The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-08
TOR tho Dispatch, through Il. a. Hrock' hs't.i
rxpauHVA COLONIAL. GOVERNORS
ny rEy. EDWARD pUrrIELp NELL.
No. IL.
Sir Francis wyatt. Knight.

At the hcaQ on the census VA "" 49,.
for January. 1924. proper! alpe;iS We We
namc OF Sir Francis Wyatt, knight, tue
Covcrnor Of Virginia. He WAS the grand
son al Sir Thomas Wyatt. OF Kent, INC
lender q! the rebellion against queen Mary,
who with Lady Jane Gray and diners WAS
behca,lcd. and his property conuscateu'
GEORGE WYATT, the father OF the Governor
Ind the BsSlcy estate. in 1919. restored 10
him nv the favor OF Queen Elizabeth. Tic
yyaS married in 1882. and during the la''er
7,ar, OF his life resided in lrclaha, where
hc died. but was buried, september,
1928, at Bcxley, in Kent, Engtana; MS
wife was Jane, daughter OF SIR Thomas
Finch, knight, and her nrst ch,Io
was Francis, tho Governor OF virginia. IN
A y. 1918 Governor Wyatt married MargS-
ref. daughter OF Sir Samuel SandyS, and
niece of Sir Edward SandyS. who was the
next wear appointed head OF the Virginia
Cempany Of Loadon. At meeting OF tins
COMPANY on the 10Th OF January, l62c-2l,
the Earl OF southampton stated that the
commission Of Sir George Scardley, knight,
would expire the following November, ana
that he had importuncd to be released 1T the
eNDiration Of his term Of service. His Lord
ship said he would therefore propose unto
the comcanva gentleman recommended unto
him for his many good NartS-namciy, Sir
Francis Wyatt, who was well reported Of,
both in respect Of his parcntagc, good cdu-
cation, integrity OF life. and fair fortunes,
being his fathers eldest son. lie was IKE
wise DESTROYS 10 take this charge upon him,
il the company would please to accept his
Willingness 10 do the service"
Two DAYS after this suggestion quar-
tcrly meeting OF the company was held, and
the Earl OF southampton "movcd that il
the COMPANY 50 pleased they would now 80
TO the election Of new Governor OF Viz
cin;a, Sir George Ieardlcy having desire
TO release and disburdcn himself Of the said
rlacc OF government" Sir Francis Wyatt
was the only person nominated, and was
elected Governor with only two dissenting
votes. He sailed in the ship George. and in
October. 1921, arrived at jamestown. LADY
WYATT came the next year, but returned on
q visit in the summer OF 1928. Chamber
lain, in letter dated the 10Th OF June, ana
addressed to Sir Dudley Carleton. wrote,
The Lady Wyatt, daughter rs take II TO
Lord Samuel Sandys. is returned from Nlr-
einia great with child, and Mrs. Percy in
her company He also states that san
unruly son of the Lady Finch'S, whom she
sent to Virginia to be trained within five
or six days after his return fell into quar-
rel with the watch and WAS so hurt that he
died the next morning." The husband
OF Eleanora WYATT, the Governors sister,
was Sir Thomas Finch, Speaker OF the
House OF Commons. and the "Tnruiy"
person was probably his brother. In the
Instructions to Wyatt and the Colonial
authorities which he brought from the Lon
don company an Indian policy was urged
which reSemDled the policy OF President
Grant toward the Abori@ines. The COM
company desired ''thc using OF all probable
means Of bringing over the natives 10 love
OF civlity, and to the knowledge Of God
and his true religion. 70 which purpose
they observed to them that the example
given by the English in their own persons
and families would be OF singular and chief
moment: that itwould be proper to draw
the bcst-diSposcd among the Indians to con-
verse and labour with our people Tor con-
rcnient reward: that thereby being recon-
cilcd to civil way OF lie, and brought to a
sense OF God and religion. they might after
wards become instruments in the general
conversion OF their cOuntrvmen, 80 much
desired: that each town, burrough, and
hundred ought to procure, By just means,
a certain number Of their children. to he
brought UP in the first elements OF litera-
ture."
The first Legislature alter Wyatt's ar-
rival in 1921, was held in the months Of
n 0Ne1HDtI DeCcluDcI, dLt III
1922, the Governor and Council wrote that
they were on the most friendly terms with
the Indians. But few weeks after this
those whom they treated rs friends proved
thorns in their side, and Virginia became a
Bochna-a place OF weeping. On one Fri
dav, 22d OF March, 1&2l-lG22, s., Indians
without arms came 10 the planters houses
and satt down with them at their breakfast,
and then suddenly arising with such tools
or weapons rs they could pici, u, lean to
siav and scalp the GcfcncelesS inhabitants
above and opposite Jamestown. They killed
in a BRIEF period 35I, and, says IN old mar
ratiye, "not being content with taking
away life, they fell often again upon the
dead, making as we'll as they could fresh
murder; deiacin@, dragging, and mangling
the dead carcasses into many pieces, ana
carrying some parts away in derlSion, with
base and british triumph.' \ planter
by the name Of Pace being on the south
side. boldly crossed the river in boat,
warned Governor Wyatt and the citizens,
and thus they were on their guard at James
town, and unmolcsted. Brave Daniel Goo
kin, a Puritan Of Viewpoints News, went
over to England, and on the 18th Of July,
1922. was present at q meeting Of the London
COMPANY, and related the narrowing details.
The members, in an agony OF grief, forgot
the PEACE policy which they had expressed
in soft words in the instructions to Governor
Wyatt They advocated destroying the In
dians' canoes, burning their corn-felds,
breaking their fishing-nets, pursuing them
with horses and blood-houndS, and massiffs
to tear them, who take these naked, tanned,
and deiorIned sarages for no other than
wild beasts, whom the Indians fear worse
than their old devil which they worship,
surprising them TO be new and worse kind
OF devils than their own" The following
extracts from a letter Of the London Com
pany breathes more OF the spirit OF the i'm
predatory Psalms Of David than OF the
aSermon on the Mount" by Jesus Of Naza-
reth. The ancient spelling is preserved:
AUGUST THE FIRST, 1922.
"To our uery iooing Crends 81. Francis Wyatt.
Knight, gorernOr and cnDtdine-generaH Of
Yirginid. and to the rest Of the COUNSEL n
State there
"Alter our very hartie concentrations. wee have. 10
our ex treame GRIEF. understood of the great Mas
sacre executed on our people In Virginia. and that
in such a manner Is more miserable than the
death Itself. TO fall by the nande OF men SO CON
Of known danger; 10 be ceafe to so plainc warm
ing, "a now too late understand was last yelre
given be struck occasion OF so great suspi-
lion and jealousie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS death
not to pcrcei, any thing In so open and general
conspiracie; but tg be made in parte instra-
pents OF coutriVing II. and almost gnie
OF the destruction by blindfod and stupid enlcr-
tainiuge of it. which the least wisdome courage
suticed to prevent on the point OF execution, are
circumstances that do add much to our sorrow, and
make us 70 confesse that it is the heayie hand OF All
mighty God for the punishment of our and your
transgressions; TO the humble acknowledgment and
perfect amendment whereof, together with our
selves. We seriously advise and invite you and In
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