John Gater

John Gater

Male 1599 -

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  • Name John Gater 
    Birth 1599  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1620  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Court 21 Sep 1636 
    300 acres, Elizabeth City County 
    Person ID I57658  Base Tree
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2024 

    Family Joan 
    Children 
     1. John Gater,   b. 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1652, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F20927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mulberry Island, settled shortly after Jamestown, was established a few miles downriver in 1607. It was at Mulberry Island where the colonists who were preparing to leave Virginia during the Starving Time in 1610 were met by Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr with fresh provisions from England. By 1614, thousands of acres were under cultivation with tobacco, the export crop introduced by John Rolfe which saved the Virginia Colony financially. In 1619, Mulberry Island was part of the plantation held by William Pierce, Rolfe's father-in-law.[1] By the end of the century, Edward Digges owned a plantation on the island, and attempted to cultivate silkworms on the native mulberry trees.


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