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British Author Publishes First Biography of 17th Century Eastern Shore Settler
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TIVERTON, England and SALISBURY, Md., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A first-time English author has released the first biography of Henry Bagwell, an historically important early settler of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
The Henry Bagwell Story is the first biography of an early English settler on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, who survived shipwreck in Bermuda on his way to the Jamestown Colony in 1609. An English author, writing her first book, compiled his story from historical archives in Virginia and Devon, England.
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SUMMARY
John Rolfe served as secretary and recorder general of Virginia (1614–1619) and as a member of the governor’s Council (1614–1622). He is best known for having married Pocahontas in 1614 and for being the first to cultivate marketable tobacco in Virginia. Joined by his first wife, whose name is unknown, Rolfe sailed on the
Sea Venture, a Virginia-bound ship that wrecked off the islands of Bermuda in 1609. There his wife gave birth to a daughter, but mother and child soon died. In Virginia, Rolfe turned to experimenting with tobacco, a plant first brought to England from Florida. The Virginia Indians planted a variety that was harsh to English smokers, so Rolfe developed a Spanish West Indies seed,
1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: When I woke it was raining and had been for some time with the wind west northwest. At 8 a.m. barometer 29.30, thermometer 75, wind west by north 3, clouds 9. Read Household Words. Charlotteâs cold is very bad and the others better. The wind has in the last two days backed from south to west blowing a good breeze.
1865: Word reached Key West that Gen.
Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 virtually ending the Civil War. There was a great celebration and the Army fired a 100-gun salute.
1886: Ley Memorial Methodist Church was dedicated.