Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted November 22, 2014 Members Posted November 22, 2014 Did you know that one of the Mayflower passengers had actually sailed to America much earlier than 1620? Eleven years before he left England in 1620 onboard the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins left on June 2, 1609, onboard the ship Sea Venture headed for Jamestown with supplies and a new governor for the colony. The Sea Venture hit a storm on July 24, 1609, and was shipwrecked off of Bermuda. Hopkins and others on board survived and remained for over a year on Bermuda while building a new seaworthy boat that they could use to complete their trip to Jamestown. Soon after he arrived at Jamestown, the colony was evacuated back to England. In spite of that experience, Hopkins was one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620. Here's a short article from The Boston Herald's June 16, 1957 edition Naomi 1 Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Lauralea Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 That is interesting. I live in NC and have a good friend who owns a motel on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in Dare County, where the Lost Colony was located. If that colony had received supplies without delay, perhaps it would not have been lost, The most positive theory about them is they assimilated with friendly Croatan Indians living nearby. Food scarcity and the lack of supplies shaped history for some of these early American colonies. It's good Jamestown colony was able to survive without the shipment. rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Behold what manner of love the Father hath given unto us.
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