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note page for initial work on "Virginia Hundreds", with the thought that a category & a space page of that name might be useful (whether or not individual categories for the Hundreds are ever implemented - something considered off and on over the years but not seen as especially profitable weighing effort & return).

Hmm... maybe not "Virginia Hundreds", as that excludes the other locations in the Jamestown Muster.

Contents 1 Locations in Jamestown Muster 2 Locations from Living and Dead List 3 Wikipedia: Colony of Virginia 4 Hundreds 4.1 Berkeley Hundred 4.2 Bermuda Hundred 5 Other pre-1634 Locations 6 WikiTree Profiles 6.1 Berkeley Hundred 6.2 Bermuda Hundred 6.3 Shirley Hundred

Locations in Jamestown Muster

From a Search of the Virtual Jamestown database (16 June 2023):

Corporations:

• Charles Cittie
• Elzabeth Cittie
• Henrico
• James Citty
• neare James Citty

Locations:

• Chaplins Choise, Charles Cittie
• Jordans Jorney, Charles Cittie
• Neck-of-Land, Charles Cittie
• Peirseys hundred, Charles Cittie
• West & Sherley hundred, Charles Cittie
• Sherley hundred, Charles Cittie
• beyond Hampton River Beinge the Companyes land, Elzabeth Cittie
• Easterne shore over the Baye, Elzabeth Cittie
• Elzabeth Cittie, Elzabeth Cittie
• Newportes newes, Elzabeth Cittie
• Colledge-Land, Henrico
• Archers Hope, James Citty
• Basses Choyse, James Citty
• Burrows Hill, James Citty
• Capt Mathews Plant, James Citty
• Hog Iland, James Citty
• James Citty, James Citty
• James Iland, James Citty
• Martins Hundred, James Citty
• mr Blaneys Plant, James Citty
• mr Crowders Plant, James Citty
• mr Treasurors Plant, James Citty
• Mulbury Iland, James Citty
• Neck-of-Land, neare James Citty
• Paces Paines, James Citty
• Pasbehaighs, James Citty
• Smiths Plant, James Citty
• the Maine, James Citty
• Wariscoyack, James Citty

Hmmm. doesn't include a lot of the hundreds.

Locations from Living and Dead List

From this page, "The Living and the Dead in Virginia on February 16, 1623" following the Virginia Indian Massacre of 1622, also known as the Jamestown Massacre, which occurred on Good Friday, March 22, 1622. About 347 people - or almost one-third of the English population of Jamestown - were killed by a coordinated series of surprise attacks of the Powhatan Confederacy under Chief Opechancanough.... Although Jamestown itself was spared due to a timely last-minute warning, many smaller settlements had been established along the James River both upstream and downstream from it and on both sides. The attackers killed men, women, and children, and burned homes and crops.

Henricus was one of the most progressive of the small communities which bore the brunt of the coordinated attacks and many were abandoned in the aftermath. One of the highest death tolls occurred at Wolstenholme Towne, the site of a recent archaeological dig which was 7 miles downriver from Jamestown at Martin's Hundred, now part of Carter's Grove Plantation.

• Colledg Land
• Neak of Land
• West and Shrilow hundred
• West and Shirlow Hundred Island
• Jordan's Jorney
• Flourdirn Hundred [aka Flowerdew]
• James Citie
• Chaplains Choise
• the Maine
• James' Island
• Over the River
• the Plantation over against James Cittie
• Archur's Hoop [Hope]
• The Glase House
• Warwick Squrake
• Martin's Hundred
• the Indian Thickets
• Bass's Choise
• Buck's Row

Above were locations of those listed as living. Following locations are from the "List of the Names of the Dead in Virginia, since April last, February 16, 1623":

• Colledg
• Neck of Land
• Flower de hundred
• Jurdain's Jorney
• West and Sherlow hundred
• James' Cittie
• the Plantation over against James' Cittie
• Hog Island
• Warwick's Squrak
• Martin's hundred
• "OUT of the ship called the FURTHERANCE"
• "OUT of the GOD'S GIFT, Mr. CLARE, Master"
• "OUT of the MARGARET and JOHN"...
  • MR. LANGLEY.
  • MR. WRIGHT, the gunner of the WILLIAM and JOHN.

Wikipedia: Colony of Virginia

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia

"Hundreds"

Once tobacco had been established as an export cash crop, investors became more interested, and groups of them united to create largely self-sufficient "hundreds." The term "hundred" is a traditional English name for an administrative division of a shire (or county) to define an area which would support one hundred heads of household.[33] In the colonial era in Virginia, the "hundreds" were large developments of many acres, necessary to support tobacco crops. The "hundreds" were required to be at least several miles from any existing community. Soon, these patented tracts of land sprang up along the rivers. The investors sent shiploads of settlers and supplies to Virginia to establish the new developments. The administrative centers of Virginia's hundreds were essentially small towns or villages and were often palisaded for defense.

An example was Martin's Hundred, located downstream from Jamestown on the north bank of the James River. It was sponsored by the Martin's Hundred Society, a group of investors in London. It was settled in 1618, and Wolstenholme Towne was its administrative center, named for John Wolstenholme, one of the investors.

Bermuda Hundred (now in Chesterfield County) and Flowerdew Hundred (now in Prince George County) are other names which have survived over centuries. Others included Berkeley Hundred, Bermuda Nether Hundred, Bermuda Upper Hundred, Smith's Hundred, Digges Hundred, West Hundred and Shirley Hundred (and, in Bermuda, Harrington Hundreds). Including the creation of the "hundreds", the various incentives to investors in the Virginia Colony finally paid off by 1617. By this time, the colonists were exporting 50,000 pounds of tobacco to England per year and were beginning to generate enough profit to ensure the economic survival of the colony.

Abstracted from above

• Berkeley Hundred
• Bermuda Hundred (now in Chesterfield County)
• Bermuda Nether Hundred
• Bermuda Upper Hundred
• Digges Hundred
• Flowerdew Hundred (now in Prince George County)
• Martin's Hundred, settled in 1618 with Wolstenholme Towne as its administrative center
• Shirley Hundred
• Smith's Hundred
• West Hundred

• "and, in Bermuda, Harrington Hundreds" <- not sure if they mean in Bermuda Hundred or in Bermuda, not Virginia.

In 1619, the plantations and developments were divided into four "incorporations" or "citties," as they were called. These were Charles Cittie, Elizabeth Cittie, Henrico Cittie, and James Cittie, which included the relatively small seat of government for the colony at Jamestown Island. Each of the four "citties" (sic) extended across the James River, the main conduit of transportation of the era. Elizabeth Cittie, known initially as Kecoughtan (a Native word with many variations in spelling by the English), also included the areas now known as South Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.

See the table on the Virginia Counties and Parishes page for more on the incorporations and shires that preceded Virginia counties (established in 1634).

Hundreds

From previous sections:

• Berkeley Hundred
• Bermuda Hundred (now in Chesterfield County)
• Bermuda Nether Hundred
• Bermuda Upper Hundred
• Digges Hundred
• Flowerdew Hundred (now in Prince George County) [also "Flourdirn" and "Flower de Hundred"]
• Harringtons Hundred [presumed what was meant, not "Harrington Hundreds"]
• Martin's Hundred, settled in 1618 with Wolstenholme Towne as its administrative center
• Peirseys hundred, Charles Cittie
• Sherley hundred, Charles Cittie
• Shirley Hundred
• Smith's Hundred
• West Hundred
• West & Sherley hundred, Charles Cittie [also West and "Shrilow hundred"]
  • West and Shirlow Hundred Island

Berkeley Hundred

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Hundred

Bermuda Hundred

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Hundred,_Virginia

Info from Isham-12:

Historic Marker K 202, which can be viewed here: https://www.chesterfield.gov/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=29237 (from this Government website - US Government offices do not/cannot hold copyright).

See also the pdf of the paperwork for the Historic District designation of the Town of Bermuda Hundred.

Hunh. There is a Bermuda Hundred category, but it's sub-categorized under counties (which didn't exist when it was created): Category: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Maybe we need a "Virginia Locations Before 1634" category?

Other pre-1634 Locations

From the Jamestown Muster and the Living & Dead lists

• Archers Hope, James Citty [also Archur's Hoop]
• Basses Choyse, James Citty [also Bass's Choise]
• mr Blaneys Plant, James Citty
• Buck's Row
• Burrows Hill, James Citty
• Chaplins Choise, Charles Cittie [also Chaplains Choise]
• Colledge-Land, Henrico [also Colledg Land, Colledg]
• mr Crowders Plant, James Citty
• Easterne shore over the Baye, Elzabeth Cittie
• The Glase House
• beyond Hampton River Beinge the Companyes land, Elzabeth Cittie
• Hog Iland, James Citty [also Hog Island]
• the Indian Thickets
• James Iland, James Citty [also James' Island]
• Jordans Jorney, Charles Cittie [also Jordan's Jorney, Jurdain's Jorney]
• Capt Mathews Plant, James Citty
• the Maine, James Citty
• Mulbury Iland, James Citty
• Neak of Land
  • Neck-of-Land, neare James Citty
  • Neck-of-Land, Charles Cittie [different place or same?]
• Newportes newes, Elzabeth Cittie
• Over the River
• Paces Paines, James Citty
• Pasbehaighs, James Citty
• the Plantation over against James Cittie [also James' Cittie]
• Smiths Plant, James Citty
• mr Treasurors Plant, James Citty
• Wariscoyack, James Citty
• Warwick Squrake [also Warwick's Squrak] [same as Wariscoyack?]

WikiTree Profiles

Just a quick look and a bit of clicking around on profiles attached to Isham-12 ~ 20 June 2023

Berkeley Hundred

• William Hancock Sr. (abt.1580-1622) - profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Died 22 Mar 1622 at about age 42 in the massacre at Thorpe House, Berkeley Hundred, Jamestown, VA"
• John Woodlief Senior (bef.1584-abt.1637) - died at Berkeley Hundred

Bermuda Hundred

• Henry Isham Sr. (abt.1627-bef.1677) - profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Died before 11 Sep 1677 before about age 50 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia"
• Anne (Isham) Eppes (1665-aft.1717) - Henry's daughter, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Born Jun 1665 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia"
• Mary (Isham) Randolph (1659-1735) - Henry's daughter, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Born 10 Oct 1659 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia"
• Francis Eppes III (abt.1657-bef.1720) - Anne Isham's husband, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Died before 2 Feb 1720 before about age 63 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia"
• Francis Eppes II (abt.1627-bef.1678) - father of Francis Eppes III, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Died before 28 Aug 1678 before about age 50 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia Colony [uncertain]"
• Mary Ann (Wells) Eppes (abt.1639-1660) - wife of Francis Eppes II, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Died 23 Sep 1660 at about age 21 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia"

Shirley Hundred

• Francis Eppes III (abt.1657-bef.1720) - Anne Isham's husband, profile (as of 20 June 2023) has "Born about 1657 in Shirley Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia"