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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. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.
In 1815, Prendergast was nominated for New York State Assembly as a member of the Federalist Party, along with Daniel Chapin of Buffalo. They were defeated by the Republicans, Daniel McCleary and Elias Osborn. On December 13, 1816, the Jamestown Post-Office was established and Prendergast served as first postmaster.
The very first Irish settlers - Francisco Maguel and Dionis Oconor - arrived in Jamestown with the First and Second supplies, respectively. [46] Most Irish immigrants to the Americas traveled as indentured servants, with their passage paid for a wealthier person to whom they owed labor for a period of time. Some were merchants and landowners ...
In May 1607, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. It was founded by the London branch of the Virginia Company, which was competing with the Plymouth branch to settle the Colony of Virginia. Jamestown was the capital of the Colony for 92 years, from 1607 until 1699.
Cecily Jordan Farrar was one of the earlier women settlers of colonial Jamestown, Virginia.She arrived in the colony as a child in 1610 and was established as one of the few female ancient planters by 1620.
The Bergen Family, or The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York, and Brooklyn, L. I., (Teunis G. Bergen, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1876) Princeton Class of 1863, Fortieth-Year Book, (Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey: Printed for the Class, 1904) Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630–1674. (John O ...
In 1744, one year into George Clinton's position as Governor of New York, De Lancey was granted a commission as New York's chief justice and became a dominant political force, with many relying on his support for their continued time in office and salary. [7] In the same year, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. [8]
Rapelje's chair is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, a gift of her Brinckerhoff descendants. [4] Brooklyn's Rapelye Street is named after the family. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Sarah Rapelje herself was granted a large tract of land in the Wallabout in Brooklyn by Dutch authorities for being the first European Christian female ...