Jamestowne Society is an organization founded in 1936 by George Craghead Gregory

George C. Gregory

George Craghead Gregory was an American attorney, businessman, historian, and author. He lived with his wife and seven children at "Granite Hall", an estate located near Granite in northwestern Chesterfield County about 8 miles west of Richmond, Virginia.In 1932, he discovered the foundation of...

 for descendants of stockholders in the Virginia Company of London and the descendants of those who owned land or who had domiciles in Jamestown

Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 , it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke...

 or on Jamestown Island prior to the year 1700.

Jamestown

In May 1607, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English

England

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 settlement in what is now the United States

United States

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, following several earlier failed attempts. It was founded by the London branch of the Virginia Company

Virginia Company

The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America...

, which was competing with the Plymouth

Plymouth Company

The Plymouth Company was an English joint stock company founded in 1606 by James I of England with the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.The Plymouth Company was one of two companies, along with the London Company, chartered with such...

 branch to settle the Colony of Virginia.

Jamestown was the capital of the Colony for 83 years, from 1616 until 1698. At that time, the capital was relocated to Middle Plantation

Middle Plantation

Middle Plantation in the Virginia Colony, was the unincorporated town established in 1632 that became Williamsburg in 1699. It was located on high ground about half-way across the Virginia Peninsula between the James River and York River. Middle Plantation represented the first major inland...

, about 8 miles (12.9 km) distant. (That small community, which had also become home to the new College of William and Mary

College of William and Mary

The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...

 in 1693, was renamed Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...

 in 1699).

George Craghead Gregory

George Craghead Gregory (1878-1956) was an attorney and businessman based in Richmond

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

 had a strong interest in Virginia's history and was also an author

Author

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 and historian

Historian

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. In 1932, he was working at property owned by Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) on Jamestown Island and discovered the foundation of the first brick statehouse (capitol) building circa 1646.

The society

The society was formed to bring together as many of the descendants of stockholders in the Virginia Company of London and the descendants of those who owned land or who had domiciles in Jamestown

Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 , it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke...

or on Jamestown Island prior to the year 1700 as possible.

Since its founding, the Society has helped with genealogical records and expanded into dozens of branches, called "Companies." (In the Jamestowne Society, "Companies" are similar to chapters in most lineage societies). Membership in Companies is elective, while membership in the national Society is acquired at the time a member joins.

In 1958, the Society was formally organized as a non-profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (1954, as amended). It frequently holds meetings and events.

Qualifying Ancestors

(Partial list)
Abbot, Samuel
Abrahall, Richard
Abrell, Robert
Adams, Thomas
Addams, Robert
Allen, Arthur
Allen, William
Allerton, Willoughby
Allerton/Alerton, Isaac
Allomby, Thomas
Alsop, James
Anderson, John
Anderson, William
Andrews, Joakin
Andrews, William
Andros, Sir Edmund
Appleton, John
Applewhaite, Henry
Archer, Gabriel
Argall, Sir Samuel
Armistead, Anthony
Armistead, John
Armistead, William Jr
Arunell, John
Ashton, Peter
Aston, Walter
Atkins, John
Awborne, Richard
Awbrey, Henry
Bacon, Nathaniel Jr
Bacon, Nathaniel Sr
Bagnall, James
Bagwell, Henry
Bagwell, Thomas
Baker, Henry
Baker, Lawrence
Baldridge, Thomas
Baldry, Robert
Baldwin, John
Baley, Temperance
Ball, Henry
Ball, Joseph
Ball, William
Ballard, Thomas
Ballard, Thomas Jr
Balthropp, Christopher
Banister, William
Barbar, William
Barber, Francis
Barber, John hn
Barber. Thomas
Barham, Anthony
Barker, William
Burnham, Rowland
Burroughs, Benoni
Burroughs, Christopher
Burrowes, Charles
Burwell, Edward
Burwell, Lewis
Bush, John
Bushopp, John
Bushrod, Thomas
Butler, William
Bye, Thomas
Byrd, William I
Calthrope, Christopher
Calvert, George
Canfield, Robert
Cant, David
Cant, John
Carsley, Henry
Carter, Edward
Carter, John
Carter, Robert (King)
Carter, William
Carver, William
Cary, Miles
Cary, William
Castle, Robert
Catchmaid, George
Catchmaie, George
Catlett, John
Caufield, William
Caufleld, Robert
Caulthropp, Christopher
Causey, Thomas
Cawsey, Nathaniel
Ceely, Thomas
Ceney, Henry
Challis, Edward
Chamberlain, Thomas
Chamberlaine, Francis
Champion, William
Chandler, John
Chaplaine, Isaack
Chapman, William
Charlton, Stephen
Cheesman, Edmund
Cheesman, John
Cheesman, Thomas
Chew, John
Chicheley, Sir Henry
Crashaw, Rawleigh
Craven, Richard
Edloe, Matthew
Edmundson, Thomas
Edwards, William ward
Elay, Lancelot
Elliott, Anthony
Elliott, David
Ellis, David
Ellyson, Robert
Emerson, Ellis
Emerson, William
English, John
English, William
Eppes, Francis I
Essington, William
Evans, Robert
Evelyn, Robert
Eyre, Robert
Fairfax, William
Fantlaroy, Moore
Fareley/Farley, Thomas

Farlowe, Thomas
Farmer, Thomas
Farrar, John
Farrar, William
Fauntleroy, Moore
Fawcett, Thomas
Fawdone, George
Feild, Peter
Felgate, Robert
Fenwick, Jane
Ferrar, William
Filmer, Henry
Finch, Henry
Fisher, John
Fitchett, John
Fitzhugh, William
Fleet, Elizabeth
Fleete, Henry
Fleete, William
Fletcher, George
Flint, Richard
Flint, Thomas
Flood/Fludd, John
Flowerdew, Temperance
Flynt, Thomas
Foliott, Edward
Follis, Thomas
Ford, Richard
Fossett, Thomas
Hayney, Richard
Hayrick, THomas
Hayward/Heyward/Howard, John
Hayward, Samuel
Heale, George
Henley, Reynold
Heyrick, Thomas
Heyricke, Henry
Hicks, Robert
Higginson, Humphrey
Hill, Edward
Hill, Edward II
Hill, Edward Jr
Hill, Edward Sr
Hill, Edward I
Hill, John
Hill, Nicholas
Hill, Richard
Hill, Thomas
Hinton, Thomas
Hobbes, Francis
Hobson, John
Hockaday, William
Hoddin, John
Hodges, Thomas
Hoe/Hooe, Rice
Holden, John Southey
Holder, Richard
Holiday, Anthony
Holland, Gabriel
Holland, John
Holliday, Anthony
Holmewood, John
Holt, Randall
Holt, Robert
Holt, Thomas
Hone, Theophilus
Hooke, Francis
Hooker, William
Hopkins, Stephen
Horsey, Stephen
Horsmanden, Warham
Hoskins, Bartholomew
Horton, Thomas
Horwood, William
Hoskins, Anthony
Hough, Francis
Howe, John
Hubbard, Robert
Huberd, Robert
Huft, Nathaniel
Knowles, John
Madison, Isaac
Mainsfield, David
Mallett, James
Major, Edward
Mansell, David
Mansill, Daniel
Marble, George
Marlott, Thomas
Marshall, Robert
Marshall, William
Martiau, Nicholas
Martin, John