undred--c.1618 71

28. "Captaine Spilmans Divident"--before 1622 73

29. Ward's Plantation--c.1619 73

30. Martin's Brandon--c.1617 75

31. "Paces-Paines"--1620 77

32. Burrow's Mount--c.1624 78

33. Plantations "Over the river from Jamestown" 79

A. Treasurer's Plantation (George Sandys)--c. 1621 80

B. Hugh Crowder's Plantation--c.1622 81

C. Edward Blaney's Plantation--c.1624 81

D. Capt. Roger Smith's Plantation--c.1622 82

E. Capt. Samuel Mathews' Plantation--c.1622 82

34. Hog Island--1609 83

35. Lawne's Plantation--1619 85

36. Warrascoyack (Bennett's Plantation)--1621 86

37. "Basse's Choyse"--1622 89

38. Nansemond--1609 89

39. The Eastern Shore--c.1614 90

40. Elizabeth City (Kecoughtan)--1610 93

41. Newport News--1621 98

42. Blunt Point--c.1621 101

43. Mulberry Island--c.1617 102

44. Martin's Hundred--1618 104

45. Archer's Hope--c.1619 107

46. "Neck-of-Land neare James Citty"--before 1624 109

Selected Readings 112

Appendix; Supplies for Virginia 114

FOREWORD

The colonization of Virginia was a mammoth undertaking even though
launched by a daring and courageous people in an expanding age. The
meager knowledge already accumulated was at hand to draw on and England
was not without preparation to push for "its place in the sun." There
was a growing navy, there was trained leadership, there was capital,
there was organization and there were men ready to make the gamble for
themselves and to the glory of God and for their country.

It remained for the Virginia Company of London, under its charter of
April 10, 1606, to found the first permanent English settlement in
America. This company, a commercial organization from its in