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She was among the earlier women to arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. [1] When Cecily arrived onboard Swan in August 1611, [2] she was around ten years old [note 1] and one of 20 women among the 260 passengers. [4 Her arrival was part of a series of transports that were intended to replenish Jamestown's population.
"1624 VA muster with wife Jane, 40 at muster, he was 36" [13] Ould Edward: Labourer Thomas Emry: Carpenter 1607–12–26 Killed by natives [13] Robert Fenton: Gentleman George Floure: Gentleman Flowre, G. 1607–08–09 Robert Ford: Gentleman Richard Frith: Gentleman Stephen Galithrope: Gentleman Calthrop, [14] Halthrop 1607–08–10 Possible ...
The couple had three children: Elizabeth Yeardley was listed as age 6 in the February 1624 Jamestown Muster, so was born about 1618, [15] James City, Virginia, Died: ~1660-1666, Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia, Inherited 1/3 of Mother's Estate: Flowerdew Hundred Plantation; Some claim she married Major Joseph Croshaw. However, there has ...
William Tucker was born near Jamestown of the Colony of Virginia c. 1624, [4] and appears on the Virginia Muster of 1624/5, the first comprehensive census made in North America. [5] His parents were Isabell and Anthony, African indentured servants. [2] [4] When he was born, there were 22 Africans in the colony, most of whom arrived in 1619. [2]
In the 24 January 1624/5 census of the inhabitants of Virginia, known as the Muster, the couple's oldest child Elizabeth is six years old, and "borne heare". This would mean that Elizabeth was born after 24 January 1618 and before 25 January 1619. [12] The couple had three children: Elizabeth Yeardley (1618/9 [12] –1660).
In the Virginia muster of 1624/25, both Farrar and Cecily Jordan were listed as heads of the Jordan's Journey household; [17] by 1625, they were married. [ 18 ] : 8, 57 During this time, Jordan's Journey grew: In February 1624, 42 people were living there; [ 16 ] : 171 by January 1624, it had grown to 56 people.
In 1624, Abraham Piersey, Cape Merchant of the Virginia Company, purchased Flowerdew Hundred renaming it Piersey's Hundred. Piersey's Stone House was the first home with a permanent foundation in the colony. The 1624 Muster lists approximately sixty occupants at the settlement, including some of the first Africans in Virginia.
All six members of the Laydon family were listed in the muster of February 1624/5. According to the muster, Anne was 30 years of age when the muster was taken. All four children are listed as born in Virginia; their ages are not given. [11] John Laydon was shown as having 200 acres in Henrico in May, 1625. [4] However, the 1624/5 muster shows ...