The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25
vIRGINIANS' LINEAGE.
JOHN 3. WISE Tells THE CoNGRE-
gxTroNAL CLUB VINO WE ARE.
vhc Adventures, the Cavaliers, the Scotch
Irish, the Germans and All who epnT
tributcd to MAKE Virginia Reviewed.

of the jamestown Colony through = ~
Rod OF one hundred and seventy years
and condensing It into an address OF Unity
minutes is far from easy, especially F"en
We remember how enthusiastic we AZ
become upon the subject Of our own
homes In my case / feel that 1 -.
cause for pride and interest In the illnu
eoce OF ali the Colonies, for i might t'itn
eoual propriety. have been seiectet W
sneak OF the Dutch or the New Ehtiahu
Colonies. While the people OF our owl
name have been IN Virginia since ieYo' l
am also descended from Jared Spendfr. a
YS,rIten NJ the earliest New E~nglandaset-
Element. and from COrneliS Melyn, one
Of the earliest Dutch patentees OF Sihten
island. / think this n reasonable SPAR
aptv that in what / han say or tha IN
0uence Of the jamestown colony my the
making Of the republic l will not % IN
VidiOus. -
The Colony OF Virginia had more dis
tinct elements Of population IMAM any OF
the original settlements In America
Each OF these bands OF coionists mas AT
ore time or another, exercised an influence
~ ,ta own upon the history Of the Colo
nv and all have TO this day been pre-
served with more or less distinctness'
,gbile in most OF the other old settlements
The infusion Of new blood has almost
oblterated the characteristics n trace
OF their earliest colonists.
The Pilgrims settled New England, the
Catholics Maryland, the Dutch New York
tho QuGkers Pennsylvania, the Swedes
Delaware.
virginia had nc less than six dlstinct
mieratiOns 10 her borders. each composed
Of people different from those VINO came
before or after them.
.,,Ff fAa RagpaKa settlement OF lobI
for It came 10 nought, and no one lived
10 tell the tale Of its disaster.
The first colonists came under the char
Ter of James l., Of April, l6O6, to Sir
Thomas Gates and others.
The three vessels which sailed in De-
ccmber, fG0G, and entered the Chesapeake
bay April 26. 1907. bore the immigrants
who made the first permanent lodgment
in Virginia. They discovered a river. then
called POwhatan, now m the James,
and after exploring 1t seventeen days
mOored their ships TO some trees In six
fathoms water, about forty miles from
its mouth, and formally named 1t James
town.
O Smith, in his d%iscourses page 7D,
declares that there were "ffty-two gem
tlemen, besides a preacher, two chirur-
geons, four carpenters, twelve laborers, a
blacksmith, a sailor, a barber, a brick
a mason, a tailor and a drummer,
four boys and divers others whose condi-
ton / do not now mind me Of. making up
one hundred in ALL"
Few OF the names OF these original n
hundred survived for any length Of time.
BY the last Of August, 1907, fifty were
dead. One, Captain Kendall, was shot.
and even Smith himself returned in time
70 England.
This decimated band OF settlers was re-
Enforced by near a hundred men" In two
ships which arrived early in 1908. and
again Captain Smith complained that
thirty-three Of the new corners were gem
tcmen, unfit for work.
The first one hundred settlers at James
town embraced the following names,
which strike the ears of any one familiar
with the population Of Williamsburg and
vicinity and the Eastern Shore peninsula
with very familiar sounds:
Captain John Radcliffe, Captain John
Martin. Captain George Kendall, Rev.
Robert Hunt, Robert Fenton. Robert
Ford. Edward Harrington, Thomas ia
cob. John Brookes. Thomas Sands. Ielm
Robinson, Stephen Halthrop. Kellam
ThrOckmorton, Nathaniel Powell, Edward
Browne, George Walker, Thomas Stud
ley, Richard Crofts. Thomas Webb, Roger
Cooke. DR.. Thomas Wotton, John Steven
son. Thomas Gore, gentlemen; Robert
Small, carpenter; William Rhodes. Will
liam White, George Goulding, John Dods,
Johnson, William Unger, labor
ers; James Read, blacksmith; Jonas
Profit, sailor; Thomas Cowper, barber;
William Carrot. bricklayer; Mic Scot,
drummer; William Wilkinson, %chirurgeon; |
Nat Pecock, boy; James Brumheld, boy;
John Waller, John Short, William Tank
ard, Richard Dixon, Thomas Momford.
For the full list see Smiths History Of
Virginia Of 1929, Richmond edition OF 1919,
1B3.
Not less striking are the names Of the
second ship load, to one familiar with
the fact that after they arrived Smith
Smithield. in Isle OF Wight
county, and who knows the present popu-
lation QSJ2 Of Isle OF Wight, and the
adjacent population in Nansemond and
southampton counties. Some OF the
names are as follows:
Robert Barnes. William Cantrell, Rich
ard Featherstone, George Hill. George
Nathaniel Causy, Robert Cutler.
Bentley. Thomas Coe. DR.. Rus
sell. jeffrey Abbot, Richard Worley,
Timothy Seeds, William Spence, Richard
Pots William Bayley. Francis Perkins,
John Harper, George Forresy, John
N~ienols, William Dyer, Raymond Goodi-
BON, william Sinoms, Richard Bristow.
william Pearce. James Watkins, John
Bouth. Richard Burkit. Richard Savage.
Hope, William Ward: John
Powell, William Yong, William Beck
with, taylers; Daniel Stallings. teweler:
WIN Dawson, rehner; Richard Dole,
Fee Smiths History OF Virginia, 1929.
edition of 1919, D. 172.
Almost every name among these earliest
celtlGfS was nnre EfnUlfCh Tba G~ot -
non or any foreigner occurs when Captain
Newport on his third trip TO the James,
settlement is said TO have brought
with him eight Poles and Dutch
men. TO make pitch. tar, glass, mills and
ashes"
n motives OF the London Company
.h maklng this settlement, and the OBJ
,ect OF inc adventures. were so in con-
sI"st Win those or the subsequent Ply
mouth settlers, l must not omit notice OF
them. Even on his third trip. Captain
Newport brought with him private in
htrucuons from the council to return with
q lump or gold. and 10 make certain Of
.no existence OF a way TO the South sea:
Tor mat purpose he brought with him a
barge punt In five pieces. which he pro-
posed 10 carry on mems shoulders over
me mountains" Newport actually Sc
ieeted lO men 70 bear this boat.
Cohsiuer these circumstances most
Significant as showing the contrast be-
tween the purpose of the men who set
lied jamestown, and those Of the peonle
VINO founded the Plymouth
these settlers came as Englishmen.
ahey came In the same restless spir3t
adventure. and search for gain, which
lnaIks the Englismman OF to-day In his
TO every portion OF the Globe
ihey loved not England less, but gold and