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George Thorpe (baptized January 1, 1576 – March 22, 1622, at Berkeley Hundred), was a noted landowner, Member of Parliament, distiller, educator and major investor in early colonial companies in the Americas.
3 de may. de 2024 · George Thorpe was a wealthy Englishman who founded Berkeley Hundred, a plantation in Virginia, and served as a councilor for the Virginia Company. He also tried to convert the Virginia Indians to Christianity, but was killed by them in 1622.
THORPE, George (1575-1622), of Wanswell Court, Berkeley, Glos. and Westminster; later of Berkeley, Virginia. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. Available from Cambridge University Press.
17 de nov. de 2020 · Thorpe, an early leader in the settlement, suggested much of Jamestown’s misery was caused more by “disease of the minde than of the body.”. Writing to a friend back in England in late 1620, Thorpe said he felt healthier in the New World than he ever had in his native land.
In 1620, George Thorpe, our 7th Great Grandfather, came to America to establish a college, his contribution to history would prove to be much greater. Upon arriving in America George was introduced to the Indians of the region and more importantly, to their corn.
George Thorpe and the Berkeley Company: A Gloucestershire Enterprise in Virginia. Eric Gethyn-Jones. Sutton, 1982 - Biography & Autobiography - 296 pages.
11 de ago. de 2007 · On April 3, 1620, The London Company hired George Thorpe to manage the land and tenants for the proposed 'university and college' on 11,000 acres on the north bank of the James River above Henrico Town. (A historical marker located near Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia.)
