A Long Time Ago/29 Arrivals in Virginia

Arrivals in Virginia

This page is part of A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families, the chunked book edition on the Wally Atkins Family Wiki.

Book section: Arrivals in Virginia
Page range in the book: 208-210
Chunk order: 29 of 36

This section preserves the historical record of how the older Virginia ancestral branches entered North America across the 17th century. Direct ancestors in the family reconstruction are marked with (D).

Transatlantic Migration Map

The map below marks European departure ports, the Bermuda shipwreck site, and the colonial Virginia landings:

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17th-Century Immigration Waves & Ships

The diagram below chronologically illustrates the primary vessels, dates, and families arriving in the Colony of Virginia:

graph LR subgraph 1608_Second_Supply["1608: Second Supply"] MM["Ship: Mary and Margaret<br/>(Oct 1608)"] --> TG["Capt. Thomas Graves & Katherine"] end subgraph 1609_1610_Third_Supply["1609–1610: Third Supply & Deliverance"] SV["Ship: Sea Venture / Deliverance<br/>(Wrecked Bermuda, arrived May 1610)"] --> GY["Sir George Yeardley (D)"] SV --> TL["Capt. Thomas Lawson (D)"] SV --> RB["Rev. Richard Bucke & Marah (D)"] SV --> JA["John Atkins of Virginia (D)"] FAL["Ship: Falcon (1609)"] --> TF["Temperance Flowerdew (D)"] end subgraph 1620s_Expansion["1620s: Tidewater & Eastern Shore"] FH["Ship: Flying Harte (1620)"] --> DC["Daniel Custis (D)<br/>Newport News"] CH["Ship: Charles (1621)"] --> AT["Capt. Adam Thorowgood (D)<br/>Lynnhaven"] HP["Ship: Ye Hopewell (1627)"] --> SO["Sarah Offley (D)"] end subgraph Later_Colonial["Later 17th-Century Waves"] BAR["Barbados (1630) to Surry Co. (1690)"] --> RP["Paynter Line (D)"] WM["Westmoreland (1665) to Prince George"] --> JE["John Ellington (D)"] end

Immigrant Ancestor Register

Cleaned Import

The book explains that names marked with (D) are treated as direct ancestors, while the remaining names are collateral ancestors. In that sense, this chapter is not a tightly argued proof chart so much as a historical register of how the family's older lines enter Virginia.

Atkins

The section lists John of Virginia on the 3rd Supply, arriving May 23, 1610. It also lists Sibella, wife of John of Virginia and mother of the son born in Virginia, and then John, son of John of Virginia, born in Virginia in 1610, later husband of Marah Bucke.

Lawson

The chapter says Captain Thomas Lawson left England on June 9, 1609 bound for Virginia, was shipwrecked in Bermuda, and arrived at Jamestown on May 23, 1610 aboard the Deliverance.

Thorowgood

The section lists Captain Adam Thorowgood in Virginia in 1621 and again in 1627 in Ye Hopewell, and identifies Sarah Offley as his wife.

Graves

The chapter includes Captain Thomas Graves on the second supply ship, the Mary and Margaret, in October 1608.

Custis

The section lists Daniel Custis arriving in 1620 on the Flying Harte and connects him to the founding of Newport News.

Yeardley

The chapter places Sir George Yeardley on the Sea Venture, leaving England on June 9, 1609, shipwrecked in Bermuda, and arriving in Virginia on May 23, 1610 aboard the Deliverance. It also names Temperance Flowerdew, his wife, arriving at Jamestown on the Falcon.

Paynter

The section lists Robert Paynter and Ann, his wife, going to Barbados in 1630, with grandson Richard coming to Virginia in Surry County soon after 1690.

Ellington

The chapter lists John Ellington going to Westmoreland County in 1665 and later moving to Prince George County.

Bucke

The section says Reverend Richard Bucke left England on June 9, 1609, was shipwrecked in Bermuda, and arrived at Jamestown on May 23, 1610.