"Peirsey's Hundred" refers to Gov. George Yeardley's 1,000 acre
Flowerdew Hundred tract located on the south side of the James River
opposite Weyanoke.  In 1624 there were 63 people living there, including
48 of Yeardley's servants (of which 11 were Black) and some tenants.
Abraham Peirsey purchased Flowerdew Hundred from Yeardley in 1624 after
the list was taken, apparently because the March 1622 uprising had
forced him to abandon his own, more exposed grant near the Appomattox
River.  Peirsey was living at Jamestown when the 1625 census was taken,
but there were 57 people at Peirsey's [Flowerdew] Hundred, including
about 36 of Peirsey's indentured servants.  The other residents may have
included the resident overseer, some wage earning craftsmen, and tenants
(including a few who were resident when Yeardley owned the tract and a
few new ones).  It is possible that Peirsey had moved some of his people
to Yeardley's land immediately after the 1622 uprising and even before
formally buying the tract.  

Ed Ayres
Yorktown Victory Center
Yorktown, Virginia

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