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15 mag 2024 · John Smith, English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He played an equally important role as a cartographer and a writer who vividly depicted the natural abundance of the New World, encouraging prospective English settlers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
13 mag 2024 · John Smith was one of the most influential Englishmen to set foot in early colonial America. He led the Jamestown colony through tough times and produced highly accurate maps of the surrounding regions, including New England.
5 giorni fa · Genealogy for Col. John Smith, of "Purton" (c.1663 - 1698) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Province of Virginia
- circa 1663
- Mary Smith
- April 14, 1698
1 giorno fa · Following the establishment of the Jamestown settlement in 1607, John Smith was captured by the Powhatan and met with both their leader Wahunsenacawh (often referred to as "Chief Powhatan") and his brother Opechancanough.
4 giorni fa · Age 55. Death of Maj. John Smith, of “Purton” at Purton. Purton, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America. Genealogy for Maj. John Smith, of “Purton” (1624 - 1680) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Burnley
- April 17, 1689
- Ann Smith
29 mag 2024 · —Capt. John Smith, 1622 Hunger, survival, luck, love, and greed brought different cultures to Jamestown Island. Free, enslaved, and indentured people mixed here and gradually merged into a new but imperfect society.
6 giorni fa · John Smith took his place on September 10, 1608. To impose discipline on malingering colonists, Smith announced a new rule: “He that will not worke shall not eate (except by sicknesse he be disabled).”
