Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport

male, deceased (1617)
British East India Company privateer British overseas territories bermuda Virginia colonial territory … Virginia Colony
Christopher Newport (c. 1561-1617) was an English sailor. He is best known as the captain of the "Susan Constant", the largest of three ships which... More
Thomas Dale

Thomas Dale

male, deceased (1619)
Colonial governor of Virginia James River Virginia Colony Henricus Bermuda Hundred Bermuda Cittie
Sir Thomas Dale (d. August 19, 1619) was a British naval commander and deputy-governor of the Virginia Colony in 1611 and from 1614 to 1616.... More
Nathaniel Bacon

Nathaniel Bacon

male, deceased (1676)
dysentery Virginia colonial Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Virginia Colony Jamestown Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon (January 2, 1647 - October 26, 1676) was an early plantation owner of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's... More

Thomas Gates

male
Third Supply Virginia Colony commonwealth of virginia flagship English De La Warr
Sir Thomas Gates (fl. 1585-1621), followed George Percy as governor of Jamestown, the English colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia,... More
Samuel Argall

Samuel Argall

male, deceased (1626)
atlantic ocean Native American of the United States new world James I new england northwest passage … Virginia Colony
Sir Samuel Argall (baptized 4 December 1580 - c. 24 January 1626) was an English adventurer and naval officer. A sea captain, in 1609, Argall was... More
George Somers

George Somers

male, deceased (1610)
Royal Navy officer Virginia colonial Warspite bermuda spanish member of parliament … Virginia Colony
Admiral Sir George Somers (1554-1610) was a British naval hero. Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Somers, his first fame came as part of... More
Edwin Sandys

Edwin Sandys

male, deceased (1629)
Third Supply Virginia Company of London bermuda Virginia Colony Jamestown American Revolutionary War
Sir Edwin Sandys (9 December 1561 - October 1629) was a British statesman and one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London,... More

John Page

male, deceased (1692)
from Virginia House of Burgesses Virginia Colony Middle Plantation Virginia Peninsula Colonel John Page
Colonel John Page (December 26, 1628-January 23, 1692), a resident of Middle Plantation on the Virginia Peninsula, was a member of the House of... More

Alexander Whitaker

male, deceased (1616)
Theologian Accidental death Native American English From cambridgeshire Jamestown … Virginia Colony
Alexander Whitaker was a Christian theologian who settled in Virginia Colony in 1611 and established two churches near the Jamestown colony. Known... More
William Claiborne

William Claiborne

male, deceased (1677)
Parliament of the United Kingdom York River puritan English Civil War Virginia colonial Lord Baltimore … Virginia Colony
William Claiborne (also spelled William Clayborne) was an English pioneer and surveyor who was an early settler of Virginia and Maryland. Claiborne... More