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"Jamestown
is the site of the first permanent English colony in America. On May
13, 1607, one hundred seven Englishmen arrived in three small ships
and moored them to the trees on this island. The following day the
English came ashore--never to leave."
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Our great-grandfather
Captain Thomas Graves was one of the two hundred and
ninety-five settlers that established the James Towne
Colony. He arrived in James Towne in early October
of 1708 as a passenger on the supply ship "Mary and
Margaret" bound from England. In the year 1619, Captain
Thomas Graves was elected as one of twenty-two
representatives to meet at the first legislative
assembly in America known as the House of Burgesses.
The House of Burgesses would list in its later ranks
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The House of Burgesses
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"After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor
George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the
Virginia colony would establish a legislative
assembly. This assembly, the House of Burgesses,
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