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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 permanent after a brief abandonment in 1610. It followed several failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke, established in 1585 on Roanoke Island, later part of North Carolina. Jamestown served as the colonial capital from 1616 until 1699. Despite the dispatch of more settlers and supplies, including the 1608 arrival of eight Polish and German colonists and the first two European women, more than 80 percent of the colonists died in 1609–10, mostly from starvation and disease. In mid-1610, the survivors abandoned Jamestown, though they returned after meeting a resupply convoy in the James River.
| Date | 1620 |
| File name | Town-Jamestown Colony.jpg |
| File Size | 158.86k |
| Dimensions | 1000 x 563 |
| Linked to | Family: Jordan/Reynolds (F1885) (Married); Family: Rolfe/Pierce (F8573) (Married); Family: Rolfe/Powhatan (F8571) (Married); Ensenore Algonkian; Ensenore Algonkian (Death); Sir Edward Colby; Sir Edward Colby (Immigration); Jane Fraser; Jane Fraser (Death); Sarah Hacker (Death); Sarah Hacker; John Ifernain; John Ifernain (Death); Samuel Jordan; Reverend Rev William Mays; Reverend Rev William Mays (Immigration); Elizabeth Margy Partridge (Immigration); Elizabeth Margy Partridge; Joan Phippen (Immigration); Joan Phippen; Jane Pierce (Immigration); Jane Pierce; Captain William Pierce; Captain William Pierce (Immigration); Princess Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan; Jane Poythress; Jane Poythress (Birth); Cecily Reynolds; John Thomas Rolfe (Death); John Thomas Rolfe; Thomas Rolfe (Birth); Thomas Rolfe; Anne Sheppard (Birth); Anne Sheppard; Thomas Smith (Death); Thomas Smith |
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