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Thomas was from Bristol, England and left London on the George in the dead of winter, January of 1619. He arrived in Jamestown in the spring, (This was one yearbefore the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Mass. on the Mayflower.)" Other sourcesconfirm the arrival date as April 10th.
We found a photograph of Flowerdew, the Piersey Hundred, where Thomas served out his time before acquiring Sewell's Point and a map showing this land and its position on the James River relative to Jamestown, Gloucester, Williamsburg and Surry. The photograph is an aerialview and shows the James River in the background.
In the history of Flowerdew, there is a detailed account of the massacre of the colonists by the Algonquin Indians. Over a third of the colonists were killed, including women and children. Thomas is not listed in the List of the Dead that is on the Internet so it is assumed he survived as either an injured party to bury the dead. He died atSewell' s Point.
There is a description of the revenge of the colonistsagainst the Indians. In the history of Norfolk, we found Sewell's Park as well as Sewell's Point and the high regard with which the family was held. As I understand it, the Point today is where the US Navy docks its aircraft carriers at theUS Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia.
We found various descriptions of Sowell's Creek off the Hardware River and different branches of the same family inGoochland, the Jamestown area, later in Albemarle County near Jefferson, BertieCounty, NC and Kershaw County in SC. After the Battle of New Orleans and the warof 1812, the west ward bound are in Davidson County, Tennessee near Andrew Jackson and from there through Arkansas to the earliest settlers of Texas.
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