Argall

Samuel Argall

John Argall was born in 1425 in Cornwall, England John Argall was born about 1450 in Tregloseck, Cornwall, England Thomas Argall was born in 1500 in Lambeth, Surrey, England. he married Margaret Tallakarne, born about 1518 in Cambrose, Cornwall, England. They had a son, Richard Argall, born in London England. Richard Argall was born in 1536 in St. Faith-the-Virgin, London, England. He married Mary Scott, born about 1546 in Scott's Hall, Brabourne, Kent, England. One of heir children was Samuel Argall,  born in November 1580 in East, Sutton, Kent England. christened 4 December 1580, Canterbury, Kent, England. He was a mariner, adventurer, and Governor of Virginia. He died aboard ship and was buried at sea 28 January 1626.  Knighted in 1622 at Rochester. He came to Virginia as a trader in 1609. He captured Pocahontas. Samuel Argall born in November 1580 in East, Sutton, Kent England. christened 4 December 1580, Canterbury, Kent, England.  No record of a marriage. Had a daughter, Anne Argall, date and place of birth, unknown. Anne Argall  Samuel Argall was dead before 1641. In that year, his daughter, Anne, widow of Alexander Bolling and her second husband, Samuel Percivall, complained to the House of Commons that they had been deprived by John Woodall of property in Virginia left to the pettinioner Anne by her late father, Sir Samuel Argall,  sometime governor of Virginia. Samuel's sister, Elizabeth Argall, married Sir Edward Filmer of East Sutton, Kent, England Samuel Argall Samuel Argall, brother of Elizabeth Argall Filmer, opened a new, safer and faster route from Portsmouth, England to Jamestown in 1609. In 1610, he had charge of one of the ships of Baron De la Warr, and brought food to the starving settlers of Virginia. He supposedly made voyages to Bermuda, Cape Cod, and Canada, to get supplies for the colonies.   In 1613, he led an expedition on a voyage up the Potomac and captured Pocahontas, the Indian Princess, and brought her to Jamestown as a hostage in order to keep the local Indians from atacking the settlement. He was successful in regaining English captives and property held by Powhatan and in restoring peace between the Indian nation and the English. With Argall in ths time period was Captain John Clay, a soldier in the British army, who was known as "The English Grenadier." Clay had accompanied Argall to the New World aboard the ship, Treasurer. Clay was in charge of fifty Musketeers, sent to protect the settlers. In 1613, Samuel Argall commanded the Virginia Company expedition that destroyed the rival French colonial settlement on Mount Desert Island, in Maine and in 1614 he led an expedition against Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal, Novas Scotia.  He was successful against the French attempts of colonization in New England.  He was Governor of Virginia 1617-1618, and Admiral of adjacent seas. Knighted by King James I, Argall was criticized by his rival and successor, Yeardley, as having been excessively stern in his term as Governor of Virginia, but the examinations of his conduct in London and the opinion of most modern historians have cleared him of these charges. Argall was admiral om September 1625, of twenty-eight ships, and during his cruise, captured from the Spanish seven vesels valued at 100,000 Pounds. In the attack on Cadiz in 1625 he commanded the flagship. We have only touched on some highlights about this important man., who happens to be a 9th great grand uncle of mine. For more information check the history books. He and others like him were quite important in the formation of what became the United States of America. L. Neale Clifton                 Please check our link for the Argall surname.