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The area and the parish has since been continuously occupied. Renamed St. John's Episcopal Church in 1830, the parish is the oldest English-speaking parish in the US today. The current church, constructed in 1728, is the fourth built for the parish. [2] Kecoughtan became part of Elizabeth River Shire in 1634, and Elizabeth City County in 1637.
By 1610, the English colonists had established a permanent settlement in the Kecoughtan area of what was to become Elizabeth River Shire. Now located within the corporate limits of the independent city of Hampton, Virginia , it is the oldest known continuously occupied English settlement in North America.
Elizabeth City was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kecoughtan [1] and Kikowtan), presumably a word for the Native Americans living there when the English arrived in 1607. They were friendly to the English, but Sir Thomas Gates either worried about safety (including potential attack by the Spaniards and the Dutch) or coveted their corn ...
William Tucker was born in Cornwall on January 7, 1588 or in 1589. [6] In 1610, he sailed on the ship Mary and Thomas (sometimes written as Mary and James) to Virginia. [7] [8] Tucker was married to Mary Thompson, who was born in 1599. [7]
Isabell and Anthony were wed in 1623 or before, with Captain Tucker's support. Under English law, indentured servants were not married while contracted for servitude. [2] About the time William was born, there were two white children of indentured servants born in the colony. Captain Tucker had 17 servants. [2]
By the time of the English colonization of the area, the greatest power in the Virginia Tidewater region was the Powhatan confederacy of thirty tribes. [4] The plantations and developments were divided into four "incorporations" or "citties" (sic), as they were called. These were Charles City, Elizabeth City, Henrico City, and James City. [1]
Elizabeth Cittie, known initially as Kecoughtan (a Native word with many variations in spelling by the English), also included the areas now known as South Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore. In 1634, a local government system was created in the Virginia Colony by order of the King of England.
August: 1619 First enslaved Africans were brought to the Virginia Colony, landing at Point Comfort. A few days later additional enslaved Africans were also brought to Point Comfort. Resource www.Hampton.gov; 1630 – Trading post was established. [3] 1634 – Settlement became part of newly formed Elizabeth City County. [2]