ROBBINS-AGNEW:Information about John DODSON
John DODSON (b. 1588)
Notes for John DODSON:John Dodson was one of the first Settlers in America inJamestown, VA.
He came to America with Captain John Smith and settled in Jamestown.
John Dodson 1 was born before 1600 in England 1.
"John Dodson came over to America from England with Capt. John Smith in 1607. There were a hundred and five men in this company that founded the first permanent English Colony in America.
They reached the capes of Virginia April 1607, and sailed up the broad river, thirty two miles from the river's mouth. They named the river, James and their settlement Jamestown, in honor of their King.
In spite of all the hardships John Dodson survived and was reported to have been a mighty hunter and fur trader and in his dealings with the Indians became the possessor of large bodies of land. He was a good citizen [and] we find descendants of this early Jamestown settler in every emigrant western movement."
John came aboard the ship "The Susan Constant"
John Dodson is one of the Grest Grandfathers of theRobbins-Agnew Family.There were more than one marriage of his descendants into the Agnew Family.
John Dodson came over to America from England with Capt. John Smith onship Ann in 1607. There were a hundred and five men in this company that founded the first permanent English Colony in America at Jamestown. They reached the capes of Virginia April 1607, and sailed up the broad river, thirty two miles from the river's mouth. They named the river, James and their settlement Jamestown, in honor oftheir King. The colonists soon erected cabins out of poles and branches and some dug caves to live in. The site of the colony was unhealthy, and the deaths, especially during the first few years of the colony, were horrifying. From 1606 to 1618, a period of twelve years, eighteen hundred immigrantssailed from England forVirginia. At the end of that time only six hundred were living. Attacks by Indians, starvation, and the system of holding property incommon added to the difficulties of the colonists. But in 1612 they began to grow tobacco and they fared better.
The year 1619 brought three important events to Virginia and the colonists. 1. Virginia was permitted to enjoy a measure of self government; 2. A ship load of eighty prospective wives arrived from England. Ibelieve John Dodson married one of these women and had two sons, Jesseand William at Jamestown. The colonist could secure a wife, with her permission, and by paying her transportation, in the amount of one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco--about $500 dollars worth; 3. And the first Negro slaves landed in Virginia.
John Served in Council and General Court of Jamestown 1622-29.
The Dodsons orginate from the Jamestown colony and to the orginal John Dodd.
John Dodd(son) came to America from England aboard the Susan Constant,commanded by Captain Christopher Newport. There were two other ships on this voyage, the Goodspeed, with Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold and the Discovery, with Capt. John Ratcliffe. They saw the Virginia Capes on April 26, 1607. After exploring the waters of Hampton Roads theyproceeded up a broad river about thirty-two miles. They named this river the James. After exploring the river, Capt Newport left one hundred and four to form a settlement, and sailed to England.
Due to the poor location of the colony and the Indians, by September there were only forty-six survivors. The colony which had been named Jamestown in honor of King James, was the site of disease, starvation and internal problems, however our John Dodd(son) survived. After a period of twelve years and more than eighteen hundred immigrants having come from England to Jamestown, there still were only six hundred colonists surviving.
In the year 1619 a ship brought over to Jamestown eighty women as prospective wives. The colonist could get a wife, with her permission, by paying her transportation in the amount of one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco. It is not known for sure whether John Dodson bought a wife o rmarried an indian wife, however he is known to have two sons - Jesse and William. There may have been other children, one of whom may have been Benjamin. Jesse was born about 1621 and William about 1623.
John DODS is listed as a labourer in the original 105 settlers of Jamesto
wn with Capt. John Smith, and also a soldier in expeditions against the In
dians. The Tax List of James City 16 Feb 1623 lists John DODS and Mrs. DO
DS as living at the Neck of Land near James City, now Chesterfield, VA. in 1627.
John DODS was born in England 1588 and came to Jamestown in 1607 at the age of 18 years. John married the Indian maiden Jane, daughter of Chief Eagle PLUME of Colorado, of the Iroquois Indian Nation, and became the parents of William and Jesse DODSON. Jesse and William took brides from the Bride Ships about 1630. This gives some background of the first of the line to enter the American Colonies. ( " Marsh and Related Families
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Marriage: 1606, Jamestown, Va..
Children of John DODSON are:
- +Jesse DODSON, b. 1621,d., Jamestown, VA.
- William DODSON, b. 1623.