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  2. Christopher Newport - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Newport (b. 1561 – d. 1617) was an English seaman and privateer.He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

  3. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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    Fortuitously, on June 9, 1610, De La Warr arrived on the James River just as the settlers had abandoned Jamestown. Intercepting them about 10 miles (16 km) downstream from Jamestown near Mulberry Island (adjacent to present-day Fort Eustis in Newport News), the new governor forced the remaining 90 settlers to return.

  4. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    not listed [as alive] after June 1607 [13] Nicholas Houlgrave: Gentleman Robert Hunt: Preacher before 1609 Thomas Jacob: Sergeant (soldier) [10] Jacon, T. 1607–09–04 [10] William Johnson: Labourer George Kendall: Councillor and Captain: 1607–12–01 Execution by firing squad for "mutiny" [15] Ellis Kingston: Gentleman E. Kiniston or ...

  5. Long-hidden family scandal in Jamestown colony revealed 400 ...

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    Unmarked burials in colonial Jamestown. Researchers found four unmarked graves at Jamestown in 2014, in an Anglican church that the colonists used from about 1608 to 1616.

  6. Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    c. June 22, 1607 (): Chief Powhatan sends corn and venison to the malnourished Jamestown settlers; c. August 1607: About 100 Englishmen arrive to settle Popham Colony (in present day Maine) August 12, 1607 (): The Susan Constant (with Newport) arrives back in London, England; August 22, 1607 (): Bartholomew Gosnold dies

  7. Robert Hunt (chaplain) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Hunt Memorial Shrine at Jamestown. Today, a shrine sits on the site at the National Park Service's Historic Jamestowne attraction of the Colonial National Historical Park on Jamestown Island. The shrine replicates the outdoor chapel conditions under which he spiritually led the men and boys, most of whom were to die, as did Chaplain Hunt ...

  8. Mystery surrounding 400-year-old Jamestown gravestone ...

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    The tombstone, from 1627, was erected at the Jamestown settlement following the death of Sir George Yeardley, a colonial governor of Virginia. Mystery surrounding 400-year-old Jamestown gravestone ...

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