My ancestors lived at Basse’s Choyce on the James River and survived the 1622 Opechancanough massacre, so reading this book was extremely informative and I highly recommend it. He is a British author and utilized a ton of resources in the UK Archives that I had no idea existed.
I’ve long had an interest in how things went at Jamestown. One of my 9th great granddads was John Chandler who was in the first group to land in Jamestown in 1607, on the Hercules. He survived the early unpleasantness and built the first dock near Jamestown. The family operated the docks there for upwards of the next hundred years.
There’s no record of why they got out of the dock bizness but the area is where Newport News Shipbuilding is now. I keep thinking those guys owe me some back rent? And Norfolk Naval Base and Shipyard in right across the James. The whole place darn near turned out to be a family operation?