1574 - 1650 (76 years)| Name | Rev William Mays [1] | |
| Title | Reverend | |
| Birth | 1 Jan 1574 | London, England  [2] |
| Baptism | 24 Feb 1575 | Surrey, England [2] |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Immigration | 1607 | Virginia, USA [1] |
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Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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| Name | Mease | |
| Religion | Between 1610 and 1620 | |
| 1st Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church at the settlement at Kecoughtan | ||
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Historical Marker-First Church at Kecoughtan First Church at Kecoughtan WY-90 Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the first known minister of the Parish, from 1613 until about 1620. +… |
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| Death | Oct 1650 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA [2] |
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| Person ID | I22100 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | William Mays, b. 1553, London, England d. 24 Sep 1573, St Peter Cornhill, London, England (Age 20 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Isobel Tressam, b. 1555, London, England d. 1598, London, England (Age 43 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 12 Jun 1573 | Surrey, England [2] |
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| Family ID | F3412 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Elizabeth Margy Partridge, b. 22 Oct 1576, Swimbridge, Devon, England d. 1 Jan 1615, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years) | |||
| Marriage | 12 Jun 1603 | London, England |
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| Family ID | F8584 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
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| People |  | POWHATAN-Pocahontas Pocahontas as she looked in England in 1616. Certainly since the Rev William Mease ( Mays ) was the minister in Virginia during the starving time winter of 1609-1610 he would have met her and probably helped her to convert to Christianity and the English way of life ? This picture used couteousy of the World Book Encyclopedia . |
| Places | | Historical Marker-First Church at Kecoughtan First Church at Kecoughtan WY-90 Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the first known minister of the Parish, from 1613 until about 1620. +… |
| Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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