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Smith, John(Captain Smith)
Born: 1580 AD
Died: 1631 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Captain, Military Officer, Soldier
Died: 1631 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Captain, Military Officer, Soldier
1580 - John Smith born and baptized in Willoughby Alford, Lincolnshire where his parents rented a farm from Lord Willoughby. He was an English soldier, sailor, and author.
1596 - He lived an adventurous life, traveling, fighting in wars against the Turks in Transylvania and Hungary, and surviving a period of slavery in Turkey.
1606 - Returning to England, he invested in the new London Company and sailed from London for America with Capt. Christopher Newport. On arrival in Virginia, he was named a member of the governing council of the Jamestown settlement, although not permitted to serve immediately, and began his explorations of the surrounding territory.
1608 - After his return to Jamestown, his enemies arrested him, but he was saved from hanging by the arrival of Newport with new settlers.
1609 - He became president of the council and energetically resisted the company’s peremptory demands that the colonists find gold.
- Injured in an explosion, he returned to England.
1614 - He was sent to New England by a group of London merchants, and returned with a valuable cargo of fish and furs. He emphasized the importance of fishing and upheld the prospects for settlement in New England.
1631 - Died at the age of 51.
1596 - He lived an adventurous life, traveling, fighting in wars against the Turks in Transylvania and Hungary, and surviving a period of slavery in Turkey.
1606 - Returning to England, he invested in the new London Company and sailed from London for America with Capt. Christopher Newport. On arrival in Virginia, he was named a member of the governing council of the Jamestown settlement, although not permitted to serve immediately, and began his explorations of the surrounding territory.
1608 - After his return to Jamestown, his enemies arrested him, but he was saved from hanging by the arrival of Newport with new settlers.
1609 - He became president of the council and energetically resisted the company’s peremptory demands that the colonists find gold.
- Injured in an explosion, he returned to England.
1614 - He was sent to New England by a group of London merchants, and returned with a valuable cargo of fish and furs. He emphasized the importance of fishing and upheld the prospects for settlement in New England.
1631 - Died at the age of 51.
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