Everything about Wolstenholme Towne totally explained
Wolstenholme Towne was a fortified settlement in the
Virginia Colony begun with a population of about 40 settlers of the
Virginia Company of London which was located about 7 miles downstream from
Jamestown. Named for Sir
John Wolstenholme, one of the investors, it was established about
1618 on a plantation named
Martin's Hundred. Housing in Wolstenholme Towne consisted of rough cabins of wattle and daub woven on wooden posts thrust into the clay subsoil.
On
March 22,
1622, the
Native American Powhatans rose to kill as many English settlers as could be surprised in their homes and fields. From the
fall line of the
James River to
Hampton Roads, they burned and looted settlements, killing an estimated 400 colonists.
Martin's Hundred, the plantation hardest hit, lost more than 50, perhaps as many as 70. Wolstenholme Towne's death toll wasn't separated in the death rolls. About 30 miles upriver on the south bank of the James, Sir
Thomas Dale's new "citie" (sic) of
Henricus was also wiped out in what has come to be called the
Indian Massacre of 1622.
In the 20th century, separate groups of
archaeologists uncovered the sites of both Wolstenholme Towne and Henricus. The former is located on the grounds of
Carter's Grove plantation in the
Grove Community of southeastern
James City County. The findings were chronicled by author and historian
Ivor Noel Hume.
Carter's Grove Plantation is currently owned by
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, but has been closed to the public since 2003.
Wolstenholme Towne is now considered one of the many
lost towns of Virginia.
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