The Execution of Captain George Kendall

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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly little is known about George Kendall- the first Englishman to be convicted by a jury and sentenced to death in Anglo-Saxon America. But the circumstances of his execution serve to illustrate not just the politics of the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, but of its wider role in the convoluted world of intrigue in the courts of mother Europe over control of the New World.
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@MarcoZamora 2 жыл бұрын

My takeaway from this episode is: never underestimate the power of gossip in the machinations of history.

@janiekrig5232 2 жыл бұрын

Let's go Brandon! Let's go Brandon!

@AdamBechtol 2 жыл бұрын

Indeeed

@MrJest2 2 жыл бұрын

Particularly among a small group beset by survival difficulties. Right when one would think everyone should pull together to weather the storm is exactly when we tend to tear each other apart. Human nature.

@tomg5187 2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing to hear so much about things that are most likely essentially forgotten amongst the majority of the populace. Entire lives, just like mine and yours, lived and played out with the same importance we put on our own lives, lost to time. Thank you History Guy!

@Nat3_H1gg3rs 2 жыл бұрын

Makes your ego feel good hey?

@charlesclager6808 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Tom G. Where do you find these amazing nuggets of forgotten history ? Thank you ever so much.

@stonemarten1400 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a black cat looked at Kendall in a funny way and thus he was considered to have used witchcraft against the colony or something. I agree that in many ways they were amazingly tough and formidable folks back in those days, but also entirely nuts from our modern perspective (as I’m sure we will be to our ancestors!).

@stonemarten1400 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nat3_H1gg3rs Mario, why be so mean spirited, what’s wrong with what Tom G had to say? We do forget our ancestors often lived amazingly rich lives fraught with daily perils that we could barely imagine in our often soft modern lives.

@keppscrossing 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nat3_H1gg3rs i agree with Tom G. Every life is important, not only to the individual to which it belongs, but ideally to their family and other loved ones, and, at a minimum, to the Creator of all. To me, it is not an ego trip to think that we play out our lives with the same importance as those remembered in history, but actually humbling.

@-jeff- 2 жыл бұрын

Squabbling, back biting, mutiny, and intrigue in goverment. You've illustrated how the more things change the more they stay the same.

@Eric_Hutton.1980 2 жыл бұрын

It was bad. Not as bad as in Japan during World War II where the Japanese Army and Navy were undermining each other as much as possible until wars end.

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad used to say that proverb in French all the time, "Plus les choses changent, plus Welles restent les memes" ( The more things change, the more they stay the same). The French were right, no matter what anyone tried to do in, or for, France, everything always turned into a civil war of some kind, or royalty attacking and evading one another....

@ernestveto10 2 жыл бұрын

Wow sounds just like capital hill

@DavidHBurkart 2 жыл бұрын

The more things change the more they remain the same indeed. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely... A wise man once shared it is amazing what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit. When even one man cares more about himself than others, it is appaling how much can be destroyed. Ironically, this is not too different from how the seeds of the Revolutionary War were planted, nor what took place on both sides during the war itself. It is amazing that we bore from it the America we all know today... for better and for worse.

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

@@aolwarez True! I never learned to speak French well, I'm ashamed to admit, I grew up in the 60s/70s in the San Francisco Bay area and anything "classical" was, way out, man! I regret it so much, at the time, I just wanted to be a hippie like my older sister, and all she did was swan around, skinny, in indian saris and flinging her long, straight blonde hair (when she wasn't being a boring waitress in a dept. store lunch room after school). I was dark haired and dark eyed with white, white skin, NOT the fashion until late 80s grunge, which suddenly made me beautiful, for awhile....

@tankacebo9128 2 жыл бұрын

it's easy to think that hundreds of years ago, politics, people, and overall times were simpler. In reality, the truth cannot be further from that.

@chiefpontiac1800 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds as if Captain George Kendall needed the assistance of the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe.

@johndeeter4030 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he knew something about a settler named Hilary...LOL

@matthewpoplawski8740 2 жыл бұрын

GOOD ONE CHIEF PONTIAC!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@matthewpoplawski8740 2 жыл бұрын

GOOD ONE CHIEF PONTIAC!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bradleyfrechette6228 2 жыл бұрын

N'yuk n'yuk n'yuk! Spread out you wise guys!

@matthewpoplawski8740 2 жыл бұрын

AS ALWAYS THE HISTORY GUY, AN EXCELLENT VIDEO!! A suggestion for a video: The Lords Proprietors. This was the group of "gentlemen", picked by Charles II (just like James I chose the men for the Virginia Company), to establish the CAROLINA COLONY(there was no North or South Carolina). Two of those men VERY MUCH INVOLVED in establishing the southern part of the colony: George Monck(town of Moncks Corner,S.C.), and Anthony Ashley Cooper(the names of the rivers flanking the Charleston peninsula ). According to historian Samuel Pepys, was "the greatest whoremaster in England ". Perhaps Ashley-Cooper left English so he could get some rest(and avoiding any uncomfortable entanglements).🤔🤔🤔😄😄😄🌞🌞🌞✌✌✌✌😯😯😯

@onesmoothstone5680 2 жыл бұрын

The clear diction from "The History Guy" is one of the very few channels that the live caption app gets correct! Thank you!! ✌🏼

@tannertuner 2 жыл бұрын

With a complete dearth of grammatical error. His sentence structure is perfect.

@mark-adams 2 жыл бұрын

To all of us, the History Guy is a KZfaqr. To the cat, a cat holder who does a lot of talking by himself.

@themanthemyththebanger 2 жыл бұрын

I read this in the voice and cadence of The History Guy himself.

@markhonerbaum3920 Жыл бұрын

Your a bit more than I grasp,positive but the lessons are very good, just the U Toob thing it's all new to a great many.

@phillipkuns3 2 жыл бұрын

Look forward to every short snippet of history you bring. Thankyou

@2feetaguywith 2 жыл бұрын

You should do one on the history of St Augustine,FL. I was very interested by visiting there is a lot of intrigue. Especially once Flagler came to town

@Dachshund-br8pj 2 жыл бұрын

Well that was 1000x more interesting than having to endure my grandmother's annual forcing us to listen about how we are descended from the first guy executed in Plymouth colony. Delivery matters.

@douglasturner6153 2 жыл бұрын

Fear of Kendall being a Catholic Spanish agent is consistent with the history of that time. The Spanish sent expeditions up along the coast looking for English Forts that might have been established in that area. That's one reason the English settled way up River at a point not easily noticed from the mouth of the River.

@wheelsdjackpineservicesgro2559 2 жыл бұрын

The kendall's grate grandfather was one of the original knight of the round, so not likely Spanish connections. Most likely to in with the crown to have hanging around.

@robertsettle2590 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Spanish sent many jesuits into the area to both spy and undermine the English colony.

@kristensorensen2219 2 жыл бұрын

Your presentation is always stimulating and enlightening. This person was clearly unusual for his time and the idea of a double agent exciting.

@ernestveto10 2 жыл бұрын

And that bit of history is why you have a million subscribers to the channel. Once again congratulations on a well earned mile-stone. Thanks for this peek into history. Looking forward to more

@ernestbywater411 2 жыл бұрын

Since you're interested in first legal cases you may be interested in looking into the history of henry Kable (1763-1846) of Laxfield, Suffolk, England. He was shipped to Australia in chains and while still a convict he won the first civil legal case in the New South Wales Colony. The background of the case and what it was for is as interesting in its own rights as the rest of Kable's life.

@Peasmouldia 2 жыл бұрын

This makes me wonder how the English civil war, some 40 years later, affected the colonists. Did the execution of King Charles and Oliver's "Commonwealth" put the cat among the pigeons? Or was it a couple of paragraphs on page four? I knew nothing of this particular settlement. Once again THG makes a 100% improvement in my knowledge of a historical event. Thanks THG.

@merlynjep 2 жыл бұрын

I did a report way back in the sixth grade (1978) on the Calverts and the early history of Maryland. Being unaware at the time of the English Civil War learning about the colony being invaded by Virginia was a bit confusing.

@sgtbrendan289 2 жыл бұрын

Check on Ingles Rebellion (1644) and the Battle of the Severn - 1655. Those are the two primary events related to the ECW in the American colonies.

@Simonsvids 2 жыл бұрын

The War Of The Three Kingdoms or the British Civil Wars (as the English Civil War is now called) and the eventual restoration of the monarchy had a huge effect on the American colonies. Without it there would not have been the huge influx of Puritans to the colonies, which affected its demographics and the way many of the immigrants felt about the monarchy substantially. To this day the USA is a lot more religious than the UK.

@christianfreedom-seeker934 2 жыл бұрын

There is some reason to believe that later historians tried to conflate the importance of Virginia and Massachussets Bay, respectively their roles during the English Civil War but records seem to suggest that the “shit show” didn’t hurt or affect Englishmen or business over here.

@richardw3470 2 жыл бұрын

@@Simonsvids And, a lot more blue nosed. The Scot presbiterians (whatever sp) didn't help any either.

@jb6027 2 жыл бұрын

The History Guy NEVER disappoints!

@HM2SGT 2 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="257">4:17</a> History Cat😻 The story of the first Felis Catus in North America is history that deserves to be remembered. Poor Moggie.😿

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Poky often is given the choice to either stop making noise or be picked up...

@fredlougee2807 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I think it was Kierkegaard who wrote that he had noticed while trying to train a cat that the cat was also training him.

@goodun2974 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredlougee2807 , don't ever hang a bell within easy reach of a cat. Felines always seem to be angling for a Pavlov 2.0 moment, with their humans as the test subjects.

@MrJest2 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodun2974 Ours has to make do with the springy door stop instead.... 😽

@sparky6086 2 жыл бұрын

In early Colonial America, it generally took a lot to execute an able bodied man, no matter what his crime was, since there were so few colonists. There were many death sentences commuted. In some cases, if there were 8 able bodied men and one murdered another, it would leave 7. If they executed the murderer, it would leave only 6 able bodied men, so there was a lot of "mitigating circumstance" or other rationals which were used to justify commuting a sentance.

@automofo71 2 жыл бұрын

My point exactly too.

@xvsj5833 2 жыл бұрын

Great nugget of missing history ❤️ Thank you

@frankgulla2335 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, just terrific. You are a great storyteller and do a great job of illuminating your tale with wonderful visuals.

@dangreene9846 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the leaders would charge anybody who disagreed with them.

@justachipn3039 2 жыл бұрын

Like today... 😂

@navret1707 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like today. 🤔

@ernestclements7398 2 жыл бұрын

A charge of non attendance at church could get you punished in the early colonies.

@Quincy_Morris 2 жыл бұрын

No… this execution had to do with the officials thinking the guy was a spy…

@charlesseymour1482 2 жыл бұрын

dear History Guy you keep out doing yourself on your detective work on the early colonial period. well done same genius as always. warm regards Mark

@glenmartin2437 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I visited Jamestown as a high school student. It amazed me that anyone survived the rigors of frontier life.

@BlaBla-pf8mf 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to learn more about the adventures of Captain Smith in Wallachia and Transylvania. Michael the Brave is famous in Romania for his wars against the turks, but even more for being the first to unify the 3 romanian principalities.

@rodneykelly8768 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, my first thought was "John Smith was knighted by "Dracula?""

@BlaBla-pf8mf 2 жыл бұрын

@@rodneykelly8768 Dracula was 150 years earlier.

@rodneykelly8768 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlaBla-pf8mf Figured as much, but wasn't sure.

@michaelplanchunas3693 2 жыл бұрын

Found myself looking for the Borgo Pass on the map.

@SN-xk2rl 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlaBla-pf8mf doesn't matter. This it is probably fiction that Smith was as important as he presented himself to be to the Ottomans.

@trunkage 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder shows like Walking Dead have insane infighting when over half the colony is already dead

@atticusbrown9154 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen your vids in a while. Belated congrats on 1 mil!

@RetiredSailor60 2 жыл бұрын

My Colonial Ancestors settled in Jamestown in the 1620s; William Stone. He went on to appointed the 3rd Colonial Governor of Maryland from 1649 to 1655. His great nephew, Thomas Stone, signed the Declaration Of Independence.

@tannertuner 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve wondered if my wife’s family descends from that line of Stones who came to Virginia. We have a bit of a brick wall with William Stone born just after 1800. I have my theory though, that the line goes back to Virginia. I think the best candidate for his father and grandfather are both named Henry Stone who came to South Georgia from Monongolia Co, Va (now WV) after the war. The grandfather took his Rev War pension in Ware Co, Ga. I believe (but haven’t been able to prove because the record I once found is no longer online) William’s mother died in childbirth between 1802-04 and his father Henry remarried about 10 years later and started a different family several years younger than William. And that makes it look like two different families. Our William first appears in the 1820 census as head of household age 16-18.

@RetiredSailor60 2 жыл бұрын

@@tannertuner We could be related.

@davidmiller6981 2 жыл бұрын

Well RA RA !!!!! for you do you drink tea with your pinkie in air

@RetiredSailor60 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmiller6981 😂 Good one! No, like any good Southern American, I drink sweetened iced-tea in a tall glass.

@HM2SGT 2 жыл бұрын

Things you don’t think about. The first murder in the new land. The first trial. The first prisoner in gaol…🤔

@themobseat 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fun and informative video!

@bnaivar 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 1 million + Subscribers!

@RicMoxley 2 жыл бұрын

Yet another History Guy episode that would prove excellent material for the storyline of a movie or tv series. Such an enmeshment of honorable and dishonorable actions and such a colorful and complex cast of characters!

@frankmueller2781 2 жыл бұрын

Hollywood couldn't stop themselves from turning it into some kind of 'Woke' morality play with Kendall being cast as bla ck.

@RicMoxley 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmueller2781 I admit, I had that very same thought. :-) I mean, seriously, when the newest iteration of Superman is no longer permitted to say "…and the American way!" then odds are this movie would never get made, or would be bastardized with a lathering-on of modern day political flavor. But, seriously, all the material is here for the making of something people would sit on the edge of their seats for, if it ever got made, and made the way History Guy explains it here.

@frankmueller2781 2 жыл бұрын

@@RicMoxley Oh, I agree. There's material here for a truly compelling story. I just think it would made (correctly) in these times. It would make excellent fodder for Historical fiction novels too, and that might actually get done without a 'Woke' veneer on it.

@terristroh3965 2 жыл бұрын

That gold KZfaq button looks very nice behind you! Congratulations on 1M!

@kiwifruit27 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 1 million subs, well deserved

@MikeDial 2 жыл бұрын

I know from researching my family tree how difficult it is to get documentary evidence, or even a good identification, of people who lived before 1800.

@62forged 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@lunarfaze 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you do these A) In person, similar to a Ted Talk, and B) Live feeds. I know the editing wouldn't be there but that's no big deal.

@stevebennett282 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, once again, sir!!👍😎👍

@aworldwithoutsin6384 2 жыл бұрын

The reason I subscribe to this channel is that every once in a while there is something absolutely fascinating on here. Most of these, admittedly, I don't care for but this episode was truly amazing. I am absolutely enthralled by this account.

@railscenes4959 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy listening to most of The History Guy. However on this one I had to chuckle as he went further into this confusing early colonial era episode. In other words, I wasn’t confused before but now I am confused🤪. Thanks for your in depth report.

@DawnOldham 2 жыл бұрын

I have such fond memories of visiting Jamestown on several occasions. Of course, we knew nothing of this story at that time. Thank you for always finding ways to fill in the gaps of history that deserves to be remembered!

@robertphillips6296 2 жыл бұрын

He was accused of being a Spy for Spain for some reason. I remember reading that and they were all paranoid by eating moldy food. Or is that another person?

@peterk8909 2 жыл бұрын

"He who fails to learn from history is destined to repeat it." Hmmm.

@Pyth110 2 жыл бұрын

That's vague

@cheerdiver 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of 8yr old Mary Ellen, who was abused in NYC cir 1871. Her abusers prosecuted under animal cruelty statutes, b/c there was no such thing as Abuse, child Black's Law Dic 11th ed Makes you wonder what they don't want remembered.

@peterk8909 2 жыл бұрын

@@cheerdiver Exactly, Sir! You win today's prize. Seriously, you got it.

@robertgiles9124 2 жыл бұрын

"Those who don't think very deeply love to spout tired Cliches."

@peterk8909 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertgiles9124 Those that spout "tired cliches" know that few things are absolute.

@sparky6086 2 жыл бұрын

At the time of the US Constitution, the word "savages" held no negative connotation. It was used the same way as "naturals" is used here. Unfortunately nowadays, people read the word savages in the Constitution and think, that it is used as a pejorative, but a negative connotation didn't come until many years later.

@Tommy-5684 2 жыл бұрын

i mean it could be argur savage was used to liken the indiginous people to equate them with a "savage" land and in so doing justify exproprarting them of there land by implying that the indiginous peoples are not using or are misusing the land

@sparky6086 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tommy-5684 It was merely a description. It had no agenda at the time.

@Tommy-5684 2 жыл бұрын

@@sparky6086 thats not at al true if you look at usage of the words it was intentionaly to justify taking the lad. id highly recomend the work of slotkin on this

@lauriemarie6902 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just admiring your surrounding sir !!! OUTSTANDING. Philadelphia USA

@tortugabob 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

@erictroxell715 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see your TUXEDO cat making an appearance!!!

@goldgeologist5320 2 жыл бұрын

Wow never heard these details in school!

@TeamLynchBMD 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic story as always 👋👍

@markhonerbaum3920 Жыл бұрын

Learning today what you didn't know before and happened yesterday's.

@chrisfuller1268 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a story on the digging of many miles of ditches in the bootheel of Missouri to convert swamps into farmland in the early 1900s. More dirt was moved to drain the swamps than was moved to dig the Panama canal and it was paid for locally in Dunklin County and surrounding counties. It's history of which nobody is aware. Thank you.

@ladyjusticesusan 2 жыл бұрын

The History Guy with his kitty! I love that so much!!!!!

@patrickrose1221 2 жыл бұрын

Good as gold as ever. My mother's father and younger brother were both George Kendall 's lol

@jimd8008 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again

@hifinsword 2 жыл бұрын

I live 3 miles from Jamestown National Park. I remember a few years ago listening to the guide tell about the skeleton found with a musket ball lodged in it. I thought it was lodged in the knee. At the time there was no telling of an execution but that may have been how the musket ball got there? A firing squad would have been more than 1 man and the accuracy of the weapons of the time would have allowed a shot to go almost anywhere within feet of the condemned. The other skeleton had a sword from a wealthy person buried with it. It was believed to be Gosnold.

@saytruth5809 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like many modern day death row stories. If "nothing changes" what then is history? To be remembered. Thank you.

@pitsnipe5559 2 жыл бұрын

Being from Cape Cod, the name Gosnold has a familiar ring to it. Would love to see a video on the settlement of Cape Cod.

@seatedliberty 2 жыл бұрын

Through his chest a musket ball blown Once of stature but now unknown Whether fairly tried or murdered foul Now uncovered by modern trowel Struck down by gun in early December Now thanks to a Lance we all shall remember

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 2 жыл бұрын

*applause*

@nitro105 2 жыл бұрын

always interesting!

@srobertweiser 2 жыл бұрын

Cap'n Crunch was never able to prove his bona fides, but I still loved his cereal.

@johnsmith-qj2uh 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't help but notice the old guys from the Muppet Show on the shelf. nice touch.

@ardellewachter1649 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing just how much religion has marked this country.

@MrJest2 2 жыл бұрын

Particularly back then, religion *was* politics. When you hear "Catholic" and "Protestant" (or "Anglican" if speaking of the Church of England), don't think of different sects of Christianity... think of opposed political parties, and warring national identities.

@Baskerville22 2 жыл бұрын

HG, you might like to consider the 1842 mutiny aboard USS Somers for a future video.

@greggbaker7120 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Just thought This morning, of maybe, The history of the jolly Roger....

@jamesklaatu9359 2 жыл бұрын

The cat was a nice touch. :)

@christianfreedom-seeker934 2 жыл бұрын

He was likely a scapegoat! We still have this happening today where the wealthy and powerful will blame subordinates for their failures.

@Joanla1954 2 жыл бұрын

The cat added a nice touch!

@MagiciansApprentice1 2 жыл бұрын

Remember that the early C17th in England was a dangerous time with many people dying from disease, executed or accused. Many legal documents were destroyed in the 1666 Fire of London and the German Blitz of 1940 (two million WW1 records). Also firing squads were only used for military convicts NOT civilians. Rope was cheaper than the limited powder shot. Greed also means you may serve one monarch but not the next. Many people left the UK in search of riches ... many of whom died. For any archaeology of Jamestown watch the Timeteam episode!!!

@seanbatiz6620 2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone mentioned that teams’ fantastic episode! I was thinking about that ep throughout this THG’s ep.; was extremely fascinating info in that breakdown! And that bit about that teams’ realization that the “old well”, was in fact a vertical mine shaft, later turned too them people’s “trash receptacle”, more or less, which gave that team more archeological evidence to piece together the day to day livelihood then anything remaining in print from that era… extracted a MASSIVE number of artifacts from there

@dirtcop11 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much more history lies beneath the dust of forgotten history. I had never heard of George Kendall, but that is because my education on history was limited by time and the depth of the textbooks that were given to me. It almost cries out to a novelist to create a colonial spy mystery.

@kendallspivey6479 2 жыл бұрын

I seen the title and had to watch this one

@whatsmyusername1231 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@wmrayburn7620 2 жыл бұрын

As usual, that was great. But now, in my 70s and being a lifelong student of history, I can't help but feel that this epitomizes one of the most important lessons that we realize when time seems frozen while we ponder the ramifications of our pending decision: "Ah heck, in a couple hundred years- what difference will it make?

@edgalaxie 2 жыл бұрын

The History Kitty! We need to hear more about the History Kitty!

@jamesrabkin7571 2 жыл бұрын

I live just minutes from Jamestown Island. I’ve been there many times, and spoken to many of the docents there, and I never heard anything about this incredible story from them. I think that the powers to be there, like to afford visitors a more romantic story of the Jamestown Colony,, leaving out the awkward details. If you love history, come here to Williamsburg, Jamestown Island and Yorktown!

@jliller 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this. Fascinating.

@kirkmorrison6131 2 жыл бұрын

Being from Virginia many times I walked around the Fort before it was found. I never bought the idea it was all eroded into the James. There is a strange air there, a sense of history. The last time I was there the Rediscovery was going on and it was amazing to see what was found.

@sproctor1958 2 жыл бұрын

It is on my "list" of places to visit... one day... should be a creek and several other landmarks with my family name up there. My Great Uncle (13x or 14x) John was an "Ancient Farmer" on the Sea Venture in 1609, and had established a farm/plantation in the area.

@kirkmorrison6131 2 жыл бұрын

@@sproctor1958 Cool, my great grandfather Arnold I forget how far back came there the same year.

@sproctor1958 2 жыл бұрын

@@kirkmorrison6131 Most likely on one of the ships that actually made it to Jamestown. Sea Venture got separated from the rest of the fleet in a hurricane, ran aground on/discovered Bermuda, and spent the winter there rebuilding it before continuing on to Jamestown with the bulk of supplies needed to save the colony. I'm glad your Grandfather Arnold survived that winter... few others did.

@kirkmorrison6131 2 жыл бұрын

@@sproctor1958 Yes it was a hard time. One of my sisters has the details. One of his descendents took part in Bacon's Rebellion. Before he did so he signed his property over to his oldest son. He was one of the last ones hung for it.

@paulccrimmins 2 жыл бұрын

History repeats itself time after time after time again and again and again. People never learn or easily forget. It's the only constant in human history unfortunately

@hmmmiseeisee 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@1kbs11 2 жыл бұрын

Human behavior is the history that always repeats itself and it's history that deserves to be, but can not be forgotten. (JF)

@haroldwilkes6608 2 жыл бұрын

As my middle name is Kendall (from my mother's family) and I had an uncle named George Kendall, this is of particular interest. I was told when young that when your destiny is to be hanged, you should fear nothing else (I don't think they had high hopes).So far (78) no rope. I'm going to check my genealogy.

@michaelbrooks1458 2 жыл бұрын

Always love another history lesson grew up with ABC 123 and the periodic chart of the atoms hanging in the dining room old house had a fire place with a swingarm and different hangers

@jayf6360 2 жыл бұрын

Not enough ads. Everyone loves the ads.

@BHuang92 2 жыл бұрын

It is very interesting how jury due process carried from the Old World to North America's changed alot. 🤔

@Quincy_Morris 2 жыл бұрын

In what way? Not a lot of details in this video on the jury process

@BA-gn3qb 2 жыл бұрын

George Kendall hoarded the settlement's toilet paper supply in a time of great need after Taco Tuesday.

@aMulliganStew 2 жыл бұрын

"Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and rarely invited them to dinner." -- Douglas Adams.

@Worthrhetime 2 жыл бұрын

The nature of man , unchanged.

@2112CO 2 жыл бұрын

I really like The History Guy.

@2bidfilmsguy 2 жыл бұрын

Note to self - when using time machine stay away from 1600's Jamestown

@frozenpeak2632 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on the Battle of Blair Mountain and the Coal Wars!

@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt 2 жыл бұрын

thanks !!!

@MrScott1171 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Jamestown in the mid 2000’s. I did not know of this story. It surely needs to be told and remembered.

@tannertuner 2 жыл бұрын

Our family visited the area 3 years ago and planned to do Williamsburg and Jamestown, but due to the ridiculous cost of tickets at Williamsburg spent longer there to feel like we were getting at least something of our money’s worth. I didn’t remember needing a ticket the previous times I had visited (in 1979 and 1989)

@LBGirl1988 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@macmcleod1188 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man. I see the notification and I click. Hi Janet!

@shawnr771 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lesson. The Gold Play Button on your right side is a nice addition to the artifacts in your office.

@eyesofisabelofficial 2 жыл бұрын

I like the Double Agent theory, as it better explains the man of mystery.

@bigsarge2085 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@davea6314 2 жыл бұрын

Execution by firing squad in 1608 would have been likely done at a very close range considering how inaccurate those arquebus matchlock firearms typically were.

@davea6314 2 жыл бұрын

@4one14 Arquebus matchlock firearms of that era were so inaccurate that a soldier firing an arquebus would be lucky just to hit the condemned man at all. Sometimes a soldier with an arquebus matchlock would blow himself up when the fire on the end of a rope he was walking around with accidently came in contact his bag (or other container) of gun powder. Many soldiers would prefer a good crossbow over a dangerous arquebus. Also remember that the arquebus can only fire once before it needs to be reloaded.

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't consider that, but you must be right, no getting shot in the head from 200 yards accurately, they'd have to be practically in your lap to not just nick you full of holes...horrible to think about...

@Quincy_Morris 2 жыл бұрын

That is a myth. Matchlock firearms were VERY accurate. Even at one or two hundred yards. Especially in controlled circumstances like a firing squad.

@Quincy_Morris 2 жыл бұрын

@@davea6314 good grief. More misinformation. Such accidental ignition was very uncommon. And a crossbow also had to be reloaded after firing with a similar rate of fire and accuracy but with FAR less effective damage. Yes crossbows we’re still used as it’s what they had at the time but you’re really overstating the disadvantages of the arquebus.

@christineparis5607 2 жыл бұрын

@@Quincy_Morris Thank you for the correction! Good to know.

@BasicDrumming 2 жыл бұрын

I Love History!

@catheryndenton1766 2 жыл бұрын

Hanover County Va still to this day has many families named Wingfield. : )

@bongodrumzz 2 жыл бұрын

If it helps your channel, I believe many records from the founding of American colonies are held in the British Museum and the the British Library both in London

@marks1638 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the guide at Jamestown (during a visit several years ago) talking about Captain George Kendall. Not so much the details of his trial, but his burial site at Jamestown that was found during excavations. Most bodies were found to have died of disease or malnutrition, but his body had bullets in it and he was buried under the walls of the original fort. They thought at first he was killed in combat, but eventually they realized who he was from historical records as at the time the Indians didn't have firearms. The scariest thing about Jamestown was when they found the remains of a young girl (buried in a basement) indicating the flesh had been removed with a knife. It's now thought that cannibalism was practiced by some during "The Starving Time" during the winter of 1609-1610 that killed many of the settlers.