/77) who served on the Governor's Council of the Colony of Virginia, the boy was connected to the planter elite of the Mid-Atlantic colonies of Virginia and Maryland. His father had been loyal to the exiled King Charles I, as was ...
The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.
c. 1585 CE: Walter Raleigh is granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth II, naming the North American coast "Virginia" in tribute to her. This leads to the establishment of a colony on Roanoke Island with 108 men. [5] August 18, 1590 (): John White and the Watts expedition men discover the Roanoke Colony abandoned
Henry (1603–1628), who succeeded his father as the 4th Baron De La Warr, married Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Edmondes, in March 1625. He died at the age of 24 and was succeeded by his son Charles West, 5th Baron De La Warr. [25] Lord De La Warr's brother, John West, later became governor and married Anne Percy, daughter of George Percy. [26]
Although the Virginia Company ultimately failed financially by 1624, the colony eventually grew and prospered until achieving independence late in the 18th century following the American Revolutionary War. Sandys' brother Thomas Sands (Sandys) was one of the first colonist in Jamestown, he survived the "Starving Times" and later returned to ...
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.