A comprehensive database listing of the first colonists who came to Virginia, including information concerning voyages and supply vessels from England, merchant ships, privateers, estates mentioned in 17th century correspondence and Virginia county records. Discoveries include occupations, names of heirs and marriages, origin, travels and trade in the West Indies governing the English Laws and regulations concerning the economic industry in the colony. It mentions the names of both colonists and their European factors and some correspondence with the Virginia Company of London. An excellent place to search for hard-to-find adventurers and ancestors in the early days. Sources are varied and not those usually found by genealogists and researchers.