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Mistress Forrest
Margaret Forrest (, known as "Mistress Forrest") and her maid servant Anne Burras, were the first two European women to emigrate to the Virginia Colony. Arriving on October 1, 1608, in what is known as the Second Supply aboard the English ship the ''Mary and Margaret'' under Captain Christopher Newport Christopher Newport ( – ) was an English seaman and privateer. During the war with Spain Newport was one of the most successful ' Elizabethan Sea Dogs' to venture to the Spanish Main, making large profits. Newport is best known as the c ... to resupply the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. Her husband Thomas Forrest, Esq., was listed as a gentleman on that ship as shown on its manifest, whereas she was listed only as Mistress Forrest. Thomas and Margaret had married on August 16, 1605, in St. Giles in the Fields, London, England. Mistress Forrest, probably the wife of gentleman Thomas Forrest, is not mentioned again in the historical record. In 1997, a skeleton within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent British colonization of the Americas, English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about southwest of present-day Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg. It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. (May 14, 1607 Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.), and considered permanent, after brief abandonment in 1610. It followed failed attempts, including the Roanoke Colony, established in 1585. Despite the dispatch of more supplies, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 1609–1610 Starving Time. In mid-1610, the survivors abandoned Jamestown, though they returned after meeting a resupply convoy in the James River. Jamestown served as the colonial capital from 1616 until 1699. In August 1619, the first recorded slaves from Africa to British North America arrived at present-day Old Point Comfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Forrest (colonist)
Thomas Forrest, Esq ( in Morborne, Huntingdonshire, England – in St. Mary's City, Maryland), was a gentleman financier in the Virginia Company. At that time, "gentleman" denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below an esquire and above a yeoman. By definition, this category included the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, knights, and esquires in perpetual succession; thus the term captures the common denominator of gentility (and often armigerousness) shared by both constituents of the English aristocracy: the peerage and the gentry. On October 1, 1608, what is known as the History of the Jamestown Settlement (1607–1699), Second Supply came to the new colony of Virginia aboard the English ship the ''Mary and Margaret'' under Captain Christopher Newport to resupply the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. Thomas Forrest was listed as a gentleman on that ship as shown on its manifest. This ship brought with it the first two women to come to Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting (alternatively written lady in waiting) or court lady is a female personal assistant at a Royal court, court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking nobility, noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom she attended. Although she may either have received a Retainer agreement, retainer or may not have received compensation for the service she rendered, a lady-in-waiting was considered more of a personal assistant, secretary, courtier, or Lady's companion, companion to her Mistress (form of address), mistress than a domestic worker, servant. In some other parts of the world, the lady-in-waiting, often referred to as ''palace woman'', was in practice a servant or a slave rather than a high-ranking woman, but still had about the same tasks, functioning as companion and secretary to her mistress. In courts where polygamy was practiced, a court lady might have been formally available to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Burras
Anne Burras (later, Anne Laydon) was an early English settler in Virginia and an ancient planter. She was the first English woman to marry in the New World, and her daughter Virginia Laydon was the first child of English colonists to be born in the Jamestown, Virginia, colony.Dorman, John Frederick, ''Adventurers of Purse and Person'', 4th ed., v.2, p. 431. Anne Burras arrived in Jamestown on October 1, 1608, on the ''Mary and Margaret'', the ship bringing the Second Supply. She came as a 14-year-old maid (lady-in-waiting) to Mistress Forrest. In December 1608, Anne married carpenter John Laydon (or Layton, Leyden), aged 28 years (). John Laydon had arrived with the original colonists to Virginia in 1607. In 1610, Anne worked as a seamstress for the colony. During the strict regime enacted by Dale's Code, she was whipped brutally for "sewing shirts too short", a punishment which caused a miscarriage. The Laydons had four daughters, Virginia, Alice, Katherine, and Margaret. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport ( – ) was an English seaman and privateer. During the war with Spain Newport was one of the most successful ' Elizabethan Sea Dogs' to venture to the Spanish Main, making large profits. Newport is best known as the captain of the '' Susan Constant'', the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also in overall command of the other two ships on that initial voyage, in order of their size, the ''Godspeed'' and the ''Discovery''. He made several voyages of supply between England and Jamestown; in 1609, he became Captain of the Virginia Company's new flagship, '' Sea Venture'', which met a hurricane during the Third Supply mission and was shipwrecked on the archipelago of Bermuda. Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, was named in his honour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fort
James Fort () is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. Following the construction of Charles Fort on the opposite side of the harbour in the late 17th century, James Fort became known as the "old fort" (). Listed as a protected National Monument, and managed by the Office of Public Works, the fort is open to visitors. History Before James fort was constructed, an earlier medieval fortification existed on the site. This fortification, named ''Castle Ny-Parke'' was occupied for a time by Spanish forces as part of the 4th Spanish Armada. During the early part of the Siege of Kinsale (1601), it was captured from the Spanish by Sir Richard Smyth who led the attacking English forces of Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy. Construction of James Fort commenced in 1602 - immediat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
