Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-15


sous. Aryoll and Francis settled ou
rat"rnal land botn proved power
In ,ne administration OF church and
state Francis Icardl.y was ;r-
pointed captain Of the Acco,nnc
troops 10y Governor Bcrklcy in 1913
Tn drilling was done at his home
IT" patented large tracts o; land In
Maryland. and iNstanccd remarkable
enterprise. TOR in 1854 he effected
discoveries in North Carolina. our
chas ng from IA. Roanoke ana
Chowan Indians. at the cost OF $500.
three great rivers and all such
,ih"rs rs they should like SoutherIy."
This country he took possession Of IN
the name OF the Commonwealth
Indinn Chief Is t.ucst.
TIE chief OF the Roanoke. with
i"y's home in Northampton. and re-
'naincd with him a week While
tAcr. the chief was taken TO church
"y feardi"y's wife. Many persons
on III" Eastern shore were Susp. ciouS
az f"nrdleE's intimacy with the In
dians. fearing som. Improper scheme
Alter the sermon several Justices
% the pcac. threatened To whip the
man was terribly frightened. hut IN.
FOOD lady tool. him by IN. hand and
STOOD forth hrnveiy in his defense.
-, n,..L,u .r.fndt ~ q nos LIZ IN
danger and !ndiGuity.
!; IS known tint Captain Ycardlcy
quit house for III" chief some
lima. After It's completion this chief
az tn" 1uscarnras aud OF the Roa-
noises. "itA forty-iivc others. came
10 fcardlcy'S hors" and presented
himself his wife and his child to
Mrs. Y"ardl"y for baptism This i'm
prcSsivc service was held i'm the old
Nay"thy Fay Church, III" same
church whore III" chief had teen So
naiy treated. After tn" service the
"hief gave tn" child to Mrs. Ycardlcy
q" he raised by her in order that ne
IN. shi l." brought up a Christian.
Ary"ll fcardlcy possessed a less
roaming disposition than mis- brother.
and WAS content ~ engage himself
local affairs
Hard tn Reach Jnmc>toMn.
Til" people OF tho Eastern shore
were much Inconvenience by their
d!s;anc" from jamestown. often n
moor male could not bear the expense
for n trip 10 jamestown and there
fore had no redress when his rights
we're infr;nEcd uron by his more for
IL was enacted in lGil that tho local
commander and commissioners should
have power 10 determine ali causes
between the Inhabitants OF Tho pcnin-
~iliT Nncn the amount IN COltrO-
v"rsy did no: exceed Tho sum Of 20
pounds or 400 pounds Of tobacco. pro
vided Aryoll Ycardley and Nathaniel
!.itt!cton. Esquire. or either of them.
was present.
Y"ardi"y was commander Of tho
first court held on the Shore after
the nam" was changed To Northamp-
on. VI The FIRST sitting oc the court
- ccriincrt" was granted to William
Matters son ana heir of LicutrHan;
" NSh tat, u
hat three men were Killed at the
Indians massacre and four men ana
a maid were east away in the bay.
Anticipating an attack. the county
Was divided into dis = rs AL NrCOI
was in charge Of the land on Hun
ears Creek
Meet Indians without Authority.
When colonel Edmund 'SCarbur;sh
collected a numbrr Of mon and Went;
against the Indians without authority.
ArEo!l Ycarl!rN and William Andre W.;
wcr" sent 20 .iamcstown to prosecute
the defendants. and that thcS" dis
tinGuiShcd representatives, OF the law
might appear at the Capitol in Il style
becoming their dignity OF position. IL
was directed that Il boa; we'll stocked
With provisions ami manned with
three men be placed at their dis
Dosal Nathaniel I.ttlcton and Ar
nf the council appointed TO get sig
natures to the following
The EnEagm't rendered to yc In
haDitants OF Northampton County,
Elcavcnth OF March. 1861. 90. 81
I'VE whose Names are subscribed:
doe hereby Engage and promise 10 bee
true and faithful To the Common
wealth OF England as ii is move rs
tablishrd without KinEc or House OF
Lords"
In 1876 we find Ycnrdlcy's name
signed 10 the Southampton Griev-
anccS," which were directed To the
House OF BurgcSScs. One OF the EricN-
ances was Il protest against the un-
just division OF the peninsula. Acco-
mae having gotten by for the greater
share \ second asked for the per-
mission 10 elect Il ncw v"stry every
three years. showing the close con
ucction between church and state.
That courts he kept more duly ac-
rording TO acts Of Assembly and that
the records he free open for the in
spcctinn or search Of every man" were
other things that vcilsd those North
ampton patriots. Evidently this key
had the same effect then that II does
now. for one thing asked for was
that no drink be sold within mile
Of yc courthouse at any time during
We court sitting day" All wanted a
chance to take part IN the govern
mcnt. for one gricvioncc reads: THAT
no sheriff may of'iciate two years to-
Scthcr."
Tho seventeenth grievance might
SAVIOR OF scltishncss. for IL reads
That no person may be admitted to