Netti,

I've been following the answers to your question about the ships to
Jamestown with interest. You always come up with the best questions!

That last one about the study by the staff person at Colonial Williamsburg
might be available on microfiche at the Virginia Room, FCPL in Fairfax City.
They have a microfiche collection of CW studies with a guide. I haven't used
it for a few years but this could be in it. I'll bet Suzanne would check the
list for you to confirm or not.

Eric

Eric G. Grundset
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        From:   Netti Schreiner-Yantis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 12:58 PM
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        Subject:        SHIPS TO JAMESTOWN 1607-1625

        Dear Historians,

        I have been trying to determine the names of the ships that arrived
in
        Virginia prior to the 1624/25 MUSTER.  The colonists were supposed
to give
        the name of the ship and date of arrival in Virginia, but, of
course, many
        omitted one or the other, and frequently both. Also, a number of the
ships
        evidently made multiple voyages bringing new colonists.  Could
anyone point
        me to a book, or maybe a thesis, which would be helpful?   What I
would like
        to know:
             1. The names of all ships that brought passengers between 1607
and 1624
             2. The year/years of arrival of each
             3. The names on any passenger lists which may be extant.

        Most of all, I would like to know if the names of the three ships
that came
        with Lord De La Warr in 1610 have been identified.  He arrived on 9
or 10
        June 1610.  One was named "Godspeede."  Which, if any, of the ones
below
        were the other two ships?  The MUSTER identified all as having come
in 1610.

        1. GODSPEEDE - 1 person said he arrived on this ship; he was living
at
        Elizabeth Cittie. This was William Coxe who--according to
Adventurers of
        Purse & Person-- arrived 10 June 1610 with the party of Thomas West,
Third
        Lord De La Warr.

        2. MARY & JAMES [alias Mary James] - 4 persons, all of whom were
living in
        Eliz. Cittie

        2. Mary Ann Margett (prob. Mary & Margett) - 1 person who lived at
Elizabeth
        City beyond Hampton R.

        3. NOAH - 1 person who lived at Charles City, Neck of Land

        4. PROSPEROUS - 4 persons: 2 at Elizabeth Cittie and 2 at West &
Sherly
        Hundred

        5. STARR - 5 persons: 1 on Eastern Shore, 1 at Charles City, 3 at
Elizabeth
        Cittie

        6. SWANN - 9 persons: 6 at Elizabeth Cittie, 2 at West & Sherley
Hundred, 1
        at Jordan's Journey

        7. TRYALL - 4 persons: 2 at Elizabeth Cittie, 2 at Jordan's Journey

        It is interesting to me that of the 29 persons who arrived in 1610,
not one
        of them was living in James City.  Maybe those who stayed there all
had died
        because it was such an unhealthy place?  Nineteen of the 29 lived at
        Elizabeth City.  Why?  Because it was the healthiest of all the
areas?
        Because more people settled there in the first place?  Because less
of those
        who lived there had been killed in the massacres?   Or had some who
lived at
        more  western locations moved there after the massacres for safety's
sake?
        Four lived at West & Sherley Hundred. Three lived at Jordan's
Journey.  Two
        lived at Charles City. One on the Eastern Shore.  Can anyone throw
any light
        on this distribution of the people?

        I will be very grateful for any assistance you can give.

        Netti Schreiner-Yantis

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