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The Original Jamestown Settlers; an excerpt from The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith (1624)

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In the third book of his Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, published in 1624, John Smith listed the names of the original Jamestown colonists.

Author: John SmithTranscription Source: John Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (London: Edward Blackmore, 1632): 43–44.

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The Generall Historie of Virginia

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1632), Page 43

The names of them that were the first Planters, were these following.

Councel.

  • Mr Edward Maria Wingfield.
  • Captaine Bartholomew Gosnoll.
  • Captaine Iohn Smith.
  • Captaine Iohn Ratliffe.
  • Captaine Iohn Martin.
  • Captaine George Kendall.

Gentlemen.

  • Mr Robert Hunt Preacher.
  • Mr George Percie.
  • Anthony Gosnoll.
  • George Flower.
  • Cap. Gabriell Archer.
  • Robert Fenton.
  • Robert Ford.
  • William Bruster.
  • Edward Harrington.
  • Dru Pickhouse.
  • Thomas Iacob.
  • Iohn Brookes.
  • Ellis Kingston.
  • Thomas Sands.
  • Beniamin Beast.
  • Iehu Robinson.
  • Thomas Mouton.
  • Eustace Clovill.
  • Stephen Halthrop.
  • Kellam Throgmorton.
  • Edward Morish.
  • Nathaniell Powell.
  • Edward Browne.
  • Robert Behethland.
  • Iohn Penington.
  • Ieremy Alicock.
  • George Walker.
  • Thomas Studley.
  • Richard Crofts.
  • Nicholas Houlgrave.
  • Thomas Webbe.
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    The Generall Historie of Virginia

    The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1632), Page 44
  • Iohn Waller.
  • Iohn Short.
  • William Tankard.
  • William Smethes.
  • Francis Snarsbrough.
  • Richard Simons.
  • Edward Brookes.
  • Richard Dixon.
  • Iohn Martin.
  • Roger Cooke.
  • Anthony Gosnold.
  • Tho. Wotton, Chirurg[ian].
  • Iohn Stevenson.
  • Thomas Gore.
  • Henry Adling.
  • Francis Midwinter.
  • Richard Frith.

Carpenters

  • William Laxon.
  • Edward Pising.
  • Thomas Emry.
  • Robert Small.

Labourers

  • Iohn Laydon.
  • William Cassen.
  • George Cassen.
  • Thomas Cassen.
  • William Rodes.
  • William White.
  • Old Edward.
  • Henry Tavin.
  • George Goulding.
  • Iohn Dods.
  • William Iohnson.
  • William Vnger.
  • Iames Read, Blacksmith.
  • Ionas Profit, Sailer.
  • Tho: Cowper, Barber.
  • Will: Garret, Bricklayer.
  • Edward Brinto, Mason.
  • William Loue, Taylor.
  • Nic: Scot, Drummer.
  • Wil: Wilkinson, Chirurg[ian].
  • Samuell Collier, boy.
  • Nat. Pecock, boy.
  • Iames Brumfield, boy.
  • Richard Mutton, boy.
  • With divers others to the number of 100.

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John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, which emphasizes treacherous natives, a heroic Smith, and the one "good" Indian, "Princess Pocahontas," is published. Historians have since questioned its reliability. It includes Smith's map Virginia: Discovered and Discribed.
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APA Citation:
Smith, John. The Original Jamestown Settlers; an excerpt from The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith (1624). (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/the-original-jamestown-settlers-an-excerpt-from-the-generall-historie-of-virginia-new-england-and-the-summer-isles-by-john-smith-1624.
MLA Citation:
Smith, John. "The Original Jamestown Settlers; an excerpt from The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith (1624)" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 09 Dec. 2022
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