Category Archives: 1608

Reconstructing the Barracks

Posted on June 12, 2020 by The Editor

As you may know, our Society continues to support the Jamestowne Rediscovery Foundation in its archaeological research to help us better understand the lives and experiences of our ancestors. Most recently, we have made a $75,000 grant for the reconstruction … Continue reading →

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Our Successful 2018 Fall Meeting

Posted on November 1, 2018 by The Editor

Our Fall 2018 membership luncheon and meeting was held at the Long Beach Yacht Club at noon, Saturday, October 20. Governor Julie Plemmons welcomed forty members, Friends and guests. Membership Chair Martha Pace Gresham then introduced new company members Tyler … Continue reading →

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How many English women came to Jamestown by 1620?

Posted on September 28, 2018 by The Editor

By Erica Hahn We know that there were few women colonists in the first years of the Jamestown colony. As with almost all European colonies, men were the adventurers, going out into the wilderness with the idea of making their … Continue reading →

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Jamestown in Winter

Posted on January 12, 2017 by The Editor

It’s been a tough weather week in Historic Jamestown. We here show a You Tube video of Jamestown in Winter shot from a drone by the Jamestown Rediscovery staff. This makes us appreciate our California weather, no matter the current rains. Note how … Continue reading →

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Whose Ancestors are Buried in the Jamestown Church?

Posted on December 27, 2016 by The Editor

There have been six churches at Jamestown. The most meaningful were the second, built in 1608 – the site of the 1614 Rolfe/Pocahontas wedding and where graves of four founders were found; the third, built from 1617 to 1619 – the … Continue reading →

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John Smith’s Remembrance of an Unexpectedly Merry Christmas

Posted on January 5, 2016 by The Editor

The Little Ice Age made early 17th century winters very difficult in England, but especially in Virginia. Unlike our days of rain, and chill, the Thames and James would freeze over in those days, so this reprinted account of Remembering Capt. John Smith’s … Continue reading →

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Exciting New Discoveries at Historic Jamestown

Posted on July 28, 2015 by The Editor

With a video, Jamestown Rediscovery and the Smithsonian Institution today announced the discovery and examination of the graves of four of the colony’s earliest founders in the excavation of the chancel the 1608 church at Historic Jamestown (the site of the Pocahontas/Rolfe … Continue reading →

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A New Book on Jamestown: The Latest Captain John Smith Biography

Posted on January 9, 2015 by The Editor

Captain John Smith’s iconic shadow still falls over Jamestown 400+ years after his 34-month sojourn in helping to found it. That specter is replete with mythology about a certain prepubescent Powhatan girl, disciplining settlers and facing down indigenous chieftains. A new and … Continue reading →

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Found: America’s First English Garden…or Was It a Farm?

Posted on August 28, 2013 by The Editor

Perhaps those first settlers weren’t so “lazy,” after all, belying what some historians have been telling us for many decades. In exploring the first extension to James Fort, Jamestown Rediscovery has recently uncovered evidence of their first attempts at agriculture … Continue reading →

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