Edward maria wingfield biography of michael jackson
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List of Jamestown colonists
On 4 May[O.S. 14 May], to English dock and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.[1][2]
The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant, Discovery, and the Godspeed, and the settlement itself, were sponsored bygd the London Company, whose "adventurers" (investors) hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. The settlers suffered terrible hardships in its early years, including sickness, starvation, and native attacks. By early , most of the settlers had died due to starvation and disease.[3] With resupply and additional immigrants, it managed to endure, becoming America's first permanent English colony.[4]
Once the settlement location was chosen, the company members opened sealed instruc
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Jarvis (Winfield) Wingfield (abt. - )
Jarvis"Gervais, Gervas"Wingfield formerly Winfield aka Winfield
Born about [location unknown]
AncestorsSon of Thomas (Winfield) Wingfield and Elizabeth (Unknown) Wingfield
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Hannah (Unknown) Wingfield — married about [location unknown]
DescendantsFather of William Winfield, Mary (Winfield) Parton, Martha (Wingfield) Wynne, John Wingfield, Judith (Wingfield) Dixon, Edward Wingfield and Elizabeth (Winfield) Huson
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Surry Co., VA, DB/WB 7, p. , 17 Dec “Jarvis Winfield and wife, Hannah Winfield, to Stephen Housman acres on south side of Josephs Swamp and bounded by John Doby Sr., Nathaniel Tatum Sr., and Thomas Busby. Wit: Robert Wynne, Richard Huson, Thomas Wynne. Rec. 18 Dec ”[1]
Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex Co., VA: Died - “Gervas Winfield ag