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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 a wealthy Englishman who founded Berkeley Hundred, a plantation in Virginia, and served on the governor's council. He also tried to convert the Virginia Indians to Christianity, but was killed by Opechancanough in 1622.
29. März 2022 · Last Saturday night at The Gloves Are Off 10, George Thorpe notched a second round TKO victory over bare-knuckle compatriot Gav Thomasy, earning himself a shot at Dickie Davies's middleweight title later this year. Following his impressive stoppage, George took the time to speak with Bare Knuckle Boxing News, offering critique of his ...
17. Nov. 2020 · Early Jamestown might have been a healthy, happy party town if only George Thorpe had made more whiskey. Thorpe, an early leader in the settlement, suggested much of Jamestown’s misery was caused more by “disease of the minde than of the body.”. Writing to a friend back in England in late 1620, Thorpe said he felt healthier in ...
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.
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. Some historians have ...
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. Constituency. Dates. PORTSMOUTH. 1614. Family and Education.
