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In 1983, the Society was formally organized as a non-profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (1954, as amended). The Society holds annual meetings and events. The Jamestowne Society moved its headquarters to Williamsburg, Virginia on February 7, 2022; the headquarters was previously located in Richmond, Virginia. [3]
The most recent edition is the Fourth, edited by the Order's genealogist John Frederick Dorman and published in three volumes, 2004–2007, to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Two groups of colonists are included: 1.
To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the first settlement at Jamestown, the Order of First Families of Virginia published genealogies compiled by F.A.S.G. Annie Lash Jester and Martha Woodroff Hiden in 1956. The same pair published a second addition in 1964 (also during Virginia's Massive Resistance crisis). The third edition was compiled ...
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
Kelly became a member of the Jamestowne Society in 2007, [9] tracing her American lineage to Pocahontas and John Rolfe. [1] The Jamestowne Society is an educational, historical, and patriotic organization dedicated to discovering and recording the names of those early settlers, recording their deeds, and promoting the restoration of historical records and artifacts.
Ellyson's origins are disputed. He may have been born between 1615 and 1620 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, although this has not been confirmed. [1] [2] Ellyson's descendant, Elizabeth Allison Ervin, claimed in her family bible in the late 18th century that he was the son of Robert Allison and Sarah (née Spence) Allison, although this claim has been questioned.
In 1936, he founded the Jamestowne Society for descendants of stockholders in the Virginia Company of London and the descendants of those who owned land or who had domiciles in Jamestown or on Jamestown Island prior to the year 1700. Mrs. Gregory remained in Richmond after the death of her husband in 1956, where she died in 1982.
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.