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John Fielding,
CEO
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In 1607 and thereafter Captain John Smith and many others made their personal contributions to this speculative business venture called the "Virginia Company.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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The first fireworks recorded in America were set off by an Englishman, Captain John Smith, famous in the story of Pocahontas.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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First European contact came in 1608 when Captain John Smith from Jamestown came across the Susquehannock along the Chesapeake Bay.
This is Captain John Smiths description of his first encounter with Westmoreland indians in 1608.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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In 1608, when Captain John Smith and his party first explored the Rappahannock River Leedstown was a thriving Indian village, the home of King Passassack, of the Rappahannock tribe.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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The first detailed records of settlers actually exploring these shores date from 1608, when Captain John Smith sailed the Chesapeake Bay.
The county is steeped in American history dating to 1608 when Captain John Smith first visited the county.
The given name of Behethland came from her ancestor, Captain Robert BEHETHLAND, who came to Virginia with John SMITH in 1607.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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If I find an ancestor with the last name of SMITH, I just go ahead and link him to Captain John Smith and his "wife" Pocahontas.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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The fleet was to relieve the struggling British colony established in 1607 under Captain John Smith after failure of the Roanoke Island venture of Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Captain John Smith Nevertheless, the landing party came ashore in the present city of Virginia Beach on the morning of April 26th, 1607.
Earliest written mention of the area dates from Captain John Smith's navigation of the Potomac River as far as Arlington in 1608.
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