The First Supply

In early 1608 Captain Newport returned to Virginia with the first supply as well as new and different instructions from the Virginia Company in England. The company's governing council was not pleased with the accomplishments of the colonists, especially that they had yet to find gold or a staple product that would provide profit for the company's stockholders. The first supply carried a new group of men, many with specialized skills that the Company hoped would stabilize the colony and yield a profitable industry in the new land of Virginia.

According to historical documents, those first settlers included:

gentlemen

Michaell Phetyplace

William Phetyplace

Ralfe Morton

William Cantrill

Richard Wyffin

Robert Barnes

George Hill

George Pretty

John Taverner

Robert Cutler

Michaell Sickelmore

Thomas Coo

Peter Pory

Richard Killingbeck

William Causey

Doctor Russell

Richard Worley

Richard Prodger

William Bayley

Richard Molynex

Richard Pots

Jefrey Abots

John Harper

Timothy Leds

Edward Gurganay

George Forest

John Nickoles

William Gryvill

labourers

Raymond Goodyson

John Speareman

William Spence

Richard Brislow

William Simons

John Bouth

William Burket

Nicholas Ven

William Perce

Francis Perkins

Francis Perkins

William Bentley

Richard Gradon

Rowland Nelstrop

Richard Salvage

Thomas Salvage

Richard Miler

William May

Vere

Michaell

Bishop Wyles

tailers

John Powell

Thomas Hope

William Beckwith

William Yonge

Laurence Towtales

William Ward

councellor

Matthew Scrivner

jeweller

Daniell Stalling

refiners

William Johnson

Richard Belfield

William Dawson

Abraham Ransacke

gunner

Peter Keffer

perfumer

Robert Alberton

apothecaries

Thomas Feld

John Harford

surgeon

Post Gittnat

couper

John Lewes

pipe maker

Robert Cotton

blackesmith

Richard Dole

diverse others

Christopher Rodes

James Watkings

Richard Fetherstone

James Burne