A look inside The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643 In the late summer and early autumn of 1621, a succession of ships set sail from England bound for Jamestown, Virginia. From girlhood to adulthood and marriage. For all but the youngest Jamestown brides, living in service in the households of others marked their expected transition from girlhood to adulthood and marriage. ‘Lost Colonists’ Among the ‘lost colonists’ who disappeared from Roanoke Island were the first Englishwomen hoping to settle in North America, including Governor John White’s daughter and granddaughter, Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America. Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643 By the time the maids leſt for Virginia, Sir Thomas Smythe’s reign as treasurer of the Virginian Company had come to an end.
✔ Author(s): Jennifer Potter
✔ Title: The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World
✔ Rating : 4.3 out of 5 base on (181 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 178239916X
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
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