Jamestowne Society

Jamestown

In May 1607, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts. 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 83 years, from 1616 until 1698. At that time, the capital was relocated to Middle Plantation, about 8 miles (13 km) distant. (That small community, which had also become home to the new College of William and Mary in 1693, was renamed Williamsburg in 1699).

George Craghead Gregory

George Craghead Gregory (1878-1956) was an attorney and businessman based in Richmond who had a strong interest in Virginia's history and was also an author and historian. In 1932, he was working at property owned by Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) on Jamestown Island and discovered the foundation of the first brick statehouse (capitol) building circa 1646.

The society

The society was formed to bring together as many of the 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 as possible.

Since its founding, the Society has helped with genealogical records and expanded into dozens of branches, called "Companies." (In the Jamestowne Society, "Companies" are similar to chapters in most lineage societies). Membership in Companies is elective, while membership in the national Society is acquired at the time a member joins.

In 1958, the Society was formally organized as a non-profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (1954, as amended). It frequently holds meetings and events.

Qualifying Ancestors

(Partial list) Abbot, Samuel Abrahall, Richard Abrell, Robert Adams, Thomas Addams, Robert Allen, Arthur Allen, William Allerton, Willoughby Allerton/Alerton, Isaac Allomby, Thomas Alsop, James Anderson, John Anderson, William Andrews, Joakin Andrews, William Andros, Sir Edmund Appleton, John Applewhaite, Henry Archer, Gabriel Argall, Sir Samuel Armistead, Anthony Armistead, John Armistead, William Jr Arunell, John Ashton, Peter Aston, Walter Atkins, John Awborne, Richard Awbrey, Henry Bacon, Nathaniel Jr Bacon, Nathaniel Sr Bagnall, James Bagwell, Henry Bagwell, Thomas Baker, Henry Baker, Lawrence Baldridge, Thomas Baldry, Robert Baldwin, John Baley, Temperance Ball, Henry Ball, Joseph Ball, William Ballard, Thomas Ballard, Thomas Jr Balthropp, Christopher Banister, William Barbar, William Barber, Francis Barber, John hn Barber. Thomas Barham, Anthony Barker, William Batte, Henry Branch, Christopher Burnham, Rowland Burroughs, Benoni Burroughs, Christopher Burrowes, Charles Burwell, Edward Burwell, Lewis Bush, John Bushopp, John Bushrod, Thomas Butler, William Bye, Thomas Byrd, William I Calthrope, Christopher Calvert, George Canfield, Robert Cant, David Cant, John Carsley, Henry Carter, Edward Carter, John Carter, Robert (King) Carter, William Carver, William Cary, Miles Cary, William Castle, Robert Catchmaid, George Catchmaie, George Catlett, John Caufield, William Caufleld, Robert Caulthropp, Christopher Causey, Thomas Cawsey, Nathaniel Ceely, Thomas Ceney, Henry Challis, Edward Chamberlain, Thomas Chamberlaine, Francis Champion, William Chandler, John Chaplaine, Isaack Chapman, William Charlton, Stephen Cheesman, Edmund Cheesman, John Cheesman, Thomas Chew, John Chicheley, Sir Henry Claiborne, William Clay, John Thomas Cox(e), William Coxe, Richard Crashaw, Rawleigh Craven, Richard Edloe, Matthew Edmundson, Thomas Edwards, William ward Elay, Lancelot Elliott, Anthony Elliott, David Ellis, David Ellyson, Robert Emerson, Ellis Emerson, William English, John English, William Eppes, Francis I Essington, William Evans, Robert Evelyn, Robert Eyre, Robert Fairfax, William Fantlaroy, Moore Fareley/Farley, Thomas Farlowe, Thomas Farmer, Thomas Farrar, John Farrar, William Fauntleroy, Moore Fawcett, Thomas Fawdone, George Feild, Peter Felgate, Robert Fenwick, Jane Ferrar, William Filmer, Henry Finch, Henry Fisher, John Fitchett, John Fitzhugh, William Fleet, Elizabeth Fleete, Henry Fleete, William Fletcher, George Flint, Richard Flint, Thomas Flood/Fludd, John Flowerdew, Temperance Flynt, Thomas Foliott, Edward Follis, Thomas Ford, Richard Fossett, Thomas Gascoigne (Gaskins),Thomas George, John Harris, Thomas Hayney, Richard Hayrick, Thomas Hayward/Heyward/Howard, John Hayward, Samuel Heale, George Henley, Reynold Heyrick, Thomas Heyricke, Henry Hicks, Robert Higginson, Humphrey Hill, Edward Hill, Edward II Hill, Edward Jr Hill, Edward Sr Hill, Edward I Hill, John Hill, Nicholas Hill, Richard Hill, Thomas Hinton, Thomas Hobbes, Francis Hobson, John Hockaday, William Hoddin, John Hodges, Thomas Hoe/Hooe, Rice Holden, John Southey Holder, Richard Holiday, Anthony Holland, Gabriel Holland, John Holliday, Anthony Holmewood, John Holt, Randall Holt, Robert Holt, Thomas Hone, Theophilus Hooke, Francis Hooker, William Hopkins, Stephen Horsey, Stephen Horsmanden, Warham Hoskins, Bartholomew Horton, Thomas Horwood, William Hoskins, Anthony Hough, Francis Howe, John Hubbard, Robert Huberd, Robert Huft, Nathaniel Iverson, Abraham Knott, James Knowles, John Lovelace, William Lygon (Ligon), Thomas Madison, Isaac Mainsfield, David Mallett, James Major, Edward Mansell, David Mansill, Daniel Marble, George Marlott, Thomas Marshall, Robert Marshall, William Martiau, Nicholas Martin, John Mathews, Samuel Matthews, Frances Greville Mills, Henry Milner, Francis Milner, Thomas Minge, James Mole, Samuel Montague, Peter Moone, John More, Sir George Moseley, Arthur Moseley, William Mottrom, John Meriwether, Nicholas Nicholson, Col. Francis Nicholson, Sir Francis Norsworthy, Tristram Pace, Richard Page, Francis Page, John Page, Matthew Parke, Daniel Parker, William Parry, William Passmore, Thomas Parke, Daniel II Pate, John Pate, Richard Pate, Thomas Paule, Thomas Piercy, Abraham Pitt, Robert Pitt, Thomas Pocahontas/Matoake/Mrs. John Rolfe Powell, Capt. Nathaniel Poythres, Francis Prescott, Edward Presley, Peter Presley, William Price, Arthur Price, John Price, Walter Prince, Edward Reynolds, Christopher Rolfe, John Thompson, John Walthall, Richard Warren, Thomas Whitaker, Richard Whitaker, Walter Whitaker, William Woodson, John