A Short History of Jamestown - National Park Service
Lady Joane Ellen Adria Burrows 1597–1670 BIRTH 28 JANUARY 1597 • Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England DEATH 11 SEP 1670 • Jamestown, James, Virginia Colony 9th great-grandmother Add MyTreeTags™ In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13, they picked Jamestown, Virginia, for their settlement, named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. 10 Things You May Not Know About the Jamestown Colony Explore surprising facts about America's first permanent English settlement. BY: CRYSTAL PONTI UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 | ORIGINAL: AUGUST 6, 2019 copy page link PRINT PAGE MPI/GETTY IMAGES In May of 1607, a hearty group of Englishmen arrived on the muddy shores of modern-day Virginia under orders from King James I to establish an English colony. But despite thei...