Discover Family Stories in Genealogy Research
The best stories emerge while researching family histories. Over half of the first families to Jamestown in the Supply ships were massacred by Indians in 1622. The stories were written in history books now available online at virginiapioneers.net. https://virginiapioneers.net/become-a-member/
The Harrowing Winds of War
A fictional story by Jeannette Holland Austin The boy did not awaken until early morning, when she brought him a cup of tea.“Where am I?” He asked.“What is your name.” She asked.“Giles Duncan.” Giles sat up in bed and told his story. He was a boy living at home with his parents in Goose Creek […]
The Harrowing Winds of War
A fictional story by Jeannette Holland Austin Brennerei FarmEvan Schwartz, a tall, slender man from Germany, strolled across his sprouting barley field. His family had long since crossed the seas and made their home in Virginia, among other German families in the village of Germanna. Ultimately, as his children grew to manhood and drifted away […]
Germans Settled Orange County
The German Protestants who came in 1714 were, in fact, the “First Settlers” of Orange County, Virginia, then a part of Essex, afterward of Spotsylvania.* Three German colonies came to Virginia during Governor Spotswood’s administration and settled at or near Germanna. The first colonists consisted of twelve families, numbering forty-two persons, as shown by the order […]
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The Benefit of Searching York County Records
When Jamestown burned down on September 19, 1676, that meant the loss of all early records. The affairs of the colony were then transferred to Williamsburg, in York County. Thus, York County is the next most likely place to search diligently for your ancestors in Virginia. The following records are available online at https://virginiapioneers.net/counties/york/ The […]
The First Three “Supply” Ships to Jamestown May 1607
In 1607 the London Company began shipping new settlers to Jamestown. The idea was to establish another colony that would ultimately benefit the Company. Also, England was prime for receiving the tobacco manufacturers that would soon flood the markets. As it turns out, tobacco was widely shipped into Europe and served to bring wealth to […]
London Prisoners sent to Virginia Colony
During the mid-1700s prisoners from Newgate were sent to the Virginia Colony. English citizens were incarcerated in the prison for failure to pay their debts. As the prison became more overcrowded, Parliament devised a plan to ship prisoners to the new Colony of Virginia. The result was that thousands of inmates became indentured servant to […]
Who were the Acadians in Nova Scotia?
Before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, Nova Scotia was settled by the French and called by them “Acadia”. During the early part of the 18th century there was a war between the English and French, won by the English in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. For more than forty years, the Acadians remained […]
Settlers to the Northern Neck of Virginia 1700-1730
In 1673 King Charles II of England granted all proprietary rights to the territory between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers to Lords Arlington and Cooper. It became known as “the Northern Neck.” Near the end of the seventeenth century, Virginia colonists on the Northern Neck began to move inland from the tidal rivers and […]
