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class="nickname">John Sicklemore</div><br />1549<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1609</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Virginia Colony</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data">Torture by Native Americans</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">John Radcliff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Adventurer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Dorothy Ratcliffe</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Ratcliffe</b> (born <b>John Sicklemore</b>; 1549 – December 1609) was an early <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a> <a href="/wiki/Colonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonist">colonist</a>, governor, and sea captain. Ratcliffe became the second president of the colony of <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a>. He was slain by the <a href="/wiki/Pamunkey" title="Pamunkey">Pamunkey</a> Native Americans in the winter 1609–1610. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ratcliffe_(governor)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Sicklemore was born in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. In early life, he changed his name to Ratcliffe as an alias.<sup id="cite_ref-DNB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a seaman before going to Virginia, and he may be the Captain Ratcliffe taken prisoner with <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cary,_1st_Viscount_Falkland" title="Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland">Sir Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland</a> and Captain Piggot, at <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BClheim" title="Mülheim">Mülheim</a>, in 1605. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virginia_colony">Virginia colony</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ratcliffe_(governor)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Virginia colony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ratcliffe commanded <a href="/wiki/Discovery_(1602_ship)" title="Discovery (1602 ship)"><i>Discovery</i></a> and became a councillor of the Jamestown Colony. <i>Discovery</i> was the smallest of all three ships; it had a crew of only 21 men. He became president of the colony upon the deposition of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield" title="Edward Maria Wingfield">Edward Maria Wingfield</a> on 10 September 1607. Ratcliffe fell out of favour with many colonists after enlisting men to build a governor's house. Many colonists also disagreed with how he handled trade with the natives and how he performed during the food shortages during the summer of 1608. Ratcliffe was removed in July 1608 and succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Matthew Scrivener</a>. During the administration of <a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">George Percy</a>, Ratcliffe was sent in October 1609 to build a fort at Old Point Comfort, which was named "Algenourne Fort" after one of Percy's ancestors.<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ratcliffe had been sick in the first summer of Jamestown, and never recovered to the change of climate.<sup id="cite_ref-DNB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ratcliffe worked with explorer <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith</a> to remove Edward Wingfield from the presidency because he was hiding food for himself that the colony needed. Ratcliffe was elected president and asked Smith to organise work details and expeditions to trade with Native Americans. By January 1608, only 38 colonists were alive, and Ratcliffe and the Council planned to return to England on <i>Discovery.</i> Ratcliffe's overgenerous trading provoked Smith to complain that they would soon run out of items to trade. Ratcliffe left office (either by resignation or deposition) in July 1608, two months before the end of his term. The colonists were also enraged that as they were sick and dying, Ratcliffe ordered they build a capitol in the woods. The colonists dubbed the project "Ratcliffe's Palace." Ratcliffe accompanied <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a> when he sailed from Virginia in 1608. In May 1609, he commanded <i>Diamond</i>, one of the ships in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Supply" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Supply">Third Supply</a> fleet of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Gates">Sir Thomas Gates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tyler_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyler-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ratcliffe_(governor)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/The_Starving_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="The Starving Time">The Starving Time</a> in December 1609 (or early 1610), Ratcliffe and 25 fellow colonists were invited to a gathering with a group of Powhatan Indians.<sup id="cite_ref-DNB_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had been promised they would receive corn by way of trade, but it was a trap; the Powhatans ambushed and killed them, and Ratcliffe was taken to the village to suffer a particularly gruesome fate. He was tied to a stake in front of a fire and <a href="/wiki/Flaying" title="Flaying">flayed</a> by women of the tribe with <a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">mussel</a> shells, with pieces of his skin tossed into the flames as he watched.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The account of his death was relayed by the surviving Captain William Phettiplace, and recorded by <a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">George Percy</a>. As a consequence of the man's misfortune, he was given the nickname Luckless Captain Ratcliffe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Butt haveinge noe expectacyon of Reliefe to Come in so shorte a Tyme I sentt Capteyne Ratliefe to Powhatan to p[ro]cure victewalls and corne by the way of comerce and trade the w[hi]ch the Subtell owlde foxe att firste made good semblanse of althoughe his intente was otherwayes onely wayteinge a fitteinge tyme for their destruction as after plainely appered. The w[hi]ch was p[ar]tly ocasyoned by Capt[eyn]e Ratliefes Creduletie for Haveinge Powhatans sonne and dowghter aboard his pinesse freely suffred them to dep[ar]te ageine on shoare, whome if he had deteyned mighte have bene a Sufficyentt pledge for his saffety. And after, nott kepeinge a p[ro]per and fitteinge Courte of guarde, butt Suffreinge his men by towe and thre and small numbers in a Company to straggle into the Salvages howses when the slye owlde kinge espyed a fitteinge Tyme Cutt them all of, onely Surprysed Capt[eyn]e Ratliefe alyve who he caused to be bownd unto a tree naked w[i]th a fyer before, and by woemen his fleshe was skraped from his bones w[i]th Mussell shelles and before his face throwne into the fyer. And so for wantt of Circumspection miserably p[er]ished.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_Percy" class="mw-disambig" title="George Percy">George Percy</a>, A Trewe Relacyon</cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ratcliffe_(governor)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ratcliffe is the main <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonist</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_(1995_film)" title="Pocahontas (1995 film)">Pocahontas</a></i> (1995), portrayed as a greedy and ruthlessly ambitious man who believes that the Powhatan tribe is very barbaric and has hidden gold near the outskirts of Virginia. He wants to battle the Native Americans for it, despite the fact that there was never any gold in Virginia. Here, he was voiced by <a href="/wiki/David_Ogden_Stiers" title="David Ogden Stiers">David Ogden Stiers</a>, who gave him a <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent" title="Mid-Atlantic accent">Mid-Atlantic accent</a>. In this adaptation, he is accompanied by his <a href="/wiki/Pug" title="Pug">pug</a> Percy (this name is derived from the English colonist <a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">George Percy</a>) and by his servant Wiggins (also voiced by Stiers). He also appeared in the direct-to-video sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_II:_Journey_to_a_New_World" title="Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World">Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World</a></i> (1998), where he plans to dupe <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">King James I</a> into allowing him to send a large navy <a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">armada</a> to perpetrate a <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Powhatans" class="mw-redirect" title="Powhatans">Powhatans</a> by attempting to sabotage the diplomatic meetings between Pocahontas and the king. He is finally arrested and exposed for his crimes of incompetence and treachery and is imprisoned by King James. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ratcliffe_(governor)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DNB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarlyle1897" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/E._I._Carlyle" title="E. I. Carlyle">Carlyle, E.I.</a> (1897). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Sicklemore, John"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sicklemore,_John">"Sicklemore, John" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. 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New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2007" class="citation book cs1">Smith, John (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.org/details/writings0000smit"><i>Writings</i></a>. Internet Archive. 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Dolle, "Captain John Smith's Satire of Sir Walter Raleigh"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pocahontas.morenus.org/">David Morenus, "The Real Pocahontas"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjvatm2.html">"Virginia Records Timeline: 1553–1743"</a>, United States Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Papers</li> <li>Price, David A., <i>Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation</i> (New York: Knopf, 2003)</li> <li>Property Records from Beaufort County Courthouse, North Carolina</li> <li><i> The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605–1614 (Real Voices, Real History) by Ed Southern (Editor) </i> (Winston-Salem NC: Blair, 2004)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/A%20Trewe%20Relation.pdf">George Percy, "A Trewe Relacyon of the procedeings and ocurrentes of Momente which have hapned in Virginia"</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield" title="Edward Maria Wingfield">Edward Maria Wingfield</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of colonial governors of Virginia">Colonial Governor of Virginia</a> </b><br />1608 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Matthew Scrivener</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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(1607–1624)</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia">Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia</a> • <a href="/wiki/History_of_Jamestown,_Virginia_(1607%E2%80%931699)" title="History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699)">History (1607–1699)</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585%E2%80%931604)" title="Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)">Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Virginia_Charter" title="First Virginia Charter">First Virginia Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Virginia_Charter" title="Second Virginia Charter">Second Virginia Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Company" title="Virginia Company">Virginia Company</a>/<a href="/wiki/London_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="London Company">London Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions" title="Jamestown supply missions">Jamestown supply missions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starving_Time" title="Starving Time">Starving Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Powhatan_Wars" title="Anglo-Powhatan Wars">Anglo-Powhatan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1619_Jamestown_craftsmen_strike" title="1619 Jamestown craftsmen strike">1619 Jamestown craftsmen strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_massacre_of_1622" title="Indian massacre of 1622">Indian massacre of 1622</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Richmond,_Virginia)" title="Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia)">Belle Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles_(headland)" title="Cape Charles (headland)">Cape Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Creek" title="College Creek">College Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glass_House_Point" title="Glass House Point">Glass House Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hog_Island_Wildlife_Management_Area" title="Hog Island Wildlife Management Area">Hog Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_River" title="James River">James River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Island" title="Jamestown Island">Jamestown Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulberry_Island" title="Mulberry Island">Mulberry Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stingray_Point,_Virginia" title="Stingray Point, Virginia">Stingray Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsenacommacah" title="Tsenacommacah">Tsenacommacah</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Werowocomoco" title="Werowocomoco">Werowocomoco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan%27s_Chimney" title="Powhatan's Chimney">Powhatan's Chimney</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated places<br /> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_former_counties,_cities,_and_towns_of_Virginia" title="List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blunt_Poynt" title="Blunt Poynt">Blunt Poynt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kecoughtan,_Virginia" title="Kecoughtan, Virginia">Kecoughtan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Henry" title="Cape Henry">Cape Henry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Landing_State_Park" title="First Landing State Park">First Landing State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Hampton,_Virginia)" title="St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia)">St. John's Episcopal Church</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrar%27s_Island" title="Farrar's Island">Farrar's Island</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henricus" title="Henricus">Henricus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Point,_Virginia" title="Jordan Point, Virginia">Beggars Bush (Jordan Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moysonec" title="Moysonec">Moysonec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Point_Comfort" title="Old Point Comfort">Old Point Comfort</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Algernon" title="Fort Algernon">Fort Algernon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passapatanzy,_Virginia" title="Passapatanzy, Virginia">Passapatanzy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolstenholme_Towne" title="Wolstenholme Towne">Wolstenholme Towne</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1619 incorporations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_City_(Virginia_Company)" title="James City (Virginia Company)">James City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City_(Virginia_Company)" title="Charles City (Virginia Company)">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City_(Virginia_Company)" title="Elizabeth City (Virginia Company)">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Henrico_(Virginia_Company)" title="City of Henrico (Virginia Company)">City of Henrico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonists<br /> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Jamestown_colonists" title="List of Jamestown colonists">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Original <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Governor%27s_Council" title="Virginia Governor's Council">Virginia Governor's Council</a> members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield" title="Edward Maria Wingfield">Edward Maria Wingfield</a> (president)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Gosnold" title="Bartholomew Gosnold">Bartholomew Gosnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Martin_(Jamestown)" title="John Martin (Jamestown)">John Martin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John Ratcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kendall_(Jamestown_council_member)" title="George Kendall (Jamestown council member)">George Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other notable original colonists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Archer" title="Gabriel Archer">Gabriel Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Beheathland" title="Robert Beheathland">Robert Beheathland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Collier" title="Samuel Collier">Samuel Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunt_(chaplain)" title="Robert Hunt (chaplain)">Robert Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">George Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wotton_(surgeon)" title="Thomas Wotton (surgeon)">Thomas Wotton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable colonists from<br /> <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions" title="Jamestown supply missions">supply missions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>First Supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Profit" title="Jonas Profit">Jonas Profit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Savage_(Virginia_interpreter)" title="Thomas Savage (Virginia interpreter)">Thomas Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Matthew Scrivener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sicklemore" title="Michael Sicklemore">Michael Sicklemore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Spence_(burgess)" title="William Spence (burgess)">William Spence</a></li></ul></li> <li>Second Supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Burras" title="Anne Burras">Anne Burras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Croshaw" title="Raleigh Croshaw">Raleigh Croshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dowse" title="Thomas Dowse">Thomas Dowse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistress_Forrest" title="Mistress Forrest">Mistress Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Forrest_(colonist)" title="Thomas Forrest (colonist)">Thomas Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves_(burgess)" title="Thomas Graves (burgess)">Thomas Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gwyn" title="Hugh Gwyn">Hugh Gwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hamor" title="Ralph Hamor">Ralph Hamor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Tucker_(colonial_administrator)" title="Daniel Tucker (colonial administrator)">Daniel Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_West" title="Francis West">Francis West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Polish_craftsmen" title="Jamestown Polish craftsmen">Jamestown Polish craftsmen</a></li></ul></li> <li>Third Supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Buck_(chaplain)" title="Richard Buck (chaplain)">Richard Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Capps" title="William Capps">William Capps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Davis_(mariner)" title="James Davis (mariner)">James Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_Flowerdew" title="Temperance Flowerdew">Temperance Flowerdew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor)" title="Thomas Gates (governor)">Thomas Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(merchant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Hopkins (merchant)">Stephen Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Jordan" title="Samuel Jordan">Samuel Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvester_Jourdain" title="Silvester Jourdain">Silvester Jourdain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Peirce_(burgess)" title="William Peirce (burgess)">William Peirce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Powell_(Virginia_colonist)" title="William Powell (Virginia colonist)">William Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich_(Bermuda_settler)" title="Robert Rich (Bermuda settler)">Robert Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rolfe" title="John Rolfe">John Rolfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sharpe_(burgess)" title="Samuel Sharpe (burgess)">Samuel Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sharpe_(burgess)" title="William Sharpe (burgess)">William Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Somers" title="George Somers">George Somers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Spelman_of_Jamestown" title="Henry Spelman of Jamestown">Henry Spelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Strachey" title="William Strachey">William Strachey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yeardley" title="George Yeardley">George Yeardley</a></li></ul></li> <li>Fourth Supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Samuel Argall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Bohun" title="Lawrence Bohun">Lawrence Bohun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr" title="Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr">Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr</a></li></ul></li> <li>Fifth Supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dale" title="Thomas Dale">Thomas Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecily_Jordan_Farrar" title="Cecily Jordan Farrar">Cecily Jordan Farrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Spencer_(burgess)" title="William Spencer (burgess)">William Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Wright" title="Joan Wright">Joan Wright</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable colonists<br /> 1611–1624</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Angela_(enslaved_woman)" title="Angela (enslaved woman)">Angela</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Berkeley_(governor)" title="William Berkeley (governor)">William Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Claiborne" title="William Claiborne">William Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Farrar_(settler)" title="William Farrar (settler)">William Farrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pace_(planter)" title="Richard Pace (planter)">Richard Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pollington" title="John Pollington">John Pollington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pott" title="John Pott">John Pott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sandys" title="George Sandys">George Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Shelley" title="Walter Shelley">Walter Shelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Stephens_(burgess)" title="Richard Stephens (burgess)">Richard Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thorpe_(Virginia_colonist)" title="George Thorpe (Virginia colonist)">George Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tucker_(Virginia_colony)" title="William Tucker (Virginia colony)">William Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_West_(governor)" title="John West (governor)">John West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Whitaker" title="Alexander Whitaker">Alexander Whitaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Wyatt" title="Francis Wyatt">Francis Wyatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Natives and<br /> <a href="/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Virginia" title="Native American tribes in Virginia">native groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accomac_people" title="Accomac people">Accomac people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattoc" title="Appomattoc">Appomattoc</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opossunoquonuske" title="Opossunoquonuske">Opossunoquonuske</a></li></ul></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chanco" title="Chanco">Chanco</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickahominy_people" title="Chickahominy people">Chickahominy people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamunkey" title="Pamunkey">Pamunkey (tribe)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opechancanough" title="Opechancanough">Opechancanough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patawomeck" title="Patawomeck">Patawomeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan" title="Powhatan">Powhatan (people)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan_(Native_American_leader)" title="Powhatan (Native American leader)">Powhatan (leader)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas" title="Pocahontas">Pocahontas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tackonekintaco" title="Tackonekintaco">Tackonekintaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomocomo" title="Tomocomo">Tomocomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemattanew" title="Nemattanew">Nemattanew</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_people" title="Rappahannock people">Rappahannock people</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other notables</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_planter" title="Ancient planter">Ancient planter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Colonial_Virginia" title="Women of Colonial Virginia">Women of Colonial Virginia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_brides" title="Tobacco brides">Tobacco brides</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ferrar" title="John Ferrar">John Ferrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Ferrar" title="Nicholas Ferrar">Nicholas Ferrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Laydon" title="Virginia Laydon">Virginia Laydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pory" title="John Pory">John Pory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Rich_(merchant_adventurer)" title="Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer)">Nathaniel Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick">Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Sandys_(1561%E2%80%931629)" title="Edwin Sandys (1561–1629)">Edwin Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smythe" title="Thomas Smythe">Thomas Smythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Tyndall_(surveyor)" title="Robert Tyndall (surveyor)">Robert Tyndall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Z%C3%BA%C3%B1iga_y_de_la_Cueva" title="Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva">Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Written accounts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dale%27s_Code" title="Dale's Code">Dale's Code</a>" (1612)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Description_of_New_England" title="A Description of New England">A Description of New England</a></i> (1616)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Historie_of_Travaile_Into_Virginia_Britannia" title="The Historie of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia">The Historie of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia</a></i> (1619)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Generall_Historie_of_Virginia,_New-England,_and_the_Summer_Isles" title="The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles">The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles</a></i> (1619)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/True_Reportory" title="True Reportory">True Reportory</a></i> (1625)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pami%C4%99tnik_handlowca" title="Pamiętnik handlowca">Pamiętnik handlowca</a></i> (1625)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Po-ca-hon-tas,_or_The_Gentle_Savage" title="Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage">Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage</a></i> (1855)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas_(1910_film)" title="Pocahontas (1910 film)">Pocahontas (1910 film)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wives_of_Jamestown" title="The Wives of Jamestown">The Wives of Jamestown</a></i> (1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Smith_and_Poker-Huntas" title="Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas">Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_John_Smith_and_Pocahontas" title="Captain John Smith and Pocahontas">Captain John Smith and Pocahontas</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Argall:_The_True_Story_of_Pocahontas_and_Captain_John_Smith" title="Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith">Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_World_(2005_film)" title="The New World (2005 film)">The New World (2005 film)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jamestown:_Legend_of_the_Lost_Colony" title="Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony">Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_(TV_series)" title="Jamestown (TV series)">Jamestown</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Susan_Constant" title="Susan Constant">Susan Constant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godspeed_(ship)" title="Godspeed (ship)">Godspeed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discovery_(1602_ship)" title="Discovery (1602 ship)">Discovery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_and_John" title="Mary and John">Mary and John</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Venture" title="Sea Venture">Sea Venture</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_(pinnace)" title="Virginia (pinnace)">Virginia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White_Lion_(privateer)" title="White Lion (privateer)">White Lion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Rediscovery" title="Jamestown Rediscovery">Jamestown Rediscovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Court_of_Virginia_(colonial)" title="General Court of Virginia (colonial)">General Court of Virginia (colonial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Burgesses" title="House of Burgesses">House of Burgesses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Governor%27s_Council" title="Virginia Governor's Council">Virginia Governor's Council</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat" title="He who does not work, neither shall he eat">He who does not work, neither shall he eat</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_James_River_plantations" title="List of James River plantations">List of James River plantations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Virginia" title="Preservation Virginia">Preservation Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Colony" title="Roanoke Colony">Roanoke Colony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Park: <a href="/wiki/Historic_Jamestown" title="Historic Jamestown">Historic Jamestowne</a> •  Museum: <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement" title="Jamestown Settlement">Jamestown Settlement</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Glasshouse" title="Jamestown Glasshouse">Jamestown Glasshouse</a>)</span> •  Trail: <a href="/wiki/Captain_John_Smith_Chesapeake_National_Historic_Trail" title="Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail">Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Governors_of_Virginia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Governors_of_Virginia" title="Template:Governors of Virginia"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Governors_of_Virginia" title="Template talk:Governors of Virginia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Governors_of_Virginia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Governors of Virginia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Governors_of_Virginia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governors of Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a 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href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Scrivener</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor)" title="Thomas Gates (governor)">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr" title="Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr">T. West (De La Warr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dale" title="Thomas Dale">Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yeardley" title="George Yeardley">Yeardley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Argall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Wyatt" title="Francis Wyatt">Wyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_West" title="Francis West">F. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/John_Pott" title="John Pott">Pott</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Crown colony</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor)" title="John Harvey (Virginia governor)">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_West_(governor)" title="John West (governor)">J. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/George_Reade_(colonial_governor)" title="George Reade (colonial governor)">Reade</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Berkeley_(governor)" title="William Berkeley (governor)">Berkeley</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Jeffreys_(colonial_governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Jeffreys (colonial governor)">Jeffreys</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kemp_(governor)" title="Richard Kemp (governor)">Kemp</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bennett_(governor)" title="Richard Bennett (governor)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Digges" title="Edward Digges">Digges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Matthews_(captain)" title="Samuel Matthews (captain)">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Colepeper,_2nd_Baron_Colepeper" title="Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper">Colepeper</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chicheley" title="Henry Chicheley">Chicheley</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Howard,_5th_Baron_Howard_of_Effingham" title="Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham">Howard of Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Andros" title="Edmund Andros">Andros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Nott" title="Edward Nott">Nott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Jenings_(governor)" title="Edmund Jenings (governor)">Jenings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(colonial_administrator)" title="Robert Hunter (colonial administrator)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Orkney" title="George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney">Orkney</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Spotswood" title="Alexander Spotswood">Spotswood</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Drysdale" title="Hugh Drysdale">Drysdale</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carter_I" title="Robert Carter I">"King" Carter</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Keppel,_2nd_Earl_of_Albemarle" title="Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle">Albemarle</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lee_(Virginia_colonist)" title="Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Burwell_family_of_Virginia#Lewis_Burwell_I/II_(1711–1756)" title="Burwell family of Virginia">Burwell</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinwiddie" title="Robert Dinwiddie">Dinwiddie</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_4th_Earl_of_Loudoun" title="John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun">Loudoun</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Amherst</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norborne_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Botetourt" title="Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Nelson_(governor)" title="William Nelson (governor)">W. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore" title="John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore">Dunmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/75px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/113px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/150px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a> <figure class="mw-halign-center mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia"><img alt="Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/68px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>Virginia</figcaption></figure></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_(governor)" title="William Fleming (governor)">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Jr." title="Thomas Nelson Jr.">T. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">B. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Randolph" title="Edmund Randolph">E. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Randolph" title="Beverley Randolph">B. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">H. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke_(Virginia_governor)" title="Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wood_(governor)" title="James Wood (governor)">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Page_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Page (Virginia politician)">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Cabell" title="William H. Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler_Sr." title="John Tyler Sr.">Tyler Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Randolph_(governor)" title="Peyton Randolph (governor)">P. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barbour" title="James Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Cary_Nicholas" title="Wilson Cary Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Patton_Preston" title="James Patton Preston">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mann_Randolph_Jr." title="Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.">T. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pleasants" title="James Pleasants">Pleasants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">Tyler Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Branch_Giles" title="William Branch Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Floyd_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Floyd (Virginia politician)">J. Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton_Waller_Tazewell" title="Littleton Waller Tazewell">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyndham_Robertson" title="Wyndham Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(Virginia_politician)" title="David Campbell (Virginia politician)">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walker_Gilmer" title="Thomas Walker Gilmer">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Patton" title="John M. Patton">Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherfoord" title="John Rutherfoord">Rutherfoord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Munford_Gregory" title="John Munford Gregory">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McDowell" title="James McDowell">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_governor)" title="William Smith (Virginia governor)">W. "EB" Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Floyd" title="John B. Floyd">J. B. Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Johnson_(Virginia_politician)" title="Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wise" title="Henry A. Wise">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Letcher" title="John Letcher">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_governor)" title="William Smith (Virginia governor)">W. "EB" Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Harrison_Pierpont" title="Francis Harrison Pierpont">Pierpont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Wells" title="Henry H. Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Carlton_Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert Carlton Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Kemper" title="James L. Kemper">Kemper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._M._Holliday" title="Frederick W. M. Holliday">Holliday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Cameron" title="William E. Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzhugh_Lee" title="Fitzhugh Lee">F. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_W._McKinney" title="Philip W. McKinney">McKinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Triplett_O%27Ferrall" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Triplett O'Ferrall">O'Ferrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hoge_Tyler" title="James Hoge Tyler">J. H. Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson_Montague" title="Andrew Jackson Montague">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. 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