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George Thorpe (baptized January 1, 1576 – March 22, 1622, at Berkeley Hundred), was a noted landowner, Member of Parliament, distiller, educator and major investor in early colonial companies in the Americas.
3. Mai 2024 · George Thorpe was an investor in the Virginia Company of London and a member of the governor’s Council (1620–1622) who presented himself as an agent of Christian salvation for Virginia Indians.
7. Dez. 2020 · In this letter, dated December 19, 1620, George Thorpe reassures his business partner John Smyth that he and his fellow colonists remain healthy, despite widespread and largely accurate reports of high mortality both for Virginia’s Englishmen as a whole and for those who have settled at Berkeley Hundred.
Virginia Colonist George Thorpe distills the first batch of American corn whiskey at Berkeley Plantation, an estate situated along the banks of the James River, modernly known as Charles City. Establishing Virginia as the Birthplace of American Spirits, Thorpe documents his accomplishment in a letter to John Smyth dated December 19, 1620. 1799.
THORPE, George (1575-1622), of Wanswell Court, Berkeley, Glos. and Westminster; later of Berkeley, Virginia. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. Available from Cambridge University Press.
11. Aug. 2007 · On April 3, 1620, The London Company hired George Thorpe to manage the land and tenants for the proposed 'university and college' on 11,000 acres on the north bank of the James River above Henrico Town. (A historical marker located near Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia.)
24. März 2022 · Bare-knuckle middleweight, Gav Thomasy, is set to go boot-to-boot against George Thorpe in what is expected to be an enthralling encounter at TGAO 10’s fight card this Saturday 26 th of March.
